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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
6
WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS surveys community events from Clear Lake to Decorah. Highlights include home guard organizations in multiple towns, a fiftieth anniversary in Waterloo, a county fair with strong attendance, school and farm updates, notable deaths and accidents, and local incidents from coal supplies to jail escapes.
The past week showed extreme temperatures with an average high of 84.1 degrees, ranging from 76 to 91. It was 10.4 degrees cooler than last year at this time. July 31, 1917 stood out as the hottest day in the season. July's last week also saw only light showers, favorable for harvesting.
The U S Food Administration appoints a price interpreting committee led by K I Haugen to set fair prices on staple items. Members include F J Rosenthal H Jansen Mrs I W Brunt Richard Schrubbe N R Groff Steen Johnson R B Jones and L J Vogel. The panel aims to fix reasonable profits, publish maximum retail prices weekly, and adjust as needed for consumer and merchant benefit.
A 1917 timothy crop report shows a dramatic drop from 86 442 bushels in 1916 to 39 981 bushels, a loss exceeding 46 461 bushels or over 100 percent. Seed prices range 5 to 7 dollars per hundredweight, with threshing cost about 50 cents per sack, blamed on cattle feeding for hay. Townships figures follow.
The piece reflects on social change from farming to car culture. It contrasts earlier evenings when farmers returned home after supper with modern Saturday nights when cars fill Water Water Street Winnebago Main and Washington. Theaters shut later and merchants stayed busy past midnight due to the automobile era.
Marshal A P Houston arrested William De Bettlinger of New Hampton in Waterloo and brought him before U S Commissioner Dempster on a violation of the espionage act. He was bonded at 5000 dollars. It was alleged he has a bad rep and little patriotism since the war began, drawing stern condemnation from local citizens.
In Decorah about three hundred children are being weighed and measured as part of a national health statistics effort. Data will be sent to Washington to assess child health in the United States. The program follows wartime findings that infant disease and neglect affect military eligibility, and is endorsed by the Children's Bureau under the Council of National Defense.
Five persons died and a sixth injured when a car driven by Milton T. Brown of Brainard collided with a fast interurban in Waterloo. The dead include Milton T. Brown, his wife Mrs Milton T. Brown, Irene Brown 13, Cliff Bartlett 14, and Edith Bartlett 12. Edith Bartlett’s mother Mrs Frank Bartlett also injured but not fatally. she is expected to recover.
A retrospect recalling events from four years earlier when Germany declared war on Russia and France, rejected mediation, invaded Belgium and Luxembourg, and sought passage through Belgium, with the United States later drawn into opposing the Huns.
The United States administration lists a Price Fixing Committee to set staple commodity prices weekly in Winneshiek County. Members include K I Haugen and F J Rosenthal of Decorah, N R Groff, Mrs I W Brunt, Richard Schrubbe, Steen ane Weegey, and L J Connny Ra Jones of Oss County.
Mrs Geo Van Wey visited Decorah on Saturday. Many residents and families are recorded visiting, calling, or returning from trips to Ossian Postville Calmar Waterloo and Rossville. A service flag dedication occurred in Frankville township with eleven stars, honoring those who served, followed by a program and address by Dr F W Conover.
A stream of brief notes lists visits and travel from Ossian Decorah and Calmar with mentions of Miss Thelma Olson sick, Hazel Gunderson home from Carpenter's orchestra, Ray Kryson returning to Great Lakes training, and Winneshiek boys leaving for Camp Gordon Ga. The Calmar crowd gathers for a sendoff with the band playing and two special trains passing through. Families, relatives, and friends frequent local homes and events across the region as villagers record daily doings and visits.
R and Kirby headquartering in Ames under Washington agricultural department scouts county for barberry impact. After consulting County Agent Watrud, he finds overall favorable conditions though warning persists in parts of the state about 15 to 20 percent wheat loss. He notes barberry is a specimen of German Kultur with a history of crop damage since 1805 in Germany. Kirby also notes excellent crop prospects locally.
The Frankville cheese factory, a growing county business, paid its July wages on the 20th. Ear l Livingood received for 7 cows over 28 days, Claude Van Wey for 3 cows, Alvin Walby for 14 cows, John Snitker for 3 cows, Roy Kneeskern for 1 cow over 14 days, and Jas E Kneeskern for 17 cows over 28 days, with total sums listed.
An advertisement urges use of Foley Cathartic Tablets to relieve indigestion and biliousness. It promises gentle to thorough bowel cleansing, a sweeter stomach, and liver benefit. Engbertson's Pharmacy Ady handles the sale.
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