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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
1
Decorah's local notices list physicians lawyers and businesses with addresses and contact details. It includes J L Hexom and J Daly physicians, C Hoeg M D, URBANs Osteopathic, Harriette Amy M D, A woodward M D, Barthell Attorney, Eng er fire insurance Luther publishing house and other services, shop and street addresses across Decorah Iowa.
A reflective editorial mix contrasts Helen Hunt Jackson style New Year resolve with a wide sweep of 1915 issues. It weighs prohibition, football fatalities, wartime cargo, wage hikes, price pressures, and farm yields, while noting trade, steel costs, railroads, and labor policy. The piece cites figures on business earnings, wheat shortages, and shipping, and ponders postwar world order and protectionism. It ends urging balanced protection to level global competition.
The article notes rising exhibitor counts and visitor numbers at county and district fairs from 1914 to 1916. Exhibitors grew from 16,717 to 23,955, while attendance rose from 1,003,271 to 1,272,479, despite inclement weather in 1915, signaling sustained interest in agricultural fairs.
The piece urges making every day a day of self improvement rather than confining resolutions to January 1. It encourages speaking a good word, doing a kind deed, and weeding out tares and brambles of character while shedding bad habits throughout the year.
The secretary of state records show W. L. Harding leading for governor by 126,558 votes nationwide, an average of 1,277 per county. He won every county except Fremont where Meredith led by 175. Linn county gave Harding the largest county vote, 6,010, with district totals of Allamakee 1,004 Chickasaw 697 Clayton 1,602 Fayette 1,748 Howard 258 Winneshiek 1,497.
Clifford Thorne, chairman of the Town railroad commission, confirmed his resignation to become special counsel for the National Livestock Shippers Protective League. He will join the investigation before the interstate commerce commission into livestock traffic rates and practices and starts his new role January 1.
The Iowa Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown faces overcrowding and a likely push in the next legislature to appropriate about $50,000 for an annex or an addition to the old people's building to alleviate the condition.
The state automobile department begins 1917 registration as of December 20, with 198,050 plates issued for 1916 and $1,854,501 in fees. 1916 saw 53,942 more cars than 1915 and $321,448 more in fees. The first 1917 plate will be No 198,052 and new registrations include a certificate and a fresh number plate.
The Liberty Bell ceased ringing for New Year salutes after a crack appeared during Chief Justice Marshall's funeral procession in 1835. Since then a different bell at Independence Hall tolls in the New Year while the Liberty Bell remains a priceless relic.
Governor Clarke will retire as Iowa governor on January 1 and become head of the Drake University law department. His four years in office and legislative work are highlighted as pivotal to Iowa’s growth and to building a greater Iowa through legal education and public service.
Pay Up Day in China describes New Year customs in urban areas. Streets fill with people buying provisions, new clothes and gifts while households settle debts before the old year ends. The piece notes a Chinaman who delays payment feels disgraced and adds a political jab about candidates and officers.
Washington reports the Dead Letter Office recovered over two million dollars in checks drafts and money orders last year from undeliverable mail. The division handled more than 10.8 million items with 3.68 million delivered or claimed and 7.0 million destroyed. Revenue from stamps currency and merchandise added to 64 665 dollars and net annual revenue is estimated at 75 000 dollars to keep the unit self sustaining.
Munich during Christmas time charms foreigners with theater for children. Holiday performances, in simple rhymed German verse, retell familiar nursery tales. They are staged as grandly as works like Faust or A Midsummer Night’s Dream by the company’s leading actors.
A notable tree donated by Robert Lucas from Governor Lucas estate has been placed on Clinton Street and Towa Avenue for the community celebration in Iowa City. The governor reportedly planted it himself, marking a historic gesture for the territory.
In Sioux County a 720 acre Reilly family farm uses a free choice system to assign farm tasks. Pat handles horses, Tom cows, John hogs and repairs, Ed studies agriculture, Will and a hired man manage the home place. The plan keeps all sons on the farm and improves livestock, crops, and bookkeeping.
A reader notes no federal ten cent per pound oleomargarine tax exists. uncolored oleomargarine is taxed 0.25 cent per pound under U S Internal Revenue laws, with higher rates only when colored. Iowa law bans sale of colored oleomargarine, while prices rise as butter costs climb and producers seek higher margins.
Reverend Cadman writes of Christmas joy overflowing in hearts and lifting even the sorrowful. The festival’s spirit spreads beyond cheer to touch the naturally gay and the grieving, creating a hopeful rift in constant clouds.
Spanish children hang up shoes and slippers instead of a Christmas stocking and wake to find them filled with fruit and sugar plums. Confectioners display comfits in bright windows in the weeks leading to the festival.
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