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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
1
Decorah Republican issue lists mailing info office hours and rates. Includes doctors clinics and offices with addresses and phone numbers, advertising and legal rates, local notices and services. Details on medicines, osteopathic physicians, ship agency, dry goods, and general business listings in Decorah Iowa.
An editorial collection contrasts rugged, rural labor with glory-seeking and notes on sanitation in hog farming. It comments on prohibition era issues, public figures, and social mores while musing on economics, war, and public virtue.
The July 10 balance shows 73.96 million on hand vs 136.34 million two years prior under Republican laws. A yearly deficit of 11.24 million. Actress Billie Burke to receive 40 000 for five weeks and a 50 000 option for three years at 150 000 annually. Worldwide receipts from tiny payments show mass influence, with 5 million daily viewers contributing via small coins.
The Manchester Guardian notes a lively and hard to track export of diamonds from Germany. A Berlin syndicate, holding 4 million dollars in stock, sells mainly to the United States via Belgium and Holland. Production halts as South African mines close, warning of possible scarcity after conflict ends.
A Farm and Fireside excerpt analyzes the impact of cars on farms across ten Midwestern grain belt states. It notes growth from 130000 farm machines four years ago to 559730 cars by January 1 1915, with farmers owning about half, and a monthly increase of 13000 machines at an average value of 980 dollars.
Thirty eight new banks chartered since January 1, 1915. Eighteen were formerly private banks. The state now lists 831 savings banks, 319 state banks and twenty one trust companies.
The piece ranks nations by centenarians. Romania, Bulgaria, France, Great Britain, Germany, United States, Bulgaria again top the list. It notes Bulgaria with 3 300 centenarians and the United States with 100 million population has under 100 centenarians.
A recent English invention introduces a ship with an upper deck that can be released from the hull and will float when the vessel sinks. The design aims to provide a buoyant emergency platform, potentially improving survivability in maritime disasters.
State Labor Commissioner A L Urick says the new child labor law passed by the thirty sixth general assembly will be strictly enforced. The measure restricts work for youths and requires changes in laundries and street selling by youths with badges issued by school authorities.
A New Jersey owned Holstein cow named Freison Fayne produced 24 600 pounds of milk in a year, yielding 1 116 pounds of butter valued over 400 dollars at eastern prices. Despite higher milk totals from others, Freison Fayne led in butter output by 105 pounds over a Guernsey cow and outpaced by 105 pounds in butter despite similar milk weights.
The Cedar Rapids Republication reflects on Iowa weather lore with references to a 58 inch rainfall year before many lived, the 1850s as the wet year and the big snows, and reassurance that in Town everything comes out right at Thanksgiving time.
Veterans from the Civil War seek legal relief after a peace society in Fort Dodge allegedly desecrated the American flag by displaying it with a white border. They have enlisted Attorney General Cosson, Adjutant General Logan, and Col. Palmer of the G A R to intervene and coordinate with Fort Dodge officials to prevent further abuse.
Col. John C. Lopez of Des Moines, former head of the Fifty-first Iowa infantry in the Philippines campaign, was appointed adjutant of the Iowa Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown last week.
A. O. Wolever, head of Iowa's banking department, says eastern Iowa is wealthier than the west and that Iowa ranks high in bank deposits nationwide. He notes deposits reflect regional wealth, not city credit, and explains early settlement and farmer ownership boost eastern towns.
Col Henry Watterson warns against being blinded by a dazzling one billion dollar foreign trade total. Exports, mainly food and war munitions, boost profits for a few while raising prices at home and harming communities without war industries. The Times Journal cites Redfield and other administration figures as similarly trying to obscure the issue.
Iowa state and savings banks held deposits totaling 25,812,711 on July 6 1915, up 11,625,215.96 from July 1 1914. The state banking department reported broad gains in capital stock and assets with 881 savings banks, 319 state banks and 21 trust companies holding assets around 398 million.
Friends of Senator Cummins report a rising movement for his presidential nomination despite global events. They say many progressive Republican leaders and former Progressive Party leaders are leaning toward supporting him.
BL Wickham of Oklahoma, president of the National Law Enforcement League, warned Des Moines Chief Crawford to enforce blue laws or face ouster proceedings. Enforced laws would bar ball games, moving pictures, theaters, cigar shops, and ice cream stores from operating. Wickham opened the campaign last week when speedway riders were arrested and fined.
The Iowa state highway commission plans a permanent exhibit at the state fair to showcase complete roadbuilding education. The display behind the race track bleachers will include thirty by ten foot roadway sections of bricks wood blocks concrete sheet asphalt and more. A culvert topography changes and cross sections will be shown with a large tent displaying good and poor road work images.
Nathan Boone son of Daniel Boone surveyed the Neutral Ground in 1830 marking boundaries between the Sac and Fox and Sioux. The line ran from the Upper Iowa mouth to its left hand fork then to the Des Moines river area, with two parallel later lines spanning from Mississippi to Des Moines. The 40 mile wide strip touched numerous present Iowa counties.
The report outlines Commonwealth sugar cane production from 1897-98 to 1910-11, noting 1 073 885 tons in 1897-98 and 2 000 758 tons in 1910-11. It highlights higher NSW yields at 22.83 tons per acre versus 15.60 in Queensland, and per head production averaging seven cwts over five years, with Queensland cane per head from 1% to 3 tons between 1910 and 1912.
Microscopic tests reveal millions of bacteria on a single fly. Most are harmless, but typhoid, tuberculosis, bubonic plague, diphtheria, cholera and dysentery pose dangers, with the plague germ often fatal to the fly itself.
Three rivers share the Colorado name. The Utah Arizona stream runs about 1200 miles, the Texas river spans 900 miles, and the Argentine river covers 400 miles. The piece notes regulators rarely regulate themselves and hints naming a baby as a pleasant task to pursue first.
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