14 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
1
The Decorah Republic Lawyer listing shows office in Ben Bear Block Decorah Iowa with optician M J Soukup offering eye exams glasses fitted and broken lens duplication. Physicians and Surgeons hours and phone cited in Decorah Iowa with office in Decorah State Bank building Cc Hoeg M B.
An editorial voice praises soldiers overseas while recalling hometown ties and gratitude. The piece blends wartime sentiment with reminders of shared community support and resilience. It references medical and professional ads alongside guardians of public life in Decorah Iowa.
Gents furnishings footwear fur coats trunks valises and dress cases sold at Mott and Co. Fortyone years of square dealing. Fine dress goods and trimmings specialty. Full line of dry goods and nations on hand Corner Water and Washington Streets Decorah Iowa.
A long, satirical war period piece discusses figures from American politics including Senator Stone and Secretary Baker, cites wartime measures, thrift stamps, and food programs, and critiques Germany, Bolshevism, the Non Partisan League, and US wartime policy while touching on Carranza and Mexican relations. It also mentions the Danish West Indies, railroads, and farm tractors in France.
Reports from county auditors to the state auditor detail Iowa tax totals for this year at 61 761 075 70 with taxable property valued at 975 467 872 and an overall increase of 8 114 519 70 over last year. State tax levy sits at 7.25 mills, up from 4.32, with capital extension at 169 782 59 and county shares rising notably in school and city taxes.
At a Des Moines Democrats conference Lieut F E Biermann of Decorah was chosen as the party candidate for lieutenant governor and is expected to accept. No candidate will oppose Senator W S Kenyon whose term expires next year. The party may leave Harding unopposed. Claude R Porter of Centerville is talked about as a possible opponent. A full ticket decision is set for March 21 conference.
Washington announces an average thirty cent per ton reduction in retail anthracite coal for domestic use from April to September with new rules to curb hoarding. The plan also revises mine prices for bituminous coal and requires delivery reports and certified consumer statements to ensure fair distribution and prevent shortages.
Washington dispatch notes that consumers must limit coal purchases to needs for spring and summer. Fuel Administrator Garfield says local committees will prevent hoarding and urges early stocking starting April 1 to avoid rail congestion and coal shortages next winter.
Washington reports the third Liberty loan will open in a month with a unique flag. The emblem features a red border, white interior, and three vertical blue stripes. Cities exceeding their sales quota earn stars added to their flags.
W. A. Chase a railroad man from Sanborn has been bound to the federal grand jury on charges of attempting to evade the draft by shooting off one of his toes. He registered at Sanborn and was to appear for examination in September. On the day he was summoned his toe was shot off and he did not appear for the exam. He was in the first draft.
The Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association releases a Farmers Seed Directory of Iowa grown seed listed by counties varieties and sale amounts. Copies available by writing to Secretary H L Eichsling Ames Town. Walter C Ramsay of Belmond emerges as a political candidate with past roles in the House and as Belmond Herald-Press president, endorsed by Wright County Ben Franklin Club.
The article denies that the last legislature redrew Iowa senatorial districts to create the 42d district with Allamakee Winneshiek and Howard. It notes a bill proposed Fayette Winneshiek Howard as a trio, with Allamakee as a possible alternative, but nothing passed and districts stayed unchanged. It adds Missouri joined states offering adult night schools in rural areas.
London reports social revolutionists plan a national guard to overthrow the Bolsheviki in Russia. A Don district army with Cossacks aims to back a republic and coalition government opposing the German Bolshevik peace. Trotzky, key to the Brest-Litovsk accord, resigns as foreign minister, leaving Lenine as the sole remaining Maximalist leader.
Sergeant Ronald Kingsley, a former 58th Canadian Infantry man injured at the Somme, extols Red Cross bravery. He recalls enemy fire while a Red Cross officer and four bearers treated wounded soldiers, and notes continued missions under fire as proof of trust and duty.
A reflection on a year with seven solar and lunar eclipses and how such celestial events shaped superstition in a time when war dominated life. The text notes people of that era would not know the eclipses counted seven, suggesting divine omen without awareness.
Ole Nielsen an Isto pioneer at Mc Gregor died on March 1. He became captain of the first horse ferry between River Junction and the Wisconsin mouth in 1857. He later commanded the first steam ferry across the Mississippi at this point.
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