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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
4
A January American Magazine article by Booth Tarkington recounts a man who overcomes drinking without willpower. He describes resting, clearing his head, and choosing a real life over a drugged one. He advocates a two week bed rest with minimal disturbance and nourishment.
A mix of local notes reports and incidents from Iowa towns. Swan activity on Big Lake near Lansing. Max Promnitz loses an eye in a personal safety gun accident in Waukon. Mason City joins Jefferson Highway route from New Orleans to Winnipeg. Ossian water works contract awarded to Des Moines Bridge and Tron. Mud turtles shipped from Greene to eastern restaurants. Forest City votes bonding of 15000 for a new pumping station. Over 1000 Christmas gifts given to New Hampton children. Louise Eastman Klotzback, McGregor’s oldest resident, dies at 79. J Hanson alias Williams arrested in Charles City for auto theft at Waterloo. Charles F. Rush loses an arm at Mason City tire plant. Dr Wright’s dentist office in West Union burgled for $10 in gold fillings. Kapler child in Cresco dies after ingesting pills found in a box. Charles City clubs unite to preserve local beauty spots. Small freight wreck delays traffic on the North McGregor pontoon bridge. first wreck there since 1874.
Frank Grammer encountered a charging wolf while hunting near Marshalltown. He fired at the wolf injuring its eyes, then grappled with the animal using the gun butt and his bare hands. The wolf was restrained with a fence muzzle wire and finally killed by a rifle shot at a nearby farm.
After a night of drinking and card playing Jacob Eggenschwyler is jailed in Cresco and his victim Frank Meyer lies hospitalized in Rochester, Minn. The group of four spent Friday night at Eggenschwyler’s rural home near Elma when Eggenschwyler drew a .38 revolver and fired twice, injuring Meyer’s left hand and left lung.
A young man about 25 in a black overcoat entered the First State Bank of Nora Springs and, pistol held to assistant cashier Clifford Moody, demanded the cash drawer. He escaped with about $1,000 in twenty dollar and smaller bills, fled north to an alley, and has not been seen.
W P Perry of Decorah finished the second floor work on the Elgin Savings Bank interior. He awaits fixtures for the main floor as wall and ceiling decorations are praised as a work of art by both painter and bank.
A new railroad project is underway in Lithograph City Floyd County to connect with the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. Steps are being taken to finance a southward route from Lithograph City to a connection six and one half miles south.
The passage traces how Proverbs 13 24 has spawned alternate forms over time. It notes Ralph Venning 1621 1674 and other seventeenth century writers re phrased the idea. Samuel Butler 1612 1680 is cited as likely first to coin the familiar version spare the rod and spoil the child.
Nine month old son of Wm Michels of Wayne township Jones county drowned in a five gallon water pail on Monday. Mother was in the kitchen, older child aged three warned she of the accident. Despite swift rescue efforts the baby died, apparently from head immersion and strangulation.
English taxes produced odd evasions as farmers rode cows to market and yoked wives to carts alongside dogs to haul produce. Chimney taxes destroyed fine fireplaces and window taxes left houses looking boarded up and deserted and impaired the eyesight of hundreds.
Fireboats in large harbor fires receive priority calls over land engines. They are stationed at key points, ready to depart instantly. Their pumps run from onboard power plants and draw seawater, giving unlimited range within the harbor.
Wesley Dillon son of Mr and Mrs Gus Dillon and Claude Newton were cutting trees when a tree fell the wrong way. Dillon ran to safety but tripped as the tree swayed, breaking his left leg in two, dislocating his ankle, injuring his hip and gashing his head.
Fonda McCook, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Nelson McCook of Sumner, is praised as a wireless telegraphy genius. He has perfected his own apparatus and improves it continually. Each night around nine he can pick up the Arlington Virginia time call from about 2000 miles away.
Nellie F. Morris in Pittsburgh Dispatch describes a New Year pantomime with a girl enchanted by Hallowe'en. A candlelit curtain acts as a screen while three gifts unfold a transformation into multiple selves, ending with a greeting to the New Year and a sorrowful farewell to the Old Year.
An injured convict being returned to Anamosa was placed in an embalming room with a blanket over him. The supposed corpse unexpectedly sat up and asked where he was, remarking it was warm and that he would stay the night. A second body on the same train led to a mistaken hearse driver and police officials.
The common adder or viper has two sets of teeth arranged in the mouth. Poison fangs lie back flat in the roof of the mouth and are kept out of the way by the ordinary teeth used for feeding. This allows the adder to use either set as needed, one for venom and one for eating.
Joseph Kapinos suffered the loss of two fingers last week after his hand came into contact with knives in a machine shop at Miller's wagon factory. He was reportedly handling a live blade when the mishap occurred.
Ungrammatical medical advertisement claims heavy impure blood causes a muddy complexion headaches and nausea while thin blood makes you weak it promotes Burdock Blood Bitters priced at 1.00 available at all stores.
Professor Foley of Illinois University says gasoline poured through a funnel with a chamois cannot generate ignition unless the funnel is grounded. On dry days a person or clothing can become charged by friction, and pouring gasoline through a funnel may produce unpredictable induced charges that could ignite the gas.
Stockholders will meet January 22 to approve increasing Castalia Savings Bank capital from $15,000 to $25,000. The action aims to strengthen the bank and support growth plans.
William H. Murphy a Harvard graduate and longtime Boston customs officer left Harvard University forty thousand dollars to fund assistance for deserving Murphys seeking education. If funds go unused, advertisements will run in New York and Boston newspapers. Mr. Murphy was found dead in his rooms after a period of good health.
A cubic foot of dry air weighs more than the same volume of moist air at identical temperature and pressure. Adding vapor expands the mixture if expansion is possible, such as in the atmosphere, and since vapor density is about two thirds that of dry air, the overall density of the mixture is lower than that of dry air.
The text surveys nine as a symbolic, perfection representing number across cultures and tales. It cites medieval cosmogony nine earths heavens rivers angels and shows how nine is tied to luck healing charms and folk superstitions such as magpies, peas, and clover legends.
A fragment notes that the Pathagorians of Ancient Greece ate simple food practiced temperance and purity and used a five pointed star as a badge, which they regarded as a symbol of health.
Plant behavior confounds expectations with sundew deception of chalk. A nearby fly triggers rapid closure then withdrawal upon realising the ruse. Darwin observed begonia tendrils probing holes and reworking them to find a better fit.
A historical account describes the use of live bait by Jamaican laborers in the British West Indies. A puppy is tied near an alligator haunt to lure the mother from her den by her pups' yelps, enabling the hunter to shoot.
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