23 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
1
A dense roster of Decorah doctors and professionals with office hours, addresses, and phone numbers. Listings include DFS STABO CAMPBELL physicians, Albert E. Conrad M D, J Daly MD, Hoeg MD, D M D Jewell, Osteopathic and electrical treatment providers, A Woodward MD, KE Cutting attorney, TM Strand attorney, Lutheran Publishing, insurance and ship agency, and a local dry goods and clothing firm with a long local history.
A broad editorial rambling through wartime themes urges individual service for the country, notes on conservation, taxes, and war industry, and comments on politics, Germany, Russia, and economics with anecdotes on public figures, farmers, and consumer practices. It emphasizes thrift, patriotism, and national unity amid global conflict.
The State Department of Public Instruction with Superintendent Deyoe and the Greater Iowa Association plans a special program during Greater Iowa Week October 1 to 6. Iowa Day in schools will highlight state resources and opportunities, with stories on industry agriculture scenery education science and literature to inform teachers and pupils.
Food Administrator Herbert C Hoover announced comprehensive wheat supply controls responding to wartime disruption. Measures include prosecutions for excess holdings, fair price maintenance through possible harvest seizure, centralized administration at key terminals, thirty day storage limits, and licensing for mills over 100 barrels daily. Regulations effective September 1.
The piece urges vigilance against benefiting from others sacrifices during war. Peter B Kyne cites famous quotes and laments schools lacking patriotic memory while recalling personal fear of combat and the moral burden of national privilege versus duty. He condemns passive safety behind others losses and mocks Prussian superiority fantasies.
T land near Conover produced 600 bushels of corn he believed unnecessary and hauled to Calmar selling to Meyer Bros for $2.00 per bushel totaling 1200 dollars. Corn has not fetched such a price in the county for a long time. Dis tillers are buying all the corn they can before the law closes down on them.
A cablegram from Major Grayson Murphy urges rapid Red Cross action. Winneshiek County Chapter is allotted 500 sweaters 300 wristlets and 300 pairs of socks with all knitting now on hand to be cleared for action. Paul Koren urges swift fulfillment for France and allied soldiers and civilians in winter hardship.
With Governor Harding and the state council of defense studying Iowa coal shortages, action may come within two weeks to guarantee fuel at a fair price. The state could seize mines under constitutional powers, while coal prices vary from Centerville mines to Mt. Ayr and Lyon county, reflecting broader shortages.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw appeals to U S school children to save pennies as a patriotic duty to aid Belgium and France during wartime. A teacher’s plan to teach penny savings is endorsed by the Council of National Defense, stressing self control and charitable giving through small daily sacrifices.
The U S Food Administration orders all distilling processes for beverage use to cease by 11 p m on Saturday September 8 1917 under section 15 of the food control law approved August 10 1917. The rule aims to halt any production steps unless the entire process finishes before the deadline and aligns with internal revenue timing.
State Treasurer FE Hoyt reports the auto fund apportionment for April to August totaling 468,536.80 with 50,000 reserved for engineering. The August distribution allocates 200 to each township and lists county shares including Winneshiek 5,820 Allamakee 5,220 Chickasaw 33,480 Clayton 36,380 Fayette 85,800 Howard 3,480.
Secretary Daniels ruled there would be no recognition for the Navy League in receiving woolen clothing and other comforts for sailors. Women may forward items directly to the bureau of supplies as the Navy department will no longer accept them through the Navy League amid controversy over the league's charges of suppression.
A Department of Commerce statement notes twelve month export totals for bread, cotton and minerals ending June 1917. It argues against meatless or sugarless schemes, warning that skipping meals harms health and that economy comes from avoiding waste and selecting high-value foods within reasonable limits.
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