The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-29
City's Health.

Already do we hear suggestions of chol-
era. They are unpleasant but the truth
must be spoken. The same cause which
opened up Davenport to the scourge last
season are now at work among us, working
under ground gathering along the clayey
interstices which lead from privy vaults to
the wells from which you drink Faugh
It's a nasty subject, and yet too true. DIR.
French assures us that while digging away
the ground on Sixth street, to make room
for his wall, the workmen came upon veins
of excrementitious matter that had work
ed it's way from night soil vaults on the
| back end of his lot, nearly one hundred
and fifty feet awayl The soil OF this city
| is literally sureharged with vile matter,
which, with the percolating rains,w works Its
way into the wells of our water, aud that
| is what we cook our victuals In and quench
our thirst with. Rank seed for cholera
But we have remedy that we never be-
fore possessed full supply of cool pure
water from the rocky channel of the Mis-
sissippi 1t is rushing beneath our feet
as we pass to and fro along our thorough
fares 1t costs but little to have it brought
into your stores, dwellings and Offices; and
by having it, and using it, and filling up
your rotten wells, you can have health
along with it-perfect immunity from
cholera Is it worth while? The cry OF
cholera in our midst startles people. Much
trade is lost; people who would come and
| live with us turn aside and seek homes
elsewhere. Use clear, cold water freely,
Have it handy all over the house ana IN
the yard and stable. Wash your sidewalks
with il, land clean the dust from your build
ings. Send it spraying into your yards
let it dash into your Stop cutters battle in
it; lave in it; purify your abodes, and
keep them pure. Cholera never comes un-
| invited, 50, if by dirt and filth about your
alleys, yards, houses, wells, cisterns, sinks,
and slop cutters, you invite cholera, you
must take the consequences.
The remedy is at your hand, and small
sum of money-smaller than the sum you
spend for cigar smoke, tobacco juice, strong
drink and useless table beverages, will pro,
vide you with oceans of water every year.
Don't say the price is outrageous! Why,
YOU pay ten cents for cigar or lemon
ade, and you don't whine; when even at
the water rates you complain of, you can
get thousand gallons of pure, health Civ
ing, disease preventing water for the cost
Of that cigar or that lemonade, and Meth
er of them have done you any good
Do you want healthy families, healthy
houses, a healthy city? Patronize the
water works freely, heartily and generally
and you can have your WISH Davenport
| Democrat.
A good deal Of the above will apply to
our city, and should induce our people to
patronize the water works and fill up their
unhealthy wells. Last year we had only
one case of cholera. Davenport lost over
hundred persons by death. Much of our
exemption from the scourge last year was
due to the fact that we had healthy water.
The Davenport water works were not then
in existence.
We learn from our physicians that al.
ready there are many cases of summer
complaint, diarrhea, and some cholera
morbus, as well as ague, Unhealthy wa
ter either produces or aggravates this class
of diseases Let our people use .tht
healthy water, from the river. Filtered
and cooled with Ice, no water in the worlC
is more conduciye to health. Fill up the
unhealthy wells and stick to river water il
what all should do.
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