The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 to 1920 was one of the deadliest events in human history. It spread rapidly across the world during the final year of World War I. Unlike most flu viruses, it killed ...

The Spanish flu of 1918 and 1919 became a worldwide pandemic that consumed the lives of many a young person beginning to find their footing in the world. Arthur E. Thompson, a native of Cole County, ...