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September 30, 1918

Lumberton, NC is quarantined fro travel in all directions - Wilmington, Charlotte, Fayetteville by Mayor Proctor. A week ago there were 6 cases, now there are 90 in Lumberton and 117 in Robeson county. The moving pictures, churches and cotton mills are all shuttered.

Source: "Prompt Action to Stop Spread of Influenza,” The Robesonian, Lumberton, North Carolina, September 30, 1918. Page 1, Column 1.

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