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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
6
The article urges readers to drop past errors and unfounded hopes, keep resolutions modest, and plan for the year ahead. It reminds us to discard tears, value resilience, and not seek others' opinions excessively while recognizing happiness as contagious.
Excerpt notes historic views on millers profits and honesty. It cites inscriptions from Great Gaddesden Hertfordshire and Calne to illustrate the reputation of millers. One epitaph honors Mr Thomas Cook of Noak Mill who died in 1830, calling him an honest man.
A towering Christ statue stands on the Argentina Chile boundary at 12 000 feet, commemorating a peace treaty overseen by King Edward. Unveiled in 1904, the monument features a marble base with peace pledges and a bronze Christ figure blessing with one hand.
An inventor, Chas Formage of New Rochelle New York, devised a collar button with a tiny center screw hole. A tapering peg screws into the hole and passes through the collar hole. When worn the peg unscrews and the button stays on the collar, avoiding damage to nails.
A Philadelphia Press piece discusses why extreme cold proves deadly. It surveys theories such as carbonic acid buildup, vasomotor center paralysis, and brain iron depletion among others, noting uncertainty in the exact mechanism.
The science of optics has recently aided jewelers with tests that determine a gem’s nature. The refractive index, measuring light bending, is found for precious stones similarly to how spectacle lenses are tested.
The article explains that male wasps do not sting but both sexes wear the same polonaire and look identical. The only reliable way to tell them apart is by catching a wasp. if it stings it is female, if not it is a gentleman wasp.
A short religious note quotes Ecclesiastes 5 12 about the sleep of the laboring man and the unrest of the rich. The line contrasts wealth with simple provision and rest in a contemplative vein.
The article traces coal origin to the Carboniferous Age with plant matter forming peat and eventually coal. It explains basins where coal formed, coal measures, seam thickness, and depths, noting Iowa production in twenty three counties and potential future expansion.
March or Martius was the first month of the Roman year and the English legal year began on March 25. Old style March was famed for stormy last days, once thought borrowed from April.
The piece recalls how Pitt spoke in March and how the public learned his exact words only months later through the Gentleman's Magazine. It contrasts modern rapid street selling of news with earlier delays and cites London Saturday Review as context.
A reader quotes Pretty Soft asserting lawyers have it easy in life while others must overcome obstacles, noting that if a lawyer challenges a rule a judge may set it aside.
Ambiguous historical fragment notes a sixteenth century Chinese vehicle carrying passengers and dropping a pebble to measure miles. It poses a rhetorical question about marrying across wealth and age.
W. C. Allen of Mosely Missouri praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough and croup medicine he has used after raising four children. He reports eight to ten years of use with satisfactory results for colds and coughs. Engbretson's Pharmacy advertises the product.
County News itemizes visits and errands across Cresco Ridgeway and surrounding towns. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. Schild, Miss Koch, Jim Wagner, Rev. Scholer, and many others are noted for shopping calls, family gatherings, Christmas meals, church events, and farm work during the holiday season.
Miss Margaret Haas spent Sunday with Miss Louise Williams. Rudolph Novotny of near Decorah visited Clay Till Thursday.
Local residents share holiday visits with friends in Castalia and nearby towns. Weddings, travels, and health updates appear as families gather for Christmas and vacation periods. A public event at the Castalia town hall promotes a humorous play “Ole, the Swede Detective,” with a PleasAnt Ridge Telephone Co officer slate announced.
Frankville notes show numerous Decorah visits and local trips by residents from Postville Ossian and Waukon. Community life includes church events at the M E church basement New Year dinner, a Presbyterian Christmas tree program, and a moving picture outing. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Nash, Mr and Mrs Bollman, and many others.
The article notes thanks to the congregation for a gift to Pastor Healey. Visitors include John Leer and Prof. Chas. H. Pye from Waukon. Mrs. Will Davidson and daughter Cora of Sioux Falls join locals at Jas. Kneeskern’s. Students home for holiday vacation include Edna Healey, Ruby Nash, Chas. Crawford, Chester Peck, Hazel Meikle, Jennie DeWitt, Florence Waters, with several towns listed.
Local notes from Hesper dated December 28 1915 report sick list updates visits by Mrs Chas Smith Mrs L A Robinson and others several residents spent Christmas at home with relatives Christmas programs at the Friends church and schoolhouse a basketball win for Hesper over Decorah 13 to 40 teachers on vacation and social gatherings plus hay curing tips for farmers.
RB. A. Engbretson reports customers greatly pleased with the quick action of buckthorn bark glycerine and Adler-ika mixture. The remedy is said to drain old foul matter from the bowels and relieve constipation and stomach issues, with instant action and no gripes. It is claimed to work even in appendicitis cases.
A promotion promises a soft refined pearly white complexion from a Free trial size bottle. Shake apply two or three drops to the back of the left hand and compare with the right. Readers are urged to mail 10 cents to Ford T Hopkins & Son at 37 Great Jones Street New York for a trial size including wrapping cost.
The Tequendama Falls outside Bogota Colombia drop about six hundred feet into a rocky chasm. Nearby the natural bridge of Inconongo rises just over three hundred feet high.
Decorah Iowa resident G G Bucknell a retired farmer at 404 Day St testifies that daily back pain and irregular kidney action improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills He recalls reading of others' good results and says the product gave him relief Price 50 cents at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells Dean's Kidney Pills
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