Smallpox Shawl Traced to Hector Village Outbreak
An old woman with a shawl carried smallpox germs from a train car near Salamanca to Hector, triggering a deadly village outbreak. The case spread after the shawl was shared into Elmira and back, with multiple families losing members before the summer. A separate note recounts a cow race incident at a woolen mill and other varied items.
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Hector
New York Sun
Purdy
Elmira
Heetor
Erie Railway
Salamanet
Hornellsville
Amon
Morscat
Watkins
Northern Central
Eric
John Bethune
Lebanon
Frigid exchanges and street scene dialogue excerpt
A fragmented newspaper snippet recounts a tramp escaping a dog and losing half his clothing as he clears a gate. Dialogue shows a partner questioning why he did not run, with the tramp replying that under those circumstances a man needs wings. The item also includes humorous quips from Detroit Free Press and Chicago Record.
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Detroit Free Press
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W. H. Hunter, JB
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Shreveport
Whited & Wheless
Eon M. Carter
Derater
Texas and
Spring Streets
Chelholm Robertson
Detroit Tribune
Borneo
Sultan Akamaldin
Primus
Tecumseh King
Kane ‘Tecumsel
Poland
MAYER
Texas Road Junction
City Hleetrie
John Johnson
Jaque
Emmert Proprietary Co
Chicago
L. M. Carter and
Whitworth Bros
G. Dreyfus
Corner Spring and
Crockett Streets
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Ebert
De'ord & Carondelet
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Farmer Jones
Uncle Sam
Maryland
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Atlantic Seaboard
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Belgium
Holland
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Boston
Morris & Dickson
Texas St
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C. A. Alston
Jorrow
Crockett and
Herman Loeb
Vicksburg
St. Louis
Orleans
Galveston
Houston
Merchants 2 Farmers Bank
L. M. Carter
E. B. Rand
Goldstein
Rose
S.B. McCutchen
T. L. Stringfellow
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Spring
Milam Streets
W.j. Hutchinson
Texas ST. Shreveport
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