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Subject: Re: Smallpox at Tabor.
Date: 9 Oct 2003 14:54:28 -0600

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THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. April 4, 1901.--Smallpox broke out in Tabor Sunday. A man and his wife who had moved down from Atlanta was taken ill Sunday and an examination disclosed the nature of the ailment to be smallpox.

Atlanta we might add has had a worse seige of the small pox than any other town in Iowa and everything and everybody that comes hence should be regarded with suspicion.

As soon as the news of the presence of the disease was received, the board of health of Tabor met and took the most stringent measure to prevent any spread of the epidemic. The couple who were sick were placed under a rigid quarantine and other steps taken to make assurance doubly sure. Fortunately the man and woman who have the disease live in a house on the outskirts of town so any danger from infection previous to the establishment of any quarantine is reduced to a minimum. We are glad such prompt measures were taken by the Tabor authorities because it insures the disease being effectually checked.--Glenwood Tribune.

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