November 14, 2024
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Comments for: Pest houses, hysteria created in smallpox epidemic of 1903

A smallpox epidemic described in this column on Oct. 6 erupted in Maine in the early years of the 20th century. The “scare,” as newspapers called it, had originated in the logging camps and gradually moved south and west, touching off outbreaks in towns and cities in central… Read More

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