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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
1
A Decorah weekly notices page catalogs local doctors dentists and a lawyer two lines list office hours and contact details including J D Hexom J J Daly C Hoeg Urban and Urban Ariette Amy A Woodward and E W Cotting. It notes post office and republic publication details for Winneshiek County Iowa and addresses at Decorah IA.
A mosaic of a 1915 era column mixes religious verses with social commentary. It laments prosperity unevenness, cites rising coal costs, criticizes price pressures, notes immigration and birth trends, and comments on politics, journalism, and economic inflation driven by gold imports and war. It mentions drinking from life’s sorrows, the dentist chair, and public figures, all in terse opinionated lines.
A poem urges confiding troubles to a neighbor and keeping them hidden while concentrating on helping others. It suggests that distributing burden through community action can make personal hardship fade and the individual forget the trouble. The verse credits Mabel Brown Denison in Farm and Home.
Twenty four states, half the Union, go dry after Tuesday results. Michigan, South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana join statewide prohibition. Arkansas fails to lift dry status. Idaho may move to full prohibition as California eyes stricter rules. Kansas and Missouri swing toward wet outcomes, while Arizona maintains prohibition.
Washington officials consider campaign threats of legal action over votes for presidential electors. Supreme Court rulings show electors are state officers and disputes fall to state officers or courts. Statutes set electors to meet in January and voting counted by Congress, with state laws governing contests binding.
The Associated Press reports Woodrow Wilson appears re elected with 269 electoral votes three more than a majority. California's verdict proves pivotal as returns from New Mexico Minnesota and other western states shape the final result amid delayed remote vote counts and suffrage analysis.
Election expenses for thirteen presidential electors filed with the secretary of state total $30.50. Candidate Sandusky in this district spent nothing.
Gilbert N. Haugen of Northwood reported spending nine hundred dollars and ninety cents in seeking reelection to Congress from the Fourth District. He stated no contributions were received and filed the statement Saturday with the Secretary of State.
The upcoming Iowa legislature will convene in January with only nine lone Democrat representatives. The small number will be just enough to caucus, and that is about all.
Iowa Geological Survey and U S Geological Survey report 1915 mineral output at 27 003 020 dollars highest on record up from 1914 by 701 155 Coal leads with 13 577 008 in value and 7 614 143 tons mined Clay products second Cement third Gypsum fourth Lucas Monroe Polk Appanoose join leading coal counties. clay record values across main counties.
The piece notes a weakening party with only fourteen Democrats in a 108 member House and three elected senators plus seven hold-overs. It compares re election rates to prior years and predicts a divided Senate with twenty three old and twenty seven new members alongside a nearly non existent Democratic presence in the new legislature.
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