Decorah Ad Rates and Local Business Notices
The Decorah Republican provides subscription and advertising rates for Decorah and Winneshiek County. Subscriptions outside Winneck County priced at $2.00 annually in advance. Business cards at $5.00 yearly. Legal ads at 1 55. Local ads ten cents per line for first insertion, five cents for subsequent insertions. Standard Telephone No. 198. M. J. souxup, Optician. Eyes examined glasses fitted broken lenses duplicated. Decorah Iowa.
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Canada
Mexico
Winneck
Winne Gick County
Standard Telephone
Decorah
Iowa
Immigrant voices frame an America ready to stand
An editorial piece reflects on immigration and national unity as the United States faces war fears. It surveys diverse origins from Ireland to Holland, notes the melting pot concept, and champions solidarity with liberty. It also weaves in local notices and ad snippets from Decorah Iowa, highlighting public opinion, professionals, and services.
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Liberty
America
Minna Irving
Leslie
Decorah Dry Goods Stand at Water and Washington
Local shop advertises fine dress goods and trimmings with a full line of dry goods and notions. Corner Water and Washington Streets, Decorah, Iowa.
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Washington Sts
Decorah
Iowa
West Water St
War time quips and policy notes from an era column
A long, satirical survey of wartime topics cites U boat damage, bond drives, tax quirks, and political shifts. The piece critiques Congress, prepares readers for continued mobilization, and compares technology and legal norms from photography to civil service and protectionist policy. It highlights domestic calls for preparedness and school-to-work prep.
Reducing Railway Service By Western Railways
Fifty percent of passenger trains west of Chicago will be eliminated under tentative plans by ten railroad committees. A definite course will be announced in a few days. Withdrawals may begin at once as schedules change January 25 on all western lines. R J Rishton discusses national defense implications.
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Northwest
Southwest
Chicago
B. L. Winchell
Union Pacific Railroad
Tts
R. J. Rishton
The
Northwestern
Special Railroad Committee On National Defense
The Income Tax Man Visits Dubuque Courthouse Notices
Income tax guidance from J P Densmore of the Internal Revenue office in Dubuque. He has advised about 450 people this week and provides a detailed list of income sources and deductions. Readers should gather figures, calculate income and expenses, and report any amount over thresholds to the income tax man when he visits their county.
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J. P. Densmore
Internal Revenue Office
Dubuque
Court House
Karl Liebknecht on War and Mass Poverty Card
In his book Militarism Karl Liebknecht argues Germans in Prussia have three rights the right to be soldiers to pay taxes and to keep their teeth He denounces poverty misery and imperialist war managers and calls for worker solidarity against war urging Americans to reject calls to harm fellow workers He is jailed at hard labor for his writings but his critique stands as a condemnation of imperialist aggression.
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Daguerre
Gailbreath
Providence
R. L
Columbus Dispatch
Karl Liebknecht
Prussia
Germany
Belgium
Poland
Serbia
America
Toomorrow
Suspected Treachery at Cherokee Electric Plant
An engineer at Cherokee Electric reports a man tampering with the oil tank manhole cover feeding the plant’s diesel engine. The tank had just been filled and authorities fear a German saboteur aimed to start a fire to disrupt city power. The suspect fled before officers arrived and searches failed to locate him.
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Cherokee Electric Company
Muel
Important Decision Dismisses Luten Royalties Suit in Iowa
Judge Martin J. Wade of the southern district of Iowa dismissed Daniel B. Luten’s complaint seeking 1 percent royalties on contract prices for concrete bridge and culvert work. The ruling found the patents invalid and based on methods long in common use by builders, citing ten replica bridges shown by defendants. The decision states Luten’s methods were not novel and were widely practiced before his patents.
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Iowa
United States District
Martin J. Wade
Daniel B. Luten
J. B. Marsh
Towa
Wade
Luten
Final Iowa Crop Report Summary 1917 Yields and Prices
Iowa Weather and Crop Service reports average yields per acre and total yields of staple soil products with the average price at the nearest station as of December 1 1917. The 1917 crop season was exceptional with many crops produced under handicaps amid a cold winter 1916 17 and varied precipitation. Snowfall ranged from near normal in the north to deficient in the south until March and April when southern snowfall surpassed prior months.
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Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Triumphant Red Cross drives 16 million new members
Henry T. Davison, chairman of the national war council, announced in New Year greetings that sixteen million new names were added to the American Red Cross membership rolls through the Christmas drive. The message called the enrollment a call to greater service and praised the effort in supporting soldiers, allies, and civilians worldwide as the war aimed to shorten and end with lasting peace.
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American Red Cross
Henry T. Davison
National War Council
United States
American Rer Cross
Lloyd George Names Terms for Peace Agreement
Premier Lloyd George set out three core conditions for a just peace and listed eight enforceable terms for Germany and its allies. He urged self determination, treaty sanctity, and an international arms-control body, plus Belgium restoration, Dardanelles neutralization, and self-governance for Austro-Hungarian and Polish regions among others.
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London
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Belgium
Iowa Automobile Registration Figures for 1918
The Iowa department reports 282000 autos registered by January 1 1918 an increase of 2000 from 1917 Renewals for 1918 are 14000 Motorcycles numbered 120 bringing total registrations to 3422 up to year start Officials anticipate total fees around 30000 to 40000 for 1918 and last year’s fees reached about 2 million
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Iowa
State Department of Automobile Registration
Towa
Mieers
Department
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A. K. Bailey & Son, Inc
West Water Street
Winneshiek County
R. Cres
Ben Bear Block
M. J. Souxup
DRS
Stabo & Campbell
Physicians and Surgeons
Decorah State Bank
C. Hoeg, M. D
Old England
Highlands
Holland
Rhine
Seine
Iber
Alps
Etnemnaeon
DES. Urban & Urban
Osteopathic Physicians
Harriett B. Amy, M. D
Decorah Ave
Curtin’s
A. Woodward, M. D
H. *. Barthel
Omics
E. W. Cutting
Camoufluer
Nature
Bromley
Water Street
W. ™. Strand
Attorney At Law
E. P. Johnson Building
Lutheran Publishing House
ENGER
Pire and Tornado Insurance
Steamship Agency
Main Street
Iows
BEN Bear Co
Clothing Wholesale
Mott & Vo
Norway
Cambrai
New York World
Washington Times
Brazil
European
Berlin
Texas
Congress
Russia
Congressman Fitzgerald
New York
Committee On Appropriations
Fitzgerald
War Department
Washington
Wilson
House
Madison
Henry Clay
Organization of Congress
Taft
Roosevelt
Ats New Corporation
Red Cross
South
Phoebe Lincoln
River St
J. C. Beard
Judge Wade
Southern District
Geo. M. Chappel
Iowa Weather and Crop Service Bureau
TNT Shay
Marley Pdl
Triumphant Red Cross
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Asia Minor
Thrace
Dardanelles
France
Allance Lorraine
Arabia
Armenia
Mesopotamia
Syria
Palestine
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