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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
1
A collage of local notices and ads including subscription rates, classifieds, legal notices, and professional listings. It lists physicians such as Albert E. Conrad and J J Daly, general practitioners and surgeons, plus Osteopathic and other services, business addresses in Decorah Iowa with phone numbers and office hours.
A dated collection of opinion notes and quips on virtue, prosperity, war, prohibition, and society. The writer cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox, comments on politics, economics, and aging institutions, and laments editorial labor versus printed fact in a small town weekly.
The noted Iowa jurist Hon. Oliver Perry Shiras, 82, died Friday morning January 7 in Seabreeze Florida. Born October 22 1833 in Pittsburgh he served in the Civil War and rose to United States judge for the Northern District of Iowa retiring in 1908.
A meeting in Des Moines last week proposed an annual show at the Coliseum to rival the auto show and poultry displays. The first show would be in November with fifty Iowa florists invited to exhibit. Florida and California florists may send tropical displays. The Merchants' Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce is expected to support the event. The State Horticultural Society was urged to join but declined to set a date.
Iowa dairy and food commissioner warns speculators are buying up 1914 seed corn in the northern counties to sell at high profit without germination testing. He urges farmers to buy seed from trusted local firms, demand freight paid, and avoid corn sold only on a ten day test as 1915 corn is ill suited for planting.
Lieutenant Governor Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist of Minnesota inherits the governorship after the death of Gov. Hammond. Born July 22, 1879, in Dayton Iowa he is 36. Son of John A. and A Louise Burnquist, he grew up in Dayton and graduated from Dayton High School. He earned a BA from Carleton College in 1902 an MA from Columbia University in 1904 and a LLB from Minnesota in 1905.
Adjutant Frank S. Dickson visits Washington to discuss mobilizing twenty five thousand militia in Illinois Indiana Wisconsin as a full division. Senator Chamberlain of Oregon will push a bill for large body maneuvers to train army officers with Camp Logan near Chicago as training ground.
John B. Hammond of temperance forces files suit in district court to enjoin American Express Co and P J Worthington trustees from handling over shipped liquor into Town. Case stems from four quarts ordered by Policeman from Tenry Miller. preliminary hearing set for January 14.
CG McChaughry was reappointed warden at Anamosa Reformatory by the state board of control last week. The appointment faced doubt due to board opposition to the military discipline system he introduced at the institution.
Discussion in Congress centers on extending the war tax into peacetime and revising the Underwood tariff drafts. Claude Kitchin notes the stamp tax as essential after the failed revenue from earlier proposals. Reports say White House influence shaped the drastic provisions, prompting sharp caucus remarks.
Shaw, Iowa, auditor rules Chickasaw and Lyon County Fair associations cannot claim S306 state aid after finding gambling elements in a gum and pencil sale game with a prize. Attorney General Cosson affirms gambling, barring warrants. Question rises whether horse racing would be barred at county fairs.
The office of the state labor commissioner recorded 12 162 industrial accidents in Towa in 1915 versus 8 863 in 1914, noting more complete reporting in 1915. The figures cover factory incidents only and exclude mine accidents.
Iowa Governors and state officials are listed including Gov George W Chairke of Iowa and Gov J Ala Durnquist of Minnesota along with John HH Morehead of Nebraska and Gov George Carlson of Colorado in a regional political blurb.
The McGregor National Park organization names its legislative committee member H. P. Nicholson Jr of Ossian and publicity committee member Fred Biermann of Decorah, detailing early leadership roles and local participants.
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