15 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
1
An auction note offers a sale of the northeast quarter of section 14 in township 13 range 47 Wilkin County Minnesota for 16 dollars per acre. Payment terms include 1000 dollars cash with the remainder to be paid in small annual installments.
An investment quarter promises six per cent interest and good returns. The notice invites interested buyers to call for a showing of the well improved quarter.
Local notes report chicken pox easing in Wahpeton with few adults affected while schools debate reopening. Mentions doctors, sightings of cases in Minneapolis and Fargo, quarantines in Breckenridge, and a public discussion on vaccination and disease origins.
Unclaimed letters for the week ending February 14 1900 include Bible Joe Ot Holemb Davin Windins and Don R Davinson. Postal official P M urges attention for advertised letters and pickup.
News notes that schools may reopen Monday with caution on chicken pox cases. A call for a joint board of health and education meeting prompts a plan of procedures for parents and teachers. The item includes local editorials and a city council adjournment with juror lists and a Fargo fibre mill update.
The district court revisited the Frank Fisk divorce dispute yesterday. The earlier order gave the father custody of the three children during school vacations, but the mother blocked the current vacation period. Judge Pollock ruled to keep the children with the mother for the three-month summer break, enforcing the existing arrangement.
City council met February 5 1900 with Mayor Reeder presiding. Minutes read and approved finance committee and Justice Sleeper reports accepted. Bills were examined and ordered paid from respective funds.
Wahpeton reports a pest house with three smallpox cases, traced to a Minneapolis student who attended school there. Officials deny multiple infections and say the patient was misdiagnosed with chickenpox by the city’s sole examiner. The rumor wave across papers is unfounded.
The Minneapolis Tribune reports that a state examiner, eye and ear specialist Quarry, visited Wahpeton at night and left declaring smallpox after no examination. His opinion, backed by local physicians, is criticized as unexamined and used to alarm Wahpeton residents. The piece questions the validity and timing of the examination and its impact on public fear.
Wahpeton faces a smallpox scare with schools and university closed and the district court adjourned. The flare prompts public panic, while Dr. Quick and Dr. Devine feature in the local health debate as barber Henry Mott and others quarantine. Joe Slattery notes doctor’s laughter as clues reveal tensions around the outbreak.
In a February 1 update, the Connecta bound train at Wyndmere meets Soo passenger service eastbound on return, enabling same day round trips to Hankinon and other Soo east points via Wahpetow. Also noted is a teachers examinations schedule for Bridey and Saturday March 0, 290, announced by BGALURONAN, Agent and Supt oka Bly.
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