Title
“When one shingle sends up smoke”: The Summit Beacon Advises Akron About the Epidemic Cholera, 1849
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Elizabeth Hall explains the American cholera epidemic of 1849, with special attention to how cholera afflicted Akron, a booming canal town in Northeast Ohio. The article presents the full text of 1849 Akron newspaper articles on cholera and explains how their mix of good and bad information was published right before scientific breakthroughs in cholera research.
Recommended Citation
Hall, Elizabeth, "“When one shingle sends up smoke”: The Summit Beacon Advises Akron About the Epidemic Cholera, 1849" (2018). Nineteenth-Century Ohio Literature. 2.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/nineteenthcenturyohioliterature/2
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