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The Blackest Week: When the Spanish Influenza brought death to Silverton

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The Blackest Week: When the Spanish Influenza brought death to Silverton

Jonathan P. Thompson
Mar 30, 2020
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The Blackest Week: When the Spanish Influenza brought death to Silverton

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James Edward Cole was thirty-six years old when he died. You might say he was in the prime of his life. He was born in Durango, but grew up in Silverton. After high school he started working under the tutelage of his father, William, at the family retail clothing store. He played on the Slattery’s Slobs baseball team. He married Adelia Bausman, and in 1…

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