05 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
1
The Decorah Republican lists office hours and contact details for local professionals. Urban & Urban osteopathic physicians operate from the ciiski building second floor with multiple daily blocks. Harriette B Amy MD lists office at 602 Decorah Ave Curtin's addition with set hours and phone. C Woodward MD also appears with contact info.
An assortment of shop notices and names in Decorah Iowa including medical and veterinary offices, legal services, publishing house, steamship agency, clothing and dry goods retailers, groceries, and general merchants. Listings provide addresses and basic offerings along Water Street, Washington Street, and adjacent areas with contact hints.
A reflective editorial comments on democracy, public finance, tariffs, and wartime taxation. It cites Woodrow Wilson era debates, postmaster reforms, and comparisons of Republican and Democratic positions. The piece critiques tariff effects on California lemons, national budgeting, and foreign competition, ending with a dig at political hypocrisy.
Secretary of State Bryan denounced Senator Cummins in Waterloo Iowa on October 29 urging defeat of Cummins for re election. He accused Cummins of stabbing the President with a sharp knife and being the bitter attacker of the President in the Senate.
A water drop contains about 2 quintillion quintillion molecules. If one molecule were magnified to twenty feet across the atoms inside would resemble dust specks. Each atom would resemble a solar system in size and complexity.
Decorah welcomed about 1500 to 2000 visitors last Thursday as the new hospital opened. They toured all floors, praised the patient comforts and equipment, and lauded the leadership of Superintendent Mrs. Lutie B. Larsen and Dr. J. R. Guthrie. The project was funded by Mr. Wm. H. Smith and others, with a weekly surgeon visit by Dr. Guthrie and broad county staff inclusion.
The picture shows William H. Smith whose gift of 100000 funds a hospital project begun by his sister the late Matilda Smith. He boosted the fund to 10000 and shared in the estate’s wishes, earning public praise for enterprise and beneficence in Decorth and surrounding country.
The state printer will produce several million micro e cards for the census of Towa. Each card will bear one Iowa resident and his personal record, designed to fit a steel card case. The blank forms have been approved for the project.
President Wilson proclaims November 26 as Thanksgiving day praising peace and national unity. He notes wartime hardships and mutual interdependence spurring cooperation. The Panama Canal opening bonds America with other nations and emphasizes self sufficiency and service abroad.
The state will educate between 6,500 and 7,000 students across three state institutions this year. Ames enrollment rose by 260 to 2,459, Iowa City by 100 to 2,256, Cedar Falls by nearly 100 to 1,057. Total year projection above 6,500 with Iowa performing well compared to Wisconsin, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, and Kansas where combined universities and colleges enrollments range from about 3,075 to 4,700.
An assessor will handle property, births, crop stats, and a population census at the start of the year. Census cards will be forwarded to Des Moines where every town resident gains a place in a mammoth index system.
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