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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
4
The town board faced obstacles building a temporary hospital but now doubles the guard and health cert. Carthage reports no spread beyond a family exposed weeks ago. Trade returns as measures tighten with quarantine powers held by County Commissioners and strict avoidance of misrepresentation.
The Shelbyville Republican argues pastors may flee towns with smallpox, noting church closures and bans on meetings. It questions accusations of cowardice and suggests ministers take July or August vacations when churches are shuttered, citing Frends church support for the view.
The town board notes about 700 spent to date with trade down ten thousand in the last three weeks. Officials warn recovery will be slow and the smallpox cases will burden finances beyond the town’s bonded debt library costs and future cement sidewalks for the rest of the town.
Dr Lot Green and Hancock County Board of Health members surveyed the emailpox case with the County Commissioners Sunday. They found no smallpox in Carthage and ordered quarantine lifted and moved back to the Hancock County line against Greenfield. One guard remains north of town with a Knightstown patrol to cover Sunday quarantine jumpers.
Information reached the Rushville guard at the iron bridge north of town on Thursday that a Knightstown man who violated the county quarantine had been run out of Knightstown and was hiding with John Garner. Mr. Lowe with 15 days rations was sent from Rushville to guard the house, but the supposed fugitive proved to be Frank Bowen, a local farmer, who had left Knightstown two weeks earlier during a squirrel hunt. Lowe began the return to Rushville but was halted by guards at the race bridge and required a health officer’s pass to reach the depot for the train home.
The notice states that any person exposed to smallpox who refuses vaccination and disinfection can be placed in quarantine for 14 days to prevent spread.
At dawn on Friday the town board ordered a temporary hospital built. By Saturday morning 40 men labored to erect a four room house and a separate 12 by 20 foot kitchen porch complex. Water proved scarce, wells failed, and after several attempts a spring and nearby well were utilized. A moving van from Indianapolis arrived and, despite late night toil, the family was moved to the new quarters by Sunday morning amid disinfectant fumes.
A retrospective look credits the town board committee and a dedicated health officer for resolving the temporary hospital crisis and lifting the quarantine near Carthage. The piece notes harassment from rumors and praise for unpaid citizen effort and state consultation that guided final actions.
A fragment describes a claimed smallpox preventive and curative formula titled Zinc Bulphide and Digitalis, with dosages given in grains and teaspoonfuls. The text urges compounding by an experienced pharmacist and notes the digitalis should be solid. It claims thousands of testimonials supporting the remedy and prescribes a dosing schedule over twelve hours.
At press time authentic advices report no new cases since last Saturday. Total cases stand at 24 with 12 in quarantine or recovered and 8 in hospital, some attendants. Two serious cases are Mac Steel and Mrs Josiah Flora, aged 75.
Rush County orders quarantine against Knightstown Greenfield Carthage and Lewisville. Guards posted at town edges stop travelers and halt straw haulers and farmers. heightened tension as crowds gather and officials assess sanitary condition amid outbreak concerns.
A guarded official faced deaf ears and sharp remarks as townsfolk grew indignant. He placed himself between two guards, moved through back streets, and posted guards south of town while the crowd debated the decree. Initial nerves gave way to cautious waiting for results.
Green field Republican notes officials did not act without advice from experts and that the Carthage quarantine caused months of economic damage. It cites public panic, the smallpox cases in Mrs Perry Seward’s family, and lingering aftereffects despite the lifting of the quarantine.
Officials state there is no current danger of a smallpox outbreak in Carthage from Knightstown exposure. Two cases have fully recovered, one suspect remains, and all affected premises were moved, cleaned, fumigated, and quarantined. The town emphasizes no local exposures in 15 days and strict outside guarding.
The estate of Margaret Archey, deceased, containing about six acres, is offered for sale. Must be sold by August 15, 1902. R. Ray Johnson is administrator. W. H. Sharer for Linoleum.
The Greenfield Band postpones its carnival and street fair and will likely set a new date for Sept 1 with city council approval. They risk financial loss but view postponement as best amid the smallpox scare, hoping for better prospects and a strong fair then.
Henry O. Smith of Attleboro Mass owns a rare 1863 Vicksburg Daily Citizen, printed on wallpaper reverse with siege reports. A Union private set up type for an edition dated July 2 1863, printed after the city fell, with a soldier note.
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