Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-19
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Influenza the Cad Fly.


Silvis, Ill, Oct. 19.-Editor The
Argus: Perhaps some of your
readers remember the Old-fash-
Toned, common, everyday grip" la
grippe or influenza that came over
to the United States about thirty
years ago from Europe. If they do
they are still surviving, are they
not? Don't think then, for a single
minute that we, the people of the
| United States, now that we are al
most ready to shout victory in the
| cause of righteousness across the
seas, are going to have our COM
munity disturbed in the least by an
/ Insignificant, little gray gnat, mos
quito, sand fly or CAD fly that has
! just gadded over here carrying a
! tiny invisible germ with it, to have
little visit and take a look at
! things here in general. Never-not
after we have lived through a phe-
nomenaIly cold winter and a phe-
nomenally warm summer, to say
nothing about a year of meatless,
wheatless, heatless, sUgarless, gas
! less, porkless, beefess, lightless,
! husbandless, soulless, sweetheart
less, etc, worryless, restless days.
| What if the state board of health
| has added less to theatres, moving
| picture shows, pool playing, soft
drinks, ice cream, card and other
parties, lectures, schools and
churches, sneezing and gossip? We
should worry. Those of you who
are holding down good government
jobs and getting splendid salaries
just be thankful that you can go
about your work drawing your sal
airy regardless of this insignificant
little CAD fly logging your steps.
Just one chance in a hundred, per-
haps, that you would ever have got
ten that job or tried to keep such
a job if it had not been for the
war of 1914-1918. Just go right on
then, and keep smiling, but don't
think or smile outloud too much
just now.
All! But all have not landed easy,
well-paying jobs. There are al
ways those left at home-the peo-
pie of leisure, so to speak How
are they going to tide over these
two weeks of influenza when the
little gray Italian mosquito from
the coast, of the Mediterranean has
flown in endwise (in-ffew-end-
Ways) to turn everything upside
down and spoil all our plans? How
about some of US who were intend
ing to mask for the Halloween So
Gals and parties and who now have
got to mask in mosquito netting
for the CAD fly? Shoe! Swat that
fly! How about the children who
have got to stay home and hurry
home from the grocery store with
out stopping to chew Mary's gum
Just minute, or give her a love
squeeze or talk and compare dolls
for just five minutes? Now, Just
here is where the shoe is going TO
pinch and somehow when things
like this little gad-about and results
come home to US is when we
seem TO be hurt the most.
Now we are not worried here in
SilviS. The writer of this article
has lived in Silyis a little more
than ten years. l think it was
about eight years l was here before
/ ever heard of funeral or even
a case of illness. We always sup
port one good resident physician
just for the looks of the town. Our
sister cities also have physicians
plenty. Our town is high and drv
! because each street is cut right
through steep hill. We have pure
water and conscientious officials.
| Now we have heard of several in
the city of Silvis who imagine they
have the CAD fly germ, but we are
not much worried We have called
a physician to our home just once
for a case of sickness which proved
| to be magination-just once in
| the over ten years 1 have lived
here. The trouble was / think that
, just because there was d case or
two Of illness here I imagined we
were going to be sick, too. When
was attending No. school at Rock
| Island some years ago I learned a
| little verse something like this:
| Joy, temperance and repose.
Slam the door in the doctors
! nose"
/ I would add to this advise now.
/ read and study Dr. Brady's health
| talks in The Argus and then follow
I his advice, not forgetting to keep
| the inside well CREASED with the
/ fat part of some good pork chops
| and some good creamery or dairy
butter. Don't worry how much
the meat and grocery bills 60 up so
! long as the doctor bill comes
| DOWN. Keep yourself we'll sailed
| inside and out with the different
varieties of salt and salts with
which you are familiar, not forget
ting least, last and always, that
! particular kind for which DR..
| Brady of the Rock Island Argus
! fame is so famous sonersaults
! Now patiently keep all this in
mind and also everything l shall
! write before | have finished this