Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-05-31
FLYarIME.

Live and breed in all kinds Of filth
Infect food and drink by germ la
den feet.
Each female fly can lay $50 eggs.
Screens should be used to keel
them out.
The above heading and acrostic ap
pear On the cover Of the Anti-Fl,
Crusade Bulletin, Series No. s, is
sued by the State Board Of Health
at Des Moines.
DR.. d. A. Dittmer is an esteemed
member Of the State Board and DR.
Guilford H. Sumner, Secy-Executive.
have no authority fer it but II
Is sailed down in my memory some
where that such wet seasons as this
one are many times followed by raw
ages of sicknesses, and I've recently
read that pestilence and not only ty
phoid, but other fevers and cholera
follow in the wake Of war, carried
by flies.
A few years ago when there were
many victims Of cholera in Ohio the
cause was traced to an immigrant
from the far East across the seas.
We are being warned to fortsfy
ourselves as state against these
death dealing pests by observing
and promulgating the laws of prac.
teal and sanitary hygiene.
It would seem opportune that we
prevent the transmission of preventa.
BILE diseases, especially that Of ty.
phoid, so far as the fly is concerned
by forming a statewide crusade and
campaign to exterminate him.
"The slogan, says the State Board
is: Keep them out"
1.-THE motto, IAN ounce Of proven
ton is worth a pound of cure"
1.-THE aim, ITO increase peace,
health and happiness"
Let us join the ranks, my sisters,
Join the Antilles" today,
Swat the fly and swat him hard,
I pray you not delay.
Brush up clean up, all We can
Where there's no filth flies will not
stay;
Get the swatter and swat again,
IT'S our business, now say.
Burn the garbage and the litter,
Clear the alleys and the street;
II we can't be rich and handsome,
We can be quite clean and sweet.
Keep the flies away from sick folks
! Out Of milk and butter too;
Out Of honey and preserves,
He won't leave germs if you do.
Don't sit down on sticky fly paper
It's for flies and flies alone,
Stick to your swatter, it's the thing
If you don't you'll sure atone.
The Board can't swat ours at D. M.
We've got to swat ours on our door
And swat and swat and then swat
some,
And keep on swatting forevermore.
Now, don't you laugh, it is no joke,
My shoo.fly's tired, my patience too
But I'll hunt the foe to the very
last one,
And swat him dead, that's what I'll
do.
Why not invent fly spraying ma
chine,
And spray the house, the farm.
the yard;
And all the places where flies can
breed5
And kill them all without regard.
Band the children into swat clubs,
In the schools and homes as we'll;
Post the posters from the Health
Board,
Spread the truth where'er you
dwell.
Let us join the ranks my sisters,
Join the Antilles today.
Always for others as well as our
selves,
Let us be healthy and happy and
gay.
From Fly Bulletin No. 6.
1.-THE defendants Of single fly
number more than a million during a
season.
"9S per cent Of the eggs are laid
in stable manure per cent in gar
bage and other filth.
"The house fly typhoid fly causes
the deaths of from 10000 to $4,000
persons in the United States every
year. Note: That is one half as
many as alcohol causes, my prohi-
bition friend.
Housewives can do much to keep
1.-The community clean and prevent the
spread of disease.
tits the shame of every city and
town in the United States that the
Panama Canal Zone, once one Of the
worlds pest holes, is now safer
place to live in than the United
States.
do not allow decaying material OF
anv sort to accumulate on or near
your premises.
"The three (dis) graces-filth, flies
and fever.
Get the fly screen habit.
''The fly must go, says the scien-
|tist. The fly does go, but the mis-
chief of it is he invariably comes
back.
''Swat that fly.
do not patronize grocery stores
and markets that harbor and feed
flies. Insist upon screens.