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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
1
W HAUGEN runs a corner Water and Washington Streets Decorah Iowa store selling fine dress goods trimmings and a full line of notions and dry goods.
A collage of opinions on Mexico, tariffs, Woodrow Wilson, and the 1912 campaign. The piece lampoons leaders, notes high living costs, and discusses campaigns, lobbying, and public registration while praising reformers like Kenyon and Clarke.
The passage argues that the country editor touches millions of substantial homes including farmers and business advertisers. It claims recognition will come as advertisers value country newspapers and publishers receive fair reward for essential work.
The Department of Agriculture reports high livestock losses last year from disease and exposure. Hogs suffered near one per thousand nationwide, except Illinois at 215 per thousand. Swine disease proved markedly destructive, with total losses near 6 million head and value over 46 million dollars.
Democratic candidate targets Woodrow Wilson for alleged Democratic incompetence in city governance. He cites Indianapolis remarks and cites Tammany and other cities Dallas. The piece argues Democratic misrule and calls for commission government to curb waste and corruption.
The article argues that buying abroad costs American jobs and warns that the Democratic plan to expand free trade would harm workers. It urges voters to back Woodrow Wilson and his party to avoid repeating the Wilson bill experience of 1893-97.
Minneapolis and Hennepin county legal talent funded an oil painting of the late Judge A M Harrison to hang in the Hennepin district court. Harrison left Charles City twenty four years ago, settled in Minneapolis, and was later elevated to the bench before his death about a year ago. He was once a member of Starr Patterson Harrison in Charles City.
Grinnell College launches a nine month fundraising drive aiming to raise $500,000 by June 1 2013 to secure a $100 000 grant from the general board of education. So far $125 000 is already available.
California Supreme Court rules Taft electors cannot appear on the November ballot as Republicans, leaving Taft without state representation in the electoral college unless write-in votes are cast.
Public demand has led to a move in twenty four states to outlaw the common drinking cup over concerns about contamination. A similar fate is predicted for the common towel as health officials push hygienic reforms nationwide.
Chicago hotel stewards debated beef tariffs and imports from Argentina and other nations. John A. Hill of the Transit House warned removing the tariff could curb U S beef production and fail to lower prices, noting Argentina ships to England, not for U S consumers. He cited a 10 percent drop in production amid 21 percent population growth as the core cause of high beef costs.
Secretary Wilson, returning from a western trip, urged raising mutton as a solution to meat supply and cost of living. He noted Iowa’s corn crop, lack of cattle to feed it, and argued Americans should shift to mutton, citing England as a consumer model and promising a forthcoming report.
The London Express reported Governor Wilson might favor Free Trade and reducing protectionism. Wilson replies there is no basis for Free Trade advocacy and notes that under federal and state tax division a free trade system is impossible. The piece questions the platform’s tariffs stance.
A Greene county farmer uses cut corn and living hog-tight fences, moving the fence as corn is harvested. He ties the fence to tall stalks to create a sturdy barrier as hogs are corralled in the uncut stubble. Green county challenges the world to match this tale.
Americans yearly beef intake equals a yearling steer per family while pork consumption equals a pig plus smaller amounts of poultry and mutton. The statement highlights heavy meat consumption by the average American household within a one-year period.
Postmaster General Hitchcock orders twelve unique large stamps for parcels post use under a new law. The three stamp series depict mail transport methods, postal workers, and major product sources. Distribution starts December 1 to equip 60,000 post offices before January 1.
Dean Curtis of Town State College requests state education board approval for a miniature packing house and upgraded laboratories to expand the animal husbandry program. The existing Ames course is highly regarded and would gain practical slaughtering training to ready graduates for immediate work.
State Fish and Game Warden George A. Lincoln reports 182 029 collected from hunters licenses over two years with prosecutions yielding 11 829 50. He notes 87 500 worth of unlawful devices destroyed and 120 000 game fish stocked. About 723 000 fish moved from dead waters to running water, 500 000 from Mississippi overflows, border licenses earned 3 22141. Two million buffalo and carp taken, two million garfish destroyed, other fish sold.
Council Bluffs General G M Dodge announced the selection committee will meet in Des Moines October 20 to review 45 sculpture models for the William B Allison monument. The project is to be completed three years after contract letting.
Switzerland leads in water power and plans to electrify all state railways using untapped water power. Many funiculars already run on electricity as development continues.
Poem reflects on life as a wheel that turns despite effort and chance. It rejects passive dreaming and drifting, suggesting every person earns what they obtain and that surplus is not socialism. The verse frames life as a force fed by unseen springs and moving onward.
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