this journal the we will start with is actually elmira's journal from 1818 which is an interesting air. one of my favorite entries is this one. she writes busy with housework all morning. this afternoon went to a meeting to prepare boxes -- christmas boxes. when with the family for an online this afternoon. barry is that the her socks. doctors treated over 150 cases of influenza and lost three. he is made calls. it actually got fairly largely shut down, social meanings, the church services, schools, anything. even when the soldiers were coming home they were going to allow their families. the family members disregarded that. so this from 1942 in this one she's talking about the outbreaks that happened. this is november 2nd. i attended medical auxiliary. superintendent gave a talk on conditions regarding the number of tuberculosis cases in the hospital. also stressing the dangers of the spread through the influx of hundreds of people coming in our city. many having excess and our schools are in danger. no examination. also public places our credit. did some shopping. really interesting.