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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
4
Drafted men at Camp Dodge face forty hours weekly with evenings free for recreation and planned football contests. Night training is emphasized including trench operations and relief party work as officers push to ready recruits for frontline duties by October.
Ross Roberts, a young man from near Fayette, was attacked around 11 pm by three masked men who bound him gagged him with matches and a handkerchief and beat him with a revolver before abandoning him by the road. He crawled home and was found unconscious.
Albert Findlay was fatally injured while oiling a running thresher with George Findlay nearby near Oelwein. Albert slipped and fell between the fly wheel and drive wheel as his right limb was mangled left arm broken and skull crushed. George stopped the engine and others aided in removing him. Despite a specialist and a nurse the victim could not be saved.
An old advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as a tense and strengthening remedy for backache rheumatic pains stiff joints and sore muscles claiming to protect the kidneys by filtering impurities in the blood and ease overworked fatigue.
A Wall Street letter describes the United States rapidly mobilizing for war and expanding its army and navy without crippling industry or finance. The piece argues the nation is entering a historic military and maritime effort to preserve civilization and world peace, despite public unease.
The O'Connor store building at Lawler collapsed Monday evening as the west wall fell inward and the roof dropped to the basement taking two floors. Goods carried by the Connor Brothers were heavily damaged and may be a total loss. The building had been condemned and partial repairs were underway. Residents had vacated the upper floors.
Aubrey Johnson son of Mr and Mrs C V Johnson won second prize at the Town state fair for livestock and corn judging. The scholarship prize is a year at Ames State College, awarded because rivals had college advantages. He plans to use the scholarship after Cresco High School graduation.
A carload of wool sold in West Union to a Boston firm for 3000 dollars. The wool fetched about 60 cents a pound. Dave Shuman bought the wool from local growers and sold it to the Boston firm.
Mabel Record says a tarantula nearly five inches long leapt from a banana bunch to Jimmie's hand at Jimmie's Restaurant and bit him. The arm swelled immediately but the doctor dressed the wound and no complications followed.
W H Burling and W G Bulman drove their Sunday school class to Decorah last Friday. They visited the ice cave and the park and enjoyed a pleasant day touring nearby sights.
Chas from Brownsville Tex writes that Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe remedy for children's coughs. He praises its lack of opiates and quick lasting relief, recommending it to friends. Stops-ino Bertston's Pharmacy.
Iowa’s 32 county agents plus 20 war emergency agents outlined plans at Iowa State College to secure seed corn and winter wheat seed. A state exchange bureau for farm products and a farm labor bureau exchange were discussed. Two new county agents were announced: Charles A. Burge to Adair and Clyde H. Combs to Fayette. Additional appointments expected in Woodbury Madison Delaware Franklin and Jefferson within ten days.
Dr. N A Kippen of Independence launches a silver black fox ranch on the city outskirts. Claimed to be the first of its kind in Iowa, the venture aims to attract interest and yield financial success. Kippen recently returned from Canada with two pairs of foxes and prepared proper living quarters.
Elma marshal Ganson faced charges after opposing the draft and urging others to ignore the law. Deputy U.S. Marshal Houston took him to Cedar Rapids for trial. he posted $6,000 bonds and lost his marshal position.
A letter from State Game Warden E C Hinshaw instructs deputy wardens to prevent any duck shooting before September 16 under federal law. They must gather evidence against violators and forward it for prosecution, cooperating with U S officials statewide.
The Waverly community mourns John O Laughlin after a balloon ascent ended with a fatal plunge. He dropped roughly 1500 to 2000 feet and was found dead on the Illinois Central right of way north of the depot. Eyewitnesses say he struck a pile of rails and tumbled to the ground.
Charley Demro, plastering a new Lew Harrison garage, found a lump in the plaster. Digging it out he uncovered a silver dollar and two half dollars likely dropped by the thief who sacked the site.
Bennie Hazeltine thirteen was pulled thirty feet high by a hay fork after his hands became entangled while helping his father gather the hay crop. He is in a Cedar Rapids hospital recovering from the shock.
Notice requests all parties planning new telephone installations or address changes to notify the Local Manager before September 15 to ensure correct listing in the new October directory issued by 2 Standard Telephone Co.
An old advertisement promotes Burdock Blood Bitters for heavy impure blood and a pale complexion with symptoms like headaches and nausea. It also markets Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for various ailments including baby’s croup cuts bruises sore throat and lameness, priced 3c and 60c.
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