Decorah Business Listings for Medical Offices and Contacts
The Decorah Republican lists medical practitioners including M. D. Jewell who offers surgery and surgical diseases with office hours from 10 to 12 and 2 to 5, plus evening until 7. Urban & Urban osteopathic physicians are also listed with a Standard office phone 380 and decorah bakery as a local reference point.
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Rzcinski
Osteopathic Physicians
Eover Decorah Bakery
Decorahve
Decorah Iowa business directory excerpt
Public Opinion building Spetel caters to diseases and children. Barthell attorney at law and justice of the peace. Office doors near National Bank. Law office over Bromley’s shoe store. Decorah Iowa mortgage sales and loans. STR Practice in all courts in E P Johnson building. Lutheran Publishing House Decorah Iowa printers binders edition work. Enger fire and tornado insurance with steamship agency. Gents furnishings and travel goods at 38 years of square dealing. Haagen nations and neon offerings at 18 West Water Street Decorah.
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Bromley
West Water Street
Decorah
Iowa
Editorial notes on war, economy and language reform
A collection of opinion pieces on WWI effects, diplomacy, and American policy. The editorials mock war critics, discuss naval blockades and mediation, critique sugar policy, inflation in meat and beer taxes, and urge simple spelling reforms. The tone is pithy, nationalistic, and skeptical of authorities.
The Stranger Within Our Gates
A short urging to greet strangers, noting most appear sociable and may respond kindly to being treated as a living citizen and a good fellow.
War news and political notes across the world
The world moves fast as Europe war rages and news travels by telegraph. judgments cut International Harvester into three firms or face US Supreme Court action. Carranza named provisional Mexico president as tensions loom over Villa. Drug trade, potash from Germany, and war shocks spark price shifts. McReynolds probes food price rises while wheat and meat exports falter. Paris area plants grow umbrella handle trees on 300 acres.
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Wilson
Europe
McReynolds
Congress
Supervisors Praise Iowa Road Law At Cedar Rapids Meet
James B. Uhl of Polk county received credit from fellow supervisors for endorsing the state road law during the Cedar Rapids convention. Despite initial hostility and lengthy debate, Uhl steered the resolutions committee toward approving a resolution praising the statute, which then won unanimous support.
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Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
James B. Uhl
Polk County
Resolutions Committee
Mr. Uhl
Iowa
Uhl
Ruling in Liquor Case Enjoins Transport Without Permit
Judge Francis M. Hunter in Ottumwa filed the final decree in State versus United States Express and Hamm Brewing. The order, sent back from the supreme court, permanently bars transporting liquor to any person in Wapello County or elsewhere in the second judicial district without a clerk of court issued permit.
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Francis M. Hunter
Ottumwa
State
United States Express Company
Hamm Brewing Company
Hunter
Supreme Court
High Court
Wapello County
Second Judicial District
Red Cross Fund Drive Held in Protivin for Bohemian Sufferers
A mass meeting at Protivin on Sunday afternoon August 16 raised funds for Bohemian relief from the European war. Father Lakomy and attorney Charles Pergler delivered patriotic speeches. A fundraising committee will be appointed to collect and forward the money to the Red Cross for distribution.
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Protivin
Beseda Hall
Father Lakomy
Charles Pergler
Iowa
Red Cross
Game Birds in Iowa Census Plans Highlight Partridge Flocks
The state game department plans a winter census of Iowa game birds. Warden Hinshaw estimates at least 40,000 birds from last spring remain. If kept for two to three years, the state would be well stocked. Reports say partridges raised large flocks this year.
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State Game Department
Iowa
Hinshaw
Declines to Shift Tickets in Ballot Columns
Secretary of State W. 8 Allen announced the nonpartisan judiciary ticket will be placed in the last column of the fall ballot, despite requests to move it to the first column and swap the Republican ticket to the second. Voters face possible confusion. Fire losses in New York last year exceeded 200 million dollars, with half due to carelessness from matches and cigarettes.
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W. 8. Allen
Judiciary
New York
State to require plain label of contents on all foods
The Iowa state food and dairy commission mandates that all food packages sold in Iowa after Sept 3 show net contents on the label. Applies to package goods milk beer and whisky bottles too. Law took effect April 10 1913 with a Sept 3 1914 deadline to clear shelves. Exemptions for small dry goods and tiny liquid packs. Violators face arrest and heavy fines or county jail.
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Towa
State Food and Dairy Commission
Iowa
Early Frost Hinted By Goldenrod Bloom Timing
Country correspondents report the goldenrod blooming two weeks earlier than last year indicating a potential frost pattern. Hon G A Meyer of Calmar, known as a prognosticator, links early blooms to an early frost, while corn advance suggests frost risk before September first. Farmers note last year’s frost after September first and wait for forecasts.
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G. A Meyer
Calmar
Britain and Conscription in the Constitution
The article notes conscription has long been part of Britain’s constitution, with an ancient militia law forcing males 18 to 30 to serve and obliging counties to provide troops. It claims the law was used in the Napoleonic era, then fell into disuse but was never repealed, with Parliament suspending it yearly since 1829.
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Belgium
Europe
France
Germany
Netherlands
England
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Villa
Pearson's
Automobile numbers reach Iowa license milestone in Decorah
State officials predicted a high count for licensed automobiles in Iowa. The number reached and surpassed the forecast this summer, and last week Decorah streets displayed a car bearing license number 101455, signaling the vast growth of auto ownership in the state.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Decorah
Four Week Threshing Crew Harvests 380 Acres in Iowa
A four weeks' stand for a threshing crew on a single Iowa farm is unusual. The Kiick farm near Glidden harvested 380 acres of wheat at an average of 28 bushels per acre. The crew completed four weeks of steady work, proving skilled labor yields the best results.
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Iowa
C. KR. Kiick
Glidden
Clearing House for Apples Organizes Iowa Growers
The Iowa State College agricultural extension opens the second year of its college clearing house to connect Iowa apple growers with reliable buyers. R. S. Herrick heads the Ames office. service is free and aims to promote good grading and creditful dealers. The group will not buy or sell but will facilitate communication among growers and buyers across Iowa and neighboring states, focusing on apples this year. Prof Herrick notes a large share of marketable apples from sprayed orchards, reducing unsprayed crop losses.
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Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
Herrick
Ames
Towa
R. 8S. Herrick
The
Clearing House
Emergency shipping bill signed by Wilson into law
President Wilson signed the emergency shipping bill authorizing foreign built ships to enter American registry. The Bureau of Navigation begins implementing rules while about a hundred vessels seek registry. The president will decide on suspending parts of the navigation law, affecting watch officer nationality and ship inspection. The Navigation Commissioner prepares recommendations for the president.
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Wilson
Bureau of Navigation
United States
Commissioner of Navigation
Iowa Auditors Target State Game Warden Hinshaw
County auditors at Cedar Rapids aimed censure over Hinshaw for inefficiency in office and failure to provide hunter license blanks and cooperation with federal game laws. Resolutions were debated, then tabled amid close votes and Gov. Clarke concern. Officers elected: Finley president, Darnell vice president, McCulley secretary, Harrison treasurer. Clear Lake bids for next convention.
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Iowa
Hinshaw
Cedar Rapids
Marking Auto Routes in Waukon Planned
At a rousing Commercial club meeting the plan to mark auto trails out of Waukon was discussed. The Waukon Commercial club aims to guide drivers with best routes and the Waukon Auto club contributed funds for the effort. A committee was named to arrange a purification meeting in September to celebrate paving completion and boulevard lights during fair week.
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Waukon
Waukon Commercial Club
Waukon Auto Club
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Canada
Winneshiek County
Tandard
J. Daly, M. D
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Red
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M. D. Jewell
Farrette B. Amy, M. D
A C. Woodward, M. D
Spetel
H. F. Barthell
Attorney At Law and Justice of the Peace
Omee Ist Door West National Bank
Ww. M. Str
Attorney At Law
E P. Johnson Building
LoTePan Publishing House
Lutheran Publishing House
M. Enger
Steamship Agency
Main Street
Standard Phone
Ben Bear
General Merchants
Washington Sts
K I. Haugen
General Merchant
Nations
Iene
Neon
West Water St
Rah
Maurice Connolly
Huerta
Russia
Greece
Japan
Turkey
Porte
Dardanelles
Bulgaria
Servia
Roumania
Spain
Switzerland
Portugal
Louisiana
Treasury
Washington
Chicago
J. Cc. Beard
Republican
St. Paul
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court of the United States
America
Reruniican
Thomas
Supreme Bench
Democrats
Dan Hamilton
Lucan
Mr. Thomas
Paris
Supervisors
Game Birds
Britain
Automobile
Ames College
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