03 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
1
The page lists businesses on Water Street Decorah Iowa including Lutheran Publishing House printing and binding and a steamship agency at 406 Main Street with local phone 104. It features an editorial poem and long clippings of political and social commentary from a 1910s era newspaper.
A religious reflection from the Chicago Herald calls on Heavenly Father to guide and protect the nation amid a world crisis. It thanks God and asks for virtue and the commandment not to kill to be impressed upon the people and world.
Chloroform emerged after long centuries of trial to ease surgical pain. Opium and other substances were tested with varying success. Historical accounts note vinegar gall and myrrh used to stupefy crucifixion victims as part of ancient execution methods.
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce held a meeting with Governor Clarke and officials from several cities to plan the Iowa state census beginning the second Monday in January. The state census, taken every five years, aims to show population shifts as Iowa seeks to boost growth and halt declines observed in 1910. The drive targets at least 2 300 000 residents, with past totals 2 231 853 in 1910 federal census and 2 210 050 in 1906 state census.
A Dubuque minister argues marriage licenses after December 1 require a 10 cent revenue stamp on the certificate given to the newlyweds, while a state collector says stamps apply to law required certificates and the offical returned copy is stamp free. The issue may be decided by courts.
In 1702 a British inventor Mr Murdock conducted the first successful experiments on illuminating properties of gases. Six years later he built a gas apparatus in Birmingham. By 1802 Monsieur Le Bon lit Paris with this new discovery, marking a turning point in gas illumination.
Federal order removes foot and mouth quarantine from all Iowa counties except Greene to Louisa, allowing immediate slaughter shipments to Chicago Omaha St Joseph Kansas City and St Louis. Six counties infected have 542 cattle 755 swine and 11 sheep slaughtered, easing restrictions for farmers in non exempt areas.
The Modern Woodmen of America victory bars higher assessment rates after the Supreme Court dismissed the Polk county case. The injunction against increasing member assessments remains in effect, based on by law constraints. Col Goethals reports on the Panama Canal’s build, cost 153 million, 12 million on fortifications.
A letter from Los Angeles writer shares experiences in Calexico and the Imperial Valley. He notes cotton gins and fast baling, irrigation complexity, large land values around 80 dollars per acre, and the merger of California & Mexico Development with Imperial Valley Water & Development Co. The piece discusses water rights, crop prospects, and financial claims tied to the valley's growth.
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