Coulson's Wife (The Coulson Series) - Plot & Excerpts
Although the disease was being reported overseas in Madrid, America was not paying attention. Troop movements during the final days of World War I contributed to the influenza’s rapid spread. Philadelphia would be the American city with the highest death toll. No one really noticed when the first few cases were reported in mid-September, but by the first week of October theatres, restaurants, churches, vaudeville and saloons were closed throughout the state, with schools closing in Philadelphia. “You’ve closed the factory?” Mary Ellen greeted Randall at the front door. He’d told her his intentions that morning, but she wasn’t certain he would do it. “I had no choice. It seems as if ninety-five percent of our labor force is either down with influenza or nursing a family member.” “I assume William agreed.” “He wanted me to do it last week.” “How is William? I haven’t seen him since the theatre.” “Like me, he’s managed to avoid this damn thing. But I don’t know for how long.
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