Remembering Suwannee: Old-time issues

Eric Musgrove Contributor It is very interesting to read through old documents and newspapers to see how people lived before us. One of the most fascinating aspects of this research is to learn about the problems facing our ancestors. Some of these problems could be quite serious, like the Spanish Influenza and Yellow Fever epidemics that struck in the late 1800s and early 1900s (and of which we got a similar taste while dealing with COVID-19 in 2020 and beyond). Other problems were a product of the times. One such article appeared in a March 1919 edition of the Suwannee Democrat, addressing a persistent problem then but one we don't bat an eye at today: "J. F. Kinkaid, city marshall (