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Newport Daily Independent
Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas
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The Little Rock post office was fumigated by government agents on Sunday afternoon, April 30, to eliminate disease germs, causing patrons to exit coughing and sneezing. This marks the first regular fumigation, with plans to extend to other state post offices.
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Little Rock, April 30.--Patrons calling at the Little Rock postoffice Sunday afternoon walked into the corridor and turned around and walked right out again, and it was a hurried exit at that. The aforesaid patron came out coughing and sneezing, with tears in his eyes, willing to testify someone had turned loose a lot of snuff in the corridors.
It was merely agents of the government fumigating the postal departments in order that all disease germs might be annihilated. This is the first regular fumigation of the postoffice and the officials who came to show how it is done, will start other postoffices of the state in the same direction.
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Primary Location
Little Rock
Event Date
April 30 (Sunday Afternoon)
Outcome
no casualties; fumigation completed successfully, patrons experienced coughing and sneezing; first regular fumigation, to be extended to other state post offices.
Event Details
Government agents fumigated the Little Rock post office corridors to annihilate disease germs, leading patrons to exit hurriedly due to irritation resembling snuff exposure.