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Smallpox ill in Fort Dodge and local notices
The report notes Dr Alton of the Republican is dangerously ill with smallpox at Fort Dodge. Also two more smallpox cases appear in John Paugh’s family in Jack Creek township. Other items include school board adjournment for May 8 to hire teachers, Grace Chapel Orleans moving location, and census work assignments in Lyons county. Frequent local notices cover accidents, telephone rates, hat trends, fishing season prep, civic meetings, and upcoming events across area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Fort Dodge
John Paugh
Jack Creek
J. A. Mestad
Kenman North Dakota
Spirit Lake
Grace Chapel
Orleans
J. P. Forrest
Allison
Riverside
Lyons
Chas. B. Holloway
Minneapolis
Great Western Railroad
Great Western
Oelwein
Richtmyer & Richtmyer
Albert Lea
Estherville
Huntington
Birney
Fair Ground
Robert M. Bush
Spencer
Hessell
Bush
Germiania
Armstrong
S. D. Bunt
John Broadwell
Kosauth County
Cratty School House
W. A. Ladd