Posted on July 30, 2020 at 3:08 AM by Bill Sowers
The common house fly would become the antagonist in a life and death battle waged by the Kansas State Board of Health in the early twentieth century. The fly was the "enemy of the human race" and newspapers urged it's readers to not allow a single fly in their homes any more than they would "a rattlesnake or a cat with the rabies"'. A light bulb moment at a local baseball game would inspire a catchy phrase that would travel worldwide, "Swat the Fly".
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Posted on July 23, 2020 at 10:07 AM by Bill Sowers
Transcripts of chats by Kansas Governor Harry H. Woodring, July - September, 1932, to the people of Kansas during the Great Depression of the 1930s offering information and hope. Available online at the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library...
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Posted on July 17, 2020 at 8:19 AM by Bill Sowers
"Kansas State Board of Health. Part 1, Prevent the Disease"... The first duty of the board of health is to aid in checking the spread of contagious disease, to prevent the development of diseases and to
instruct people in sanitary science.-Dr. Johnson, first president of the newly formed Kansas State Board of Health, 1885. This late nineteenth century health board, evolved into a science-based educational resource for Kansans battling numerous infectious
diseases. Read the Blog and other resources available at the State Library of Kansas KGI Online Library...
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