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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
1
The fragment lists local services in Decorah Iowa including A K Bailey & Son Inc proprietor, a lawyer, a medical office with Drs Conrad Hoeg and associates, and bank locations. It notes addresses on West Water Street and Citizens Bank building with hospital hours and contact details.
A broad editorial collage surveys home life ideals, war prep, and foreign policy debates. It notes barbed wire’s shift from farming to defense, flags U S warnings on armed ships, and political currents around Wilson, Gore, Taft, and Roosevelt, with reflections on trusts, media, and technology.
The Department of Commerce in Washington calls attention to a serious raw material shortage for paper manufacture. A large paper mill owner urges publicizing rag and old paper collection to save 15,000 tons of paper daily, noting much is wasted or burned and replacement relies on new material.
Highway engineer H N Legreid argues Humboldt county could sell twenty year bonds at four and a half percent to drain and permanently grade roads under county supervision. Proceeds would retire bonds by end of period with no extra cost beyond current annual spending and provide about one hundred dollars yearly for upkeep. He suggests Winnebago county could do the same.
Des Moines reports show many foreigners leaving the country while few arrive, threatening a labor shortage. The State Free Employment Bureau asks all seeking common labor to file applications with name, address, age, marital status, nationality, willingness to work outside the city, and other details to assist placement. Employers in need are urged to use the bureau. Applications should arrive two to three days before help is required. The bureau aims to place willing workers in productive jobs at no charge to employers or employees.
In the April American Magazine Herbert C. Hoover, head of the Belgian Relief Commission, directs feeding five million people daily with $100 million yearly and monthly food values of $10 to $12 million through unofficial groups. Provisions travel largely by canal. telegraph and rail help are scarce. Hoover likens feeding the Helgians to feeding a hungry kitten with a forty foot bamboo pole. By last June 1840 amateur Wireless telegraph operators held licenses, a number rising since.
Des Moines Register reports rapid expansion in Iowa high school enrollment. Since 2014 the number of students in accredited schools rose by 8000, with 32 new high schools added to the accredited list and enrollment up 6400. Iowa now has 158 high schools with over 100 pupils each across 167 cities and towns.
J H, candidate for Republican governor, claims Iowa would defeat a woman suffrage amendment if state election held. He says dry forces dominate but lack cohesion, suffrage supporters apathetic, while a strong opposing organization forms to fight it. He also criticizes doctors over chiropractors bill controversy.
A middle western suffrage movement plan brings a large delegation by barge from Minneapolis to Iowa in May for the Mississippi Valley Suffrage conference. National speakers will appear at the conference and delegations will tour northern Iowa towns, with stops at riverfront wharves along both shores.
District Judge A N Hobson of Weat Union appointed by Supreme Court Justice W D Evans to preside over the Cosson law misconduct case against Wapello county sheriff CC Cremer. Trial slated for early April.
Attorney J A Nelson announced he would withdraw as a Republican candidate for State Representative against H P Nicholson Jr. The move is praised as wise, preserving Nelson's future ambitions and prestige for a potential 1919 bid with strong party support expected.
A 1916 revenue report shows sharp tax increases across county and state funds. Property taxes rose as land values more than doubled from 348 million to 584 million, while personal property tax value stayed near, and municipal costs including schools and poor relief climbed significantly over the decade.
The Dubuque Times Journal notes Northeastern Iowa drives state progress with Hawkeye Highway road work in Dubuque county and tree planting in Allamakee county to cover waste areas. It also highlights support for a natural park at McGregor and regional growth across northeastern Iowa.
The Republican State Central Committee calls the State Convention for Cedar Rapids on Wednesday May 17 at 11 am. Representation is one delegate per 200 votes or fraction at least 100 cast for Governor Clarke in the last election. Winneshiek county receives 14 delegates.
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