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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1914
Page
5
The Decorah edition of the Republican newspaper notes its establishment in 1860 and its publishing schedule as a Thursday issue. It lists A. K. Battey & Som as the publishers, indicating the paper's longstanding local presence in Decorah, Iowa.
The article surveys gorilla strength and savagery, noting a large male height about five feet six inches and a life size measured at six feet two. It recounts myths of the beast stalking humans and stealing women, contrasts gorilla and lion in Africa, and mentions orang and chimpanzee legends among Malays and Mbongwe forest tales.
A list of Iowa patent grants includes a door and gate closer by John Eneix Anita a manure loader by Michael EF Foley et al Melvin Grings harness saddle by Casper HH Grings Waterloo a clothes pounder by Jesse FE Harrison Lamont a planter attachment by John A Johnson Portsmouth an automatic trip and self locking device by Theodore L Johnson Emmetsburg an animal trap by Allen Johnston assigned to Johnston Sharp Mfg Co Ottumwa a stapling strip by Harry A McGee Fayette a gate by Calvin Moore Eldora and L A Hutchins New Providence a fold able display box by Neils Neilson Harlan a shoe lacer by James J Thomas Whiting.
A 19 year old Montenegrin arrived in Mason City last week. After an extended Christmas celebration in a local church, several Austrians intoxicated by drink attacked him and beat him to death. Subscribe for the Decorah Republican.
The New York American explains whiskers as highly sensitive tactile tools that guide felines in darkness. Whiskers extend beyond the head’s width, detecting obstacles instantly, enabling silent movement alongside padded paws.
The article discusses early views that both arms are used by most people and that handedness affected survival. It notes left eye cues for left-handedness, and that speech centers differ by dominant hand with two centers in children, one atrophying but potentially revived.
A described experiment shows sunlight through a lens and prism striking a glass vessel with lampblack or silk to create audible tones. A rotating disk with slits flashes light on the material, producing sounds when red or other colors illuminate it, with certain colors yielding stronger sounds.
A Chicago Historical Society letter recounts Horatio L. Wait and John Conant rescuing infant Stephen A. Douglas from a fireplace. As Conant entered the Brandon Vermont home, Douglas’s father died of apoplexy, and the baby rolled toward the flames before Conant pulled him to safety.
Natives near the Niger source fear a rock said to house a devil that kills anyone who looks at the spring. Locals guide strangers by covering faces and walking backward toward the source, pointing away with the back.
A New Richland Star note clarifies the meaning of the phrase Comin Through the Rye. It cites a Scottish stream by that name where girls waded with skirts raised to reach church and market, allowing boys to kiss them in mid stream, contrasting the poet's intended field of rye interpretation.
A Chinese blacksmith, cautious with his own anatomy, shoed horses by suspending them with ropes to prevent kicking. He treats every horse the same, even if it is an old, thin street plug.
A recipe for Swedish stew using 2 1/2 pounds stew beef sliced small, carrot, three cloves, three tablespoons pearl tapioca, one tablespoon bread crumbs, one tablespoon vinegar, one eighth nutmeg, salt, pepper. Add water, cover, bake five hours in a moderate oven.
Harriet Beecher Stowe declares a child's original nature is constant and pure. She warns that adults' bad examples corrode this constancy, making children seem inconstant and unreliable.
A Carl Schurz quote extols America's privilege to avoid large armed forces and to lead by example and wise counsel rather than through war. It stresses glory in preventing conflicts instead of military triumphs. It frames national strength as restraint and diplomacy.
Post office inspectors traced letters threatening his life to the man's wife. The letters kept him indoors after dark, revealing a domestic ruse described in the Kansas City Journal.
An 8. Olmsted ad promotes Allen's Foot-Fase for shoe fit and dancing, with sample and address in LeRoy New York. A Winneshiek Telephone Co annual stockholders meeting is set for January 20 1914 at the Decorah Court House. A St Louis man is fined for beating his son with a poker. An Eclectic Oil ad claims to ease child pain. Ethical aphorisms close the fragment.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as superior to salts or castor oil for all bowel troubles. The pills act gently on stomach and liver, stimulate and regulate bowels, and tone the system at 25 cents. J E Racklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. Ady Nem Sailors mention pajamas and a valeta plan.
Dry oak and poplar timber sold by Tron Wood and Land Company. Four teams hauling available and prompt delivery offered. Contact No. 124 for orders.
The Pittsburgh Press discusses how artists depicted mermaids with mirrors and combs based on sailors who claimed to see mermaids. It suggests many sailors misidentified seals or sea calves as mermaids and notes the persistence of imaginative belief.
An advertisement touts the Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer as a premier weekly with world news, special features, and departments like Home Health Club and Sunday School Lessons. It markets a limited time offer combining it with the Decorah Republican for 1.85, with renewal by cash payment at 1.00 or 1.50 per year.
Residents discuss a plan as a character named Bridget is asked for her location. Anethoe stands beyond the corner with a promise to stay briefly while tension or gossip circulates around a household.
A London scientific meeting described Surinam toad reproduction where eggs cling to the mother’s back, develop within skin pockets, and hatch into tadpoles that later emerge. The process yields as many as a hundred young in one brood, illustrating remarkable frog and toad development.
The article notes Easter’s fixed date matters in continental Europe for contracts like rent, while in the United States such feast-day timing is of less concern.
Five years ago I suffered severely from chronic constipation and Chamberlains Tablets cured me. Readily available at Engbertsons Pharmacy in Brooklyn Mich.
Irate doctor confronts a patient who admits his wife dosed him with rival medicine to test its cure. A Pennsylvania man contracts smallpox after handling a stack of banknotes, amid a chaotic scene.
An advertising claim urges readers to take Allen's Cough for deep seated coughs or colds. The copy promotes quick and permanent relief and notes 25¢ bottles available at all dealers with various sizes C100.
A nature student argues that animals can be as deceitful as humans. He cites a horse feigning lameness to loaf, a chimp fed cake and wine while sick, and Fapatuns faking a cough for treats. Birds like cuckoos and parrots are described as thieves and cannibals, with parrots targeting sheep livers.
Advertising copy touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the remedy for frost bite pain and skin conditions including chilblains cold sores and itching with claims of instant relief and rapid healing. It urges purchase from AML druggists or by mail from Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis. An endorsement of Barker's Remedy for coughs colds catarrh and rheumatism is also noted with a claim of superior efficacy at local drug stores.
Believe feverishness stomach teething disorders and worm cure within a pleasant remedy for children. Used by mothers for 24 years. At all druggists 25 cents. Sample free. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York. 2-3w Ady
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