28 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
1
The Decorah Republican lists area listings including medical doctors J Daly C, Farriette Amy, Woodward, Barthell, plus Otto Dahlheim Sugar Bowl Ice Cream Factory, publishing house, steamship agency, dress goods, textiles and various local services with locations on Water Street Decorah Iowa and nearby avenues. Subscriptions and rates for the paper are noted.
A compendium of 1916 era editorials and jabs covering politics, tariffs, prohibition, cotton and rail markets, and social roles. It cites Wilson, Carranza, Roosevelt, and the US as a rising export power with dry states and looming naval budgets, while commenting on journalism, law, and wills with a local tone.
The Kings County Bull Moose leader William Hamlin Childs calls for Republican based economics as the path to prosperity. The piece notes editorials praising foreign policy failings and warns of war risk involving Sweden and Norway amid world tensions.
The home economics department at Iowa State College plans hot noon lunches for country school children. About 300 rural teachers and county superintendents enrolled in a summer session course to learn to prepare hot dishes during school hours. The program covers outfitting equipment and ideas for serving meals alongside home-brought lunches, plus sewing and household management topics.
An Iowa district court ruling by Judge A House of Maquoketa in Muscatine county limits probate fees. The estate of Margaret Dallas prompted the decision, halving charges for clerks who sought beyond the general fee. The ruling targets nonstandard charges for certificates bonds and prourt orders, ending decades of fee confusion from interwoven code sections.
The Iowa State College engineering experiment station reports Maquoketa shales across Jackson Dubuque Delaware Chiyten Fayette Winneshiek and Howard counties show potential value for clay ware manufacture. Samples from multiple areas are under test at the college.
President Wilson designates November 25 as Thanksgiving in a proclamation praising peace amid war in Europe. He notes the nation's year of discipline and blessing, calls for national prayer, thanks to Almighty God, and urges Americans to pause work and give thanks.
Judge Carpenter of the U S district court in Chicago issues a permanent injunction restraining officials of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway from refusing deliveries of liquor to Iowa consignments on written orders. The order, directed to the railroad receiver daceh M Dickinson, requires consignees to designate draymen to receive liquor and marks shipments for personal use. The court denies the Iowa intervention. The injunction, first granted six weeks ago, covers Theodore Hamm Brewing Co of St Paul Minneapolis Brewing Co of Minneapolis The Heil e man Brewing Co of La Crosse and Rock Island Brewing Co of Rock Island.
W H Williams chief clerk in the revenue department has completed adjusting the state property taxable values as ordered by the state executive council. The total taxable value of the state's property excluding moneys and credits is 47 406 539 growing from 20 20 000 92 in 1914, an increase of 44 Slides. The moneys and credits this year total 270 506 356 versus 250 218 478 a year ago.
W H Williams reports Iowa per capita taxable wealth up $46.08 in the last year under 1915 readjusted assessments. Per capita wealth stands at 1825.01, with total wealth listed at 4,060,132,015 and moneys and credits at 270,506,350. State tax levy for 1916 reduced from 4.9 to 4.5 mills, saving nearly 509,000 versus direct taxation this year.
The Thirty-sixth general assembly cost about 2247,0067 according to WH Williams of the auditor of state’s office, slightly less than the Thirty-fifth. The report lists salaries, mileage, sundries, and inaugural and printing expenses with estimates noted. Senate stationery choices led to 150,000 printed letterheads becoming surplus, awaiting reuse.
The state dairy department has obtained a state trademark for dairy products from the Washington patent office. A dedicated committee will meet to set usage rules and standards. The five members are the Iowa State Dairy Association president, the Iowa State Butter Makers president, the Iowa State College agriculture dean, the college dairying professor, and the state dairy commissioner.
Mrs. Frank Dodson, state suffrage campaign manager, announced at the state convention at the Savery hotel that Governor George W. Clarke will issue a call for a special suffrage election sixty days before the June primaries to safeguard the amendment vote. She said this move prevents defeat on technical grounds and aids the vigorous campaign to make suffrage legal.
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