{"product_id":"1906-canada-postcard-cobalt-mining-camp-typhoid","title":"1906 Canada postcard Cobalt Mining Camp – typhoid!","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly postcard image of the Cobalt Silver Mining camp. Group of tents near lake, one of them being the first bank (CIBC) in the town. Note land with stumps of recently cut down trees. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eText on postcard mentions typhoid in nearby town of New Liskeard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eFront image  label: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOBALT'S FIRST BANK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eMessage on front:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(66, 49, 175);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eCobalt March 8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e 1906\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(66, 49, 175);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eHow are you? Well I hope. Why don’t you send me some postal cards. I am making a collection of it. Liskeard Hospital is full of typhoid patient. I am afraid of it it would be hard on me. Got a letter from Dr. Mowbray and wishes to be remembered to you. Did you get a letter from Baby. Mr. --- wishes to be remember to you ---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(66, 49, 175);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eYour friend M .L. McCaffrey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003ePostmarked ‘\u003cstrong\u003eCOBALT ONT MR 8 06\u003c\/strong\u003e’ on 1 cent King Edward VII stamp, mailed to Calgary AB.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eCouple of light corner creases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eThe Cobalt Silver Boom (1903–1911)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e The camp emerged after the 1903 discovery of native silver by McKinley and Darragh near Long (Cobalt) Lake. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eBy 1908, Cobalt was the world’s largest producer of silver, and cobalt was recovered as a by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Cambria Math';\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eproduct. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eAt its peak, the district supported 100 operating mines and 18 mills, producing 31.5 million ounces of silver in 1911.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eWIKIPEDIA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Provincial Board of Health of Ontario’s 1906 Annual Report (published 1907) is the authoritative source for disease surveillance in that year. It documents: \u003cstrong\u003eTyphoid fever was widespread across Ontario in 1906\u003c\/strong\u003e, driven by contaminated water supplies and inadequate sewage systems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLady Minto Hospital records (New Liskeard)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eLady Minto Hospital archival fonds\u003c\/strong\u003e include materials from \u003cstrong\u003e1906 and 1907\u003c\/strong\u003e, confirming that:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul role=\"list\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe hospital was active during the period of known regional typhoid outbreaks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt handled infectious‑disease cases typical of frontier towns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTyphoid cases were part of the hospital’s caseload (inferred from the hospital’s role and regional conditions)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eIn December 19, 1906, \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Frederick Bruce Hamilton Mowbray\u003c\/strong\u003e (an M.B. 1905 graduate from the University of Toronto) officially registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eWhile he is most famous in medical history for co-founding the prominent McGregor-Mowbray Clinic in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1922, his 1906 registration coincides with the absolute peak of the historic Cobalt Silver Rush (1905–1906), a time when newly qualified Ontario doctors commonly ventured north to booming mining towns like Cobalt to provide much-needed emergency and company medical care\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780305158390,"sku":"CA-5925","price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/7290\/files\/IMG_4936rszTXT.jpg?v=1790998028","url":"https:\/\/chadbourneantique.com\/products\/1906-canada-postcard-cobalt-mining-camp-typhoid","provider":"Michael Shaw","version":"1.0","type":"link"}