Who Pays The Taxes In Decorah Iowa
The Republican examines county records showing cities and villages pay a large share of taxes. Total county levy is 304,699.05 dollars, with cities and villages contributing 82,147.34, over a quarter of the total. Decorah alone bears nearly one sixth of the tax burden, implying any tax increases press villages as hard as farmers.
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Jorgenson
RT CR
Iis Subyamiaks Bias
Savin Sho Bee
Atkineon
Jackson Junction
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Frankville
Bloomfield
Orleans
Lincoln
Madison
Fremont Township
Burr Oak Township
Hesper Township
Highland Township
Bluffton Township
Canoe Township
Pleasant Township
Lincoln Township
Glenwood Township
Sumner Township
Calmar Township
Springfield Township
Jackson
Decorah Corporation
Calmar Corporation
Wave
Ossian Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Ridgeway Corporation
Ft. Atkinson Corp
Jackson Junction Corp
Wie
Peculiar Accident In Oven Bakes Powersville Child
The 8 year old Lewis Fortham from Powersville backed into a hot oven after his mother left the door open to bake bread. He became tightly cramped inside and suffered severe burns on his knees arms and back before help arrived.
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Nashua
Lewis
Fortham
Powersville
Neck Broken by Fall on Osage Farm
Osage News reports John Scheulenberg, long employed at H F Dietrichs farm southwest of Osage, died instantly after falling from a barn roof while removing a scaffold. Dietrichs had stepped away briefly. Scheulenberg reportedly lost his foothold, toppled headfirst, and was found unconscious 10 minutes later.
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Osage
John Scheulenberg
H. F. Dietrichs
Scheulenberg
Mr. Dietrichs
Dietrichs
Fire cripples Mason City barber shop building
A blaze at a Mason City building owned by Henry Juel, with a barber shop on the lower floor and living quarters above, trapped Carl Nicklas asleep upstairs. His son George ran to rescue him, pulling him to safety as Carl suffered severe burns that exposed bone and threatened amputation of one hand.
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Henry Juel
Henry Hinrichs
Carl Nicklas
George
Mason City
Bones Found in Tree Behind Oakland Cemetery
Martin Kloma cutting a tree in Town City grove uncovered a human leg bone embedded in the wood. The bony skeleton of a man from the knee down was revealed. The tree’s long origin and proximity to the cemetery raise the mystery of how the bone came to be in the timber.
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Town City
Martin Kloma
Oakland Cemetery
Nature Fakir Discovered at Cedar Rapids Chicken Show
The prince of nature fakirs was exposed at Cedar Rapids during the Western Poultry Fanciers' annual show. An ex exhibitor from Dubuque tried to conceal a gray wing on a prize hen with shoe blacking. Judges disqualified the hen and the fakir's entire exhibit.
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Cedar Rapids
Western Poultry Fanciers’ Association
Dubuque
Young Rockford man arrested for forgery
Leal G. Hoyt about 22 years old was arrested by Deputy Sheriff W S Graham in Rockford for passing two forged checks each for 88.75 bearing the name of Arthur Allen a prominent local farmer. Hoyt was brought to Fingoes City and jailed in the county jail.
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Leal G. Hoyt
Rockford
W. 8. Graham
Arthur Allen
Hoyt
Fingoes City
Oldest Elk Dies at 102 in Marshall Town Home
Joseph Tafftree, the world’s oldest Elk, died after a weeklong grip illness at his home in Marshall town. Born in 184? he would have reached 103 on Feb 10. He first voted at 22 for Henry Clay and cast a Taft vote last November, and joined the Elks on his hundredth birthday.
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Joseph Tafftree
Marshalltown
Henry Clay
Taft
The
Elks Lodge
Pop Corn Center of World Produces Millions in Iowa
Odebolt in Sac county Iowa stands as the world’s largest popcorn producing area shipping over 10,000,000 pounds annually. The cereal yields 2,000 to 3,000 pounds per acre, at 3 cents per pound grossing from $60 to $390 per acre.
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Odebolt
Sac County
Iowa
Fifty Years Ago in Review of War and Finance
A retrospective note recalls the currency and banking bill creating banking corporations, the start of greenbacks and national bank notes. It mentions four Union regiments captured near Franklin Tennessee, the Nashville steamer destroyed near Savannah, a raid into Fairfax leading to Brigadier General Stoughton’s capture, Vicksburg canals nearing completion, shifting English support to the Union, Festina post office in Washington township serving Eldorado, the 38th regiment at New Madrid in good health, and E. V. Andrus discharged for disability.
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Congress
Franklyn
Tenn
Nashville
Savannah
Fairfax
Stoughton
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Washington Township
Festina
Eldorado
New Madrid
E. V. Andrus
Townsley
Deaf chicks hatched from soot filled Pennsylvanian roundhouse
Six weeks after a workman left twenty four eggs in a tool box in Allegheny Pennsylvania the eggs hatched into chicks spoiled by coal soot. The box stayed at 103 degrees due to steam pipes and the hatch produced fourteen then twenty soot covered chicks all deaf. A third hatch is in preparation and the roundhouse noises continue.
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Roundhouse
Philadelphia
Remarkable Winter Mail Runout of Calmar Carrier
A rural mail carrier on the Festina route out of Calmar uses an automobile to deliver mail and since last spring has only missed three days until a recent snowstorm. Roads drifted in places, forcing a halt for the vehicle for one period. The runabout used is a light model, making the record notable for the region.
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Calmar
Festina
Explosion at Rogers welding shop shocks Boone theater crowd
Audio of the blast rattled the Virginia theater in Boone as a rear welding shop exploded. Four men were injured, the shop and theater rear suffered damage, and witnesses recalled a tense scene with jurist remarks lingering after the incident.
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Virginia
Boone
Rogers
Patents Granted to Iowans Week Ended January 21 1913
A list of Iowa residents granted patents for the week ending January 21 1913 reported from the office of Wilfred C Lane Patent Attorney Des Moines Shows residents and inventions including a flue cleaner a silo a frame tool and protractor a wash boiler strainer a farm gate and various farm implements Names include G C French Eldora R H Groff Cedar Rapids Wm F Kint Van Meter D C McLeod Cedar Rapids H Peterson Mount Auburn G C Russell Hudson Frank Slattery Perry J F White Melbourne and G A McCleeary Van Meter among others.
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Wilfred C. Lane
Crocker Building
Des Moines
G. C. French
Eldora
R. H. Groff
Cedar Rapids
Wm. F. Kint
G. A. McCleeary
van Meter
D. C. McLeod
H. Peterson
Mount Augurn
G. C. Russell
Hudson
Frank Slattery
Perry
J. F. White
Melbourne
Farmer Struck by Westbound Train Near Dyersville
Joseph Tierschel a farmer three miles northeast of Dyersville was struck by a fast westbound Chicago Great Western passenger train while crossing the railroad. His rig was demolished and two horses killed. He suffered a broken nose severe head gashes and extensive bruises. Neighbor boy Henry Tanke riding in the rig jumped free and escaped injury.
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Joseph Tierschel
Dyersville
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Tierschel
Henry Tanke
Commotion at Mason City Picture Show
A Montenegrin man named George Stoupouvich collapsed during a Balkan war screening at a Mason City cinema after claiming he saw his brother shot. He fainted and was carried from the theater unconscious.
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Mason City
George Stoupouvich
Tunnel Under Channel Proposed in Early 1800s
The idea of a Channel tunnel between England and France was first suggested by French mining engineer Mathieu and revived in 1867 with plans for a bed channel tunnel. Costs were around 50 million dollars. Work halted by Franco Prussian War, resumed by 1874, but funding failures halted progress in 1880. renewed interest grows as bilateral sentiment improves.
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England
France
English Channel
Mathieu
Argonaut
Channel
Supreme Court Sets 65 Percent Consent for Town Liquor Saloon
The court overturns a drys’ interpretation of county and town petition rules for intoxicating liquor sales. It holds 65 percent countywide is enough if at least half of town electors sign, provided the town population is under 5 000. This applies to counties with 63 percent overall turnout and town signers meeting the threshold.
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Supreme Court
Dennison
Limit of Quackery Told in Leaden Comb Tale
A woman sought to change her red hair through a quack who claimed his wife would provide a leaden comb and an anti erythraean unguent. After two or three applications the patient could become as fair or as dark as desired, illustrating quackery and its hollow remedies.
Woman starts big movement with four words You Seem to Know
A New York housewife, Mrs. Julian Heath, sparked the Housewives League which now numbers over half a million members. The group teaches housekeepers to check prices and avoid overcharges by studying market conditions, beginning with a market lesson on eggs.
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Woman's Home Companion
Julian Heath
Housewives’ League
New York
Heath
Grocer
Chicago
Wallpaper Paste Recipe From Wheat Flour And Alum
A historical note describes making paper hanger paste by heating wheat flour with a pinch of alum in a metal pail, adding water to a smooth boil while stirring, then improving preservation with carbolic acid and a water splash to prevent crust. It adds a social aside about relatives when a man is poorer than they are.
Marriage by Proxy Across Continents in Dutch Law
A Boer in Pretoria and a Amsterdam bride wed by glove marriage, sending a proxy with a glove and power of attorney. The ceremony, registered in Amsterdam and Pretoria, reflects a Dutch custom now obsolete in the Transvaal under English rule.
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Pretoria
Amsterdam
Holland
Netherlands
Transvaal
New York Press
Gold Leaf Cake Instructions for a Rose Yellow Cake
Cream a quarter cupful of butter with half a cupful of sugar. Beat the yolks of five eggs light colored. Sift one cup of flour with one teaspoonful baking powder and alternately fold in with three tablespoonfuls of milk to the egg mixture. Add one teaspoonful rose extract and a few drops of yellow coloring. Bake in a narrow deep buttered cake tin.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Cure and Otter Testimonial
One hundred dollars offered for a catarrh cure claimed unbeatable by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo advertises cure and testimonials from long time associates The National Bank of Commerce backs Mr Cheney as trustworthy In internal use the remedy is said to act on all mucous surfaces. Price is 73 cents per bottle and sold by all druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
D. We
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Hall
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A. K. Batley & Son
Republic
Nature Story
Bangs
Heavypole
Winneshiek
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