05 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
1
The page compiles notices from Decorah including medical offices Urban & Urban and Dr Farrette Bamy, a dry goods and clothing dealer at West Water Street, plus editorial jottings on tariffs crime and finance. It mixes brief business lines with opinion items about labor, politics, tariffs, and international affairs.
Government figures show Iowa's four principal crops corn wheat oats and rye valued at 273 337 000 on December 1 1913 the highest total in the nation Iowa also led in corn and oats production while yielding 34 bushels per acre in corn and 20 6 bushels in wheat per acre Iowa topped hay acreage except New York and Pennsylvania and produced the nation s largest hay crop with 4 44 million tons valued at 42 6 million.
State officials will not rush to ban sales of familiar remedies in general stores. The pharmacy commission will proceed cautiously, with a bulletin outlining what can and cannot be sold by general merchants, amid protests from retailers and concerns about rural access.
A Ida county farmer sold his 1913 popcorn crop for a gross of fifty one dollars per acre. Government data show Sac and Iola counties produced nearly 500000 bushels of popcorn last year, the most of any state.
The president signed an executive order placing a permanent government in the Panama canal zone starting April 1 and naming Colonel George W. Goethals as the first civil governor. Secretary Garrison says Goethals will be officially notified when his name goes to the Senate. The note mentions a scientist paying $5000 for a single fee.
Washington notes the death of former Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois after more than a week of illness. The obituary recalls his fifty years of public service, his friendship with Abraham Lincoln, and his unique record of thirty years in the U S Senate, spanning from 1883 to his passing.
Warren Hinshaw forewarns he will not enforce the federal spring duck shooting ban adopted December 15. Despite state licenses issued to hunters, federal marshals may enforce the law and arrest violators, with deputy U S marshal Groneweg warning of prosecutions even if Hinshaw objects.
Representative Moon introduced a separate bill to require a civil service examination for assistant postmasters mirroring the fourth class postmasters plan. The measure, if passed, would trigger exams for Republican assistants, producing a ranked list of three eligibles and likely endangering current incumbents.
A set of unusual inquiries ranges from whether a rural mailbox at the gate stays with a sold farm and if a house telephone is part of the real estate to questions on dog poison laws and proper sewer pipe joint inspections.
An anti-horse thief association of forty years voted to include automobiles in its farm property protection. Auto thieves or joy riders will be prosecuted as vigorously as horse thieves, with the same strict enforcement in Council Bluffs.
A. H. Davidson explains to B. Murphy that statewide railroad valuations increased by over 850 million from 1912 to 1913. He notes the 50 million rise for 1913 is near 20 percent, with lands rising even more in percentage. He also cites the shift to millage-based value distribution and Benton county’s lowered valuation.
The Iowa executive council plans early measures for a thorough state census midway between national counts. Local assessors will conduct the enumeration, aiming to avoid past undercounting and ensure accuracy for the next tally.
The highway commission intensifies the campaign for road building under the new state law. Proponents cite tangible results and county savings while countering claims that roads are not being built or dragged.
The writer notes February this year begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday making it a curious calendrical occurrence. It is not explained when such a month will recur.
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