Fever and quarantine in the yellow fever era in Louisiana
A report from New Orleans describes ongoing yellow fever figures with new cases and deaths alongside comments from health officials on control progress. It notes cases in Jefferson Parish and surrounding areas, a through-travel policy, and a mob-driven expulsion of Italians by armed locals near Baker and Zachary as fear and panic accompany the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
T. D Berry
Marine Hospital Service
Madisonville
St. Tam Many Parish
Lake Ponchartrain
Kenner
Jefferson Parish
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Sanders
Alabama
Board of Trade Today
Wyman
Qusafa
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Baker
Zachary
MARRIAGE LICENSED TO WHITEHEAD WOLFF IN NORFOLK
Multiple marriages listed from Baltimore Laurel and Salisbury with dates. John C Whitehead of Norfolk and Mianle c Wolff Bernard Anthony Hysht and Mary Elisabeth Nierhaug of Baltimore, plus others. Notices include Brew dies aged five months, Gordon funeral in Asbury Park, Brady death in Washington area, Morris death in Knoxville with private interment.
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John C Whitehead
Norfolk
Mianle c. Wolff
Bernard Anthony Hysht
Mary Elisabeth Nierhaug
Baltimore
Joseph H. Hammen
Jenoie Andrews
Emory R. Boyer
Linda W Tillinghast
David W Heli
Susan L. Schroeder
Stephen Green
Jane Lomax
Wiliam J Peregoy
Evelyn Grady
Laurel
John 4. Luba
Hannah ¢ Layfield
Salisbury
Brew
Samuel A
Florence
George L. Brew
Gordon
Asbury Park
N. J
James Gordon
Daniel
Ellen Keady
Natreet
Holy Trinity Church
Pesee
Morris
C. Morris
Glenwood Cemetery
Knoxville
Tenn
Health Office Record Deaths Reported to August 19
Health office record lists numerous deaths with ages and addresses including John F Blandon 61, Annie M Dey 75, William B Garnett 45, Early Hicks, Smiiious L Hutt, Frank Hurley at Children’s Hospital, Thomas H Langley 84, Mary A Riale 4, Geneva Robingon 5 days, Bertha H Birtett 10 days, John M Tabba 5 years, Mary L Taylor 3 years, among others. Record notes locations such as Govt Hosp Insane and 3900 Tat at, 219 Pomeroy wt aw, and 1701 Tat nw.
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John F Blandon
Beo Brown
Pomeroy
Annie M Dey
Wiliam B. Garnett
Hicks
L. Hutt
Frank Hurley Children's Hospital
Thomas H
Notice of free simultaneous publication across major papers
Marriage and death notices in The Washington Post will be sent to a broad network of newspapers the next morning at no extra charge. The list includes New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record-Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Byracl SB Post-Standard BT Pautl Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
T Louis Republic
Byracl
SB Post-Standard
BT Pautl Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Yellow fever and dengue mix hit Gulf fishing towns
In Lee fishing village near Bayou La Fourche about 100 people were sick with yellow fever and dengue, doctors fallen ill, making tracing to New Orleans difficult. The Gulf coast towns report heated quarantine, with Italians allowed to land while locals face discrimination. Mississippi City reports four new fever suspicions as authorities press for state health board control and possible militia action at Grand Junction.
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New Orleans
Allans
Prepareel
Peon
Eas
Lee
Gubt
Bayou la Fourche
Gulf Coast
Stark
la Fourche
New Orleana
Fair Beate
Jackson
Mise
Hunter
State Board of Health
Mississippi City
Milysissippi City
Mia HD Money
United States
Money
Tennessee
Memphis
Tenm
Cox
Nashville
Albright
Grand Junction
Hardeman County
State Board
Guv Cox
Hare
Fever Scare In Pittsburgh Italians Reported From New Orleans
A dozen Italians said to have escaped the New Orleans yellow fever blockade were found in Pittsburgh after spending Wednesday in the city and Thursday with a Homestead resident on Ann street. The health department fumigated the Ann street house and ordered a strict quarantine for several days.
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New Orleans
New York
Pittsburg
Ann Street
Homestead
Plot Against Czar Looms From Paris Exiles
Paris observers report a planned assassination plot against the Czar by Russian exiles in Paris allied with revolutionaries. The date set is September 7, with a backup effort three weeks later if the first fails, linked to the Plehve killing.
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Paris
Washington Post
London
the Observer
Mse
M. Plehve
Reid on Social Tour Across English Country Houses
American Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and Miss Reid embarked on a three weeks tour of English country houses visiting Patshull House Wolverhampton hosted by Earl Artmouth and Maiden Bradley Bath hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Somerset. They plan to entertain at Wrest Park Ampthill Bedfordshire after the tour.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
Mia
Miss Reid
Earl of Artmouth
Patshull House
Wolverhampton
Duke and
Duchess of Somerset
Maiden Bradley
Bath
Wednnesday
Reid
Philadelphia Restaurant Man Found Dead At Home
Edward Van Beil a forty year old restaurant keeper formerly of Baltimore was found dead in his Philadelphia home the body badly decomposed a small gold watch in his right hand and a grass with white powder on the dresser police believe the substance to be poison Van Beil had run restaurants in Boston Baltimore and New York and was later in real estate in Galveston his wife and daughter were away at the seashore
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Edward van Beil
van Beils
van Beil
Boston
New York
Galveston
Murderer Cheats Gallows in St Louis Jail
In the death watch cell Lambert Niewhaus condemned for killing his brother in law stabbed himself with a penknife three times in the abdomen. Death was instantaneous. The act occurred in the city jail with the condemned man awaiting next Monday's hanging.
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Staba
St. Louis
Death Watch
Lambert Niewhaus
Desth
Maritime movement notices from Atlantic liners and ports
Shipping news lists arrivals and sailings across ports. Vessels like Lucania, Etruria, Kroonland, and Potsdam are logged with routes to New York, Queenstown, Dover, Hamburg, Cherbourg, and Southampton. A Wilmington health order bans New Orleans freight, notably rice, from entering the city.
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Ocean Steamshipa
New York
Astived
Philadelphia
Southampton
Cailed Etruria
Queenstown
Liverpool
Waldernee
Dover
Hamburg
Minnetonka
London
St. Louis
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Kroonland
Antwerp
aArrived
Lucania
Umbris
St. Paul
Bayra
la Touraine
Bremen
Main
Finland
Boulogne
Pau
Pherbourg
Caitic
Livera
Potsdam
Ottenham
New Orleans
Wilmington
N. C
Board of Health
Wyomington
Walsh Boy Killed In Newport Car Crash
The 18 year old Vinson Walsh, expert chauffeur and Philips Andover hopeful, died when his Mercedes overturned in a six foot fall after entering Newport cottage life. His sister Evalyn Walsh, a debutante and competent driver, was seriously injured. Friends and family, including P F Collier and T A Wickersham, mourn the loss and note Vinson's prudent driving despite previous overspeeding arrests.
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Vinson Walsh
Phillips Andover
Cottage Colony
Walsh
Newport
Walsh Cottage
P. F Collier
Collier
Chesapeake Beach
Leadville
Colo
Kalorama Heights
Wr Wickersham
Evalyn Walsh
Newport Society
Wickersham
Too, Fond of Ham. Slater Arrested for Grand Larceny
Detectives Hartigan and Baur yesterday arrested William A Slater, a Black man, charged with grand larceny. He is alleged to have stolen ham and other articles in a systematic manner from the J. W. Whitfield Company at 918 Louisiana Avenue Northwest.
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William A Slater
Hartigan and Baur
J. W. Whitfield Company
Louisiana Avenue
Hoyt Sets Exhibition Mile At Charles River Park Races
Cambridge August 19 Fred C Hoyt of Boston rode an exhibition mile in 0 56 2 5 seconds at the motor cycle races on the Charles River Park track winds gusting down the track and the event serving as part of the American Federation of Motor Cyclists championship program Hoyt’s time short of the world’s record by three fifths of a second yet hailed as a notable performance amid no accidents and numerous event summaries including a five mile national title won by Jed C Hoyt and other exhibition and sprint feats by J De Roster Charley Taibey and Bob Schultz.
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Cambridge
Mass
Fred C. Hoyt
Boston
Charles River Park
Albert Champion
Hoyt
American Federation of Motor Cyclists
J de Roster
Springfield
Harph Wyatt
Brockton
Jed C Hoyt
J. de Roster
Charley A Taibbey
Byan
Masu
Fred C Hoyt
Guy Green
Timhe
J. de Rogler
Tims
Bob Schultz
F C Hoyt
F.C Hoyt
Kellogg
Bridgeport
Conn
Neconda
Excursion Ship Thomas Patten Grounded Near New Jersey
The steamboat Thomas Patten with about 1500 passengers mostly women and children ran aground at Racoon Island Point near Pleasure Bay New Jersey at 3 8 tonight after previously hitting a reef at Atlantic Highlands. Passengers were moved in small boats amid darkness with great difficulty while men stayed aboard and crew remained on the vessel.
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Washington Post
New York
Thomas Patten
Racoon Island Point
Pleasure Bay
N. J
Atlantic Highlands
Raccoon Island Point
Illinois Tunnel Company Pledges Air Pressure Safeguards
Chicago officials announced that the Illinois Tunnel Company will meet the city’s demands for safe subway construction through air pressure safeguards. Engineer George W. Jackson reported that work on connections, drifts, and by-passes would halt until proper measures are in place to prevent street and building settlement, with the company eager to comply.
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Chicago
Public Works
Patterson
Illinois Tunnel Company
George W. Jackson
Dunne
Kaiser to Have New Yachts Hint in Berlin Plan
Emperor William weighs a new steam yacht and a sailing yacht to replace Meteor III. The Hohenzollern cruiser, once Aviso, would be retired from first class service and possibly used as a naval hospital ship. A miniature model was built at Kiel from plans by an English designer.
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Berlin
William
Hohenzollern
Imperial Navy Yard
Kiel
Patrick man struck by electric train near Arlington and Falla
A twenty year old Patrick man from Roslyn Wisconsin was struck by an east bound train along the Arlington and Falla Church Railroad at about 4:20 PM. He was hurled into the air, dazed after landing, and taken to University Hospital where doctors found only minor injuries and he later returned home.
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Patrick Men
Roslyn
Wiay
Arlington and Falla Church
University Hospital
Tagena
Addicks Loses Union Backing in Delaware Senate Bid
Delaware politics shift as Senator J Edward Addicks loses Union Republican support led by his lieutenant Senator Allee. Union leaders vow no more backing for Addicks, aiming toward a merged Republican front and potential two senate seats if a united caucus prevails in the 1906 legislative elections.
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Allee
Gas King
Senate
Struggie
Delaware
J. Edward Addicks
Union Republican
Addicks
Leutenant
Wigden
Union
Hall
Stae
Anthony
Theepublican
Gray
Kenney
Ball
Newcastle
Wilmington
Findings of Board of Inquiry On Bennington Accident
The court of inquiry into the Bennington boiler accident at San Diego Harbor is to report soon. Navy officials await the findings with anxiety as officials review multiple official reports. Bonaparte will decide what to release publicly once the inquiry results are available.
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Board of Inquiry
Court of Inquiry
Bennington
Fin! Diego
Cal
Washington
Navy Department
Department
San Diego
Bonaparte
Goodrich
Bonapare
Navy Yards
Robbery on Harvard Street handbag snatched at night
Mrs. Woodward of 1249 Harvard Street Northwest was robbed of a handbag containing car tickets and black hose near Fifteenth Street and Florida Avenue around 10 PM. A young Black man confronted her with questions then snatched the bag and fled as a police officer arrived but found no trace.
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Woodward
Harvard Street
Megro
Tenth Precinct
Pianos Loaned Free By Local Piano Co
The F G Smith Piano Co offers six months free loan of square pianos to parents seeking musical education for their children. Pianos are in good condition and available for delivery. applicants only pay hauling costs. Writers urge prompt applying before demand rises this fall and winter.
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F. G. Smith Piano Co
Pa.ave
Odd Fellows Witness Initiation at Excelsior Lodge
Excelsior Lodge No. 17 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows held its regular meeting last Monday evening and, after routine business, adjourned to Inv ite Beacon Lodge No. 15. The lodge in attendance witnessed the initiatory degree conferred in fine style.
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Odd Fellows
Excelsior Lodge
Beacon Lodge
Unoccupied House Robbed on Fourteenth Street
Leo Cobb of 519 Fourteenth Street Northwest reported to police that his vacant house at 611 Fourteenth Street was entered yesterday and bath tub and gas fixtures were stolen.
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Leo Cobb
Fourteenth Street
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Mr Walsh, Sr
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Kaiser
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United States Realty Company
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Capital Traction Co
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