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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
4
In Durango a desert zone near Durango city extending toward Zacatecas hosts deadly scorpions. Municipal leaders offer a bounty for each alachi one killed, funds equaling about half a cent in American money. Thousands are killed yearly and some locals breed scorpions for market.
London scientist Prof Maxwell Lefroy warns that future warfare could employ pests like mosquitoes, houseflies, and lice to spread deadly germs. He states pilots could drop infected insects to disseminate yellow fever, cholera, typhus, and dysentery, warning this could be a peaceful as well as violent threat.
The U S department of agriculture explains that using gas bombs dropped from planes to extinguish fires is not feasible. A lethal mix would be required to affect a detachment, but the precision to drop bombs accurately is not present and unlikely to be developed soon.
An old method uses 25 pounds of wheat bran with one pound Paris green or white arsenic and six chopped lemons or oranges plus two quarts of molasses. The mixture is spread over fields to kill grasshoppers, noting cooperation among neighbors to prevent reinfestation and the odd detail that lemon juice is added to attract hoppers.
The article notes that American chewing gum finally spread in Europe after U S soldiers introduced it. In 1919 the United States exported gum worth 2 164 290 dollars with England as the top buyer, and gum popularity grew in English munitions factories replacing tobacco since smoking was banned.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes that on the subject of loss the girl involved may find the beginner as convincing as Shakespeare, suggesting evolving perceptions and discourse.
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