New York City Prosperity and War Preparedness Reflections
An 1916 correspondent reports a New York business boom with tight supply in machinery steel copper and textiles. He notes crowded hotels shops and streets, robust Wall Street activity, and a push for US preparedness including naval defense and a strong army. He cites public support for President Wilson era policy and praises Hippodrome performances while urging Decorah readers to expect scarce but solid goods from his forthcoming stock.
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New York City
New York
Knickerbocker
42D Street
Sth Avenue
United States
Hippodrome
James B. Reed
Missouri
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Addiion Sousa
Grand Opera
Orville Harold
Belle Story
Mount Moritz
Switzerland
Charlotta
Decorah
Wall Street
Woolworth
The
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Ben Bear
Hoodoo Farm Haunts Webster City Area After Fatal Shootings
A Hoodoo Farm near Webster City is linked in local belief to a haunting after three deaths on the property. F A Edwards, once owner and famed for Short Horn cattle, was accidentally shot while cleaning a revolver seven years ago. Renter William Reinhardt was killed on Independence Day three years back. Alva M Wright, brother of the present tenant, was shot and killed by his own shotgun Saturday.
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Blut View
Webster City
F. A. Edwards
William Reinhardt
Alva M. Wright
Fire at Fort Dodge traps Elks. $95,000 loss cited
A gas explosion in the Butler three story business block at Fort Dodge trapped twenty Elks club members in their third floor rooms. Firefighters used ladders to rescue them as 150 theatergoers evacuated calmly after smoke from a furnace signaled danger.
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Elks’ Club
Fort Dodge
Butler
Waukon Man Plans Cheese Factory at Rossville
D. J. Murphy of Waukon has closed a deal to own the old Rossville creamery property and convert it into a cheese factory. B. L. Robey, the former owner, had bought the building years ago. The site lies in a fertile rural area with good railroad access, seen as ideal for the venture.
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D. J. Murphy
Waukon
Rossville
B. L. Robey
Fleck Family Children Win Free Ames Trip
Three Fleck siblings from Greene high school earned a free trip to Ames for the short course. Mary and Ruth Fleck won for bread baking and club work, while Oscar Fleck earned his prize for a strong corn growing record.
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Fleck
Greene
Ames
Mary
Ruth
Oscar Fleck
Oscar
Young farmer skates 23 miles to Webster City and back
Noah Walde of Rose Grove township Hamilton county undertook a cross country skating trip to Webster City covering twenty three miles. He traveled across fields not roads or rivers and crossed fences on his journey, returning home the same evening.
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Noah Walde
Rose Grove Township
Hamilton County
Webster City
Record hog slaughter surge at Mason City packinghouse
In northern Iowa two new hog killing records were set at Decker & Sons Mason City plant. One day last week 2 403 hogs killed and dressed, beating prior marks by a large margin, then Monday the record rose to 2 525 hogs. An advertisement claims Burdock Blood Bitters cleanse blood and aid eruptions.
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Iowa
Dacob KB. Decker & Sons Packing House
Mason City
Decorah Lyceum Plans Six Lectures For 1916 17
The Decorah Lyceum Association contracts with Mutual Lyceum Bureau of Chicago for a six event season 1916 17 headlined by Maude Ballington Booth and James A Burns. Dr Homer B Hulbert shares Korea China and Japan insights while Sarah Mildred Wilmer Metropolitan Grand Quartette and Zedeler Sextette provide entertainment. The group promises value with attractions of known quality and October opening.
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Maude Ballington Booth
Decorah Lyceum Association
Mutual Lyceum Bureau of Chicago
W. I. Atkinson
Volunteers of America
James A. Burns
Oneida College
Kentucky
American
America
Homer B. Hulbert
Hulbert
Korea
Japan
China
Sarah Mildred Wilmer
Metropolitan Grand Quartette
Zedeler Sextette
Lyceum
Oldest Traveling Salesman in America
In March American Magazine an account highlights James Fenlon of Des Moines Iowa as the country s oldest traveling man. At eighty nine he remains energetic and successful, having begun in 1845 and later earning his title after a contest by an Eastern publication. He has served in three wars and sold 57 000 windmills, with a vast correspondence load and loyalty to his trade.
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America
James Fenlon
Des Moines
Iowa
Fenlon
Lowan
Cheap Flirtations Flourish in the Modern Office
A March Woman's Home Companion writer argues the modern business office fosters cheap relationships between men and women. The piece targets large offices and factories, noting many young workers encounter flirtations and tawdry friendships in daily work life.
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March Woman's Home Companion
Avalanches Made to Order in Swiss Alps
Electric wires drilled into the ice of the Swiss Alps create controlled avalanches for photographers and others paying to witness the spectacle. A magneto in the valley triggers a charge, blasting gunpowder to unleash a thorough avalanche with naturalistic speed and sound.
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Swiss Alps
Woman Burns When Apron Catches Fire at Tracer Range
Mrs. Robert A. Smith suffered serious burns while emptying the ash pan at a kitchen range when her apron touched live coals. Her apron strings tangled in a knot, but she escaped by rushing outside and rolling in the snow, saving her life.
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Robert A. Smith
Protect the Quail During Snowfall Aid Appeal
The Town Antithon society urges farmers to protect and feed quail as snow covers ground. Farmers are asked to scatter small grain where quail gather and provide sheltered places for the birds.
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Antithon Society
Little Tragedies from Daily Life at Luther College
A playful list shows students testing chances and outcomes in ordinary acts. A student tests fate with a semester’s rhythm, a man tries to outrun danger crossing a street, a dinner invitation probes affection, and others reveal simple misreads of risk and consequence.
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Luther College
Home Oil Company Plans Low Price Gasoline in Algona
Algona businessmen organize Home Oil to compete with Standard. They cite rising gasoline costs and aim to undercut current prices selling at 18 cents per gallon.
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Algona
Home Oil Company
Home Company
Total school tax rise exceeds last year by 15830.61 dollars
The total school tax take for the year will exceed last year by 15830.61 dollars due to stock and added automobile taxes. The reader list shows district by district amounts with Bloomfield paying the most and Bluffton the least, while incorporated towns contribute 120630.28 dollars, over a quarter of the total 390468.03.
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Fremont Township
Orleans Township
Lincoln Township
Sumner Township
Jackson Township
Burr Oak Township
Bluffton Township
Madison Township
Calmar Township
Washington Township
Hesper Township
Canoe Township
Decorah
Springfield Township
Military Township
Highland Township
Pleasant Township
Glenwood Township
Frankville Township
Bloomfield Township
Decorah Corporation
Calmar Corporation
Ossian Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Ridgeway Corporation
Fort Atkinson Corporation
Jackson Junction Corporation
Spillville Corporation
Bloomfield
Bluffton
No Royalties Called Baby in Royal Titles
London Standard notes that royal children are never called baby. From childhood they are named or given pet names, and by age five a prince is called sir while a princess is addressed as madam by attendants and nurses.
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London Standard
Pleasant Chamberlain's Tablets Ad Campaign
Promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation as pleasant to take with natural effects. Claims users will not realize medicine is involved. For sale by R A Engbertson. Adv.
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R. A. Engbertson
Adv
A Nurse's Story at Bareilly Hospital
A rich thirty five year old Mohammedan wife of ex cise commissioner and daughter of a retired deputy collector, treated at Bareilly hospital after multiple doctors refused operation. Dr Esther Gimson performed the operation, leading to recovery. The grateful family donated over 300 dollars for care and gifts upon stitches removal, hoping their seed sown may yield harvest even if they are not Christians.
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Bareilly
India
Esther Gimson
Carrie Bahrenburg Leads National Women’s Relief Corps at DC Convention
Mrs. Carrie Alexander Bahrenburg of Belleville Illinois, national president of the Woman’s Relief Corps, heads 167000 loyal members at the National Council of Women convention in Washington. She presides over the world’s largest women’s organization allied with the Grand Army of the Republic, wielding broad influence among patriotic women groups.
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National Council of Women
Washington
Carrie Alexander Bahrenburg
Belleville
Woman’s Relief Corps
Bahrenburg
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
Origin of Uncle Sam Named After Samuel Wilson in Troy
The term Uncle Sam first appeared in Troy New York in 1812 when goods marked U S inspected for government by Samuel Wilson a government employee whose nickname was Uncle Sam The initials similarity suggested adoption and the iconic image soon followed.
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Uncle Sam
Troy
N. Y
U. S
Samuel Wilson
Burnside candidate for Rhode Island governor
Fifty years ago Gen. Burnside was named as a candidate for governor of Rhode Island. The report also notes oil strikes in Australia and a fatal accident on the McGregor Western railroad near Ossian where a brakeman died after being run over by four freight cars. Weather delays mail, and local news mentions a Washington ball at Tremont hotel on the 21st.
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Burnside
Rhode Island
Australia
McGregor Western
Ossian
McGregor
Eli George
Washington
Tremont
W. Matteson
Frankville
Burns
Decorah
Ammon, Hunter & Ammon
J. H. Easton
Madison Township
No Dollars Since 1904 Coinage History Noted
A brief note explains no silver dollars have been minted since 1904, tracing the first dollar to 1794, coinage ending in 1878 and again in 1904, with the 1804 dollar cited as most valuable, valued at 150 to 500 dollars depending on preservation.
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United States
Birds Warn Allies in Gas Attack Alert
A soldier on leave describes birds waking and alarm calls that warn the allies of an impending gas attack. The article notes birds clamor loudly before the smell can be detected in the trenches, signaling danger.
Vincl Promised To Strengthen Weak Patients At Hawthorne Home
A Mother Superior at Rosary Hill Home Hawthorne New York testifies Vincl restored a severely weak patient within a month claiming improved color health and strength. Druggist R A Engbertson Decorah Iowa endorses Vincl for digestion blood enrichment and vitality.
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Rosary Hill
Hawthorne
N.Y
M. AvpHonsa LaTsrop
Vinci
R. A. Engbertson
Decorah
Feels Entirely Well After Foley Kidney Pills
A reader from Zenith Kansas reports severe back pain and limited movement. After taking Foley Kidney Pills, two thirds of a box, they feel entirely well the next day. Engbertson's Pharmacy promotes the pills for safe relief of sleep disturbing bladder ailments.
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Francis
Zenith
Kas
Foley
Engbertson
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Hoodoo
Mog
Winnes
Hiek
Women's Relief Corps
Republic
Mother Superior
Vincl
Women’s, Misses’ and
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Graceman
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