MYSTERIOUS INSECTS.
EVEN ROYALTY SUFFERS. LONDON, Sept. 13. A plague of new, tiny, and almoti invisible insects, locally known ai “harvest bugs,” which voraciously burrow under the skin, causing in ; tense irritation when the body becomes heated is now clausing havoc among lightly-clad women and holi-day-makers in certain of the chall district in New! Forest. " Many Wave returned from holidays' walking on crutches as the result ol having soratdhd their ankles in an effort to obtain relief. Their faces anc neck 9, also, were disfigured. 'A practical joker, immediately be fore a fashionable hunt Ball at Lync( hurst, took an unsuspecting house party, including a member of the Royal Family, on what Was ostensi bly a tour of inspection of a badly infected chalk quarry. After the thli\ dance the Ballroom Tesembled a mon key (house., The majority of the Women were forced to retire.
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Shannon News, 5 October 1923, Page 2
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145MYSTERIOUS INSECTS. Shannon News, 5 October 1923, Page 2
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