Yellow fever outbreaks force Key West quarantine
Florida officials order Key West shut down after two deaths and five additional suspected yellow fever cases. Deputy customs official Dennis Eagan Jr and a youth named Cosgrove are reported dead. Seven people remain under surveillance as officials tighten patrols from Miami to Tampa while New Orleans confirms a yellow fever fatality and investigates another case amid a generally good sanitary status.
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Jacksonville
Key West
J. Porter
Florida State Board of Health
Porter
Charles B. Sweeting
Dennis Eagan, Jr
Yellow fever reports and quarantine actions spread across states
News from New Orleans Washington Havana and Jackson detail yellow fever cases and public health responses. Quarantine measures spark business friction with Texas and Alabama, while officials in Louisiana Mississippi and Austin coordinate inspections and border controls amid rising concerns.
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Austin
Blunt
Louisiana
New Orleans
Yellow fever case linked to New York return
A patient sick on returning from Cuba is diagnosed with yellow fever in New York and is allowed to travel to this state. The case shows classic symptoms including turning yellow and black vomit. In Sherman Texas a large cooperage plant will be built on leased land from the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway.
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Cuba
New York
Sherman
Tex
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Bohemians lured to Argentina with land grants
A Bohemian emigration plan to South America is discussed in Washington as Jose Faber meets Dr. Meron. A commission of Bohemian editors and a priest will assess Argentina's inducements. If favorable, settlers may receive 500 acres in Chubut to convert into farming land.
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Chicago
United States
South America
Jose Faber
Buenos Ayres
Martin Garcia Meron
Washington
Argentine Republic
Julian Freers
Faber
Meron
Chicago Svornost
Bousek
Tyndall
S. D
Chubut
Shipwreck tale and local crime notes across several cities
The Woodruff arrives with survivors of the Drot wreck off Florida. Maurice Anderson is described as a raving maniac while the raft crew faced murder and cannibalism after the captain and seven seamen perished. Other items report a return to Elmira after 20 years to claim maternal property, a fatal shooting in Coleman, a sheriff custody case in Eldora amid forgery charges, and Pine Bluff noting Breckinridge’s press venture with John Fordyce and the Breckinridge stake in Russia.
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Charleston
Woodruff
Maurcie Anderson
Goodmund Thomasen
Drot
Florida
Anderson
Thomason
Elmira
N. Y
Frank J. Leach
Joseph Cilley
California
Haseen
Pine Bluff
Ark
Clifton Rhodes Breckinridge
Russia
Round Base Press
John R. Fordyce
Sam W. Fordyce
St. Louis
Mr. Breckinridge
White campaign reported by North Carolina correspondent
The Journal prints a sensational dispatch from its special correspondent in North Carolina stating that white residents have begun a political campaign there.
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Atlanta
Journal
North Carolina
Political parties seek disfranchisement of voters in state
Kenney Illinois September 2 report notes both Democrats and Republicans seek to disfranchise 100000 negro voters in the state. The item mentions Miss Lydia Brelsford eloping with Fred Botkins aged 16 son of Clinton police chief Botkins and a capture at Danville Illinois by her father before bringing her home.
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Kenney
Ills
Lydia Brelsford
Fred Botkins
Botkins
Clinton, Ill
Decatur
Danville
Judge Grubbs to Speak at Huntsville Industrial Convention
Greenville Texas report states Judge V W Grubbs is appointed as a speaker at the October 10 11 industrial convention in Huntsville Alabama in compliment to his state education work. Paris Texas reports the death of Mrs J T Owen near Reno from black jaundice with a son dying days earlier and another family member near death.
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Greenville
Tex
V. W. Grubbs
Huntsville
Ala
Paris
J. T. Owen
Reno
Real Estate Bargains List Across Bryan and Benchley
Offered properties include 150 acres on the H. and T. Co. railroad between Bryan and Benchley in the Thompson creek area known as the Jesse Taylor place. New five room houses near the graded school and the Mrs. Mary Mooring place. A five room house on 1.5 acres in the eastern town section. Water works and abundant water. Western city dwelling with 2 acres at a very low price. If you have property to sell we will find a buyer.
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Bryan
Benchley
Thompson Creek
Jesse Taylor
Mary Mooring
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