On This Date in Minnesota History: October 11

October 11, 1918 – “H. M. Guilford, M.D., the head of the Minneapolis Department of Health, ordered all schools, churches, theaters, dance halls, and billiard parlors to be closed for the duration of the [Spanish flu] epidemic. Noting that there were 2,000 cases in Minneapolis alone, Guilford said ‘I do not want to be alarmist, but the disease is not controllable by ordinary measures.’"
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