Yellow fever fight in New Orleans quarantines the city
Special Yellow Fever Commissioner J H Whyte reports on house to house inspections in New Orleans French Quarter. Inspectors and physicians report cases, mosquito control via nets oiling cisterns and screened porches, nurses from Charity hospital, and hospital precautions under USPublic Health Service guidance.
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New Orleans
Non
City Board of Health
Charity Hospital
United States
Havana
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Chief in the Fight on Yellow Jack
General Wyman, a leading public health authority and veteran of the marine service since 1876, is set to direct New Orleans efforts against yellow fever. At 57 he has led national quarantine measures and cholera warding efforts in Hamburg and other European ports.
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New Orleans
United States Marine Hocky Corps
Wyman
United States
Hamburg
General Wyman
South
J. H. White
United States Marine Hospital Service
Charles Lebaron
Lumberton
Miss
Widow Accepts Share in Ziegler Will Estate
New York announces the widow of the late William Ziegler will receive $2.5 million and an income of $5,000 from a will valued around $18 million. The will contest was settled today amid questions over the distribution of country houses and estates.
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New York
Wm, Ziegler
Ziegler
Mra. Ziegler
Mosquito Menace Diminished Off New Jersey Coast
Reports from New York indicate that petroleum treatments destroying larvae and shrubbery removal in moist coastal areas near Long Island and New Jersey have nearly eliminated mosquitoes. Officials say conditions are now much improved along the coast.
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New York
Long Island
New Jersey
Despondent Miss Zimmerman Found Dead in Albuquerque
Miss Georgia Zimmerman a 23 year old visitor from Denver was found dead in her Garcia block room in Albuquerque. Morphine poisoning is suspected after she packed her trunk and left notes on a bureau. A coroner's inquest returned death as from unknown causes. Her mother in Sacramento and cousin Hancock were notified. the body awaits instruction.
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Georgia Zimmerman
Albuquerque
Denver
Garcia Block
Santa Fe
Zimmerman
Peace and Jury
Bernalillo County
Henry G. Faber
W. B. Moore
Frank Sanchez
N. F. Trimble
A. F. French
Isidiro Sandoval
A.J Crawford
A. Borders
C. W. Zimmerman
Sacramento
Cal
G. B. Hancock
Smith Premier Typewriter Company
Hancock
Gnan
Borders
Mies Zimmerman
Thas
Undesirable Immigrants Pouring Into the U S
New York August 1 United States Commissioner Watchorn reports a rise in undesirable European immigrants entering the United States. July saw about 48 000 arrivals compared with 30 000 the previous year. Deportations rose to over 1000 in July from 45 a year ago.
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New York
Europe
United Sates
Watchorn
Wayback First Man to Register in Unital Land Run
Advices from Lind Junction and surrounding towns report the Unital reservation land run opening at 9 this morning for twelve days. Thousands gather in Denver Vernal Provo and Grand Junction as registrants arrive. a lottery will determine distribution. The first registrant is William Wayback of Ouray Colorado.
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Denver
Lind Junction
Colo
Vernal
Price
Provo
Utah
Unital Reservation
Une
Grand Junction
Wayback, Ouray
Esther Sumner Damon Widow of Revolutionary Soldier Celebrates 91st Birthday
Montpelier Vermont August 1 1919 Esther Sumner Damon widow of Noah Damon listed on the federal pension roll marks her ninety first birthday in Windsor County She is frail bedridden with limited use of her legs and has slight hearing loss Her pension was raised to four dollars monthly last April for her service related to the Revolution including multiple enlistments spanning 1775 to 1780 and irregular Continental Army assignments
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Montpelier
Windsor County
Esther Sumner. Damon
Esther
Noah Damon
Bureau of Pensions
Tucker
Seth Sumner
Benjamin Gill
Moses French
Jonathan Titcomb
Abner Crane
Joseph Richard
Gill
Caleb Champney
Damon
Continental Army
Kethel Sumner
State Senator Faces Bribe Charge in Missouri
Jefferson City reports state senator Frank H. Parris is charged with accepting a bribe to influence a legislative vote amid an alum bili dispute. Governor Hanley’s stance and state authorities shape the ongoing investigation as a three day meeting on gambling controls opens. Street commissioner Martin Tierney returns from California after weeks abroad with his family settling in Long Beach for a month.
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Jefferson City
Frank H. Parris
Lostiepyery Ima
Hanley
el- Joutt
Martin Tierney
San Francisco
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Mey
Long Beach
Dynamite accident on river leaves one dead in New York
Buffalo report says Richard Johnson, 62, was blown apart by dynamite while crossing the Nit river at Tonawanda. Duffey and Sturges were in the boat. Duffey’s legs torn off but Sturges unharmed. Johnson intended to blow fish but the stick exploded when it knocked the boat edge. Duffey to recover.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Richard Johnson
Tonawanda
Ies Duffey
Charles Sturges
Johnson
Duffey
Sturges
Wool Market Firm for Territorial Grades
Boston August 1 The wool market is firm with territory grades in especial demand. The scoured grease for fine territory is quoted at about 72 73 cents per pound with staple lots to ten. The demand for domestic wools is quiet while prices remain strong.
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Boston
Mass
Sunday Strikes Hit Railroads Across Several States
Telegraphers on the Great Northern from St Paul to the coast quit over wage terms. Northern Pacific locked out its telegraphers from St Paul to the Pacific. Denver & Rio Grande ordered a strike for August 2 after rejected wage schedules. Chicago sees wagon drivers returning to work as unions and employers ease bans amid broader labor unrest.
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St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Wilmar
North Dakota
Northern Pacific
Pacific Coast
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
John T. Wilson
International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Joint Protective Board of the Brotherhood
Brotherhood
At & P
Russia Explores National Assembly Plan Amid Peace Talks
August 1 reports from St. Petersburg state a ministers council, led by the emperor, weighing a national assembly proposal after patience exercises. Russian press urges restraint until peace terms from Japan emerge and warns against hasty conclusions before plenipotentiary talks.
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Sit. Petersburg
Petrhottia
St. Petersburg
Rasa
Novoo Vremya
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Schwinemund
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