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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
4
Local notes report multiple influenza cases, recoveries, births, and daily routines around Helper. Families including Carrolls, Jenkins, Colletts, and Blaugh coordinate care, deliveries, and work shifts as doctors treat pneumonia and fever. A six month old dies of meningitis. others recover at Vernal and Jensen sites while kids mend from hand injuries.
In early reports a few influenza cases emerge in Naples ward. Joseph Collier and his wife Myrtle, plus William Harrison, contract the illness after caring for sick relatives at Brush Creek coal mines. Families relocate to avoid further spread as neighbors plan sparrow poison drives and county-wide action. The old Merrill house, a Naples landmark for forty years, is torn down while store ownership shifts to Elmer Lind and Byron Goodrich. Martin Allred assists farmers with hogs as shipments head to Salt Lake. The piece reflects the community’s effort to curb illness while noting social ties and local changes.
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