Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1919 — MOSQUITOES [ARTICLE]

MOSQUITOES

Pest Which Causes Suffering and Annoyance

Mosquitoes are man’s inveterate tormentors and foes. At the seaside, on the undrained prairies of the West and Northwest, in the far North, by woodland pool and mountain meadow these bloodthirsty brigands in countless myriads waylay the individual on business or pleasure bent. Swamps, ponds and marshes, however, are not the only places which breed mosquitoes. A little rain water in an old tin can or undrained roof gutter, if neglected, will supply mosquitoes for a town or city neighborhood, spreading discomfort, causing insomnia and tempting to profanity. If mosquitoes were merely a bothersome plague, there would be ample justification for unrelenting warfare against them, but when it is considered that several species scattered over the United States disseminate malaria, rendering many regions of great fertility almost uninhabitable, and that one kind of mosquito found in the South will convey yellow fever, no argument for fighting them is necessary.