•”On account of spread of yellow fever, Texas has declared quarantine against the entire State of Louisiana and will require detention of all persons from or through New Orleans six days on Texas border.” Following the receipt of this telegram Surgeon White of the marine hospital service announced that no more persons would be received at the Avondale detention camp which was designated for western travel over the Texas and Southern Pacific roads.

•Little Rock, Ark. – Gov. Davis tonight issued an order directing Gen. Haynes, commander of the State national guard to detail as many men as may be necessary to establish a strict State quarantine against all points where yellow fever may exist. The militia will act as guards on all points where boats may land. This action was necessary because the board of health has no funds in which to enforce the quarantine order.

50 Years Ago, 1955

Work on a 13,500-square addition to the Bird and Son Inc. shoe carton manufacturing plant on Commercial Street is scheduled to start next week. The new addition will cost an estimated $60,500. It is expected the firm’s personnel will be increased once the audition is ready for use. Guy F. Houghton, manager of the local plant, said his firm has increased business in Maine since being established in Lewiston. The company maintains 11 plants in six states.

25 Years Ago, 1980

Augusta – Effective Saturday, the Maine coast from New Hampshire to the Pine Point-Scarborough-Breakwater was closed to harvesting clams, quahogs, oysters, mussels and other mollusks.

Department of Marine Resources spokesman Joel Cowger said Friday that traces of paralytic shellfish poison, PSP, have been found in those marine species. The area had been previously closed only to the taking of mussels.

Cowger said there was no way to predict how long the closure would remain in effect. But he emphasized that lobsters, clams and fish are not affected by PSP and may continue to be harvested.