Editing The Snyder Signal (section)

== December 13, 1918 ==

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Closing public and private schools, prohibiting public gathers and loafing on the streets, sidewalks or in buildings around the square:

Be it ordained by the city of Snyder, Texas, this the 7th day of Dec., A. D., 1918, that is shall be unlawful for any person or persons to violate any of the provisions of a certain proclamation issue by the mayor pro tem of the City of Snyder, Texas, on this the 7th day of Dec, A. D., 1918. Said proclamation having been issued by the mayor pro tem under and by the authority of said City Council and said proclamation prohibits public and private schools from remaining open, stops religious gatherings, all public meetings and prohibits men, women and children from being on the streets except for business reasons and prohibits loafing on the streets, sidewalks or in buildings are the square. The purpose of said proclamation and of this ordinance being to safeguard the health of the people of said city of Snyder, Texas, and to prevent, if possible, the further spread of the dangerous disease known as the Spanish Influenza.

Any person violating this ordinance or any provisions contained in said proclamation upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less $10.00 not more than $100.00.

The ordinance to be in full force and effect from the time of its adoption until rescinded by action of the City Council.

W. W. Echols,
Mayor pro tem, City of Snyder, Texas.

ATTEST--Harvey Shuler,
Secretary.}}


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Under Date of Dec. 7th, 1918, the City Council of the City of Snyder issued a Proclamation asking that all Public and Private schools of the city of Snyder be closed and that all public gatherings be disbanded which has been done, we also ask in this proclamation that all children stay off of the streets, we are not having the co-operation from the parents that we would like, hence we take this method of impressing the fact on the public by this warning that the demand must be honored, or more radical ends will be resorted to. We earnestly ask the co-operation of the people of Snyder in this matter.

W. W. Echols,
Mayor.
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Source: [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth288253/m1/6/zoom/?q=%22W.%20W.%20Echols%22&resolution=2.359258225950199&lat=1384.6884168538609&lon=2192.5894705767514 UNT]