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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
1
Editorial notes reflect on Prohibition era issues and world affairs as editors lampoon war costs and political folly. It cites Chicago thefts, British policy, American taxation, Standard Oil, and figures like Bryan and Rockefeller to lampoon current events and forecast economic trends.
Morten sen of Town State College argues that a state butter brand will aid Iowa manufacturers after the war. He warns Europe will cut butter use, increasing competition from Denmark Holland Ireland New Zealand and Australia. The brand demands 93 point quality from compliant creameries under Iowa sanitary law with no preservatives or adulterants.
The secretary of agriculture reports to the United States senate that powerful water interests dominate Iowa. Stone & Webster alone control 94.1 percent of developed water power, with thirteen corporations holding 89.87 percent of total power. Municipalities own 0.4 percent of water power and 5.3 percent of total power.
The calendar notes five red letter days this month. Groundhog Day occurred yesterday. Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is on the 12th. St. Valentine’s Day is on the 14th. The sinking of the Maine at Havana Harbor and the start of the Spanish American War happened on the 15th. Washington’s Birthday closes the list on the 22nd.
The state free employment bureau reports a large list of farm job applicants but few farmer requests as spring approaches. Officials say applicants will take other jobs once spring activities start, creating a likely shortage of available farm help.
Scholars dispute the origin of the term seven seas. Historical use once listed the Arabian, Persian, Red, Caspian, Black, Mediterranean, and Adriatic seas, excluding the Atlantic and Pacific.
Conservation efforts are urged to prevent the muskrat from extinction along the upper Mississippi and its branches. Over 300 trappers work within 25 miles of North McGregor McGregor and Prairie du Chien as the muskrat fur here is said to be finer than in other regions.
Iowa recognizes women in agriculture with a dedicated day at the Ames farmers congress. Iowa State College figures show 1,600 women own or manage farms and about 5,000 are engaged in actual farming.
Dozen counties in Iowa now employ agricultural agents with Emmet County adding J. C. Eldredge a graduate of Iowa State College as the latest appointee. The counties listed include Scott Black Hawk Montgomery Greene Sioux Emmet Des Moines Muscatine Clay Tina Wright and another unnamed county.
President Wilson nominated Louis Brandeis of Boston as associate justice to succeed the late Lamar. The Senate received the nomination. Brandeis, born in Louisville November 13, 1856, is a Harvard educated lawyer known for Ballinger Pinchot and interstate freight rate work.
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues that postwar peace is unlikely and urges continuous naval buildup. It says ships ordered two years ago lag due to funding, while land forces can be assembled quickly, with a stronger national guard as a core.
The London Chronicle recounts the perilous mid 16th century routes between England and Russia via the White Sea. Richard Chancellor's 1558 expedition saw crews perish, ships lost, and Osip Nejea survive a harsh voyage that prompted a grand welcoming in Shoreditch.
The Phoenician port Tyre on the Syrian coast around 1000 B.C. yielded brass and tin through its thriving trade. Tyre and Sidon were major rivals in fame, size, and age, with merchants sailing to distant sources for tin.
The text notes Greece is highly mountainous with Thessaly as the sole notable plain region. It describes abundant undeveloped water power from seasonal torrents that cause damage in the rainy season, leaving dry ravines the rest of the year.
John T. Adams of Dubuque Republican national committeeman in Des Moines said Cummins has the best chance to win the GOP nomination. He argued Roosevelt Hughes and Root lack unity potential and predicted the Chicago convention will select a candidate who unites the party with little trouble. The next arrangements committee meeting is in Chicago on March 15.
French scientists at Paris Medical College report that tobacco smoke injures the heart and may paralyze its contractions. Tests using high and low nicotine tobaccos show damage arises from multiple combustion products, not nicotine alone, with heart recovery possible only via pure Ringer solution. The findings echo prior vascular damage observed in the aorta.
A Minnesota supreme court decision upheld the states primary election laws defeating a move by the stalwart faction to block progressive delegates to the national Republican convention. The ruling confirms the March 14 primaries are lawful and enforceable. King Solomon anecdote appears as a historical aside with no civic impact.
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