Local Advertisers and Services in Decorah Iowa Directory
The Decorah republic newspaper lists local services including A K Bailey & Son proprietors, J J Daly M D Public Opinion Building, electrical treatment practices, Sugar Bowl Ice Cream Factory printing, Lutheran Publishing House, M Enger insurance and steamship agency, and K I Haugen with dry goods and trimmings. Includes office addresses, phone numbers, rates for ads and subscriptions, and operating hours. Local ads offer business cards, legal notices, and general advertising rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Mexico
Winneshiek County
Sertm
Standard
Editorial Reflections On Current Events And Politics
A long column by Wilton E. Cross blends reflections on leadership, taxation, suffrage, and foreign affairs with contemporary Chicago politics. It critiques impartial judgment, notes bills and candidates, and comments on the European war, the income tax, and national economic ties.
Change of Attitude on Tariff Widely Noted
The New York Journal of Commerce reports a shift among various interests toward less prohibitory protection. It says sentiment favors fair duties to aid domestic producers, with the Republican idea of protection gaining ground, especially in the South where a protective policy would win broad support.
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New York American
Hearst
Heart
Wilson
Roosevelt
New York Journal of Commerce
Washington
Republican Party
South
Live Stock Aristocrats At Iowa State College
Iowa State College plans new aristocrats for the live stock line a pair of Percheron mares an Ayrshire bull and an Aberdeen Angs cow. The entire expenditure totals 2250 dollars and aims to improve the Percheron string led by Jalap the great sire. Keep right and smiling. It looks good to us and so do you when you smile
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Iowa State College
Jalap
Farmers Organize Lowa Protective Association in Cedar Rapids
Farmers from Munscatine Howard Winneshiek Jones Cedar Linn Scott Van Buren Iowa Hamilton and nearby counties formed the Iowa Farmers Protective Association in Cedar Rapids. They opposed road improvements paid entirely by farmers and discussed a new farm journal, possibly a daily, with a committee to study costs versus weeklies and the broader funding role of urban residents. The group aims to absorb county good roads organizations and push for shared road funding.
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Munscatine
Howard Winneshiek
Jones
Cedar
Linn
Scott
van Buren
Iowa
Hamilton
Lowa
Cedar Rapids
Lowa Farmers’ Protective Association
Des Moines
Automobile Registration Sees 100000 Mark Reached
The secretary of state reports over 100000 autos registered as of March. The auto fund in the state treasury exceeds 1000000 with projections toward 1500000 by April 1, when the semiannual distribution to 99 counties occurs. New law requires registration before April 1 with 10 percent monthly penalties thereafter.
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Allen
The Suffrage Question and War’s Toll on Women
Public letter by Mrs. Della MemoniGal arguing women must vote to end wars. It details how women bear war’s costs, from loss of sons to ruined families, urging women to secure a voice in national affairs and war decisions. The piece cites global conflicts, Red Cross trauma, and the need for peace through female suffrage.
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France
England
Belgium
Germany
South
Red Cross
Jteir
Della Memonigal
Watchful Wobbling on European Policy
The National Republican argues the Wilson administration oscillates on foreign policy, alternating pacifist stances and warlike postures. It notes reversals over armed merchantmen, the German cruiser question, and questions how Europe views U S resolve, warning of spinelessness inviting trouble.
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Mexico
Vera Crux
Germany
Europe
Waterhouse Sues Over Malicious Prosecution Claim
Attorneys for William Waterhouse manager of the Hiltreth theater in Charles City sue Herman Drestler for 2000 alleging malicious prosecution. Waterhouse was twice arrested for operating a moving picture show on Sundays and acquitted each time. Tie to the man who warms up his home town.
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William Waterhouse
Charles City
Herman Drestler
Waterhouse
Western women oppose voting by citing indifference
A compilation from Pacific Coast press shows strong Western resistance to women’s suffrage with comments from Spokane Chronicle and San Francisco Chronicle. It highlights low registration and turnout among women, noting California and other states exhibit indifference to voting after enfranchisement. The Los Angeles Times cites minimal actual participation.
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Massachusetts
Pacific Coast
Spokane Chronicle
Woman Citizen
California
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Los Angeles Times
Nominations Filed For National Republican Convention Delegates
The list shows nominees for delegates and alternates to the national Republican convention. Delegates include John Hammill Britt C F Johnson C H McNider Mason City A M Cloud Manchester Paul E B Stillman Jefferson Ross R Mowry Newton Gardner Cowles Des Moines John J Hess Council Bluffs Robert B Wallace Council Bluffs George C Call Sioux City E L Hogue Glencoe and alternates John C Milner Belle Plaine Harry M Neal Sigourney Earl R Ferguson Shenandoah J Y Wickersham Willisea Arthur Farquhar Audubon F H Cunningham Newell T B Snell Ida Grove M A Smith Independence M L Temple Osceola For delegate at large Howard J Clark Des Moines W S Kenyon Port Dodge Alternates J A Devitt Oskaloosa L B Whitney Decorah J A Sammis Le Mars John H L Darrah Chariton.
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John Hammill
Britt
C. F. Johnson
Sheffield
C.H. McNider
Mason City
A. M. Cloud
Manchester
Paul EB. Stillman
Jefferson
Ross R. Mowry
Newton
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines
John J. Hess
Council Bluffs
Robert B. Wallace
George C. Call
Sioux City
E. L. Hogue
Glencoe
John C. Milner
Belle Plaine
Harry M. Neal
Sigourney
Earl R. Perguson
Shenandoah
J. Y. Wickersham
Willisea
Arthur Farquhar
Audubon
F. H
Cunningham
Newell
T. 8. Snell
Ida Grove
M. A. Smith
Independence
M. L. Temple
Osceola
Howard J. Clark
Kenyon
Port Dodge
J. A. Devitt
Oskaloosa
L. B. Whitney
Decorah
J. A. Sammis
le Mars
John HL. Darrah
Chariton
New Iowa Soldiers Home Commandant Named
Benjamin C. Whitehill of State Center becomes commandant of the Iowa Soldiers' Home on the fifty first anniversary of his birth. A Spanish-American War veteran, he served thirteen months in Company H of the Forty ninth Iowa volunteers and is the son of a veteran.
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Benjamin C. Whitehill
State Center
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Forty Ninth
Iowa Volunteers
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A. K. Bailey & Son, Inc
West Water Street
E. R. Acres
Ben Bear Block
D ‘Ah
M. J. Soukup
Decorah Wa
A. D. Hexom
M. D
Ooms
Citizens Bank
Rubert E. Conrad, M. D
Daubney
J. J. Daly, M. D
S. Larsen Clothing Store
Hoeg, M. D
Citizens Savings Bank
M. D. Jewell
Racinski
DES. Urban & Urban
Osteopathic Physicians
Parriette B
Amy, M. D
Decorah Ave
Curtin's Addition
A. @ WOODWARD, M. D
F. Barthell
Law
Justice of the Peace
National Bank
E W. Cutting
Attorney At Law
Bromley's Shoe
W. M. Strand
B. P. Johnson Building
Sugar Bowl Ice Cream Factory
Otto Dahlfelm
Utheran Publishin ‘House
Lutheran Publishing House
M. Enger
Steamship Agency
Main Street
Ben Bear
Clothing Wholesale
Mott & Co
Karner Water
Towa
K. I. Haugen
General Merchant
Grocers
Cari Nations
Crocien Shate
13 West Water
You
Wilton E. Cross
Chicago
Charley Chaplin
Undertaker
Verdus
Billy Sunday
Baltimore
du Pont Powder Company
Felix Diaz
Mr. Bryan
Neck of Woods
Woodrow Wilson
New York Sun
Great Britain
City of
Waukon
Uncle Sam
Senate
Haiti
Little Island
Thompson
Billingsgate
New York
United States
BE. T. Meredith
Meredith
Lowans
Dubuque
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Garfield
Interior
Frank Hatton
Arthur
James Wilson
McKinley
Agriculture
Taft
Leslie M. Shaw
Treasury
Lindsay
East St. Louis
Sherman
Illinois
Democratic Congress
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Pennsylvania
Phoebe Lingoln
Elity
River St
Aristocrats
IMG
Women Against War
Soldiers’ Home
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