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By Alissa Corman for the Mail Tribune

1918's Best Stories:

The new year is officially well underway, and it has brought with it some terrific stories. However, the end of 1918 brought some pretty interesting news as well, and I figured it would be worth reviewing some of the most important events to cross our headlines, that I was unable to share previously. As you may remember, we were fiercely embattled in war against the Germans, experienced the worst illness epidemic on record, and battled bootleggers here at home. In all these things we, the people of Jackson County, we Americans, came through victorious!

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