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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
1
A fragmented advertisement page lists services from a National Bank office on St. SF, a steamship agency at 406 Main Street, and a clothing wholesaler offering men’s wear, fur coats, trunks, and luggage. Also noted are printing and binding at fair prices and a dry goods shop with trimmings, all tied to Decorah and HAUGEN.
A collection of sharp opinions on tax plans suffrage and tariffs. The author mocks wage limits, railings against Tammany, praises Yellowstone park access, and critiques California alien land laws. Reflections include views on Huerta, suffragists, and a mix of parliamentary and social topics with a newspaperman’s wit.
Attorney General Cosson plans a summer campaign to enforce anti trust laws in Iowa. He aims to indict or file against suspected trusts in major counties, seeking to curb restraint of trade and lower living costs by boosting competition. After July 4 he will enforce amended Peterson water cure law on foreign corporations, requiring full stock cash value. some firms may withdraw or challenge the measure.
The Business Men's Temperance Association of Iowa votes unanimously to launch a statewide education campaign to repeal the mulct law. Leaders vow to oppose any legislative candidates not aligned with temperance aims and to work toward restoring statewide prohibition. Officers elected include President John H. Taft of Cedar Rapids and Treasurer W. R. Jamison of Waterloo.
Government reports show 124,449,? pounds of oleomargarine produced in the first eleven months of 1912, with January the peak at 17,003,150 pounds and July the low at 7,017,441 pounds. Supporters of the Lever bill seek a federal reform while dairy interests oppose it.
Panama has practically no manufactures. The principal exports are bananas hides and skins ivory nuts rubber and hardwood. The United States receives the greater portion of these exports and supplies more than half of Panama's imports consisting chiefly of foodstuffs textiles and hardware.
E E Fellows writes of pioneer Iowa before 1840 noting two settlements Dubuque and Prairie du Chien and describing Winnebago relocation after Black Hawk War. A fort named Fort Atkinson perched on a hill near the Turkey River. a westward military road linked MeGregor to Postville, with supplies ferried across the Mississippi.
A rising trend sees young Chinese women choosing suicide over arranged marriages under current laws. Girls join self death clubs to refuse marriage and, after three days away, may visit their mothers before ending their lives. This crisis draws government attention to potential marital law changes in the near future.
A millionaire captain of industry died recently. He began as a country grocery boy and quickly rose to a clerkship at an iron foundry. Within two years the owner made him a partner, explaining he needed the capable youth to keep him in business or risk being outpaced.
Prof. L. Petit informs the Zoological Society of France of birds with precisely known ages. A sparrow is eight, a blackbird eleven, a stall cardinal fourteen, and an Amazon parakeet twenty five years old, challenging earlier range figures for life spans.
Data of the Civil War by Col. W. J. Handy outlines Fort Sumter surrender, Lincoln militia calls, regimental raises, key battles, and casualty totals. It notes 2,320,272 three year calls, 186,097 colored troops, and detailed losses at Bull Run, Shiloh, Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and other campaigns. The last action cited is Columbus, Ga., in 1885 with limited Confederate figures.
A man may project himself as virtuous while a woman is judged harshly for flaws. The text contrasts double standards in moral reputations, noting how behavior is perceived through gendered lenses and raising questions about fairness and hypocrisy.
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