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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1916
Page
1
Decorah Republican lists subscription rates to foreign countries at 2.00 per year in advance and advertises business cards and local ad rates. It includes optician M J Soukup, physician A D Hexom, J J Daly, and Dr Hoeg with office details, plus mortgages for sale and ice cream sales information.
A long reflective editorial commentary surveys wartime sentiment, economics, and social norms. It riffs on preparedness, inflation, and politics, naming figures like Hughes and Wilson, trade shifts, and industrial demands. The piece blends opinion with data about exports, meat, bullets, and public mood as it traces a national mood during the war era.
The German underwater liner Deutschland sailed from Bremen to Baltimore, carrying 750 tons of chemicals and dye stuffs, aiming to bring back nickel and crude rubber. It traveled 4,000 miles with 1,800 miles underwater, dodging British and French warships and surfacing near Virginia before docking in Baltimore.
Des Moines July 8 lawyers disagreed on the impact of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling voiding the bootlegger sentence law. The case of Mike Flanagan Sioux City against Woodbury county reversed a year jail term and revived an older civil injunction framework with possible penalties. The decision also cited the Civil War fugitive slave law as applicable in court.
A historical health pamphlet extols intelligent motherhood conserving the nation’s crop. It links heavy eating and drinking to shorter life, stresses sickness registration, and notes Public Health Service collaboration with authorities to improve rural sanitation. It warns sedentary habits and neglect of adenoids and teeth in childhood threaten future health, asserting low infant mortality as a sign of community intelligence.
The United States Treasury Department operates electrical washing drying and ironing machines to clean dirty currency. Bill washing units process thousands of dollars of greenbacks and yellowbacks daily, replacing damaged notes with new ones. One motor driven machine can wash rinse and press 6000 bills per hour.
In the Waiwai and other Ama zon basin tribes a child’s birth triggers a father in hammock for a month abstaining from strong food while women serve him as an invalid. During this period the mother continues with daily tasks. Native Life in the Amazon Wilderness Travel.
Prohibitionists nominate D Ellett of Marshalltown for governor while KE Meredith of Des Moines remains Democratic nominee, receiving 10 votes from prohibitionists. A wing failed to stop fielding a ticket and shift support to Meredith. A quip on judging blondes closes the item.
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