This ad ran on November 17, 1910 from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, no reference to a specific quarantine, but during the time of diphtheria, smallpox, spinal meningitis, and other diseases (1000×1170)

Things were much worse before the Interwebs. This pandemic is a joke. It's only speeding up the deaths of those with one foot in the grave already. Bring it on. I've got the web.