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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
6
Des Moines reports 166 new laws take effect July 4 covering fish and game governance. The plan creates a state fish and game warden, outlines enforcement powers, licensing, penalties, and procedures for fish stocking, hunting, and protection of wildlife across Iowa.
Chronological catalog of Iowa laws covering pensions for policemen powers for cities under commission plan primary election mechanics road and weed controls beaver and poison bounties for ground hogs and rattlesnakes liquor sale rules employment records vessel lighting optometry hotels beekeeping school name changes for normal school feeble minded care deaf and blind education secret fraternities public safety prostitution nuisance outward doors cigarette seizure appropriations for Briggs remains and Freemen's Institute river bed relinquishment to Dubuque.
August 4 was set for the hearing of Mayor A M Henderson of Marengo on charges of drunkenness filed under a new law to depose him. Henderson was injured by a falling pulley fracturing the skull, delaying the trial. He has since improved and the trial may occur before District Judge Byron W Preston at Oskaloosa within a month. Henderson filed an answer in May arguing the law unconstitutional for lacking a jury trial. he admitted drinking but denied habitual drunkenness. County Attorney W J Kirby of Williamsburg will prosecute.
Lincoln centennial bronze medals issued by the United States Mint Philadelphia have arrived at the department office of the Grand Army of the Republic in the state house and are ready for distribution to members of the G A R public libraries and historical societies.
The article explains how soil fertility derives from rock disintegration and transport by water ice and air. It notes limestone regions and glacial loess creating rich valleys, and how erosion, transport, and deposition spread fertility from productive to less fertile areas across North America and Europe.
David Forbes became the first to traverse Arabia by automobile from Alexandretta to Bagdad in nine days with a five man party, a 40 horsepower touring car, and 186 gallons of gasoline. The journey faced soft sand and irrigation ditch issues, the Euphrates was crossed on a raft, and locals mistook the car for a runaway railroad.
London Standard notes Yarmouth with 50 000 population saved about 100 lives in 1908 by lower mortality rate. The medical officer of health reports the town’s death rate was two per thousand below the corrected average of 76 great towns, after Dickensian praise for annuity living.
A Camden New Jersey testimonial claims Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured headaches back pain and fatigue. Gardiner Maine resident says it cured a female illness avoiding hospital surgery. The ad touts relief from inflammation ulceration and various menstrual and digestive symptoms.
A fragment from Larper's Bazar suggests burning a soft string tied to a chair back after heating to create smoke that purifies the air. It notes Lowin Single Binder as a rich antifying quality and observes that the softer a man's head the more he tends to button.
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