14 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1915
Page
1
A miscellany of opinions and readings including quotes from Sarah Bolton and Thomas Marshall, verse, and remarks on current affairs. It touches on politics, war finance, graft, and public life with wry humor and moral reflections.
Iowa highway officials publish a plain language guide explaining recent road laws. The book aims to improve serviceable roads statewide while warning county officers about patent suits over bridge methods. It notes 8076 railroad crossings outside cities and outlines steps to address crossing hazards through boards of supervisors and the highway commission.
W H Williams of the state auditor's office reports the state executive council boosted the taxable value of telephone and telegraph properties in Iowa by nearly half a million dollars this year. Taxable values in 1914 were 4.7 million and in 1915 rose to 5.2 million, with county totals led by Pottawattamie at 162,252 and Woodbury, Polk, and Linn also shown at 150,047 1,400, and 83,383 respectively.
R K Bliss, director of the Iowa agricultural extension department, cites Northeastern Iowa developing into a dairy region with national potential. He notes 13 daily dairy testing associations in Iowa under extension supervision, with plans for a substantial rise in their number.
The Dubuque National Bank board announced last Friday the appointment of Joseph W. Meyer of Ossian Iowa as acting cashier. Meyer has spent the previous fifteen years as cashier of the State Bank of Ossian and has now assumed duties at the Dubuque institution.
Towa apples good in quality and abundant this year. National Apple Day on Tuesday October 19 celebrates the crop. Buying a barrel and feral Witter supply supports growers and benefits consumer health.
Iowa officials compiled by A J Small show the 1914 primary cost 8153.49 and the general election 163704, totaling 8317 208, with primary costing more in fifty counties. The Winneshiek district alone differed by over 500, raising questions about cost uniformity. The piece also notes President Wilson facing sugar tariff lobbying from both American beet interests and Seaboard Refiners, implying a richer proponent shift toward free sugar despite domestic production interests.
An 83 year old woman faces eviction from charitable care as Polk and Howard county authorities argue over responsibility. After losing husband and son years ago she moved from Des Moines to Elma. She became penniless and Howard county claims non residence, sending her back, while Des Moines refuses admission to the poor farm. The situation highlights county boundary disputes and improvised aid.
The University of Town possesses a precise clock that tracks star time. In the physics lab with lines to the astronomical observatory, instructor O. H. Truman adjusts it daily. It can be set to the hundredth of a second and stays within a second of universal time over three months.
A ten inch lamprey or petromyzon was found attached to a large carp caught near the Burlington Street dam in Iowa City. Taken to Prof Klingaman’s university lab, the specimen suggests origin from gulf waters, implying the parasite rode the fish upriver.
Mrs John Mallick of Cedar Rapids seeks a widow’s pension for her fourteen children after her husband died in a railroad accident. The case is cited as potentially the largest family aided under the new state law. The article notes themes of judgment and change from past methods.
Walter McCormack of Chicago argued before the Interstate Commerce Commission for Iowa packing houses in the live stock rate advance case. He noted Iowa raises about 11 million hogs yearly, supplying one sixth of the nation, and urged fixes to rates on hogs and hog products to prevent losses to Iowa plants from shipments to New York and Boston. Shippers’ counsel argued to equalize hog and hog product rates, signaling confidence they will win against railroads.
The department of agriculture offers guidance to prevent hog cholera including location of hog lots away from streams and roads, quarantine of new stock for two weeks, proper disposal of carcasses, confinement of dogs and pigeons, and strict sanitation. If cholera appears, treat with anti cholera serum, provide light diet and clean water, confine and spray pen areas, and remove manure with quicklime. Destroy nonrecovering hogs to prevent carrier spread.
Henry Dayton of Waukov, a prominent lawyer for more than fifty years, celebrated his 79th birthday on October 6. A surprise party was held with seven gentlemen friends in attendance, their combined ages totaling 381 years.
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