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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
1
A fragmented Decorah Iowa page lists local ads and business cards including A K Bailey & Son proprietor, medical doctors such as Albert E Conrad and Dr Daly, attorneys Urban and Urban, Luther publishing house, Sugar Bowl Ice Cream Factory, and various merchants. The notice shows rates for local and legal advertising, office addresses, and standard phone numbers. Local publisher details note weekly Thursday issue and postal info.
A broad editorial roundup critiques British policy on coal and a new lighted keyhole patent. It lampoons Congress on the cost of living and notes immigration shifts, naval academy talks, and party dynamics including Bryan and Hughes. It also covers Germany Roumania moves, a Chicago diet test, and Asquith’s resignation and Lloyd George’s rise.
Wesley Greene urged passage of a law to grade Iowa fruit and vegetables. The Iowa Horticultural Society opened its fifty first annual convention in Des Moines where Greene called for strong grower support to lift Iowa fruit in markets. He reported 1916 yields by fruit type and stressed statewide need for storage houses for late drop harvests to protect prices and profits.
The Iowa state fair posted a net profit of 32000 in 1916 with A R Corey, secretary, reporting at the State Agricultural society annual meeting. Debt was cut from 42000 to 16000 over two years and improvements were made from this year’s exposition funds. The association plans building program outlines for the next legislature and discusses on grounds enhancements in the next two years.
Jas A. Everitt and his son Sibley F. Everitt of Indianapolis were found guilty in federal court of using the mails to defraud and were sentenced to eighteen months in a federal penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia. James Everitt, once president of Farmers Equity and the American Society of Equity, was linked to a farm publication with his son.
A sergeant on a trench line urges a Christmas Eve truce amid shells and cold, asking guards to ground arms and lower hostility. The scene evokes memories of home as the bugle calls cease fire and the Star of Bethlehem brightens the sky. Later, Jase Lee Elwood of Howard County begins a campaign for state house speaker with a letter drive and canvassing.
The piece argues that Christmas in old England spans the twelve days and nights after the feast and that it is impossible to observe all ceremonial practices on a single day. It notes that Christmas rituals persist into industrial England and are not confined to the holiday itself.
Judge R. Gaynor is announced as Chief Justice for 1917 as the Iowa Supreme Court selects its chief from its own members. Judges Gaynor and Ladd are appointed to revise court rules and prepare corrections to the practice rules.
A three year old girl glimpses a horse named Doggie lying on its back and calls for her mother to come see the animal turned up. The scene presents a playful household moment and a child’s vivid imagination.
A poetic passage contrasts the Christmas sun encircling the globe with a carol welcoming its rise. It likens radiant, inclusive light to influences that touch all levels of society from palace to hut and enter thoughts and hearts of people everywhere.
A Christmas reflection urges readers to share generosity beyond comforts. It notes the season brings happiness to most though some face hardship and calls on people to remember the poor and lonely neighbors, especially children, to make Christmas truly meaningful.
The mistletoe origin traces from Saxon hospitality suspensions to a social cheer replacing Druid rites. A kiss per berry grew from Scandinavian myth and the plant later faced church disfavor as a pagan symbol in Yule decorations. An ancient belief tied mistletoe to the cross and its withering after its making.
A reflection on the motto Peace on earth and goodwill to men. The writer hopes the Christmas spirit of peace and good will would guide daily life and actions throughout the year for a kinder world.
Riley sends a Florida winter Christmas message to Indiana readers. He portrays Christmas as love, with a bright tree, gleeful children, happy families, and towns restored by renewed hope across the world, despite hardships.
The article traces the Yule log and boar's head as key early Christmas symbols in English and northern traditions. It notes the lighting of the Yule log on Christmas Eve as the opening ceremony and mentions carols as ancient seasonal origins amid social disruptions from knocking.
A New York Evening Sun tale narrates a Christmas lesson where a weary rich man trades a look into a shop window for a five minute ride in a limousine with a newsboy and a loyal mongrel. The episode endows the boy with happiness while exposing the old man to the charity of a child.
A call to write Christmas letters as personal, thoughtful gifts that travel across continents. The piece urges reaching absent loved ones, offering moral support to youth and cautioning against delaying correspondence. It notes mail delays during Christmas Week and warns that good resolutions are often made too late.
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