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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
1
A long reader page presents poems, aphorisms, political quips, jokes, and commentary on world events. It cites Villa and Carranza, Wilson, England, trade, and tariff debates while musing on newspapers costs and dye markets.
At a recent progressive party conference in Indianapolis, leaders voted not to nominate a presidential candidate this year. An executive committee of fifteen was to be formed to perpetuate the party and issue resolutions opposing the national committee's Hughes endorsement. Members will be free to vote as they choose this fall. some favor Wilson, with no endorsement planned. Representatives from about twenty states attended. the meeting was called by John M. Parker of Louisiana, the party's vice presidential nominee.
Franklin County Recorder notes skepticism about the free wool provision under the tariff law and denies belief that wool prices rose in the country.
D W Norris argues in Marshalltown Times Republican that Iowa counties should vote on road bonds rather than let boards of supervisors issue them. He disputes claims of higher taxes, notes current levies total about 10 mills including auto tax, and questions why politicians push bonds if limits meet constitutional debt caps.
The Yeomen of America with 12,300 members in the north central states voted at a special convention in Aurora Illinois to empower the executive board to raise rates levy assessments or merge with another society. President Lee Metcalf reported a death fund deficit of 78000 and over 82000000 in old age claims due within ten years. A merger with a sounder fraternal insurer is likely, with old age claims to be waived and insurance guaranteed.
Record of Iowa automobile accidents from May 20 to June 28 notes deaths or injuries. Lear vehicles went over embankments with bones broken and cars over embankments with bruises but no broken bones. Twelve more collisions involved buggies streetcars and pedestrians totaling 216 accidents with 20 hurt in the period.
Justice Hughes holds one term sufficient for the presidency in a dispute over a Free-Trade platform. American Economist notes New Yorkers consume 800 million quarts of milk yearly and per person less than a half pint daily, with cereals, canned goods, potatoes, cheese and other produce in multi–million dollar expenditures.
Negotiations opened to place two new tickets on the Iowa ballot for the November 7 election. The socialist labor party seeks elector names by petition, while the new American party from Lancaster, Pa., also pursues ballot access. The ballot will list seven parties plus a nonpartisan judiciary ticket. The petition requires at least 500 electors. the Prohibition party loses its political party status after failing to reach 2 percent.
The piece argues tariff policy must adapt after World War I as war exports and restricted imports skew trade. It warns that peace could revive cheap foreign goods under current duties, harming American interests and urging cautious Republicans and voters to learn from prior tariff lows.
The state board of control will compile statistics on the widows pension act to guide the upcoming session. It seeks county figures on applicants and grants, racial breakdown of beneficiaries, average and total pensions for widows and children, and aggregate payments.
The article notes mortgages as a foundational investment from ancient Babylon during Hammurabi's era and records them on bricks in Babylonian times. It cites the Egibi family bank circa 600 TC and describes stored mortgage records in clay jars. It adds a remark on wallpaper origin in China in the fourth century.
Big week planned by Winneshiek County Fair Association promises top entertainment and generous prizes. Highlights include Hankinsons Auto Polo, harness racing, auto races with the Demons of the Dirt Tracks, fireworks, baseball games, balloon ascensions, boxing nightly, and platform attractions Maj. Fred A Bennett, Adelaide D Vorak and the Original Bernards.
A call for unity among city business men stresses that close relations and social harmony accelerate progress. Free, costless fellowship builds understanding, reduces jealousies, and attracts young talent, noting Decorah's harmony as a strength to expand further.
A unique charcoal plant sits fourteen miles southwest of Webster City in Hamilton county with eight kilns. The article notes extensive navigation aids and various buoy signals while Mary Davies in Epworth Morald reflects on memory and poetry of coal waters.
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