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Epidemic smallpox shuts Middlesboro and more news
The brief notes report Middlesboro Kentucky declaring a smallpox epidemic with 29 cases, closing saloons and schools. Other items include boxing results, fatal accidents and crimes across Texas Oklahoma Missouri and Arkansas, plus local business fires and community events.
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Middlesboro
Peter Maher
Thunderbolt” Smith
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Sam Williams
Texarkana
Tex
Reuben Mikow
Allentown
White Oaks
N. M
Pedro Baldonado
Alexa Torian
Paducah
Texas
Stockdale
Bucyrus
Morgantown
Ind
Des Moines