Cholera at Cincinnati
A brief wire notice records two more cholera deaths in Cincinnati amid the era's recurring summer epidemics.
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The Cairo Bulletin · July 20, 1873 · Page 1
1 min readCINCINNATI, July 19.
Two deaths from cholera reported in this city to-day.
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