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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
1
Decorah Republican lists mail rates subscription costs and advertising prices for the paper. It also provides physician notices for D Hexom M D Daubney J Daly M D Hoeg M D Jewell Urban and Urban and Harriette B Amy with office hours and contact numbers.
Public notice style itemization lists multiple Decorah Iowa businesses and professionals with addresses and services including medical, legal, ice cream factory, publishing, dry goods, and general merchandise. It notes offices near National Bank and West Water Street with miscellaneous offerings and contact hints.
The editorial tone extols perseverance with lines on grit and tenacity. It contrasts leaders and politicians, jokes about elections, and notes public attitudes toward Mexico and war era policies, while highlighting civic virtue and the role of the press.
The piece argues the United States has loaned and repaid foreign investments, shaping international banking and potentially challenging London as a financial center. It condemns Carranza as dishonorable while noting his troops mistreat Americans, warns war could end the conflict, and cites wartime economies and crop seizures under de facto rule.
About 1 900 crop experiments are grown on the Town experiment station farm at Ames with 400 in nursery. Oats 255 plats, winter wheat 250, spring wheat 10, barley 60 and sudan grass 1. Fertility tests include 140 corn plats and 70 clover. Two rotation trials cover four and five crops with alfalfa. Half the plots suit livestock farming with manure returned, the other half suit grain farming. Visitors from across the state tour the fields and compare varieties Iowa 103 and Iowa 105 cats draw attention.
Debated ruling from Hampton district court Judge Frey may bar liquor shipments to the state if upheld by the supreme court. The opinion concerns the state versus Theodore Hamm Brewing Company Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad and Adams Ex Press Company. It holds liquor shipped under interstate law becomes subject to state liquor laws upon entry.
Public Health Service issues a free bulletin on summer infant care urging mothers to provide fresh air clean surroundings and decent food. The piece laments harsh urban conditions harming babies and calls for better living conditions and vigilance against dirt flies and mosquitoes.
Senator Borah accuses the Wilson administration of aiding Carranza by allowing shipments of 1,350,000 rounds of soft nosed cartridges to Vera Cruz on March 18 and April 1 1916 and additional consignments through June. He argues embargoes were lifted to aid Villa and questions the intent of U S policy toward Mexico during Pershing's pursuit and border tensions.
Three cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state board of health on Thursday. Two patients are from Ottumwa and one from Van Horne in Benton county. Homes have been quarantined and precautions are in place to prevent spread. The board issued a pamphlet warning residents statewide.
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