100 years ago, this week

The Pierz Journal was gearing up for the Fourth of July in the  June 27th, 1912 issue, but a story on an inside page caught my eye instead.

Look closely at this disgusting illustration--I believe the flies are doing five possible left-to-right infestations, not a zig-zag path.  Whew, a "consumptive's spittoon" could be part of........ok, too repulsive to imagine!