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Smallpox Epidemic, Part LII

New Case in Clay County.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind., March 15. – To-day a case of genuine smallpox was reported from Posey township, four miles west of here. The patient is William Myers, and he is reported to be quite ill. The quarantine of Clay City, Clay county, which has been in force for over a month, was declared off to-day.

“New Case in Clay County,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 16 March 1900, p. 2, col. 4; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part LI

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Smallpox in Scott County.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SCOTTSBURG, IND., March 14. – Because of the existence of smallpox at Thomastown and one case in the country east of Underwood, the County Board of Health has passed an order prohibiting indoor public gatherings in Vienna, Jennings and Finley townships. So far only six cases of the disease have been reported, and no deaths have occurred in this county.

“Smallpox in Scott County,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 15 March 1900, p. 2, col. 4; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part L

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SITUATION IS CLEARING.

Festive Drummer Makes His Appear-
ance in Clay City Stores.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CLAY CITY, Ind., March 13. – A smallpox card was tacked on Dug Cooprider’s house last Saturday, where the disease had existed for about a week prior. It is reported that Cooprider, who is a bartender, had been attending bar regularly. Another case is reported at Jud Storm’s, southwest, five miles. Jud says there is only one other family in his whole neighborhood who has not had the disease.

The churches and Sunday schools opened last Sunday, and a close watch failed to reveal the attendance of a single suspicious person, although there were exceptionally large congregations out. Drummers are beginning to make the rounds, and everything seems to indicate that, despite the quarantine, we will soon be rid of the scourge. Only three houses were carded last week.

One Case at Mansfield.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ROCKVILLE, Ind., March 13. – William Kemper, of Mansfield, Parke county, has the smallpox. He returned from the South several weeks ago, and had been in towns where the smallpox was raging. He was in a hospital where smallpox patients were confined, and escaped the quarantine, making his way back to Mansfield. Many people had called on him and had been exposed before it was known he had the smallpox. Business is absolutely dead in Mansfield and many people who called on Kemper have been quarantined.

“Situation Is Clearing,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 14 March 1900, p. 2, col. 4; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLIX

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Soliloquy of the Vanquished.

I am
The Bubonic Plague;
There is just one thing on
Earth that I
Am afraid of, and that
Is Kentucky.
It’s the
Only thing that’s
Severer and less scrupulous
Or discreet
Than I.
It don’t five a (Well, you know
What the “cunnels” would say)
For anything or anybody;
It don’t even
Tell you to move when you’re
In front of the target’ it
Just shoots and shoots.
It don’t care for the decency of
The country, or its reputation.
It is just one continual
Round of broils, from
Year to year,
Regardless. It is a
Worse blot, and more in need of
Quarantining than either
Me, the cholera, or
Dr. Hurty’s smallpox.
It is a festering sore, a fe-
Ver blister, a cancer, an abscess,
A carbuncle, and it needs
Treatment.
I am vanquished; it outclasses
Me, and I will not be imported,
Either microbially
Or otherwise,
To the United States until Kentucky is
Rendered less obnoxious
I’m Jealous.

Dr. Hurty has a large assortment of bubonic microbes on the way to Indiana, and he expects to be able to sic them on us some time during the next two years. At present his smallpox microbes are beginning to look a little pale around the gills, but the doctor is nothing daunted and announces that his bubonic microbes will be the real thing. He has the microbe business down pat and is perhaps more familiar with their habits and characteristics than any living man. He knows their history from away back, and there has never been a microbe yet that was smart enough to fool him on its ancestry or family relations. – Decatur Journal.

“Soliloquy of the Vanquished,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 12 March 1900, p. 4, col. 4, 5; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLVIII

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SIX IN ONE FAMILY

Smallpox in the Home of James Rice,
Colored

Drs. Ferguson and Ridpath yesterday visited the home of James Rice, living on Sherman drive, just south of Washington street. Rice is colored and has a family of seven, all but one of them being afflicted with smallpox. The disease has been in the family for some time. The worst case is that of the oldest daughter, who has been employed in a family on the North Side. She has been sleeping at home nights. Once of the children also attended public school No. 2 and was sent home by the teacher who noticed eruptions on her face. A strict quarantine has been established, the expense of which will be born by the county, it having no pesthouse and having refused a short time ago to co-operate with the city in maintaining its pesthouse. The father is the only member of the family not afflicted.

Six Cases in One Family.

Six new cases of smallpox were reported to the State Board of Health, yesterday, from Noble county. The cases are all in one family and two of them are of the confluent form. The disease is supposed to have been contracted in Allen county.

“Six In One Family,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 11 March 1900, p. 3, col. 3; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLVII

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Three New Cases at Clay City.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CLAY CITY, Ind., March 9. – Three new cases of smallpox have been reported this week. These are the first for several days, and as the quarantine seems to be pretty well in hand it is believed the city soon will be rid of the scourge. There are but four or five houses in town carded at present. It is announced that Sunday schools and the churches will open on the 11^th inst.

“Thre New Cases at Clay City,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 10 March 1900, p. 2, col. 6; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLVI

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DISEASE PREVALENCE.
A Table Prepared by the State Board
Of Health.

The disease prevalence in Indiana for February has just been completed by the State Board of Health. The prevalence is based upon reports from seventy-two counties. In the following table the diseases have been analyzed in order of prevalence and it shows the number of cases of each disease reported in February and January:

	Feb	Jan
Bronchitis	97	86
Pneumonia	86	75
Tonsilitis	86	83
Influenza	83	80
Rheumatism	80	76
Consumption	76	67
Intermittent fever	48	41
Pleuritis	47	42
Diarrhoera	37	36
Typhoid fever	37	42
Scarlet fever	37	48
Erysipelas	34	20
Whooping cough	34	23
Diphtheria and croup	33	36
Inflammation of bowels	23	22
Measles	23	23
Puerperal fever	12	11
Cholera morbus	8	–
Cerebro-spinal meningitis	6	4
Cholera infantum	5	–
Dysentery	5	13

Smallpox was reported from Jackson, Scott, Vigo, Jay, Knox, Owen, Greene, Parke and Washington counties.
Hog cholera was reported from Delaware, Wayne and Henry.

“Disease Prevalence,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 9 March 1900, p. 6, col. 1; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLV

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Health Board Wants $2,000.

The Board of Health held a meeting yesterday morning and after allowing monthly bills, decided to ask the City council to appropriate $2,000 for a contagious disease fund. The members of the board say that department is allowed but a few hundred dollars for contagious diseases, which is all used in the general run of business and in the event of a smallpox epidemic or even a case or two of smallpox the board is embarrassed financially. The members believe the board should have the money in case it is needed at any time.

“Health Board Wants $2,000,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 8 March 1900, p. 3, col. 4; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLIV

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NO NEW CASES

Smallpox Situation Quiescent at
Bloomington and the University.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 6. – No new cases of smallpox have developed in the city or university, and the excitement is subsiding. – Miss Clara Davis, whose illness became known yesterday, is much better to-day and there is no cause for alarm. She has been taken to the home of a well-known family who are immunes, and is being tenderly cared for. Every precaution is being taken, and if new cases develop in university circles the students who are exposed will be rigidly quarantined. Dr. Swain, president of Indiana University, is quite ill with a cold, but he has appointed a committee which has full power to act. The three cases thus far are in the lightest form, more like valioloid. The work of the university continues uninterrupted, and nothing further will be done unless there are new developments.

“No New Cases,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 7 March 1900, p. 2, col. 3; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).

Smallpox Epidemic, Part XLIII

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ANOTHER CASE OF SMALLPOX

Young Woman Stricken at Blooming-
Ton and Now in Quarantine.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 5. – A second case of smallpox has developed here. Miss Clara Davis, a student from Bluffton, was taken ill yesterday and on being told she probably had smallpox she took the first train for her home at Bluffton. On her arrival there her brother insisted on her return, and she at once took the train again for Bloomington, going at once to the office of Dr. Rogers, who is secretary of the city Board of Health. As soon as he realized the situation Miss Davis was given a room and is now being carefully nursed at the city’s expense.

It seems that she caught the disease from her room-mate, who had a light case of varioloid, which was contracted from a student named Blything, who had been quarantined several weeks ago, but stole out nights and promenaded with the young woman. All precautions possible are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. But so many have been exposed that quarantine seems impossible. Miss Davis is a relative of Senator Ichorn, a well-known Democratic politician.

“Another Case of Smallpox,” The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), 6 March 1900, p. 3, col. 5; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 6 December 2014).