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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
5
The Decorah Republican details its Thursday issue from 1860 era publishing by A. K. Batuny and Son. The note anchors the paper as a longstanding local record in Decorah.
A nostalgic speaker laments losing youth and past pleasures. He recalls sailor caps and old meals, the joy of fresh bread, and lingering kisses from girls now with married lives. The verse notes constraint and regret through Whitelock's voice.
Public notice reveals a table listing taxable personal property amounts. The document outlines valuations for various items and the corresponding tax figures, indicating how residents must calculate due charges based on assessed personal property categories.
Nearly thirty residents have signed to form a county rod and gun club. A meeting will elect officers after canvassing the area, likely this week or next. Call Bud Bucknell to join. Also reports L A Monty injured at Calmar yards when a cave-in pinned him, breaking four ribs and injuring a leg. James Adams bruised. Monty treated at home in North McGregor.
A young man named Johnson reportedly broke his leg while icing a refrigerator car in the Rock Island yards last Saturday. Officials with the railway offer little information due to policy on inquiries, but preliminary details indicate he jumped from the door and struck the adt, causing the injury.
Conductor McPartland reports ongoing reconstruction of the Decorah branch of the Rock Island railroad. About 25 miles have been surfaced and crews lay new iron north of Linn Junction. Main delay cited is a shortage of workers. once surfaced, track laying is a comparatively small task.
A local observer notes in Winne thick County that an auto truck from Nordness carried a large load of live pigs to the Decorah market on Thursday. The sight of pigs riding in autos is described as queer and would astonish their grandfathers.
Orison Swett Marden states that self-confidence is knowledge not ego and stems from the belief in one’s ability to undertake tasks. He argues civilization today rests on self-confidence and its practical assurance.
Reports claim Burnside crossed the Rappahannock River and Woodbury built pontoon bridges as Federal forces moved on Fredericksburg. Union troops occupied the ravaged town while Rebels retreated. Curtiss says Fayetteville fell after heavy fighting. Banks linked with Suffolk forces and may push toward Weldon. The 38th Iowa may depart for Cairo next week. Willett names Ed Klove deputy. Capt E I Weiser remains seriously wounded in Bollivar hospital.
Reclamation of two tracts totaling 20 000 acres in Tazewell and Cass counties increases Illinois farm wealth by about 1 000 000 dollars annually. Spring Lake in Tazewell now yields 50 dollars per acre on 15 000 acres, producing 750 000 dollars yearly. A Cass county drainage district near the Illinois river has converted over 5 000 acres of morass into prime corn and oats land. Two years ago fishermen and duck hunters used the area without charge.
Workmen repairing a fireplace at Feerm Farm in Mold uncover a hidden room behind a revolving stone. The chamber, dating to the early 1500s, contains antique oak furniture, a dusty meal remains, firearms, and feeding utensils. Likely used as a concealment by Royalist fugitives during Charles I's war.
The auto brings meals to town for threshing crews, replacing housewives cooking large quantities. Dinners and suppers are prepared in advance and loaded into cars, delivering meals to workers who return to fields rested and ready for more work.
Designs are being made by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for a dozen stamps to be used in the parcels post service. The stamps will range in denomination from 1 cent to 1.00 dollar and go on sale before the system begins delivering parcels at the start of the year.
A Connecticut man owns a Rhode Island hen that lays one egg one day and two the next. The hen produces a soft shelled egg on the morning of the second day and a hard egg in the afternoon.
A Decorah resident, KE Herwig of Mill Street, testifies kidney and back trouble improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He explains back strain caused kidney secretions and fatigue, and praises the remedy bought at Wangler Bros. Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, sole U.S. agents. Remember the name Doan's.
The deepest measured sea depth stands at 32 080 feet about six miles. This extreme reading marks the lowest point reached by modern bathymetric sounding in the ocean trenches.
The article explains Panama hats come from a palm in the chandelier-tree family grown in Americas. Ecuador produces the finest Panamas with Peru following. top hats sell for about 150 dollars. The process covers leaf collection, soaking in lemon juice, drying, bleaching, and weaving on a knee-held block, with finest hats taking months to complete.
The young prince of Wales has been educated in cricket riding fencing boxing shooting and similar outdoor sports with careful and scientific instruction from past masters as part of a broad royal education program.
For regular action of the bowels try Dean's Regulats. An easy natural movement relief for constipation. Available at all stores for 25 cents. Adv.
Special Service by Ernest Ackerman explains using curiosity to boost ad results. He cites a Dallas department store that reveals item names and value but hides bargain prices to drive Thursday sale days.
H G Kruse of the Benton County Times in Vinton outlines merchants plan to oppose certnalization and strengthen town country ties. The Vinton Ad Club will direct the effort and show results as plans unfold amid warnings of forthcoming disaster.
Imported last year artworks worth 17.6 million dollars free of duty plus 673 thousand imported by Americans. Exports totaled 989 thousand dollars in paintings and statuary. Also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach disorders in children, sold by Engbretson's Pharmacy.
Poetic reflection on a mother’s duties to nurture children as seeds in a garden. The author urges gentle care and steady effort, imagining that what she sows in these small lives will determine the end result.
Senator Shively and Representative Dixon of Indiana visited executive departments to land a job for a constituent affected by Census Bureau layoffs. At every agency rules required examinations, until they reached the Fish Commission where Commissioner George M. Bowers reminded them of civil service rules. The pair then aborted the pursuit and headed for the Capitol.
An old advertisement urges quick relief for infant croup with Dr Thomas Eelectric Oil available at drug stores for 25 and 50 cents. The note stresses immediate use.
The Decorah Republican offers combined subscriptions with Chicago records priced at 4.15, same as Tribune or Journal. Outside Winneshiek county the rates rise to 4.85 for Record-Herald or Tribune and 3.45 for the Journal. The Sunday edition costs 2.10 extra.
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