Continued from February 6, 2021.
Well, I got tied up with some mighty interesting stories about Blacks for Black History Month. Lots of stuff I didn't know. I like anything dealing with history and sadly, didn't know much about the people I was writing about in February.
But since you-know-what is still with us, I will start this up again.
In Belvidere, Illinois, schools, churches and theaters were closed as the pandemic unfolded before even the state banned attendance at any public gathering effective October 18, 1918.
Once the ban took effect, funerals, weddings, lodge meetings, government meetings/councils and hospital visits were not allowed. Also the state mandated masks for anyone in contact with the public outside of their own families.
Belvidere took even a further step by banning bonfires and any sort of outdoor burning in town to ease the suffering of the sick. Anyone who coughed or sneezed in a Belvidere public establishment was ejected. Spitting in public was outlawed and spitters were arrested.
--Cooter
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