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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
4
The Winneshiek county assessors show corn yields far below normal with 60,830 bushels in Military township and Burr Oak township reporting none. Totals include corn acreage 89,360 and oats 2,154,575 bushels while 1914 data were not collected due to a state census.
The Gate City urges Decorah residents to stop trampling lawns and cutting corners. It warns that pedestrians injure the grass and ruin the neighborhood appearance. The piece stresses keeping to sidewalks and preserving green spaces for passersby and neighbors.
The Waukon Commercial club starts a business men's automobile tour on June 1 inviting farmers and citizens to join. Over 100 autos are expected to participate. The route includes Rossville North McGregor South McGregor Postville Monona Luana Castalia Ossian and Frankville with Waukon’s 25 member band.
Clayte Colton drove home with a four horse team hitched to a gang plow when the horses became frightened at the barnyard and ran. The buggy struck the barn, throwing him onto the lever. an iron penet rived his hip and cut a deep gash, narrowly missing the intestines.
Court reporter E. F. Dougherty narrowly escaped serious eye injury Friday after a tire puncture on his Lansing Ridge trip. While a bystander helped remove the tire, a wrench slipped and struck Dougherty under the left eye, causing a bad cut.
While paving Main street in McGregor a petrified buffalo horn was unearthed. Days earlier workers uncovered a pit containing leather scraps. The pit is thought to be part of the cellar of a Ringling brothers harness shop once run with their father in McGregor about forty years ago.
The old wooden bridge southeast of Ossian named Amdahl bridge collapsed into the creek on Friday. It measured about fifty feet. No one was on the bridge at the time. The board of supervisors inspected the damage on Tuesday and plans a new modern replacement.
For the year ending April 1 violations in Mason City yielded 6108.42 dollars in fines, compared with 1595.40 the prior year. Arrests totaled 671 versus 685 the year before. In regard to women, residents are urged to support the woman’s amendment on June 5. 4wpdady.
Readers urged to report notable events including deaths elopements marriages divorces illnesses town moves crimes accidents or significant happenings. Share timely items like embezzlement arrests fires and major local changes.
Supervisor J. P. Kuhn, from Fort Atkinson, was in Ossian on business when his carry caught fire Monday near Festina. The cushion in the front seat burned after sparks from two smokers ignited the cushion as wind carried embers. Kuhn left to inspect a bridge and noticed the blaze just in time. the gasoline tank did not ignite.
John Walter, nephew of Mrs. E Weis of Bellevue, captured a starved fox on a River View porch last week while visiting their cottage. He and his father found the animal marooned by rising water and placed it in a sack. They intend to tame it.
Chas. 4. Hale notes George Marti living north of Church claims to have seen two flocks of wild pigeons numbering several hundred birds pass over his property last week. Ornithologists have considered the species extinct for years, yet Marti remains confident they were pigeons.
A four-horse team ran away near Marshalltown fatally injuring 14 year old Andrew Burch bom who was discing. He was thrown and flesh was stripped from both legs and died in a local hospital. His mother Mrs Herman Burehbom had died there a year earlier after a horse kick and accident.
Rosie Mudra died from burns suffered while starting a fire at her uncle Thomas Mahovee’s home near Moorland Webster County. Report says she poured kerosene on kindling to hasten the fire and clothing ignited from an ensuing explosion. A hired man arrived too late to save her.
A mixed item list reports a Bass season violation fine in Chester, burglaries in Ossian and Kensett, a West Union home burned, a circus worker killed in Streator, water bonds sold in Ossian, a burned barn at Webster City, a new German Christian Reformed college in Grundy Center with Dr. William Bode as first president, a fatal overdose from mislabeled rheumatism medicine in Granton, a small stadium fire in Mason City, and an auto windshield repair shop promotion at Prastmark's.
An agricultural notice explains the economic value of properly handled farm manure. It estimates manure waste costs the U S $70 000 000 annually and notes manure hauled daily to fields or composted increases yields by about $5 per ton. Moisture is key to effective composting, especially for dry horse and sheep manure.
Seven year old Kenneth Bender son of Mrs Florence Bender of 6104 West Drum mond street fell from a rock ledge into Willow Creek near Mason City. The swift current swept him away before playmates could reach him. The incident occurred during a fishing trip with classmates.
Fifty years back the president planned to muster out all white volunteers. Napoleon was expected to withdraw from Mexico. England faced a financial panic with rioting noted. Joel Dayton held the contract for Conover mails for four years. A club formed to play baseball. J E Simpson uncovered violators at McGregor and Guttenberg. Cresco depot located on the Shook farm. Married at Burr Oak on May 20. George W Adams and M J Wilmott, Decorah.
Sheriff Huber arrested John Pease 17 and Lester Pease 15 at Cherokee for store breaking in Washta and Quimby. The brothers confessed and are held to the grand jury on $1000 bonds furnished by their father R Pease. A large amount of plunder was found in a box at the home.
Erwin Dixon thirteen year old son of B W Dixon near Lima lost his left hand in a Saturday accident when a dynamite cap exploded and caused severe lacerations requiring amputation at the scene or shortly after.
Clarence Ludwig, 30, of Granger area, died after being kicked in the abdomen by a colt while assisting a team. He was preparing to water the team near a well house when the injury led to peritonitis and death.
A wry line on avoiding trouble with a chorus girl and the paradox of knowledge. The quip contrasts scarce oil with the urge to take a risky shortcut and notes that knowing you’re beaten undermines power.
The advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the original effective cough syrup. It claims universal satisfaction and cures for coughs colds croup and whooping cough and warns against imitations offered to the public. Engbertson's Pharmacy urges insisting on Foley's.
A reader reports years of stomach distress and weakness. After trying various remedies, Vincl adver tised product cured stomach trouble and restored energy, with Druggist R. A. Engbertson of Decorah, Iowa, mentioning Vincl as a tonic for nerves and strength.
One of Milwaukee's new Electric Locomotives powered the Olympian over the Rockies in winter, making up a late 115 mile run to Three Forks on schedule. The electric engine, fed by mountain streams, handles snow and cold well, hauling heavier loads with lower costs and faster dispatch. The article urges travel on The Olympian or The Columbian via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway and notes literature and information available from the local agent.
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