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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
4
A historic call argues Europe will reorganize debt, social and political life, and trade with tighter state control. It notes American wealth and wasteful practice will push closer retailer banker consumer ties, shifting from open books to trade credits, with pay-up week branding a move to clear unpaid accounts.
Mike Birgen started the engine on his father’s wood saw outfit and reached up to adjust it. His sweater tangled in the blade and pulled him toward the teeth. He clung to the wagon truck wheel and saved himself, though his clothes were shredded as if run through a sausage grinder.
Two fires in Early caused about 20 000 dollars in damage. The first blaze burned the Early hotel and a small north building, with citizens saving the George Hamm barber shop. A second fire destroyed the Clark Holdridge restaurant and Hamm barber shop, then consumed the C Sonneborn grocery store.
Captain J F Merry a leading Grand Army of the Republic member and former Illinois Central railroad official died at his Manchester home after a lengthy illness. He was 73 years old and is survived by his wife Mrs Merry.
Prof Franz Otto of Dubuque visited Waukon last week to arrange teaching for the newly formed choral society in the city. He plannen to lead sessions and organize rehearsals with local singers.
A legal analysis reviews Webb Kenyon and Wilson bills, Iowa Code 2419, and prohibition enforcement. It notes federal court orders, potential embargos, and proposed fines up to 1000 dollars. Also reports January weather below average with 1.13 inches precip and 15 zero temperatures.
The text recalls February as the shortest month yet rich in predictions. It cites proverbs about its start and end, suggesting a stormy February foretells a mild March and a snowy February foreshadows a fine summer.
An ancient tale says Junius Brutus, after Lucretia's death, consulted Delphi for Tarquin's successor. The oracle proclaimed the one who first kissed his mother, leading Junius to kiss Mother Earth and be elected consul.
Gus Brause of Pleasant Valley township sold a pedigreed 620 pound Poland China sow through the West Union Co operative Commission. The sow brought 68 dollars on the Chicago market after four years of ownership and four profitable litters. The sale yielded an 18 cent advance.
The article recalls harsh penalties for revealing parliamentary or cabinet secrets. A Commons member who spoke to the king faced imprisonment in the Tower and a ban on future elections for himself and descendants. In Elizabethan times Mr Hall and M Pye were expelled, imprisoned six months, and fined £500 for revealing debates.
A seven year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs J Breckerbauer near Lewis, burned tongue stuck to steel mail box while tasting the front. The tongue remained attached until he was discovered by Henry. The boy freed himself but left a portion of tongue on the mailbox.
The article recounts the famous opal worn by Roman senator Nonius in the era of the triumvirate. It describes a hazelnut sized gem valued at 1,000,000 marks, with Mark Antony seeking its purchase to gift to Cleopatra. Nonius refused and fled to keep the stone, leaving no trace of its later fate or transfer to his family.
An observation contrasts Portugal's busy streets with its small farmers who ride mules. While the country progresses and farmers grow prosperously, mule back riding remains a stubborn, enduring custom rooted in historical practice and the belief that the mule still bears the load ahead of the rider.
The German Mutual Fire Insurance company of Winneshiek county will hold a meeting in the Ossian opera house this Saturday. The charter expires in February and will be renewed. Officers listed include Wm Funke president Wm Hemesath vice president Theo A Timp secretary and Philip Wagner treasurer.
Fifty years ago Congress completed a revenue bill taxing all incomes above 1200. News notes list Vera Cruz departure of French and Belgian troops on January 20, a new meat market opening by A. Thomas, a freshet at Dry Run, a Good Templar lodge organized, a court house meeting to form a hook and ladder company, consolidations of two firms, railroad shop fires at North McGregor, and a runaway incident injuring a German named Schultz.
The article muses on planetary rotation and life possibilities on Venus and notes uncertainty about Saturn’s rings. It discusses Jupiter’s cloud bands, Mars canals, and the visual limits of observing planets from Earth and Flagstaff Observatory.
The New York Sun reports that lions and tigers roar because a loose hyoid bone allows vocal expansion, while domestic cats purr from a stationary hyoid. Jaguars and leopards emit hoarse cough like roars, cheetahs mew, and pumas purr with a normally constricted hyoid. R. J. Pocock of the London Zoo clarifies the elastic ligaments behind these calls.
A passage notes that many cultures lack direct words for love and theft. It cites French expressions for violence and Portuguese gestures as examples. It mentions an 18th century missionary translating the Bible to Algonquin and inventing a word for love.
University of Wisconsin psychology department reports no difference in eye strain between reading on darker newsprint and white spruce paper. Experiments used tamarack jack pine and other woods as substitutes. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as a blood tonic.
The Iowa legislature considers tightening seed seed guarantee laws after a 95 percent guaranteed corn failed to germinate. Proposals include annual auto registration plates and street paving votes by property front feet. A quail hunting ban advances, with opponents citing a $30,000 annual loss to State Game Warden. Proposals to rename Eldora and Mitchellville industrial schools, civil service protections for probation officers, and playground purchases pass. The prohibition amendment to Article 1 would ban intoxicating liquors in the state and set enforcement penalties.
Guided by magnetic currents, recent work suggests pigeons and other birds of passage respond to Earth's magnetism. French student M. A. Thauzies notes two poor flights coinciding with magnetic storms, and observes increasing unpredictability since wireless telegraphy became widespread.
A translated interview cited by Lokal-Anzeiger and other German papers warns that breaking diplomatic ties could harden Germany's political position while allowing Allied powers to draw on US resources. It predicts US neutrality fatigue, Belgian relief in US hands, and heavy pressure on neutrals to join the war. It also foresees seizure of German merchant fleet in American ports and postwar lack of tonnage for raw materials.
The remark urges support for the president as relations with Germany deteriorate. It stresses that the president acted cautiously, not hastily, to uphold U S neutrality and calls for unity over partisan feeling, answering the question with a clear yes.
The British Fire Prevention committee reports a mix of 10 pounds bicarbonate of soda and 12 pounds sawdust as the most effective for small gasoline fires. Sawdust must be free from shavings, dry, and can outperform sand by excluding air and releasing carbonic gas to smother the flame.
An Italian scientist calculates that one square mile of earth’s surface receives heat in six hours of sunshine equal to the combustion of more than 2,600 tons of coal. He presents the finding as a major energy equivalence for solar exposure.
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