07 Nov 1912
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
1
A dated column blends political comment with social observations. It jokes about elections and tariffs, notes shifts in education and industry, and surveys public figures, demographics, and current affairs from a historical American perspective.
Tax returns from the Internal Revenue Bureau show Americans drank more whiskey and beer and smoked more cigars and cigarettes from July to October 1912. Cigarettes exceed 3.8 billion, whiskey hits 43.15 million gallons, cigars total 1.96 billion, and beer usage reaches 19.8 million barrels, up from 1911. A remark about Mocha coffee shipments hints at ancient trade.
Utica, Oct 31 James Schoolcraft Sherman vice president and Utica native died at 9 42 p m after a long illness due to Bright s disease uremic poisoning and heart disease He was born in Utica Oct 24 1885 and served as mayor and congressman before joining the Taft ticket in 1909 He died in the presence of family and friends and his term began March 4 2009 with the largest popular vote for a ticket in history.
The oldest office under the crown is the lord high steward dating before Edward the Confessor with some tracing its origin to Offa in 757. It was once hereditary in noble families and later a leading royal official. The inventor of the wireless telegraph is celebrated among world benefactors.
Iowa State College Extension estimates hog cholera will cost farmers at least 12 million dollars this year with up to a million hogs dying. Director W J Kennedy notes 25 percent illness in many districts and introduces Dr J D Cline, who starts November 1 to educate farmers across the state on prevention and livestock protection. The effort marks a pioneering statewide veterinary outreach.
The Hansa argues that after June 1913 the Panama Canal will cut freight and passenger distances. Europe to San Francisco would avoid Cape Horn saving 6 200 miles. Montreal to Sydney would save 2 747 miles via the canal. New York to Shanghai gains 1 400 miles while Europe to Japan gains little. Passengers may use canal routes to reach South America and Australia, reducing reliance on Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope.
Thirty two states have notified Secretary Knox of ratification and four have rejected the proposed income tax amendment. Thirty six are required for effect. Delaware Florida Louisiana Massachusetts New Jersey New Mexico Ohio Pennsylvania Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wyoming have not notified. Connecticut New Hampshire Rhode Island and Utah have rejected.
From Princeton New Jersey a dispatch reports Mrs Grover Cleveland authorizes the engagement to Thomas Joseph Preston professor of archaeology and history of arts at Wells College. The marriage date will be announced later. The second note jokes that Venice building subways would give the gondola a black eye.
The death of the vice president leaves the Senate without a regular presiding officer. Senator Bacon presides under an agreed order from Dec 2 to Dec 16, with responsibility for funeral arrangements. If the election fails to produce a majority, Knox may rise as a presidential possibility should the contest go to the House. Pittsburgh emerges as a leading fuel consumer surpassing New York in coal and coke use, with 1911 coal traffic near 53 million tons and New York at about 36 million. Pittsburgh’s coal movement shows notable east west growth despite a drop in local consumption.
The October issue of The Towa Journal of History and Politics lists seventeen books published in the prior three months by Iowa authors. Notable names include Susan Glaspell, Rupert Hughes, Halbert P. Gillette, Jacob Van der Zee, and Emilie Blackmore Stapp among others.
Queensland's famed squatter E Jonette controls about ten sheep stations in the state and shears over one million sheep. At Kynuna station he handles 200,000 sheep and has just purchased two additional stations.
The British Museum houses the oldest known Chinese writing in oracle bone inscriptions. These inscribed bones carry early characters used in divination and record important events.
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