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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
3
Synopsis notes Fish and Game and other laws, Cogson removal acts, and saloon laws of great importance. Iowans are hedged by 166 new laws after 236 general laws, six special, and 43 legalizing acts were enacted, totaling 304 measures. Of the 236 general laws, 70 took effect immediately and the remaining 166 become effective on a set date.
Section 2539 to 2662 outline the Iowa fish and game warden's duties, appointment terms, and salary, plus enforcement powers. It details bag limits, seasons, licensing for hunters, penalties for violations, and the Lacey Bird Law aligning state efforts with federal aims to preserve game birds and regulate transportation, sale, and stock propagation. The text defines enforcement, permits, and funding for the fish and game department.
Other New Laws notes Chapter 10 shifts district court times and Chapter 11 assigns judges in specified districts. The secretary of state is directed to provide tabular state statements as part of the new provisions.
A dense survey details numerous state statutes and amendments. It lists changes to compensation for reporters and deputies, court jurisdictions, duties of officials including sheriffs and county attorneys, voter and jury rules, tax and licensing provisions for alcohol and tobacco, road building, weed destruction, animal and public health measures, pensions for public servants, primary elections, and public safety statutes. It mentions specific chapters and topics such as streetcar brakes, hotly debated liquor laws, bans on secret fraternities, and public nuisances like houses of prostitution.
Omaha Nebraska to Andrew Jackson county Ta and for the monument location in the cemetery at that place. Chapter 269 provides an appropriation for the Freemen's Institute of Paca hontas county Iowa. Chapter 267 grants and relinquishes to the city of Dubuque the title to the abandoned Mississippi river bed.
August 4 is the hearing date for Marengo Mayor A M Henderson on drunkenness charges filed under a new law. He suffered a skull fracture from a pulley accident delaying the trial, now set before District Judge Byron W Preston at Oakaloona within a month. Henderson claims the law unconstitutional for lacking a jury trial. County Attorney W J Wirby of Williamsburg will prosecute.
The 1909 1910 red book arrives with half tones of over 100 sober legislators. Ruth Woodruff Mabel Elwood and Mollie Heist among women featured from the House. Guy S Brewer edits a 12 page volume with county histories and a full Iowa judiciary list. Lincoln centennial medals issued by the G A R for distribution to members, libraries and historical societies.
The last of Polk county’s early voters for Iowa’s 1846 constitutional amendment passed away at Ames at a fine old age. He practiced law in Camp township for many years and lived later with his son John McCall at Allies. The remains were interred in Stuart cemetery near the old home.
Cushman, a native of Brighton Washington county and educated at Brighton high school and Pleasant Plain academy, was a deceased Representative from Washington. He earned funds for schooling by work as a waterboy on a railroad near his father and later as a section hand before leaving Iowa at sixteen to head west. Had he lived, he would have become senator from Washington to succeed Piles.
Marshalltown reports J. L. Bingaman sold his seventy acre farm near Green Mountain to M. F. Tuttle of Meltbourns for 150 dollars per acre. Bingaman bought the place four years ago for 390 and spent 1200 on improvements, earning a profit of about 1050 yearly from land value rise.
The golden wedding of Mr Peter Wulf and his wife was solemnized at the Danish Lutheran church in this city. Wulf came to Audubon County from Denmark about twenty seven years ago and settled on a farm. They raised five daughters and three sons and accumulated a fine farm.
A story notes Blanche, four, overhearing guests discuss blowflies and maggots. She questions whether flies lay eggs, saying she never heard one cackle, prompting a mother’s surprise at the child’s literal doubt.
A fragment describes a female Cromwell entering public life with equal opportunity views. She has her portrait painted and asserts insistently “Paint in the hips,” a bold challenge to courtly flattery. The exchange is noted as historically resonant.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports that 67.5 percent of tuberculosis sanatoria and hospitals in the United States benefited local property and community health. For more than 62 percent of sanatoria the institutions helped raise surrounding property values.
A fragment shows a quarrel between a woman and Harry over a ring. The speaker says she has forgotten which ring is his, creating a personal dispute. Mabel notes the issue but focuses on the emotional dilemma rather than details.
A brain and nerve building food story traces the creator’s search for a meal to renew vigor. Careful experiments yielded Grape-Nuts, a non stimulant daily food aiding brain function, digestion, and energy. The Post signature appears on genuine packages with guidance to read The Road to Wellville.
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