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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
1
A compilation of editorial comments on figures like William Jennings Bryan and events from war headlines to tariffs. The piece mocks press opinions, notes moonlight schools in Kentucky, criticizes anti-tipping laws, and jests about politics, finance, and diplomacy with numerous named figures and places.
Iowa assessment reports show hogs rising from 3,780,368 in 1914 to 4,631,751 in 1915 and cattle from 2,904,895 to 3,083,821 head. Hog values climb to 36,094,178 dollars while cattle value reaches 95,610,970 dollars for taxation. sheep decline to 561,570 head.
Department of Commerce figures for eleven months ending June 1 show food exports at 724 million dollars, up from 443 million the prior year. Wheat led with 249.6 million bushels and 319.9 million dollars, oats at 51.7 million, flour up to 87.7 million, and corn at 34.5 million dollars, with substantial gains across all major grain categories.
A Mason City job printing house, known for ruinous pricing to win work against cost-based competitors, collapsed with a loud end noticed by many creditors. Local newspaper boys heard the defeat as indiscriminate price cutting doomed the firm, Manchester Press, despite low quotes misleading customers.
The Chicago banker honors Iowa bankers noting the state has deposits over a billion despite lacking a large city. He says Iowa bankers understand farming, manufacturing, industry, and all branches that drive prosperity, and asserts Iowa cannot be beaten.
A Kansas farmer testifies to a strange midsummer yarn claiming a tornado twisted eight miles of wire fencing into a ball, lightning allegedly turning it to molten metal. He asserts the event, noting Kansas’ dry conditions lessen doubt about the tale.
The thirty sixth general assembly created a state free employment bureau linked to the bureau of labor statistics in Des Moines. Effective July 4, it invites employers and job seekers to apply by mail, phone, or in person and cooperates to match work with capable applicants across farms, factories, hotels, restaurants, and offices.
W B Barney state dairy and food commissioner warns inspectors to prosecute grocers who sell lemon and vanilla extract as a beverage under strict temperance laws. The department urges representatives to curb sales used as drinks, noting court decisions allow prosecution for such conduct.
Government officials say breeding horses and mules will be profitable for American raisers in the next two to three years due to European demand amid the war. Annual exports have run 28,000 horses and 5,000 mules, with large wartime figures: 215,759 horses and 39,229 mules shipped in ten months, valued at about $22.0 million and $7.78 million respectively. Brazil’s coffee wealth is traced to a monk who planted two seeds in a Rio monastery garden in 1754.
John Cownie notes that corn seed saved from current cribs is unfit and warns that using such seed for 1916 will guarantee crop failure. He urges drying seed properly with dry heat at 70 to 100 degrees, gathering seed from September crops, and storing it well to ensure 1916 germination.
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