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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1914
Page
1
A Decorah weekly spans local services including doctors Urban and Urban. Harriette B Amy M D. Woodward M D. Thompson L L A. H F Barthell attorney. W E Cutting. West Water Street listings. mortgage sales. loans and business ads. Includes contact details and office hours.
A compact page listing area businesses including Lutheran Publishing House printers in Decorah and bookbinding services, L. TM ENGER insurance and steamship agency, BEN BEAR gents furnishings and travel gear, MOTT & Co dry goods and trimmings, and M and M SEEHUUS merchants. Includes addresses on Main Street and Water Street with period telephone reference.
A roaming column of essays and notices comments on moon measurements by professors, election outcomes, Belgian relief, and tariff policy. It blends literary musings with political opinions, noting voter shifts, immigration, and Rockefeller aid, while musing on mourning customs and court rulings.
State figures show 20922 dollars paid to counties for agricultural fairs. Winneshiek 202.50, Allamakee 184.60, Chickasaw 8460.64, Clayton 665.25, Fayette 252.05, Howard had no fair. Basis is 40 percent of the first 500 and 10 percent of the next 1000, with a 300 cap per fair. Twenty six counties held no fairs.
Imported insects prove more damaging to local crops than to their native lands because natural enemies are left behind. The cabbage worm lacks European parasites here, while the Hesian fly parasite has helped restrain the fly in this country.
Three hundred and six Babylonian tablets have arrived at Iowa Citys state university. They will be kept permanently if the state board of education approves their purchase. The artifacts were unearthed at Babylon and obtained through Dr Banks of New York.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports unofficial Iowa gubernatorial results from Des Moines show Clarke, Hamilton and others. Progressive vote fell about 70 percent since 1912 while Republican gains reached about 10 percent and Democratic up about 2 percent. Total 1914 vote 403,329 versus 438,474 in 1912. The piece notes Progressive influence waning and off year low voter interest.
The state board of control issued an order empowering Polk County to transfer up to thirty patients from Clarinda hospital to the county insane hospital if relatives do not pay maintenance. If relatives pay, written consent is required before transfer. Supervisors say the rule helps maintain required patient numbers locally, overcoming past refusals by relatives.
Every school child in Town will offer one cent for the Belgium relief committee under D 8 S Chamberlain. State officials back the effort and last week he asked 100 newspapers and elevator men to aid. Teachers will oversee school collections and funds buy corn, aiming for 300 to 500 carloads.
A century ago Germany consisted of independent states with wealth and income far smaller than France. Now a united Germany reportedly has income near 10 billion dollars and wealth around 80 billion. Population rose from 24 million to over 67 million, a 180 percent increase.
The Danes valued the raven as a sea omen before the mariner's compass guiding ships. Sailors released a raven to locate land. if land was sighted the bird flew away, if not it returned to the vessel, signaling proximity to land.
A Greater Iowa association proposes placing one hundred thousand Belgian farmers in Iowa with ten acres each under intensive methods. The plan, backed by Rockefeller Foundation funds, envisions land and homes, eventual farm ownership within ten years, and brings a cooperative investigation of European conditions.
Dr W J Graham, a Niles Michigan veterinarian, cites a diagnostic error by Washington’s Bureau of Animal Industry and delayed state action as the cause of the cattle disease spread from August near Niles. A Sept 18 note misidentified the sickness as mycotic stomatitis. a bureau expert finally confirmed foot and mouth disease October 10, by which time fourteen states were affected. Iowa reports one county affected. local precautions are in place to protect farmers and breeders.
Clayton county bonds totaling 50000 were issued to local banks at 6 percent interest. Of the amount, 35000 was credited to the bridge fund and 15000 to the road fund.
A Savannah Savery hotel sub committee report on state government reorganization includes plans to cut committee clerks in both houses. The group weighs reducing clerks from 43 in the house and 50 in the senate while under six doorkeepers will be kept to ensure jobs, amid divisions on necessity.
Cedar Rapids Republican analysis shows Republicans would hold an electoral majority of 121 if last Tuesday’s vote occurred on presidential electors. States listed include California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and others totaling 324 for Republicans versus 203 for Democrats. The piece argues Wilson policies failed and predicts GOP gains in 1916.
A Des Moines dispatch reports W. I. Atkinson of Butler county has formally announced his candidacy for Speaker. The field now includes Justin Barry of Linn county and Henry Brady of Dallas, with H. C. Ring of Cedar Rapids mentioned as a potential candidate. Atkinson is favored in the northern region due to local influence and is regarded as capable to fit the chair.
The United States records about 300000 typhoid cases and 25000 deaths yearly. It notes American cities have five times higher typhoid death rate than European cities. The piece urges laymen to press local governments to supply uncontaminated water.
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