Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-05-06
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The FLY Will SWAT you y
BEWARE OF THE PESTIFEROUs
HOUSE-FLY.'
Wherever He Goes Death and Dis
ease May Follow.

"SvcT re 0oes Oeatn 2uo Ots.
ease May Follow.
War to the death chould be de-
clared upon the little pest. His pres
ence is disgrace. If there is no dirt
and filth there will be no flies. Keep
the flies away from the milk. Don't
allow flies in your house. Don't buy
food stuff where flies are tolerated.
Don'U let flies crawl over the baby's
face or hands. Don't let flies come
near baby's food or nursing bottle.
Clean up your premises inside and
out, then see that others do the same.
Strike at the root of the evil. The
housefly breeds in horse manure,
kitchen offal, and the like. Dispose
of these materials in such q way that
the housefly cannot propagate. Screen
all windows and doors and insist that
your grocer, butcher, baker and every
one from whom you buy food stuffs
does the same. There is more health
in well screened house than many
a doctors visit.
Put In Your Screens. -
The fly season will soon be here,
and those who put IN their screens
promptly will be taking the best Of
precaution against the insidious fly.
Chieago's Board of Health says:
ely screens are recognized by the
health department. as one Of the most
efficient preventive and sanitary
measures. They should be put in
place early in fly time, and used con-
tinuously until the snow flies. Keep
the common housefly out Of your
house and away from your food.
"Screen your windows. Begin now
in your warfare against flies. You
cannot begin too soon." 60
The season Of the year has arrived
when it becomes the duty Of every
American to stop the fly and l;eep
him out, or if he gets in to swat him.
A little pamphlet written by. tie
Anti Fly Crusade Of Detroit, while
it contains many statements scarcely
suitable for breakfast table perusal,
deserves a wide circulation, for ito
portrayal of the evils that follow in
the train Of the fly. The indictment
is lengthy one, but it is q true bill.
The fly is put in the same Class With
the mad dog, the snake in the grass
and the wild animal roaming at will,
for the fly is insidious. He turks il.
every corner. He plants his germs
on your bread. He buries them in
your butter. He floats them on your
baby's milk bottle. There is no es-
cape if he once enters your home.
The lesson is obvious; keep the fly
out; put your screen In early. 81
Suggestions for Fly Time.
Screen early Screen and swat. Keep
the First fly out. Don't buy fool
stuffs where flies are tolerated. :,
Don't eat where flies have access
to the food. Do NOT patronize gro
Gerry stores and markets that harbor
and feed flies. Insist upon screens.
"Fruit la filth"-the kind served
from sidewalk stands after bang
exposed to street dirt and flies.
Screens on windows and doors ro|
keep out. flies will do more to safe
guard your treasures than will locks
to keep out burglars.
With all houses well severed and
screened, the flies that feed upon
filth and kitchen refuse would large
ly disappear and health conditions
would be to that extent improved,
Screen all windows and doors, es-
pecially the kitchen and dining room.