The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-02

passenger touring car which the gen.
tleman purchased for his excellent
family 1t is a H. A. l.. make car and
a beauty and well may the family
feel proud of it.
The weather Is much improved.
Gasoline is much cheaper. Occas-
ionally other things fall in price, but
dealers sometimes are a long time IN
hearing the news.
Eggs are now retailing at % cents
the dozen in Nauvoo.
An excursion came down from Bur
IingtOn on the steamer G. w. Hill last
Thursday and remained at Nauvoo for
about three hours. Quite number OF
the excursionists came up to our busi-
ness district to take in the sights, In
Guiding the irrigating plants.
DR.. G. w. Fegers. former Nauvoo
resident was visitor in our city last
Thursday. He Is located in some
Missouri city near Kansas City.
Nauvoo grape shippers are little
uneasy about the railroad strike mud
die. II there should be walkout, it
would no doubt mean the loss of the
principal part OF our grape crop.
Your article about German sauer
kraut few days ago was regular
picnic for us Nauvoo Germans, said
a citizen to this column. Some Of us
would send the KeOkuk Daily Gate
City with the sauer kraut article In
it If the war wasn't going on there.
Nauvoo's Baxter brothers, Thos.
and Cecil, have one of the finest ap-
pie orchards in the state of Illinois
and they are going to harvest an I'M
mense crop this season. The trees
are heavily loaded with apples and as
there is scarcity Of this fruit in this
section they will no doubt receive
fancy prices for the crop.
There is one case of typhoid fever
in Nauvoo's vicinity. 1t is at the Fad
home in the rural district about six
miles from our city. Typhoid fever
does not fly through the air on Its
own wings. Unless the, germs OF the
fever are carried they will not spread
and even when spread they are harm
less unless taken into the system
through the mouth. The housefly is
one carrier of the disease. A fly's
feet, small as they are. will pick up
many of the germs of typhoid If the
fly crawls upon any infected sub
stance. When a fly so laden visits a
dinner table he may poison the food
and start new center of Infection.
This being true, the wisdom of re-
doubling the effort to keep flies out
of Nauvoo homes is too apparent to
need argument. Persons in nefghbor-
hoods where there Is typhoid should
eat nothing but foods which have
been thoroughly cooked and should
handle no food for themselves or 9TH
ers except with hands so clean as
SOAP and hot water can make them.
Water and milk should also be han
died in a similar way. The reason
for these rules are also obvious.
Nauvoo's canning factory Is not yet
running but may begin preparing the
tomato crop Saturday or Monday.
This canning company recently ship
ned a car load Of peas to st. Louis by
steamer.
Nauvoo's fruit shippers shipped
thirteen car loads Of Moore early
grapes to the markets this season.
This is one car load more than was
shipped last year.
The city officials in Nauvoo have
had some much needed road work
done on Farley street during this
week.
]. M. Schmidt has purchased the
old frame building and lot just east of
his saloon stand from Reiny. Mabe.
Mr.. Schmidt formerly owned the prop
erty.
Miss Erma Tanner Of Chicago Is Wis
iting relatives in Nauvoo.
Miss Elizabeth Lenhard OF Chicago
is visiting her brother Henry and
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