Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1919 — An Annoying Insect [ARTICLE]

An Annoying Insect

The kind of Insect that gets all through the house, on furniture and especially on books, is about the size of a chicken louse and looks like a louse of some kind. If it is glistening in appearance and silver gray in color, it la probably what is popularly known as the fish moth. It will do considerable damage to laundered clothes —attracted by the starch —book bindings, wall, paper and similar material. Fresh bubach sprinkled about freely and often will discourage it Sweetened paste poisoned with white arsenic is another good remedy.