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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
1
Decorah directory listing for A K Bailey and Son and other advertisers. Includes medical practitioners J D Hexom M D and various doctors, offices in Decorah Iowa, contact numbers, hours, and services. Also mentions legal advertising rates, business card pricing, and a steamship agency with addresses and phone numbers.
A commentary filled with aphorisms and political notes spans snippets on the past hindering progress, wartime mood, election talk, and global tariffs. The piece references Lanier, Wilson, Hughes, Bryan, and Roosevelt while surveying U S civic life, economics, and Germany and Allied food controls.
Sealing ship owners consider using small aeroplanes to locate seal herds in northern waters. Aircraft could scout quickly and reduce waste of time, allowing ships to reach reported spots for hunting in next season.
William R. Wilcox former New York postmaster and public utilities chair was chosen as national chairman of the Republican National Committee to manage Charles E. Hughes campaign. The appointment follows a conference with Hughes and a steering committee including W. Murray Crane Ralph E. Wilson Boise Penrose Alvah H. Martin Charles B. Warren Reed Smoot James A. Hemmingway and John G. Adams.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court affirming the mulet repeal law as valid and constitutional. The decision dismissed saloonkeepers challenges in three Davenport cases, finding the repealing statute invulnerable to objections and signaling a possible rehearing request by liquor interests.
Poem fragment counsels self-reliance amid hardship with lines about luck, sunlit days, and perseverance. Mentions a bootlegger question as a heading. Reflects vintage style and rural imagery, focusing on personal effort and optimism despite misfortune.
In Cedar Rapids a man who buys liquor for a friend in dry territory faces bootlegging charges. The case, described as a potential first in Iowa courts, centers on whether bringing liquor for another’s use constitutes bootlegging. Myers is bonded $500 awaiting grand jury.
Dr John Ise of Iowa State College notes Iowa households have far more cars than bathtubs. Local county data from Orange township Black Hawk County show bathtubs slightly exceed autos, while most areas report the reverse, prompting jokes about bathtub statistics becoming as valued as car counts.
A compilation of health quips urges better living and public hygiene. It notes malaria reductions in localities, typhoid cutbacks, and cholera and scarlet fever risks. It laments high costs of poor health while praising sanitary homes, clean water, and stronger citizens.
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