Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1909 — FOR YOUR HEALTH’S SAKE [ARTICLE]

FOR YOUR HEALTH’S SAKE

Air and Sewage. * The eminent Dr. Parkes tells * us that air i? the prime supporter * of life. He also says that of the * causes of death which are usually * in action, impurity of the air is * the most important * This means that it is just, as * foolish and dangerous for us to * breathe the same air oyer again * as it w T ould be for us to go the * sewer for our drinking water. * And while none of us would think * of doing the latter, there are * thousands of people who, every * day of their lives, either ignorant- * Iv or willfully, poison themselves * by breathing air that has already * been robbed of its life sustaining * and health giving properties. * ****>*»» * * * * * *