Yellow Fever Spreads in Gulf Region Reports Rise
Nine yellow fever cases are reported in New Orleans with one death. Uptown patient Edward McGinty relates to Ocean Springs exposure. Quarantine and disinfection efforts expand as cities from Helena to Biloxi impose restrictions. News headers note cases in Mobile and Barkley with officials warning of further to come.
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New Orleans
Heaith
Edward McGinty
Ocean Springs
McGinty
Mississippi
Te Elk Aid
Board of Health
Somine Board of Health
Helens
Ark
Board of Hearth
Vicksbuts
Helena
Monroe
jAtlanta
South
Atlanta
Biloxi
Bousseille
Nashville
Malty
Dunn
Axent Lenk
Hunter
Quinn
Noteen
Memphis
Mioviceippl
Aldecryar
Crescent
Carter
The
Marine Hospital Src
Barkley
Barkley Wen Litte
de Tendeon
Jackson
Miss
Sawards
Natchez
Washington
Gutteras
Hias
City
Mobile
Ala
Carten
Ocean
van Clere
Scranton
Gulteras
Guiteras
Wasdin
Larston Murray
Wyman
Murray
Yellow fever autopsy confirms Ocean Springs case
News from Atlanta reports excitement in Athens over a mysterious negro attacker striking women. Police, armed bystanders, and hundreds search for the assailant after multiple incidents. Women keep indoors as fear grows and investigations continue with no suspect identified.
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Atlanta
Aten
Brezalia
Athens
University of Georgia
McLendon
Thomasville
Joe
Megry
Cripples to Meet in Unique St Louis Conclave
A St Louis convention of the American Brotherhood of Cripples gathers 6,000 delegates with daily lectures by surgeons and manufacturers. Founder Wim R Trower, a former railroad worker, outlines aims to improve crippled care, cut limb costs and foster surgeon maker cooperation while stressing dignity over charity. President of the group, Trower, is 39 and lives at 217 Kraus Street with his wife and three children.
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St. Lewis
St. Louis
American Brotherhood of Cripples
St. Louisan
Wim. R. Trower
Iron Mountain Railway
Stein Street
Trower
Ian Frog
Tron Mountain
Prower
Transportation Department of the Railroad
Wmn. Niebuhr
EU- Pope
Bufscons
Delewates
Sam
Kraus Street
Fleeing from famine crowds into Alaska trade routes
The steamer Bella, carrying 90 passengers, including 70 miners with stake money near 500000, and other prospectors fleeing famine, reports shortages of food in Anvik Alaska. Alaska Commercial Co. imposes rationing to curb stockpiling and refuses supplies to hotels and restaurants, aiming to serve miners first. Trader Jake McQuesten notes Yukon provisioning is insufficient to meet demand.
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Anvik
Alaske
Seattle
Alaska Commercial Company
Hamilton
Louis Sloss, Jr
Jake McQuesten
Bella, Siga
Yukon
Schemes At Dyea Spark Transportation Debate In Alaska
John W. Smith, U S commissioner at Dyea, reports to the Evening Telegram from Portland on September 5 detailing schemes to develop railways and tramways in Alaska. He notes legal limits on right of way, the rule that only a bridge can become private property, and that some miners are holding back until spring while Skaguay grows a new town as routes shift.
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Portland
Ore
John WU. Smith
United States
Dyea
Evening Telegram
Alaska
Dyes
Skagzuay
Eothirie
Skaguay
Skaguay Pass
Drew
Much Gold No Food Humboldt Passengers Offer Cautionary Tale
The Humboldt arrived in port after eleven days from St Michaels with reports of Klondike wealth and interior shortages. Miners warn of privation sickness and possible death as many head toward Dawson City and winter in the states. Complete passenger list includes Dr A C Posey and Mrs Cronister among others. Electric Bitters extolled as a cure for liver ills and malarial effects.
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Humboldt
St. Michaels
Klondike
Yukon
AL Wanger
E. Turner
E Crieder
W. Urquhart
J. D. Rodgers
DF. Atking
J. W. Whitesides
J. XN. Soreian
Dawson, Sali
Skaguay
Dyea
Dawson City
Seattle
A. c. Posey
Oakland
Cal
J. A. Williams
San Francisco
E. Cronister
G. A. Wanker
Ei, Turner
J. F. Crieder
J. P. Willams
J. W. Whiteside
W. EB. Price
Geo
Scott
J. N. Seretan
Mra. Woodward
T.P. Rodgers
D. E. Atkins
Mra
A. Clark
Strange Charge of GI Colored Ex Convict Sued in Georgia
George Turner of Effingham County files a suit for 36 dollars against Shearouse and Company claiming he was illegally leased and sold as a county convict. He alleges he served twelve months for a cap theft he says he did not commit, was tried on a porch, and was auctioned with nineteen other negroes and a horse by Wood and Company to settle fines.
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Savannah
George Turner
Effingham County
Shearouse & Co
D. H. Clark
Turner
Clarke
Wood & Co
Shearocse
Clark
Effingham
Eaya
F. Bt.Traver
Judge Traver
Traver
Soldior
R. W. Shippard
Guily
Woods
Woots
Sheanouse & Co
Convicts Seek Release Over Sentence Methods
State pardons board found errors in how terms and deductions were calculated at the penitentiary. Authorities say convicts have served longer than sentenced, with gains to the state totaling over a million dollars from convict labor. John H B Atwood of Leavenworth filed habeas corpus to free Convict Ness from Phillips county. Attorney General Boyle and Warden Landis will argue for the state.
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M. Wells
State Board of Pardons
State Penitentiary
John HB. Atwood
Leavenworth
Topeka
Supreme Court
Phillips County
Wells
Ness
Journal
Landis
Boyle
Bombarded the Sparrow in Mount Vernon
In Mount Vernon on Fourth Avenue a week after sparrows settled in trees, merchants bought Roman candles and skyrockets to frighten them away. The blasts scattered the birds causing several to collide with brick wells and die. The birds did not return and merchants celebrate.
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Mount Vernon
Fourth Avenue
Mystery Death In Montreal Hotel Opens In New York Ties
A wet dressed man arrived on a Delaware and Hudson train from New York and asked a hotel porter to take a young lady to the Cadeline hotel. The woman registered as Miss Werner of New York and was later found dead in bed with a half empty bottle of carbolic acid. No identification is found.
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Montreal
Delaware & Hudson
New York
Cadeline
Cadelac
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Bufkin
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Miles
Inn
Tennison
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DE Miles Medical CO
Elichart, Ind
Montgomery Ward &Co
Michigan
Aew
Chicago
J. M. Knight
Amtt
Cimbl Undertaker & Furniture Dealer
Ramses Avenue
Witte Ambulance Bay
Doctors and Health Boards
Gulf Region
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Kingman
Kansee
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Sialdaven
Iad
Pilsiere
National Stables
Jackson St
Waerlin
Manin
Georgia
Kansas Avenue
Jean Martin Charcot
Paris
Wereros
Eureka Chemical and Manufacturing Co
la Crome
Wis
Bella
J. E. Jones’ Drug Store
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Mt. Vernon
Aow
York
Clairette
N. K. Fairbank Company
Belding Bros. & Co
JAS. S. Kirke & Co., Soap Manufacturers
Mess
Jan, S. Kink & Co
Reorie Bros. & Co
Jas.s, Kirk & CO
Pandy Cathartic
ELI
St.louis
Western Foundry and Machine Works
R. L. Cofran
Topeka, Kans
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Deahav Jones
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