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Sued for Divorce. Jim Thorpe, famed Sac and Fox Indian athlete, by Iva M. Thorpe, Cherokee; in Tulsa, Okla. She charged desertion. [Time Magazine, Apr. 6, 1925]

STRANGE DISEASE APPEARS
 IN OKLAHOMA V1LLAGE
 
TULSA, Okla. — Five hundred persons, one fourth of the population of Skiatook, 16 miles from here, are reported by physicians to be seriously ill with a strange malady which baffles the state health department, several deaths have occurred.
 A physician expressed the opinion that the disease was a mild form of cholera. The sickness begins with an attack of dysentery, the patient losing weight rapidly, according to the report.  Source is Lima News Jan 12, 1920 Lima, Ohio  Transcribed by Linda Dietz







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