Rolfe Smallpox Quarantine and Public Health Measures
Rolfe reports a smallpox case prompting a board of health meeting. Seven residents are quarantined while bans on public gatherings are imposed. The Reveille notes a mild form called modified smallpox with no bed confinement. Officials appoint A G Chase as special health police officer and urge transparent communication to prevent rumor.
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Wheeler
Rolfe
Beato
G. W. Randall
Togtther
Board of
G. W. Kendal
C. G. Lighter
Roy Campbell
Id Finn
Will Campball Gee
Taylor
John Taylor
Alvion
Katie Peterson
Lars Peterson
Grant Taylor
Homer Arford
H. Shockly
Ed Bruce
J. J. Bruce
Corporation
Leiwia Johnson
Dea Moung
A. G. Chase
Health Department
Somi
Reveille
Stunt on roof ends in plunge. burn and assault headlines
News items recount a man sliding off a roof and breaking his wrist after failing to grip the eaves, a severe foot and leg burn from hot water on Grandma Walker, and a suspected double crime where a wife and son were later discharged. Also noted are a goldfield worker bitten by a dying greyhound, and a blind Waterloo man who runs a broom factory and trained in the Iowa College for the Blind.
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Goldfield
Blood Place
Renwick
Strnel
Boons Township
Nick Duerst
Grandma” Walker
Westend
Mias Mae Schaap
Abs
Mrs. Walker
Fits
Pike
Near
Fonda
Ake
Healy Bros. & Kelliher
Waterloo
W. C. Duntan
Lowa College For the Blind
Vinton
Couras
Editor’s Wallets and a Buena Vista Suicide
A humorous riff on how different occupations carry money ends with a serious report: Daniel Johnson, a pioneer of Buena Vista County, hanged himself near Albert City in Fairfield Township on July Fourth.
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Daniel Johnson
Buena Vista County
Albert City
Fairfield Township
Areal Eqtate Transfers and Related Transfers Reported
A garbled OCR record lists estate transfers and related dealings involving named individuals and properties. The text references right of way, parcels near roads, and various parties including Walter Ro, Jahn, Annette, and others, with scattered mentions of spouses and property allocations amid unclear locations and dates.
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Botoend
Faw
C. Shuld
Taumhermen W. FP. Smitil
Ilverware
John A. Reed
Jeweler
Humboldt
Iowa
Jack Winter
Eosiey SI Sio
J.D. Foster
Prop
John Schnor
Savignas & Schnor Rutland
Senson
Rutland
A. Tl, Anderson
Bode
Putman
H.C. Hubbard
Walker
George Schiraiher
G. Schreiber
Weat Bend
George G. Schreiber
Kantara
Chicago
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
George
Medford
George G. Scheiber
J. P. Becker
Enat
Nonth
John Dressler
Old Blood Farm
Dressler
Marathon
Republic
Norton
Farnk Grestiland
Gilmore
Lizard
Danny
Metropolitan Cafe
GAY & Clark
AY & Clark
Jas. Hayes
J.R. Griffin
Crookston
Minnesota
G. Langloss
Koppe
F. Koppe
Pest
Perino
Paul Sui
Walter Rosunt
Sin-Fund
Wits
Albu
Hebo
OU Peeters
Borlilmey
Albee Hessle
Humboldt Postale
Borth M
South AU
West Ga
Volque
Addison
Llumboldt
F. M. Ellsworth
China
Ars
Ayers
America
Inter Oceon
Tia
Prosa
New York
New York World
Humboldt County Republican
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