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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
7
The item lists advertising rates for the Winneshiek area with pricing for propie ty listings and legal advertisements. It notes a yearly rate of $2.00 for advertisers and five cents per line for single insertions, with a standard telephone line provided.
A reflective piece blends pious thanksgiving verse with a dense survey of 1916 election fallout. It notes two living ex presidents, discusses Kansas politics, taxes, and party shifts, and comments on media, labor, and peace prospects amid wartime. It mentions Miss Rankin, the embargo debate, and Sears Roebuck growth driven by advertising.
A New York window display on fire risk used oil soaked rags to warn of spontaneous combustion. The placard warned rags could ignite from atmospheric action and start small blazes, with one instance showing combustion after seven hours.
The report notes 644 members resident in Great Britain with 171 in active service. Six have died in action or of wounds and 13 votes of sympathy for members with sons or brothers on the field are adopted. The text emphasizes the club wielding both pen and sword.
The article surveys pearls as the oldest personal adornment with legends from Indian mythology and references by ancient civilizations. It notes famous specimens including Peregrina and the Hope Pearl, their origins and weights, and warns pearls require air light and careful handling to preserve luster.
Hanawa Hokischi, blinded at age five, educated himself by reading aloud and became a famed scholar with many pupils in Bancho Jedo. During a lecture a gust blew out the lamp, and he quipped that eyesight is inconvenient, prompting laughter among his students.
Four mice listed as the most valuable shipment on a London to New York cargo route were kept in a London lab due to ancestors exposed to cancer germs over fifteen years ago. They are studied to understand heredity of the disease and were moved to New York for safety. They now reside at the Crocker laboratory at Columbia University.
A historical note explains how English deer scrapes inspired the phrase got into a scrape. Travelers stumbling at dusk, often muddy, gave rise to the saying about facing trouble after a night out or careless footing. Cambridge students later adopted the expression for varied difficulties.
The piece notes England’s first almanac the Kalendar of Shephardes published in 1497 and its surge in popularity with omens and prognostications. It mentions John Tybault's Prognostication addressing lunar influence peas and war, lunar aspects, constellations, and royal revolutions as preserved in the London Mirror.
Guidance for cleaning linen advises mixing soft soap and powdered starch at half strength salt with the juice of one lemon. Apply to linen, rub well, and lay on grass for a day and night to lift mildew without damaging fine fabrics.
A Wide World Magazine account describes the vagnaks or tiger claws used by hill tribes in the Ghauts. Four sharp curved blades hidden under the fingers, held by rings, allegedly dismembering a Mohammedan overlord during a submission ruse attributed to Shivaji the Maratha hero.
A motorcycle sweeper is adopted in Los Angeles street cleaning to replace manual labor. One rider performs the work of twenty, moving at eight miles per hour as the most efficient speed. The machine carries its dirt wagon, has a 60 inch brush ahead of the wheels, and uses a two cylinder motor for power.
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