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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
9
District doctor offices and osteopathic physicians listed with hours and contact details. Includes Urban and Urban osteopathic clinic, Parriette B. Amy MD, Standard Physician and Surgeon, and several attorneys and business notices.
Editorial discusses food riots as product of agitators rather than scarcity, notes anti high price sentiment, quotes Stephen Decatur, wades through postwar economics and politics, cites US war production, German policy, and democratic expansion, comments on law and Sunday blue laws, ends with French study on blind soldiers as wireless operators.
Chicago April 19 prices for canned goods soar as fear of famine drives purchases for summer delivery. Retailers cap sales on canned goods flour sugar and soap while bakers expect bread price rises. Potatoes reach four a bushel beans twenty cents a pound. Sol Westerfeld warns the hoarding could ruin the nation.
The War Emergency Food Committee of Iowa warns of a grave famine risk across the nation due to shrinking wheat and corn reserves. Dean Curtiss of Iowa State College cites March 1, 1917 stockpiles and comparative 1916 figures, noting lower yields, per capita wheat, and rain-affected crops with an embargo on some foods.
Community service pledge offering to work on farms assist in canning preserving drying and storing surplus foods guard health practice economy in food handling care for garden pigs poultry and eggs seed testing and pest control participate in seed storage and future planting junior or senior status and mailing details to Ames Iowa Extension Department Volunteer Food Producers form
Washington April 19 military policy states men married since the war began are treated the same as unmarried men for all military obligations. The War Department seeks maximum publicity to prevent any doubt that marriages do not shield men from service in the effort to organize an army against Germany.
Theo Perry of St. Lucas reports a strong week for farm eggs and dairy in Fayette County. He delivered 2700 dozen eggs to Webster Brothers in Waucoma earning 837 dollars, with a large auto truck load netting 481 dollars, and 20 tubs from the creamery bringing about 690 dollars. Perry claims hens outperform cows in this output record.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Town will meet in Waterloo June 12 14 with sessions at the Waterloo theatre and a school of instruction in the Masonic Temple. Remley Glass reports as master of Benevolence Lodge 145 A F and A M. The piece also notes Iowa newspapers and public views on Senators Cummins and Kenyon ahead of reelection, referencing their actions during the last congress filibuster.
Iowa Governor William L Harding issues a first of its kind proclamation urging school children to plant gardens and grow food to ease wartime shortages. He asks parents and teachers to support and set April 20 1917 as the start date for the campaign, with state agencies offering guidance on production and harvesting.
A Chicago letter sent to President Wilson by Farm Army advocates and signed by J A Shank pledges an agricultural army of 100 000 to 200 000 men to boost crop production. The note cites approval by Eugene Davenport and notes the plan targets those unfit for regular service. Also mentioned is an eight story New York building to study music with sound proof walls ceilings and floors.
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