Decorah business directory and medical notices
The article lists local services in Decorah including doctors Daubney J Daly and H F Barthell with office details and specialties, an osteopathic physician, electrical treatment, and a steamship agency. It also mentions the Sugar Bowl Ice Cream Factory, Lutheran Publishing House, and various shops with addresses and phone numbers for a small town business catalog.
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All Courts
E. P. Johnson
Sugar Bowl Ice Cream Factory
Eevee
Editorial Fragments on War Politics and Social Trends
A mosaic of editorial notes quotes and observations covers war munition exports, political shifts, and public life. It cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox on right living, comments on Wilson Bryan and Garrison, proclaims neutrality challenges, and notes postmasters urged to engage in politics amid party pressure.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Bryan
Garrison
State to test seed corn across Iowa 1916 crop
Commissioner Barney assists farmers to test and improve seed corn quality. About half of samples meet the 94 percent germination standard. top samples reach 97 percent from 1914 and 1915 crops, while the poorest tested at 70 percent. Farmers may submit ears or six to ten kernels per ear for free analysis. results identify the seed value of each lot. Send labeled samples to W. B. Barney in Des Moines.
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Iowa
State Dairy and Good
Barney
Dairy and Good Commission
W. B. Barney
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Des Moines
Cummins Campaign Gains Steam With Delegation Meeting
Iowa lawmakers met to plan weekly sessions on the Cummins presidential bid. Reports show growing support in eastern and southern states including Tennessee North Carolina West Virginia and Missouri. Senator Kenyon plans a West Virginia visit en route to Iowa to aid efforts and headquarters openings in Washington are being arranged with state chairman Rawson expected to assist for a period.
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Iowa
Cummins
Tennessee
North Carolina
West Virginia
Missouri
Kenyon
Washington
Rawson
Leap Year Prospects and State Population Details
A. A. Swan states Iowa has 1,212,992 men and 1,145,134 women, a male surplus of 67,798. The total population is 2,358,066 with 371 Indians and 14,831 Negroes, 4,488 of them in Polk County. Native born totals are 1,420,?15, foreign born 204,008, and 16,743 colored individuals.
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Iowa
A. A. Swan
Polk County
TSI
Suffrage Debate in Iowa Prompts Paid Opponents Claims
Carrie Chapman Catt denounces paid anti suffrage propagandists and cites Colorado as proof of sustained support for women’s voting rights. Anti suffrage voices in the Denver conference echo disappointment with results, including quotes from critics like Francis Goddard W Taft and Judge W H Snell.
Statewide spelling contest to crown Iowa’s top young speller
The best speller among Iowa grade school children will be chosen at the state fair. Nine county champions will win a free trip to Des Moines to compete in the state contest with three judges. The State Board of Agriculture allocates 100 dollars for prizes and county superintendents will run spring county matches to determine champions. Funds for the county winner’s travel will come from counties or ticketed county events. The deputy superintendent notes that spelling among children and adults is poor and praises the program.
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Iowa
State Board of Agriculture
State Department of Public Instruction
Board of Agriculture
Frank D. Joseph
Des Moines
Russia's Vast Resources and Global Standing
The article asserts Russia holds immense resources including vast Asiatic possessions twenty times as large as Japan and a land area around one sixth of Earth. It claims Russia ranks second to the United States in food production and leads in mineral wealth and timber supply.
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Russia
Japan
United States
Gas Pipelines Reach 120 Miles in California and Arkansas Feeds
California now has natural gas pipelines stretching 120 miles while Arkansas towns receive gas from Louisiana’s productive Caddo field 200 miles away. In 1914 natural gas value in the United States is estimated near $100 million, about eight times the level two decades earlier.
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California
Caddo
Louisiana
Arkansas
Miss Eudora Ramsey Sees Dr Shaw Retired From Suffrage Leadership
In a Virginia University address Miss Eudora Ramsey, a South Carolina suffrage recruit, criticized veteran leader Doctor Shaw as old fashioned and out of touch with the modern movement, saying she has been pensioned off.
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Eudora Ramsey
South Carolina
University of Virginia
Doctor Shaw
No Spring Shooting Until Court Ruling
United States migratory bird law district inspector Harry Barmeier said there is no change in the waterfowl hunting season while the Arkansas case appeal to the Supreme Court on the migratory bird act is pending. Federal inspectors will gather evidence for prosecutions as needed.
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United States Supreme Court
Arkansas
Fedral
Harry Barmeier
Barmeier
Towa’s School Age Population and Apportionment Details
A report by W. H. Williams shows 670407 school age residents in Towa. The permanent school fund is now MSHA. The semi annual apportionment of $8108.259 will be distributed March 1 among 99 counties at 13.82 cents per pupil, Polk County receiving $5164.00.
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Towa
W. H. Williams
Auditor of State
MSHA
Polk County
Japanese women seek equal rights pledge for marriage
An organization of women in Japan reportedly numbers 10,000 members who vow not to marry unless their future husbands commit to supporting a movement for equal treatment with men and better economic conditions.
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Japan
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Decorah
A. KE. Bailey
West Water Street
Canada
Mexico
E. R. Acres
Ben Bear Block
Decorah, Towa
Sookup
J. D- Hexom, M. D
Citizens Bank
Rubert E. Conrad, M. D
A J. Daly, M
S. Larsen Clothing Store
C. Hoeg, M. D
Citizens Savings Bank
D. Jewell
Theracinski Building
Drs. Urban & Urban
Osteopathic Physicians
Harriette B.amy, M. D
Decorah Ave
Curtin’s Addition
A. Woodward, M. D
H. F. Barthell
Attorney At Law and Justice of the Peace
National 4
E. W. Cutting
Attorney At Law
Bromley’s Shoe Store
N. Strand
Otto Dahlfelm
Phone 400
Lutheran Publishing House
Enger
Ben Bear
Clothing Wholesale
Mott & Co
General Merchants
Washington Sts
K. Havgeen
General Merchant
Senta Peetoreaten
West Water St. Peences
Phoebe Lincoln
River St
Europe
Villa
Carranza
Abe Potash
Maurice Perlmutter
Abe Funk
Maurice Connolly
Elihu Root
New York State
Republican Convention
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Lane
Standard Oil
Chicago
J. Ham. Lewis
Illinois
Wilson
Wm. J. Bryan
William Randolph Hearst
President Wilson
Supreme Court of Illinois
Tama Jim” Wilson
National Agricultural Department
England
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Baron Astor of
Hevercastle
William Waldorf Astor
New York
House of Lords
Brandies
Uncle Sam
Congress
Germany
America
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Arthur Brisbane
Armenia
Nicholas
W. T. Ellis
Saloniki
Turkey
Thessalonica
Paul
Balkan
District of Columbia
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Ohio
Baltimore
St. Louis
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Reynolds
Democratic State Committee
Sioux City
Department
Democratic Organization
Post Office Department
Leap Year Prospects
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman Suffrage Association
Colorado
Supreme Court of
Lindsay
Everybody's Magazine
Massachusetts
Denver
Francis W. Goddard
W. H. Snell
Tacoma
Wash
William Howard Taft
Public Instruction Department and
Agriculture Board
Joseph
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