Stowaway Mosquitoes and Twentieth-century Quarantine Knowledge

In July 1906, a Connecticut newspaper published a short note about yellow fever concerns in Texas((The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven), July 5, 1906; Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Lib. of Congress)). State health officer Dr. Tabor pleaded with the public to help keep the dreaded disease at bay: “Now is the time for every citizen to do his duty. Get your people interested. Don’t read this and throw it aside. Remember what one single case of yellow fever mean...