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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
5
Governor Clarke designates April 25 as Arbor Day urging schools to hold special afternoon plantings and nature lessons. The rural graduation exam saw 160 questions with 90 returned and 30 passing. Teachers urged to request questions early and adopt selected reading texts for professional development.
The Rock Island main line between St. Paul and Cedar Rapids will designate Manly as terminal on May 1. The Rockford and Albert Lea division will be discontinued and all trains run into Manly. Estimated 250 train workers will operate there, with about 150 having families likely to relocate.
The Winneshirk County Bank at Calmar narrowly escaped a major blaze last Monday morning. Smoke filled the building around ten o clock. Firemen found the fire in the basement near the vault boiler room, spreading from a pile of paper and old books in boxes. The blaze was quickly put out with the stairway and floor overhead charred. Origin of the fire remains undetermined.
A windy day caused Mrs Lars E Torblan of this city to lose the end of her middle finger when a screen door slammed shut catching her finger in the jam. The amputation occurred so quickly she hardly realized what happened.
Reported in Charles City residents protest the overnight slaughter of robins by a Servian colony. Authorities are urged to curb the activity as birds are brought in sacks for sale or disposal, sparking local alarm.
The busiest business man takes many short cuts in getting his work done quickly and well. Farmers find many short cuts in doing farm work in the columns of The Iowa Homestead. Many of them have illustrations of labor saving devices that any farmer can make at little cost. We furnish The Iowa Homestead in connection with our own cue at the low rate of $2.00 per year, or both papers.
Montreal business leaders foresee price rises in Canada for lumber pulp and fish with tariff cuts by the United States. They expect greater US demand for apples milk and cream and a surge in British woolen and cotton exports. Sir Charles McArath predicts cheaper living and wider Anglo American trade if the tariff revision passes.
The daylit burglary at E. M. Brenniman's Ackley office saw a cheerful thief steal 875 dollars from the safe. The burglar whistled through the act, entertaining a nearby patient while the physician, unaware a theft was occurring, briefly checked the door before resuming treatment.
A purse friendly booklet Gouraud's Oriental Beauty Leaves offers perfumed powdered leaves to refresh the face when flushed. It claims to remove dirt and soot, impart a cool bloom without spilling like a powder puff, available in white and pink, priced up to ten cents, from F. T. Hopkins in New York.
Statement of the Ownership Management and etc for the Decorah Republican weekly in Decorah Iowa lists BE Bailey as editor E C Bailey as managing editor business manager and Kasie B Colville Minnie B Bailey and A K Bailey Son as publishers Notarized by B J McKay on August 11 1913 with commission expiring July 4 1915.
Items from towns across Iowa report winter’s linger, flood relief by Ossian, car thefts in Charles City, gas at Mason City, and the Mississippi boating season opening. Albert Meyer sells 107 hogs for 2093 dollars near New Hampton. Marshalltown and Alta Vista expansions and school bonds proceed amid municipal financial strain. Local incidents include a fatal church incident near Fayette, a masons city water damage, a tabernacle plan in Oelwein, and a postmaster appointment under new administration.
A northbound Minneapolis and St. Louis passenger train nearly wrecked one mile south of Britt when a steel rail was placed across the tracks. The engine halted after breakaway wooden posts failed and the rail bent in a V shape on the pilot. Police suspect the motive was robbery of a large money shipment in the express car.
A severe blaze struck John Manweiler of Richfield Tuesday night, consuming his barn that housed five horses and sixteen cattle. Neighbors reported seeing the glow from miles away and arrived too late to save the structure, with the fire’s origin listed as a mystery.
Roy Metzgard of Cedar Falls lost 25 dollars after a former Rockford friend J. W. Foxton cashed a check at a local bank. Foxton, said to have had no funds on the check’s drawn bank, was captured at Waverly and is being held there.
Fifty years ago Gen. Shackleford telegraphed from New Lisbon Ohio that he had captured Gen. Morgan and nearly all of his command. Prisoners were taken to Cincinnati. The government ordered a draft for 300000 troops as federal troops seized Jackson Mississippi. Jeff Davis called all citizens over 18 to enlist. Gen. Stanley Captured Huntsville Tennessee with 300 prisoners and 1200 horses and mules. Third Iowa was in the attack. 38th Iowa to New Orleans.
Itching and torturing skin eruptions disfigure and annoy. Dean's Ointment is praised for its good work and is available for 50 cents at all drug stores.
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