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Lancaster Ledger News Roundup and Smallpox Quarantine
Local notices discuss dust purchases and bakery offerings, a visit by Mrs Ada Hough to her daughter, and multiple community updates. Lancaster town adopts strict smallpox quarantine around the cotton mill district with ten guards, vaccination drives, and hospital precautions to prevent spread. The issue notes marriages, sales, and forthcoming events, urging subscriptions to the Lancaster Ledger.
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