Smallpox Outbreak Reported in Sefferson County
July 27 Sefferson County Medical Society held a joint meeting with citizens to declare the outbreak as smallpox. Twenty eight cases reported with 23 at the pest house on Red Mountain and immediate quarantines. Suspected cases at the camp of detention are under observation with no eruptions yet. Authorities burn bedding and disinfect premises to prevent further spread.
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Brmauixcuaw
Ala
Red Mountain
Jefferson County Medical Society
Gold rush fever grips Chicago as Alaska voyage planned
A Chicago party of 150 plans a swift Detroit to Chicago to Alaska expedition. They will travel by special train to San Francisco for mining supplies, then sail to St Michaels and up the Yukon. The promoters promise ample provisions and a rapid 20 day Chicago to Klondike journey. Two St Anne sisters volunteer for northern service after a lengthy tenure.
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Windy City
Chicaco
Clondyke Gold c
Chicago
San Francisco
Gold Chancery
St. Michaels
Yukon
Clondyke River
Clondyke
Transportation Company
Order of St. Anne
Thi
Mary of the Cross
Peterson
Holyoke
Mass
Mary Magdalene of
Poison and the myth of womens ailments cured at home
A fragment discusses misattributing female health issues to drunkenness indigestion or insomnia, urging that many delicate complaints stem from deep rooted female organ maladies. It advocates private home cures claimed to calm reproductive organs restore strength and nerve vitality and improve sleep.
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Rae Ma
Possible Sherman successor rumor unsettles Washington scene
Reports from Washington claim Whitelaw Reid may succeed Secretary Sherman though no official confirmation exists. Reid sails to return to the U.S. amid negotiations to lease John Hay’s Washington home. Other names suggested include Secretary Long and Assistant Secretary Day as possible future heads of foreign affairs and the attorney general post if Sherman retires. Sherman remains under medical treatment in Annapolis amid heat and fatigue.
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State Department
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Mr. Reid
Washington
John Hay
H Street
State l Department
Sherman
Shers
Reid
Foreign Affairs Bureau
Day
McKinney
Aversa
Judge McKenna
California
McKenna
Judicial Department
Hegaa
Supreme Court
Stephen J. Field
Oretary Day
Gray
Anna
Ransett
Wasning
Langher
British Wheat Crop Short and Low Pay Indicated
Replies to the Agricultural Gazette's inquiries show that the United Kingdom wheat crop is well below the average, signaling reduced harvest prospects and likely lower farm incomes. Trade and market implications are anticipated as farmers face tighter yields and potential price pressures.
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The
Agricultural Gazette
United Kingdom
Georgia Crop Prospects Promising Amid Heavy July Rains
The state agriculture department reports August outlook shows upland corn saved by timely rains, cotton crop generally excellent, and fruit yields mixed. Corn has surged with repeated showers, potatoes lag behind May and June dryness, sugar cane weak, peaches poor but some local fruits fair, grapes and apples improving as harvest nears.
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Atlanta
State Trbultural Department
Georgia
Indian Officials Active in Cope With Hostile Tribesmen
A Simla dispatch reports the government taking all steps to face hostilities in Chitra. Fort Chakdara, though isolated, may be held with two Panjaub infantry companies and two gas units. Roads to Mardan and Malakand are blocked by tribesmen with telegraph lines cut. Bengal lancers and the Second Panjaub infantry move to Mardan. Seventh Mountain battery nears Malakand. West Kent regiment stands by in Peshawar. Captain Holland of the Twenty-Fourth infantry was among those wounded during the Cann Malakand attack.
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Lospex
Simla
Chitra
Unwritten Law Upheld in Lexington Draman Indictments
In Lexington Kentucky the county grand jury adjourned after issuing more indictments than in ten years yet refused to indict Jacob S Harris the drummer who shot and killed Thomas H Merritt the pension attorney. Harris was acquitted on an examining trial after Merritt was found with Harris's wife in Gratz Park. Local papers urged indictments. Falconer upheld the acquittal amid public reaction. Sheriff implicated in lynching case in Laurens as Henry Gray was hanged by a mob at Ora after a crowded scene following an unexplained incident.
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Sualy
Arette County
Jacob S Harris
Thomas H Merritt
Harris
Merritt
Gratz Park
Gray Falconer
Friends of the
Noa
Cotausia
T. S. Sense
Henry Gray
Ora
Laurens
Fifth Biennial Session of English Lutheran Synod Convenes
The English Lutheran Synod of Missouri meets in Baltimore for a week at Emanuel English Lutheran Church. Delegates from Missouri, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York and DC attend. Sermon by Rev. O F, confessional address by Rev. George Lareke, with studies on church polity by Rev. P W Myer and Ligioe Origin by Rev. W A Dallman. Discussions cover mission work, pastoral care, and feasibility of a seminary in Winfield Kansas.
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Bagtich Synod
English Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Missouri
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Illinois
Minnesota
Wise Consin
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
District of Columbia
United States
Emanuel English Lutheran Church
W. A. Dallman
Winheld
Kon
Trade activity shows cautious optimism amid strikes
Southern reporters note renewed industrial vigor despite a coal miners strike threat. West Virginia mines are steady, Birmingham district settlements allow resumed work, Jellico and Youngstown show idle status with destitution feared. Iron and steel demand remains solid while new blast depots begin in Birmingham and lumber markets rise as fall approaches.
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Onatraxcog
Sianen Tayee
Birmingham
West Virginia
Steamer Cambria Sinks Off Sarnia After Wreck
Steamer Cambria of Windsor Detroit and Seolina left Sault Ste Marie with 100 passengers and wrecked three miles north of Sarnia after a collision with a drifting object. All passengers were landed safely at Sarnia as the vessel broke up in a westward sea. The Cambria had operated between Detroit and Sault Ste Marie for years.
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Heaca
Mich
Cambria
Windsor
Troit
Seolina
Sault Ste Marie
Horon
Sarnia
Menced
Yitons
Detroit
Sauis § Marie
Georgian Bay
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