Yellow Fever Headlines 100 Years Ago Nationwide
Century-old newspapers were consumed by a yellow fever outbreak in Virginia with 7,000 fleeing Norfolk and Portsmouth. Editorial praise for the Sisters of Charity contrasts with sparse mentions of President Pierce and job appointments. An Intelligencer notice advertised a slave for purchase and various weather and trade ads appeared alongside rent and provisioning notices.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington i
Congress
Virginia
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Sisters of Charity
Franklin Pierce
Illinois
New Hampshire
Washington
the Intelligencer
John A. Washigton
Blakiston
Capitol
13Th Street
New York Times
Brooklyn
Global random human interest bullets from varied cities
A collage of brief, quirky items including a man rewarded after returning cash found in a bag in Johannesburg, a taxi driver robbed by deserters in Marseille with a tiny reward for returning his wallet, Tokyo police policing dress in cafes, a near fall from a Bayonne factory roof, a California cow birth quadruplets with astronomical odds, and notes on wheat stem sawfly affecting the northern Great Plains.
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Marseille
France
Manuel Guerpilpillon
The
Foreign Legion
Wheat Estimate Up For This Year
The Agriculture Department raised the 1955 wheat crop forecast to 910,958,000 bushels from 860,331,000. Oklahoma is pegged at 27,?28,000, Texas 14,212,000, and Kansas 132,864,000 bushels. The corn crop is projected at 3,477,711,000 bushels, the second largest ever, with various prior figures noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Down Payment On Autos Are Still Large
A Universal CIT Credit study shows Americans still make 22 percent down payments on new cars, with 78 percent financed. Through six months, $8.6 billion in loans funded $11 billion in car purchases, reflecting steady down payments amid booming auto sales.
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Detroit
Universal Cit Credit Coroperation
New York
Universal Cit
Fisherman Captures Incredible Turtle Feat at Canton Dam
HENNESSEY Okla JP Cecil Fnix claims witnesses to a dramatic catch as he hooked a huge turtle below Canton Dam on the North Canadian River. He gripped the hook with five inch pliers when the creature allegedly snagged the tool, swallowed it and vanished.
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Hennessey
Okla
Cecil Fnix
Fnix
Canton Dam
North Canadian
Enix
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Karel Reynecke
TOKYO
Bayonne
James O'Neill
Jersey City
O'neal
Maidenfarm Bras
Hollister
Calif
Sven Petersen
Perr T. Capps
University of California College of Agriculture
Great Plains
United States
AU Cola
2Nd St
Nehi Bottling CO
Childress, Texas
Constellation
Boston Navy Yard
Baltimore
Don Rodeay
St. Louis
Erized Steel
Hvy. O. D
White
Aires
BIG
Archie Pearce
XTRA
ED Cushion
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