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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
4
A reflective poem on aging and the inevitability of decline. The speaker likens life to a weathered house facing decay yet counsels acceptance. He trusts the Architect to decide when to take it down and urges readers to arrange their affairs so they can leave with no regrets.
The Navy issues a broad enlistment call for 18 to 40 year olds amid a shipbuilding surge. Citizens with first papers not enough. enlist for war duration. Applicants must present draft board release. births for 18 to 21 must be birth certificates signed by a parent. Furloughs offered for harvesters and business closers. Recruiting stations listed in Des Moines and eight Iowa cities under Lieut Geo F Ketterer.
During a violent electrical storm two of Ben Foxs horses were killed while a third, hitched between them, revived after about thirty minutes. Fox was harvesting, descended from the binder to protect bundles, and received a severe shock. The outside horses perished, the central one recovered slowly.
An unusual crash near Town Falls involved Mr Bacon Mrs Bacon and their infant. A passing large touring car struck a stone which struck the Bacon car in the forehead of their sleeping child causing a severe flesh wound.
Henry Huber’s ten year old daughter suffered a severe injury when a ring on her finger snagged on a rack nail while alighting from a hay load. The skin was torn from the finger and the fingertip amputated about a half inch from the main part after arrival and medical dressing.
W F Baker reports July as extraordinarily wet with 7.59 inches of rain and 12 soggy days. Average highs 83.09 F and lows 57.8 F, cooler than last year. mean 70.4 F, well below normal. 19 clear, 8 partly cloudy, 4 cloudy days. 18 windless. Good for small grain and corn progress.
Mrs. Dorg Linnastruth of Pomona California was identified as the woman found dead at the foot of Humboldt main street after lying in an undertaking room for two days. She previously resided in Humboldt and had a daughter and son there. Authorities think she came for a surprise visit then became bewildered and wandered to the river.
A carload of mussel shells shipped from Charles City brought 45 a ton the highest price ever for clam shells. The Cedar river area has long supplied shells for Town and the east button factories. The run of the river shells contrasted with past careful culling two years ago. Previously prices ranged from 30 cents a hundred to up to 18.20 a ton at peak.
A four person family traveling west on the Lincoln highway were killed when their car was struck by a Chicago & Northwestern passenger train at a grade crossing near State Center. The man, about 55, identified as J. P. Franke of Albion Nebraska, his wife about 45, and two daughters aged four and seventeen, perished.
Irving Vyse saw a cluster of lights among tree limbs at Homburg and grabbed what he mistook for fireflies. He received a severe shock from a live wire but was saved when an electric plant engineer quickly cut the current. A nearby woman pulled Vyse away from the wire.
Henry Grossman died three days after being kicked by a zebra at Honest Bill's showgrounds in Clermont Fayette County. An operation to save his life was unsuccessful.
Lucille Biggart aged two drowned in an open cistern near Cedar Rapids while playing with companions. Her body was found about half an hour after she disappeared, floating in the water. Parents Mr and Mrs C C Bigyard reside in Martelle.
William J. Hall a Fernald merchant suffered serious injuries after walking in his sleep and leaping from a second story window. He fell about twenty feet with possible hip and back fractures and bruised vertebrae feared.
Winneshiek County reports barley yield totaling 319,613 bushels, up 22,640 from 1916. The Orleans district led with the best showing while Washington produced the least. prices last year added value to the crop overall.
Mrs. Bjorge suffered severe burns when kerosene spilled on coals caused an explosion while starting dinner. The fire engulfed the Martin Bjorge home six miles southwest of Harmony, killing the house and leaving her unconscious as her husband and father rushed back from the hayfield. Children on the porch survived.
Alfe Suckow ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Suckow of Castalia drowned in a creek near the Judge Schaffee residence. He and other visiting children and two women waded the creek. rescuers failed to revive him after he was found by Dr Buttler following an hour in the water.
The weekly federal weather crop bureau report says Iowa corn is two to three weeks ahead of last year. Heat and drought in the southwest area have injured some plants, but in other regions corn is growing well and expected to yield an unusually large crop.
A West Union newspaper item reports Grandma Shhick burned her German family Bible in a protest against the Kaiser. The Bible served as firewood to cook a meal, described as turning out well.
Burglars took merchandise from Ernest Johnson refreshment stand at Electric Park Waterloo and also carried off his bulldog guard. No trace of thieves dog or goods found though bloodhounds followed a trail.
Fifty years ago the Waukon baseball club challenged Conover to a game. Conover would play if the venue is Decorah. Also notes railroad work contracts from Calmar and a Decorah soap factory started by Scrubbe & Co.
John Monnahan, working on his father M. J. Monnahan’s farm near Elgin, was haying when a raised rope tangled. He fell backward as a pitchfork handle, stuck in the hay, was driven into his body several inches. The incident occurred before supper, after a second load attempt.
Residents face slim odds for phone service unless already on a line. St. Louis ordered by Postmaster General Burleson to discontinue home installations and seize copper clad wire for aerial lines. Similar effects are expected nationwide.
A strange sight in County Roscommon and central Ireland shows myriads of rare butterflies, led by the peacock butterfly, clusters seen on a single plant. It marks a record occasion for collectors.
The Civil Service Commission announces a September 11 1918 exam in Decorah Iowa for the Calmar postmaster job with $1 000 yearly pay. Applicants must be U S citizens residing within the delivery area, at least 21 on exam day. Forms and details available from the postmaster or Civil Service Commission Washington D C. Applications must be filed in time with Washington.
Forecast issued by the Weather Bureau indicates showers for Thursday in Mississippi and Lower Missouri regions. Temperatures are expected to be mostly above normal across the period August 5 through August 10. Continuous monitoring advised for localized changes.
A locomotive engineer from Turtle Lake North Dakota describes relief from backache irregular bladder action and rheumatic pain after taking Foley Kidney Pills. The testimonial cites rapid improvement within a few days and mentions Engbertson's Pharmacy as the ad source.
Mrs. Rose Kauten of Simsville has been shocking oats for farmers in the neighborhood for two weeks setting an example for Fair bank’s bench warmers to follow.
Mrs. Mary B. Bailey, 64, a fifty year resident of Marshalltown, was instantly killed by a Minneapolis and St. Louis train while gathering coal in the railroad yards. Her body was torn severely. In a separate note, near Lansing, Leonard Ladd killed a rattlesnake with nine rattles found under a grain bundle on the Bakewell farm.
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