21 Nov 1912
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
1
A reproduction of Decorah Iowa advertisements lists local merchants and services. It includes H F Barthell printers, M Enger insurance, Beart clothing, Streeter’s dry goods and groceries, and Wm K Riggs as a general merchant at 311 13 West Water Street, Decorah.
A reflective prose collage reviews election aftermaths, prohibition surprises, and international tensions. It notes Woodrow Wilson’s plurality win, Roosevelts era politics, Serbia Austria tensions, and Turkish battles, while praising agricultural output forecasts and crop prospects. It cites Edison’s early lighting, suffrage progress, and the value of civility in public life.
Prof Caspar Rene Gregory of the University of Leipzig, invited by Chicago University and other institutions, traveled about 23000 miles in the United States and Canada during the past year lecturing before institutions in 26 states and nine Canadian provinces. He is described as the only American holding a regular professorship in a German university.
Clermont Iowa November 16 Former Governor William Larrabee 80 died at 1035 AM after a lingering illness described as a complication of diseases. He served two Iowa governor terms after twelve years in the state senate and was known for railroad regulation and prohibition leadership. He was born January 20 1832 in Ledyard Connecticut and left a legacy in farming banking and public service.
The article notes Woodrow Wilson, born in Stanton Virginia, as the first president born south of the Mason Dixon line since Lincoln. It highlights his 1912 election victory and views on regional unity, plus remarks on the four leading candidates born in four successive years Debs 1855 Wilson 1856 Taft 1857 Roosevelt 1858.
President Taft plans to appoint as many federal officeholders as possible for the full four year term. He intends to fill vacancies before March in post offices, marshalships, attorneyships and collectorships to limit Democratic patronage. Iowa’s senators, led by Cummins, may block unrecommended selections. The move signals a fierce battle over patronage and confirms the president’s winter appointments despite Senate scrutiny.
President Taft issued a proclamation fixing Panama canal tolls under the canal act. Merchant vessels pay 1.20 per net ton of actual earning capacity with a 40 percent reduction for ballast ships. Naval and army transports have separate rates, and rules for measurement are outlined. A professor’s report says the canal should be self sustaining in 20 years and will compete with the Suez route for certain trades.
Iowa farmers demand at least 25000 a year to fund state vaccination and serum work to halt hog cholera. Officials estimate losses could reach a million hogs valued at about 12000000 in pork alone, while neighboring states invest 25000 to 50000 annually to combat the epidemic.
The Suez Canal began with depths around twenty six feet in 1869 and small ships. By 1881 Britannic and 1885 plans deepened the canal. Through 1888 ships surpassed 10000 tons, then 20000 in 1901, 31000 in 1910, 50000 by 1911 with the Imperator. Today over a dozen ships exceed 20900 tons in service.
Attorney General George Cosson predicts an unprecedented session with over a dozen key measures to pass. Topics include labor disputes arbitration, workers compensation, tax reform, direct inheritance tax, equal suffrage, direct U S senators election, good roads, school laws, jail and prison reform, Australian ballot substitution, court procedure, public utility plans, and mothers pension law. He notes Republicans must act on their platform and urges prison system overhaul with meaningful work and decent confinement.
The government pension roll includes 538,000 soldiers and sailors plus 321,932 dependents and widows and 362 army nurses. This year’s appropriation totals $151,558,140 with a planned consolidation of pension agencies by January 31, 1918 to streamline and cut costs.
In New York a census like figure shows 1 400 residents from 20 nations forming a cosmopolitan city. Boston hosts a large native Irish population and Dublin compares to New York as an Irish city. New York houses 500 900 Italians and 800 000 Jews, while Pittsburgh stands as a steel hub with notable Servian presence. Atlantic Monthly notes this diversity.
Carlyle’s reflection on great men as enduring fire-pillars in mankind’s pilgrimage, standing as heavenly signs that reveal embodied possibilities of human nature.
Prices in Seville note roses at 18 cents a dozen in mid winter while theater tickets cost about 42 cents. Short railway travel runs near four cents per mile, illustrating regional price levels.
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