Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1919 — Influenza. [ARTICLE]
Influenza.
Influenza is an Italian word, meaning influence. One version of its origin 18 that in the far past there was a plague in Italy which was attributed to the influence of the stars and for this reason was called influenza. "■ ' -
