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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
7
A medical note explains that the common housefly Musca domestica thrives with human dwellings and poses disease risk. It notes humanity created the fly by building enclosed homes and considers fly control essential to prevent illness within families.
A fragment discusses the imagined plague of typhoid germs and a metaphor about sticky feet. It notes scientists describing the germ as highly dangerous and compares it to insects that must clean their feet to avoid sticking substances.
An article warns that houseflies spread typhoid and other diseases by carrying germs on their hairy feet from filthy breeding sites. It urges sanitation, immediate elimination of manure and waste, screening to keep flies out, and use of carbolic acid, bichromate of potash, formalin, and pyrethrum to kill flies and protect food and vulnerable people.
Instructions warn against allowing flies in homes and near food. Guidance covers not buying items where flies are tolerated and keeping fruits and confections protected. Strong admonitions urge avoiding flies on babies, feeding bottles, and nursing equipment to prevent contamination.
William Rettig of Berlin claims to build a wooden airship from America to Europe in about forty eight hours. At 426 percent feet long and 45.9 feet wide it would fly at 8,000 feet with thirty passengers, using Canadian fir and a business plan for a transatlantic line.
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a tonic for digestion and organs to restore boyhood health and appetite. It claims strong stomach and liver function return, promising renewed vigor. Sold for 50 cents at A W Shelley’s.
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