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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05

american countries swarm with them
where they attack the people and set
them crazy How the jigger got up
into this part of the country is a scien-
tific topic which has never been defin-
itely decided although all of the great
scientific societies OF the world have
been wrestling with the question for
years. 1t may have come to this coun-
try on banana ship, or brought here
by birds, but the fact remains that
the jigger is here and is growing in
strength instead of diminishing
There is no question but what the
jigger is gaining ground Cannot you
remember twenty years ago when you
We're boy, of your first jigger bites.
received down along the canal while
in swimming? You had never heard
of the brute before and it was quite
an interesting experience. There were
no jiggers at that time on the lawns
in town and the only place you could
run across them was along the canal
and river.
A few years ago, The jiggers began
to come UP town and today they may
be found in almost any yard. Right
in the heart of town there are jiggers
lurking in the tall grass in the back
Yards and in the short cropped front
lawns. The jigger is unknown away
from the river and the people of Des
Moines and Galesburg never heard of
him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05
soenthins About That Most Peculiar
and Detestable Insect Which
is Gaining Ground
Here.
HE is VERY vENoMoUs
ile Works Twenty-Four Hours Per
Day and Makes His Victims Most
Miserable for Couple
Of Days

The jigger season is on now in full
force and this most abominable of in.
sects is getting in his deai.y wor!
with great frequency and Unpopular,
lty.
The jiggeer's real name is chigre.
but 1t is pronounced as it is Sim
plified spelled and its popular speel-
ing is just plain J-i-g-g-e-r. 1t has
been made famous by some obscure
poet who once wrote the following
classic
The jigger's no bigger
Than the head of a pin
4 But the bump it raises
Itches like blazes
And there's where the rub comes in.
This little couplet describes the
jigger as fully as does the latest and
most up to date encyclopedia and any
one who has been troubled with the
bigger, appreciates the stanza.
Personal Acquaintance with the
tigger is required TO properly write
his obituary. for familiarity breeds
contempt and nothing good can be
said of the iigger unless it should at
tack your enemy.
Comes From Peru.
The dictionary says that the ugger
ia a Peruvian and that the South
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05
west of the Popel & Giller building

WcSl VI thO IOpSi puiuihS
on northeast corner square.
County court is in session this week.
Mrs. G. A. C.. Duer and little son, of
Colorado Springs, are the guests of
Kahoka relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Trump have
returned from several weeks we'd
ding tour of the vest ~ s5h2
o. j. Snyder of Galesburg, was a
Sunday visitor with his family in Ka-
loka
Henry Martin left Monday for Chi
cago to buy goods for the j. Trump &
Son store.
d. H. Sage will reopen the store on
the east side of the square about
August 10.
Mrs. James Owens and daughter
Mrs. yermillion. left Sunday for a
visit with relatives in Larned, Kansas
The Woodman lodge of Winchester
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05
MAYS to Ihwart Him.

ways TO hWart HIM.
There are ways of thwarting the
jigger in his mad career. The best
and surest way is to keep off the grass.
1t is said that if ell of wintergreen
is spread upon the ankles In an un-
broken line clear around the ankle,
the jigger will not crawl any further
upwards, but will stop at the moat of
wintergreen and jump headfirst off of
the person and take to the tall 81 ass.
There is one place where jiggers are
ture. The bugs for some unknown
reason will not stay where there are
cows and a good plan while wander
ing through the woods, would be to
ride a COW, or send bunch of cattle
on ahead
When boys go in swimming and pile
their clothes up on the bank. the jig
gers take delight in climbing upon the
clothes and lurking there until the
garments are put on. Then they get
in their work.
After the jigger has buried himself
in the flesh, he is still alive and prob
| ably kicking. After he has been
killed or dies, the trouble is over.
Salt, grease or a combination of
| both, will kill the jigger in your skin
and a mixture of salt and butter
smeared upon the bites is very eff
fectivc.
/ One of the best things to be found
/ in Keokuk for jigger bites is artesian
/ water. The Y. NJ. c. A. baths and
swimming pool will kill jiggers If one
will take good soak in the waters
| there. After the soaking, the bites
seem to dry up and disappear.
The jigger is a small red insect al
most too small to be seen with the
naked eye, but he has been seen BY
people.
A Keokuk girl who attended picnic
Monday evening on the bluff, counted
124 jigger bites on her anatomy the
next evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05
How He Works.

The jigger observes no union hours
and does not think much of the eight
hour law. He is active during all of
the twenty-four hours of the day and
night and gets ravenous whenever
the weather gets hot. Take stroll
along the bluff any day or night and
wade around in the high weeds for
a short time and an abundant crop of
jiggers will be secured.
He is so small that you cannot see
him or cannot feel him crawling about
your anatomy and you do not know
that he has cultivated your acquaint-
ance until the next day when you be-
gin to squirm.
The jigger crawls about on your
body until he strikes some spot where
the clothing presses tight. Then he
roots down into your flesh and basks
inside of your skin. causing small
swelling which 'itches like blazes.
And the more you scratch the more it
itches.
The unpleasantness lasts for a
couple of days unless violent methods
are employed. The only sure way TO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05
soldier BaIk. Death Plot.

1t seemed to j. A. Stone. civil war
veteran. of Kemp, Tex. that plot
existed between desperate lung trou-
BILE and the grave to cause his death.
Il contracted a stubborn cold" ne
writes, that developed cough that
stuck to me. In spite of all remedies.
for years. Ny weight ran down to
100 pounds. Then ! began to use DR..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05

Robert E. Peary and his party. The
ship will bring them back to clviliza.
ton II they are there, as well as Har.
ry Whitney of New Haven and Dr..
Frederick Cook of Brooklyn, who may
have the story of the finding of the
north pole or who may be buried
somewhere ir the snow and ice
Captain Bartle.. IS confident that he
will be hack to St Johns by Oct. /, II
rot before, but. like every other man
who has taken a boat into the Arctic
seaes, he has stock of provisions
to last him several months longer than
that. Win the provisions he has on
the schooner and with the game ne
could get. there would be no trouble
for the party to live well until the ice
breaks up next spring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05
kAHokA, MO.
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The Kohoka chautauqua opens one
week from Saturday. A fine program
has been prepared for the people of
tlis vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Easton. of Kinks
Vile. were the guests of Kahoka
relatives Monday.
Charles P. Ball. OF De Witt, Arkan-
sas, arrived Saturday and is the guest
of Kahoka relatives.
p. ]. Starr has accepted position
in the j. Trump & Son store.
a cement walk has been laid to the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05

will give picnic in Boerner's grove
Saturday, August 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hough have re.
turned from their eastern trip and will
be the guests of Clark county rela
tives for several weeks before return
ing to their home in Pueblo, Colo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05

Kings New Discovery, which restored
my health completely l now weigh
17S pounds" For severe Colds, OBJ
stinate coughs, hemorrhages, ast:,-
ma, and to prevent Pneumonia it's
unrivaled. soc. and s1o0. Trial bot
tie free. Guaranteed by Wilkinson
& Co. and j. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05
Go IN SEARCH
OF LIEUT.. PEARY
Expedition Starts For the Frozer
North to Look For the North
Pole Man.

ST. JOHNS, N. F.. Aug. 4.-The
Jeanne passed out through the straits
and into the Atlantic ocean and start
eded on her long voyage to Etah. on
Smiths Sound. on the north of Green
land, with coal and provisions for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05
SUGAR CREEK.
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Homer Collision and family visited
julius Clark Sunday
Edna Karnes. Flossie and Bessie
Sanders were the guest of Elva Nc
Kinney Sunday.
Ray Stone of Elvaston is spending
a few weeks with his uncle, Mr.. S.
h. Moore.
Ellen Deerman of kahcka was the
guest of Mrs. Weaver several days
last week.
Frank Shallenberger and wife OF
near Williamstown were in our midst
Sunday
Quite a number OF our young people
attended the ice cream supper at
Grace Chapel. All reported an enjoy
able time.
When the digestion is all right, the
action of the bowels regular there is
natural craving and relish for
food. When this is lacking you
may know that you need dose
Of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They strengthen
the digestive organs, improve the ap
petite and regulate the bowels. Solt
by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy and
F. kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05

cure nest of jiggers on ones leg, Is
! to cut off the leg.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-05

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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Landsnan and Sailor.

To the landSman the sea must al
ways possess dangers that TO the sairor
appear only as casual phenomena upon
which to exercise his Skill The pray
er book has a special petition for the
safety of those who go down to the
sea in ships. and every one who ven
lures TO leave the shore goes forth
with a consciousness of awe at his
own daring. Yet in the intricate COM
plexity of modern civilization safety
on land and safety at sea have walked
by no means with equal step. Every
morning brings us some story of death
or accident on land. while the great
passenger ships come and go in monet
onous regularity. bringing no reports
more stirring than those of high seas
that have kept them from making new
records With the present madness
for speed and its attendant reckless
ness our streets demand constant
alertness if one would cross them with
safety. Speed at sea has come through
larger and more stoutly constructed
ships So the familiar old story of the
sailorman at sea in a storm who. Sc
rene in his consciousness of ample
sea room, piously calculated. God help
the poor folks ashore tonight!' is not
wholly fantastic.-L. Frank Tooker in
Century.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Deerfieid

Since the rain the corn and tobacco
crops have grown rapidly and the pres
ent outlook is for fairly good yield.
Pastures are sufficiently revived to
make fall feed.
DR. A L Olson, who has spent part of
the summer in Norway, is expected
home soon to resume his practice.
While in the old country he put in
some time at the medical college Of the
University of Norway.
Hans Mustad, buttermaker at the
Deerfeld creamery, had the misfortune
to break a rib and otherwise injured
himself on Monday morning while at
work. He was standing on a ladder
fixing a milk tank when the ladder
slipped throwing Mr. Mustad onto the
faucet of the buttermilk vat. The fall
was a severe one as the faucet was
broken off the vat.
Arthur Orwin and John Kittleson re-
turned last week from an extended
trip through the west. They spent
several days at Denver, visited at the
Alaska Yukon exposition and stopped
at various cities in the western states.
While in Washington they visited three
days with Frank Nichols and report
the crops on his farm this year as being
excellent and say that Frank likes his
new home very well. Chris KittlesOn,
who accompanied the boys on their trip
remained in Nebraska to spend the
rest of the summer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
On HIRING a Cook.

The woman in need of cook was SO
we'll groomed and looked SO generally
prosperous that the manager of the
employment agency thought he had at
last found place for the high priced
French cook for whom he had been
trying to find situation. But the
new customer would not even listen
to the praises of the French cook.
Don't mention French cooks to
me-" she said, NOR graduates of cook
ing schools. I've tried both. like
their cooking. and don't object to the
wages they ask, but they take up too
much room. My kitchen isn't large
enough to hold all the cooking uten-
sils they require. and my income isn't
large enough to buy them. Those
stylish cooks need four times as many
pots and pans and molds and things
as ordinary cooks use. If hire Il
fancy cook / shall have to move into
a fancy apartment to get kitchen big
enough to accommodate her,
''That is common complaint
against these experts, foreign and
American" sighed the manager. Il
am beginning to think there must be
something in it."-New York Sun.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Stouahton

DR. and Mrs F G. Henderson returned
Thursday from their three weeks rec
reation trip to the east, on which they
visited Washington, Norfolk, New York
and numerous other points of interest.
Miss Clara Lintvedt, bookkeeper at
the Heddles Lumber Co office, is enjoy
ing two weeks vacation and will di-
vide her time between visit at her
home IN Edgerton and an outing at the
lake.
Mrs Charles Hanson, residing near
the Stone school house in Rutland, suf-
fered badly broken ankle Thursday
afternoon as result of jumping from
load of oats on which she was riding
and which was tipping over, so that she
jumped in order to save herself.
Ephriam E Warren, who has been
confined to his bed for the past six
months and who was operated upon at
the city hospital about three months
ago for tuberculosis of the hip, died at
l 80 Saturday afternoon at his home on
South Prairie street. Deceased was
born in Ludlow, VT, in December, 1927,
and was therefore 80 years of age.
Andrew Fosdahl Friday sold his IL
acre crop of tobacco in the field to Chas
Sweeney of Edgerton, for and 22c.
Mr. Fosdahl's farm, the old [ E Watson
place, was in the track of the hail
storm that passed over Hanervjlie three
weeks ago, and his tobacco was badly
cut, but is coming out very nicely, as
are many other crops in the same dis
trict.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Rounded Knife Blades.

Until the seventeenth century knife
blades had pointed ends as can be
readily understood when the knife Of
those days was used for hunting and
table purposes indiscrinina.ely. The
rounded end was introduced from
France In curious way. 1t happened
that Cardinal Richelieu was compelled
to entertain at his table certain Chan
cellor Sequier-a vulgar and unmanner-
~ man, who at the close of the meal
proceeded to use his knife as tooth
pick. This vulgar act SO upset the
cardinal that he ordered the end of
every knife in his possession to be
rounded. and so great was Richelieu's
influence that the fashion was soon
adopted all over the country. This is
the vulgar. but nevertheless interest
ing, origin of the rounded knife Of
today.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Cambridge

On Tuesday of last week the four
year-old daughter of Fred Wentland,
living northwest of Deerfeld, was bad
ly scalded by falling into pail of boil
ing water. The little one was brought
here to the home of her uncle, Chas
Stewart, where she would be near med
ical aid. She is now slowly improving.
The tobacco crop in this immediate
vicinity is making rapid progress. 1t
was at first feared that the drouth had
been so long delayed that only about a
half crop would be harvested, but the
frequent rains since the dry spell was
broken has caused the weed to make
wonderful strides and it now looks as
if fair crop would be gathered. The
corn crop however will not be up to the
average yield.
The managers of the recent picnic
given at Edgerton by the Father Math-
ews' I A & B society showed the ex-
tremely small size of their calibre in
the treatment of our base ball nine
Our boys were secured to play the Ed
gerton Giants at the picnic for purse
of $50. The Cambridge team went to
Edgerton ready to play the game, but
before the contest was called a heavy
rain set in and continued during the re-
mainder of the afternoon, necessitating
the game to be called off. Our boys
asked the management to pay their
actual expenses, or at least part of
them, which was only fair. But the
managers absolutely refused TO pay a
cent on the grounds that no game had
been played. Had the society lost
money there might have been some ex-
cuse for this refusal, but over 1900
paid adult admissions had been taken
in at the gate. The friends of the
Cambridge team naturally feel some
resentment over the treatment the
boys received, and we believe that it
will have tendency to reduce the pat
ronage from this way at future picnics
of the society.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
The Old Roman Ballot.

The ballot was first introduced into
Rome in the second century B. G..
This was the real Australian ballot.
The voter received sort of wooden
slate covered with wax on which the
names of all the candidates were
scratched. He made holes in the wax
opposite those of his choice and
dropped his tablet in the box. After
the downfall of the Roman republic
popular government took long sleep,
and there was little use for ballot
till quite modern times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Alaskan Moonshine.

Up here in Alaska the moon rises in
the south and sets in the north. It's
beams are liquid and they enamel the
landscape with q porcelain loneliness.
1t casts a spell more potent than e'er
did the magicians of the east Under
its wizardry the rocks turn TO silver
aud the brown old mountains are con
jured into giant pearls. True wealth
exists In the mind. and whoever be-
holds an Alaskan moonlight is thrice
hundred times a millionaire. -Ketch-
kan Miner.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Evansville

C E Sweeney of Edgerton has been
riding through the country around here
for the past two days, buying all the
damaged crops of tobacco he can. He
reports the purchase of several crops.
The case against Anthony Richard
son for operating an alleged Joint. some
months ago, and which has been hang
ing fire in the courts ever since, was
dismissed last Saturday upon the pay
ment Of a nominal fine.
In the drawing at the Flathead lot
terry recently, only three Rock county
men secured prizes and were Nels O
Blarsen of this city, G D White of Ed
gerton and D A Holmes of Milton.
These men have chance to purchase
160 acres of land at government prices.
A special, consisting of baggage
car and two coaches passed through
this city Tuesday afternoon, having
thereon besides the train crew, the two
boy racers around the world and their
manager from the Chicago American.
The trip was for the purpose of estab-
fishing new round the-world record.
The train did not stop in passing
through, but merely slowed up speed.
At last Evansville has aroused itself
from its lethargic slumbers, as it were,
and is now in the market for the estab-
lishment of a proper sewerage system
of sufficient capacity, with a disposal
plant of taking care of the sewage of
the city. The city is ready to receive
proposals for survey, plans and Specifi-
cations for such system, up to and
including Monday, Oct 4, with estimat-
ed cost thereof.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
A Dinner For Titles.

Professor Max Muller tells the follow
ing anecdote of the Duke of Yelling
ton: His servant bad been sent be-
fore to order dinner for him at an out
of the way hotel. and in order to i'm
press the landlord with the dignity of
his coming guest he recited number
Of the dukes titles. which were very
numerous. The landlord, thinking
that the Duke of Vittoria. the Prince
Of Waterloo. the Marquis Of Torres
Vedras and all the rest were friends
invited to dine with the Duke of
Wellington. ordered accordingly very
sumptuous banquet. to the great dis.
may Of the real duke"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Milton Junction

Carroll West and Allen B West Jr,
swan from 1.-THE mounds to Charley
Bluff Sunday morning, a distance of
about two miles.
There were "a members of the 18th
regiment at the annual reunion at
GAINESVILLE Wednesday, There was a
large attendance from here.
Stephen Kerns has been suffering the
past week with an abscess of the face
which was induced apparently by dis
eased bone of the nose caused by in
jury while assisting in putting up last
winters Christmas tree at the M E
church.
Elmer Rogers plowed up silver
three-cent piece Saturday. 1t was OF
the crescent coinage and dated 1852.
w II Holmes plowed up silver dime
of that date some months ago. Both
coins were as bright as when coined.
Miss Hazel Hollinger of Milton and
Clarence M Hodge, a Fulton boy well
known here, were married at Rockford
by the resident M E minister on Feb Il
last. So closely have Mr. and Mrs
Hodge kept their secret that few have
known of the happy event.
Willis. Cole of the Wichita club of the
Western League has been sold to the
Chicago White Sox, the consideration
being $780, A Wichita dispatch says
that he is to report to the Chicago team
al once. Cole has made a fine record
this year as a fielder and leads the
league in batting, having an average OF
.S35. He began his base ball career
with the Crescents and his many friends
hope to see him make good in fast com
pany.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Follows the State Fair.

Sept 81, 20, % and "a are the dates
of the Walworth County fair at Elk
horn. These fall in the week following
the state fair, and make it especially
advantageous to the Elkhorn show, for
the reason that it gets a larger num-
Der of exhibits direct from the state
fair which it would not be possible to
procure otherwise. This has been a
policy of the Elkhorn show for years,
and the wisdom of it was demonstrated
forcibly last year when five solidTtrain
loads of exhibits were shipped direct
from Milwaukee to Elkhorn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
Effort Appreciated.

$50 you were deeply touched by the
poem young Mr.. Guffson wrote to
you?" said Maude.
Eyes" answered Maymie.
"But it was not good poem.''
81 don't care. 1t was just as much
trouble for him to write it as if he
had been Shakespeare. Washington
Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
How,s This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimon-
ials sent free. Price 75c per bottle Sold
by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-08-27
cured Hay Fever and summer Cold

A. S. Nusbaum. BatesviIle, Indiana,
writes: Last year I suffered for three
months with summer cold so distress
ing that it interfered with my business.
I had many of the symptoms OF hay few
er. and a doctors prescription did not
reach my case, and took several medi-
cines which seemed only to aggravate it.
Fortunately insisted on having Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t quickly cured me.
NV wife has since used Foley's Honey
and Tar with the same success. w. G..
AtweH