Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1917 — POISONED FISH FOR RATS [ARTICLE]

POISONED FISH FOR RATS

Authorities at Somerville, Mass, in War With Invading Army of Rodents. Somerville, Mass. —Poisoned fish for pesky rats. The city dump here is headquarters for a rat army which has-Invaded the city. The authorities are carrying on a franc-tireur warfare against the ifivaders, and the enemy‘Has been exacting reprisals on family larders. Householders are fearing that the cold weather will drive the rodents away from the dump to some more private and exclusive domicile. Poisoned fish will be scattered about the dump and boyd will police the vicinity to keep children, dogs and cats from interfering with the rats’ repast