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A smaller number than usual

The Bend Bulletin · January 26, 1918

In the story: 4. Emblematic measles, 1917–1922.

A short newspaper item reporting that members of the Emblem club enjoyed an informal dance at the club rooms, with a smaller number than usual present.
An informal dance at the club rooms, January 1918. The Bend Bulletin · Historic Oregon Newspapers, University of Oregon Examine the original

Four weeks after the revival, the members were dancing again — and competing with a Red Cross benefit.

The club had reopened its house four weeks earlier with exactly this — an informal dance, to bring the members back together. This one says the revival took: there were members, they came, and enough of them came regularly that a thin night was worth remarking on.

Three weeks later the club elected a full slate of officers.

From the source

Members of the Emblem club enjoyed an informal dance at the club rooms last night. On account of the Red Cross benefit at Tumalo a smaller number than usual was present.

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