11 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
1
The Decorah Republican lists medical notices for eye exams lens duplication and physician services. Dr Stabo and Campbell operate with office hours from 10 to 12 and 1 to 3 daily, at 602 Decorah and Curtain’s Addition, Desorahsta Bank building area. Telephone 329 serves the Desorahsta locale.
A wide ranging 1910s style column offers views on Red Cross, conscription, pacifism, and leadership. It cites President Wilson, the Kaiser, Gompers, McAdoo, and Liliuokalani while touching on Liberty bonds, Mexican recognition, and the Irish convention. It comments on newspapers, propaganda, and home front duties.
Training of the Eighty-eighth division at Camp Dodge continues with a revised schedule of forty drill hours weekly. Officers urge soldiers to aid in becoming first class, while a third training camp opens January 5 for regular army and national guard commissions.
Washington reports no ceremony marked the signing of a broad tax measure yielding over 2.5 billion dollars in new revenue for war needs. The act hikes distilled spirits taxes to 2.10 per gallon and outlines expected first year receipts for incomes, excess profits, cigars, cigarettes, alcohol, stamps, and other items, plus the creation of a northern Iowa supreme exemption board chairman change with D J Murphy succeeding D M Kelleher as head while Kelleher departs for Washington.
Voters are urged to understand the proposed constitutional amendment on prohibition. The piece explains that a yes makes constitutional prohibition the rule, a no opposes it, and that current prohibitions and federal liquor shipments remain unaffected by either vote. It advocates a Yes vote and credits the Repurrican with support.
Government urges public to mail Christmas letters and packages to American expeditionary forces in Europe by November 15. Packages must be clearly labeled Christmas mail with full addresses, sender details, and be easy to inspect. Postmaster General Burleson Secretary Baker and Secretary Dantell sign the directive.
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