29 Mar 1917
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1917
Page
1
A dense block lists local businesses and professionals in Decorah Iowa including A K Bailey & Son, M J Soukup, several physicians, an attorney, a bakery and ice cream factory, a Lutheran publishing house, and dry goods dealers. Rates and contact details are provided for advertisements and services across the town.
A long column surveys high living costs and food pricing, blaming profiteering and market manipulation. It cites potato shortages, sugar costs, and transportation waste, argues for public action, and notes European and domestic economic tensions and political shifts.
The weeklong Iowa legislative activity centers on bills to regulate telephone firms under the railway commission, amend insurance laws, and fund state printing. Debates touch prairie chicken and quail seasons, fish and game rules, and a large code revision plan to recodify statutes. The session also flags a hospital for crippled children at Iowa City and pension questions for frontier veterans.
Henry Clews argues peace prospects rise as Germany weakens and the allies gain momentum. He notes Turkey defeated, Austria weakened, Russia energized by revolution, Britain strong, France revitalized, Italy re-energized, and the United States poised to enter the war, speeding the end of the conflict.
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