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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1909
Page
6
The list outlines proposed bills from the thirty third general assembly including holidays, jury exemptions, tax and funding matters, public works and infrastructure, transport and road improvements, public safety and criminal law, institutional funding, and state control measures across multiple counties and cities. The items name numerous legislators and counties, reflecting a broad catalog of legal adjustments and appropriations.
A dense list of proposed and enacted measures covers regulation of lodging houses, school district debt limits, park and waterfront levies, cemetery affairs, tax exemptions, and municipal bonds. The catalog cites names like Saunders DeWolf Moon and others along with towns such as Ottumwa and Des Moines, detailing amendments to taxation, licensing, and public works across counties.
The city council of Deep River in Mahaska county passes a legalizing act authorizing bounty payments to citizens for the destruction of ground hogs. The measure is recorded under county and state fiscal actions for the session.
A Springfield merchant recounts doctors saying his son had consumption with a hopeless case. After using Dr King's New Discovery for three weeks the boy recovered fully. The ad touts the cough and lung remedy as infallible for lung diseases with 60c, $1.00 prices and free trial bottle from J. E. Lemmon.
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