The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-21
Recoveries Equal New Gases in
Forty-eight Hours and Only
rive Of Them Occur in
the City.
|uJsTIFIES BAN ENFORCED
Eeighboring Cities are in a
Terrible Condition as Re
suit of Lax Methods and
Making Exceptions.

Influenza is on q standstill in Keo-
4 The number of discharges equalled
be number of cases during the forty
ight hours ending at 10 o'clock this
morning.
4 The total number Of cases in Keo-
Ank is the same az at 10 o'clock
Eaturday morning, an even one hun
bred.
The second death occurred, but that
use did not originate here. 1t was
khst of Walter e. Corr who came
nome sick from Alton, Illinois.
The strict prohibition of all col
kections of people, enforced here very
,arly in the general epidemic sweep
Bng oyr the country Is bearing good
Erlit in practically no interruption OF
business affairs, little sickness and no
Deaths from cases contracted here in
Keokuk.
This is the sharpest kind Of contrast
with the situation in other cities in
Ahis section where the regulations
Vere not put into effect until late, and
khen not stringently enforced.
No Exceptions Here.
Here in Keokuk there have been
several cases which logically might
have been made exceptions to the
rrle. and in the other cities doubtless
would have been excepted. Some
Funerals were strictly private, with no
congregation even in the cemetery,
which would have been very large
bubble funerals on account of the
prominence of the dead. Some sol
oilers and sailors deser ting the big
Rprocessional honors usually given in
Keokuk have died elsewhere with
Funerals here which also were pri-
yate. Clubmen see little reason Tor
closing the clubs where there are not
livery many men at enc time.
But the general opinion is that 1t Is
well to let good enough alone.
keokuk BARRIERS and Masks.
'"rhe practice OF all BARRIERS wear
ling gauze masks is an excellent one,
and / wish Keokuk BARRIERS would
adopt it, as has been done in many
othcr places" said Mayor lotion this
morning although we shall not order
it, at least now. hoe the BARRIERS
will adopt it on their own motion. me
Red Cross will furnish the masks
free of charge. and they are not at all
announcement to wear.
BARRIERS come in such close contact
with the breath of their customers.
that should think the would adopt
the gauze masks for their own pro-
lection; and it ought to be good al
yertisement for any shop to have all
its men wearing tho masks The
mayor used to be one of the best
newspaper advertising managers in
this part of the country.
About PIacarding Houses.
Pacards on houses are not requ1r.
ed in Iowa. and have not been used
here, because the people themselves
are taking care not to enter homes
housing Influenza AS long as the
people do this, placards Will not be
used, but il the disease shows a
marked increase, or IL people get to
running into the houses of neighbors
containing cases OF influenza. rlacards
will be printed and posted, Mayor
Lotion said.
That the results in Keokuk have
thoroughly justified the original order
OF the Keokuk board of health and Its
strict enforcement by the mayor o.
keokuk, all admit. The contrast with
some other cities emphasizes this.
Suggests Cholera in Quincy.
The influenza conditions In Quincy
are superlatively bad. and that cit,
is practically paralyzed and now il
the hands of the Illinois state boarG
Of health.
1t has over 1000 cases of the dis
ease in bed, and in one day the last
OF the week, there ware 100 new cases
leported, with 1874 new cases las
thursday in one day. One issue Of
Quincy paper contains two column: