Local Notices and Advertisements from Decorah Newspaper
The page lists subscription rates to foreign countries at two dollars yearly in advance plus legal, local, and business ad rates. It also features various local businesses including ice cream, clothing, dry goods, and general merchandise with contact details and shop descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Mexico
Savertiaere
Mernre
Gencrine Theopie
Winneshiek Unty
Standard Telephone No
Editorial Snippets and Commentary On War Prices and Politics
A compilation of reflective opinions and quotations on wartime issues from tariffs to diplomacy. It notes high wool prices if the war persists, comments on a new naval bill, and references to political figures like Bryan and Roosevelt with minimal context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
The Folly in Buying Blindfolded
A reflective column critiques political, war, and economic issues. It notes Wilson's reactions to Bryan's primary defeats, calls for decisive action in Congress, and discusses tariffs, taxation, and suffrage debates. It surveys Chicago stock yard finances, Mexican resource use, and Iowa gubernatorial race platform by Meredith.
Backward Spring Recalled by Tom Garratt
Preston Times notes Tom Garratt recalls driving to Chatfield on May 4 2007 seven years ago as knee deep snow drifts blocked roads and ravines but still reports a good corn crop that year. He warns we may forget such weather contrasts in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Times
Tom Garratt
Playground Roof Fence Protects Hospital Children
A seven foot high woven wire fence on the roof of the university hospital northwest wing in Iowa City creates a supervised playground area for hospitalized children. A nurse will monitor to prevent climbing and seven story falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Hospital At
Iowa City
The Heavy Cost of War Reevaluated in 1916
A Dubuque Telegraph-Herald column calculates war costs nearing August 1, 1916. It estimates total global expenditure at about 45 billion dollars by then, compares this with railways and bank deposits, and breaks down yearly and daily spending by nation and time unit.
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Germany
Dubuque
Austria
Italy
New York
Great Britain
France
Teach Hygiene in School Poster Promotes Home School Cooperation
Dr. G. H. Sumner urges state wide cooperation between home and school to build healthy children. Posters sent by the state superintendent outline hygiene teaching, regular health inspection, physical training, lunches, and school nurses. Homes should ensure proper clothing cleanliness nourishment sleep happiness and morals. Each side must support the other to avoid wasting money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
State Superintendent of Schools
Squibs From Greater Iowa Census and Road Growth
Population of Iowa is 2,358,006 up 133,295 since 1910. Iowa will see more permanent roads this year than in the previous ten years. Auction sales of livestock statewide signal health and rising demand for pure blood. There are 67,798 more men than women in Iowa per the census enumerator. Make the most of leap year privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
World’s Champion Cow From Iowa Produces 3041 Pounds Milk
The first cow to yield 30 000 pounds of milk in a year, Lilly Alcartra, was bred near Waterloo Iowa on the McKay Bros farm and now owned by A W Morris and Sons of Woodland California. The note recalls poems and a Kansas City Star column reflecting on aging and youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay Bros
Waterloo
Iowa
A. W. Morris & Sons
Woodland
Cal
Lilly Alcartra
Fatal Auto Accident Near Clay Hill Leaves Grinna Dead
Albert Grinna a farmer living near the old Hogan farm died after a late Friday evening automobile accident. The exact cause remains uncertain with engine trouble and brake failure suspected as the car overturned along a hill near Williams cliffs. Grinna a skilled driver and mechanic is survived by his widow one brother and three sisters with a funeral held at Decorah churches and burial in the Glenwood cemetery.
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Albert Grinna
Hogan Farm
Henry Haas
Jas, Malli
F. J. Helwig
Mr. Malli
Maurice Halloran
Grinna
Mali
Haas
Malli
Mr. Grinna
Williams Cliffs
Andrew Moen
Washington Prairie
William Mall
Old Hogan Place
Clay Hill
Anna
Gustav
Andrew Frye
Claus
John
Julia
Decorah
B. Torrison
Glenwood
Torrison
Searvie
Inns Cemetery
Siamese Beliefs About Life And Purity
The piece describes Siamese beliefs forbidding taking life and avoiding bathing after dark to spare insects and sects, while permitting eating meat killed by others and removing fish from the sea to die. It notes contradictions in daily practices and religious restraint.
An Old Indian Drum and Its Ceremonial Use
An account describes the Sioux con jurer's drum named wakan chanchaghs used in religious ceremonies. It features two heads often painted with crude animal pictures and is beaten vigorously to appease offended deities or aid in healing.
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The
K. Bailey & Son, Inc
West Water Street
ER. Acres
Ben Bear
Decorah Town
M. J. Soukup
Optician
Lowa
A. D. Hexom, M. D
Citizens Bank
Rubert E. Conrad
Larsen Clothing Store
C. Hoeg, M. D
Citizens Savings Bank
M. D. Jewell
Rzcinski
PRS
Urban & Urban, Osteopathic
Harriette B. Amy, M. D
Decorah Ave
Curtin's Addition
A. Cc. Woodward, M. D
Rene
H F. Barthell
Justice of the Peace
E. Cutting
Bromley
Attorney At Law
E. P. Johnson
Otto Dahljelm
Phone 400
Lutheran Publishing House
Enger
Steamshinen Street
Otah, Iowa
Randers One
Ren Bear
Mmottt & Co
General Merchants
Cornerater
Washington Sts
Kk. I. Haugen
General Merchant
Precake Mishoen
Pet West Water
McCombs
National Democratic Committee
Standard Oil Company of
Ohio
Daughters of the Revolution
Bryan
Nebraska
Dead Man’s Hill
Verdun
Marsh
Roosevelt
Fumban
Africa
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Wim. J. Bryan
St. Louis
England
Champ Clark
Congress
Chicago
National Live Stock Exchange
United States
Des Moines
Carranza
Obregon
Chihuahua
Europe
Russia
Meredith
Phoebe Lingoln
Elity
River St
Greater
London
Tle
Sol L. Long
Kansas City Star
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