Yellow Fever Case Traced to New Orleans Reaches Shreveport
Barney Tracey, traveling man from Chicago, is confined in a Shreveport detention camp with yellow fever. Authorities report no other cases in city or camp and say contagion cannot spread from him after three days of illness. Many residents fled the area, but sanitation efforts continue.
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Shreveport
Barney Tracey
Chicago
Tracey
New Orleans
G. C. Chandler
J. Eaves
Texas
St Mary's Ship Canal Opens Semi Centenary Festivities
A sunrise salute marks the two day celebration of the St Marys ship canal opening linking Lake Superior to the lower lakes. The event features two American locks and a Canadian lock, with officials including Vice President Fairbanks and Governor Warner among the guests. Commemoration programs include parades and speeches by dignitaries and canal founders.
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Sault Ste. Marie
St. Mary’s River
St. Mary's Ship Canal
Lake Superior
St. Mary's River
Fairbanks
Warner
Michigan
United States
Burrows
Burton
Ohio
William Livingston
Lake Carriers’ Association
Charles T. Harvey
Toronto
Betty Poe
0. M. Poe
Poe
Rudolph Lemieux
Canada
Peter White
Death toll rises as elbow fever claims six more
New Orleans reports six deaths and forty two new cases from elbow fever on Tuesday amid two days of extreme heat. Total cases reach 346 with 69 deaths. Italian names dominate the listed fatalities and the outbreak’s spread continues to prompt cross state tensions. Louisiana Governor Blanchard seeks naval aid to reinforce at the Mississippi border.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Blanchard
Fortified Southeast Texas Guarded Against Fever
Dr. Florence, acting for Dr. Tabor, toured Beaumont Echo and Ruliff crossing sites. He reinforced guards, took thirteen Kan sas City Southern passengers to camp for six days, and warned there will be no yellow fever in Texas unless already there. Mississippi Louisiana quarrel over quarantine grows as guards move into Louisiana waters. Governor Blanchard seeks swift action and reports to Governor Vardaman.
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Florence
Texas
Beaumont
Tabor
Echo
Ruliff
Kansas City
Orange and Northwestern Railway
Kansas City Southern
Mississippi
Louisiana
Memphis
Baton Rouge
Rigolette Lake
Pearl River
Blanchard
Parrialat
J. W. Bostwick
Vardaman
Fitzhugh Known Confederate Senate Figure Dies
Lafayette H. Fitzhugh died after dropping dead at St. Louis. He served as sergeant at arms of the Confederate States Senate for most of its existence and helped organize early Richmond forces for defense of the capital. He later moved to Texas and became a noted Democratic door keeper in Washington politics and promoter of Texas railroads and oil near Nacogdoches.
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Dallas
Lafayette H. Fitzhugh
St. Louis
Confederate States Senate
Richmond
Coldhel Fitzhugh
Texas
Virginia
House of Representatives
Washington
Grant
General Grant
Fitzhugh
Nacogdoches
Eight Hour Shift Restored at Austin Water Plant
In Austin the water and light commission reversed a twelve hour schedule and returned to the eight hour system after sustained labor union pressure. The decision ends a lengthy dispute as a new commission took charge. About fifty land and immigration agents from the International and Great Northern railway met in a semi annual session to promote Texas immigration. In San Antonio Mrs. Sarah McKay, 56, died preparing breakfast. she is survived by ten children.
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Austin
City
Water and Light Commission
International and Great Northern Railway
Texas
San Antonio
Sarah McKay
United States to Send Representative to Morocco Reform Conference
Tangier Aug 2 The United States government informed the foreign office it will send a representative to the international conference on Morocco reforms.
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Tangier
United States
Foreign Office
Morocco
Multiple Texas towns report incidents and openings
McKinney Texas cleans up after unspecified event. Lawton agency to furnish cotton pickers established. Ben Boss shot and killed at Ego Indian Territory. assailant escaped. A S Hutchinson drowned in Pecos River near Roswell New Mexico. Harrah State Bank Oklahoma opens with $10,000 capital. Central hotel Mineral Wells kitchen fire causes $600 damage.
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McKinney
Tex
Lawton
Ben Boss
Ego
I. T
A. S. Hutchinson
Pecos River
Roswell
N. M
Harrah State Bank
Harrah
Okla
Central Hotel
Mineral Wells
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Missouri
Howell Bros
Royal Blend Tea
The
City National Bank
Bryan, Texas
Edward Hall
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
Mae
Gradon Lewis & Clare
Slowstone National Park
GIN Insurance
Bryan
St. Mary’s Ship Canal
Mighty Enterprise
In_—National
Bryanice, Storagex Coal Company
Stevenson Machine
Vinci
F. J. Jenkins
Buchanan
Ss. W. Buchanan
Bryan Steam Laundry
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