Flu's Back in Elva, Illinois in 1919

From the March 20, 2019, MidWeek  (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1919, 100 Years Ago.

"Flu has broken out in Elva for the second time.  The illnesses do not seem to be very serious, but the cases are frequent."

Just when you thought it was over.

Was the Spanish Flu Coming Back For Another Time?  --Cooter

Elva Closed Down Because of Infantile Patalysis

From the October 31, 2018, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1918, 100 Years Ago.

Elva's little world is almost at a standstill.  A case or so of infantile paralysis responsible for the closing of schools, the church has been closed because the pastor has resigned, and the clubs have been discontinued because of sickness.

"Residents there deem the extra precaution advisable.  It is probable, however, that the schoolrooms will be opened and that matters will be going along as formerly in Elva within a few days."

--Cooter

Another Nurse to the Front in WW I

From the August 29, 2018 MidWeek  (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1918, 100 Years Ago.

"Miss Zaida  McDole of Elva, who volunteered some weeks ago for service in the nursing department for the American Red Cross, left this noon for Camp Merritt, N.J., where she will probably start in a short tome overseas.

"Miss McDole is a most efficient trained nurse and will be able to do splendid service in  in behalf of our boys at the front who are wounded."

--Cooter

Elva Women Doing Their Part in World War I Effort in 1917

From the July 5, 2017, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago

"The larger clubs of Elva, that is, the Homemakers, the Woman's Club and Woman's Christian Temperance Union, have discontinued their meets for an indefinite period, turning their interest toward Red Cross work."

The war is on.

Elva is located five miles south and southwest of DeKalb, Illinois, and was developed by Joseph Glidden, the inventor of barbed wire, and named for his daughter.

--Cooter