Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1919 — Moderate Rain Cleanses the Ground and the Air [ARTICLE]

Moderate Rain Cleanses the Ground and the Air

Frequent and moderate rain is the most effective of all sanitary agencies. It cleanses the ground and the air. The amiponiacal and other exhalations continually rising from decomposing ani'inql and vegetable matffe are all more or less soluble in water and are largely, removed by gentle rain.