Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-13
What Is a Hero? Usually a
Life Saver
You Can Be Life Saver Very Easily BY KILLING FLIES
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You should kill flies THE FLY is THE MOST DAN
GEROUs INSECT ON EARTH. IT is MORE DEADLY THAN
THE COBRA, MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE TIGER
It is your duty kill flies THE FLY CAUSES THOU
SANDS OF DEATHS ANNUALLY FROM TYPHOID FEVER
All good citizens kill flies. THE FLY CAUSES
THOUSANDS OF DEATHS ANNUALLY FROM INTEsTI
NAL DISEASES.
Please kill flies EVERY AUTUMN THERE is A RISE
IN THE DEATH RATE FROM TYPHOID. THIS RISE is
TRACED BY THE SCIENTISTS DIRECTLY TO THE FLY
We beg of you to kill flies THE FLY KILLS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EVERY YEAR
The fly causes more blindness in children than all other
causes combined
The fly spreads every known disease to children and
adults frequents every disease breeding spot and hunts
purposely for filth.
Early the KILL FLIES.
In the middle of the Summer KILL FLIES
and in the Winter, if you find them
still KILL FLIES,
Treat the fly as our ancestors days treated the
Indians and the wolves.
First shut them of your house. that they
get in kill them off rapidly possible and pray
the day when will longer have to protect your house
Screen your windows.
Screen your doors.
fly netting that will not rust
more important than of paint a automobile
for fly screens means protection for children
Protect your the flies absolutely possible
Protect your food supplies and protect babies faces
ratey.
As the child lies asleep keep mosquito netting it.
Keep your sugar bowl butter dish and food supplies
cred
Don forget that if you their breeding place
nearby filth may be behind the door under the table in
the ouspdor
If there is no dirt or filth there will be no flies
If there nuisance in the neghborhoOd write at once to
the Health Department.
Do not allow decaying of any accumulate
your premises All refuse should be removed at
covered with lime or kerosene
Keep all rcepaoes for garbage carefully covered and the
cleaned sprinkled with oil or lime.
See that your system is in good order Pour kerO
into the drains.
Cover food after meal Burn or bury all table refuse
Screen all food offered for sale Buy food that has been
posed to flies.
only by intelligent cooperation that the fly
finally be abolished.
The citizens should combine the national State city and
village governments should combine with them wipe the
enemies of the flies that carry all the diseases
very nearly ALL and the mosquito that alone nfec with
malaria and yellow fever
THE THING CAN BE DONE for it has been done by gov
in Cuba, in Panama and in New Orleans
The trouble that the country will not take the
seriously.
Darwin told us that one single pair of flies in forty eight
hours-the quick breedng African hyw lay enough eggs
and breed enough mago to devour lion leaving nothing but
the white bones
flies surviving through the Winter the plague
afresh the following year.
And citizen leaving a breeding ground mos
quitoes supplies enough to infest the whole country
Fortunately for three years the people have been
alive TO the fact that their enemies the tiny fly and
dangerous than the monsters of prehistoric
times the wolves and lions Of day
Discussion has begun newspapers have taken up and
offered prizes few public officials have last TRIED do
something. But only a beginning has been made.
The country must realize the danger and the duty Chill
den must be taught that the killing of flies good
essary painful as IL is TO take life
Do what you to public feeling for the sake of
And in the meanwhile DO WHAT YOU CAN NDI
VIDUALLY
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