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When World War I ended across the ocean, Americans at home – including these men in Ephrata – found themselves in a different battle that would shut down most of their public activities.

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An earlier pandemic: A look at 1918 Spanish flu in Ephrata
May 11, 2020 11:35 p.m.

An earlier pandemic: A look at 1918 Spanish flu in Ephrata

EPHRATA — A little over 100 years ago, a different kind of illness swept through the nation, closing down life as residents knew it. The illness was the flu epidemic known as Spanish Influenza.