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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
1
Directory style notice listing multiple professionals and businesses in Decorah Iowa. Includes Albert E. Conrad M D J Daly M D C Hoeg M D W Strand E P Johnson building and W M Strand electrical treatment. Also mentions Sugar Bowl Ice Cream Factory printing bookbinding fair prices and Lutheran Publishing case. Addresses include Otner Water and Washington Streets.
A compendium of editorials and quips reflects on world affairs, leadership, industry, and currency. It ponders peace, prosperity, rail strikes, and nationalism, noting Constantine and Hughes, U S debt, paper prices, and Russia’s vast manpower while contrasting democracy, journalism, and policy with period voice.
The Dubuque Times Journal reviews the 1912 Democratic platform stressing economy. It attacks Republican excesses, cites vast expenditures by the Sixty-fourth Congress, and predicts a growing deficit under McAdoo’s treasury juggling. It argues for reduced offices and lower taxes to restore purchasing power.
Senator Burton of Ohio, campaigning in Maine, notes Democrats used every recourse and Wilson’s popularity rose. He calls the Maine result highly significant, predicting a strong influence on the November election and strengthened Republican confidence in Hughes. He cites speeches by Hughes and Colonel Roosevelt as impactful.
The Rock Island railway receiver is authorized by a federal court to renew 87.5 million in gold notes now past due. The route’s finances would be sound were it not for high financing by certain parties who manipulated it for personal gain.
Governor George W. Clarke designated Monday October 8 as fire prevention day across the state in a proclamation last week. The document notes 1153 fires reported to the state fire marshal with daily property losses exceeding 870000 dollars. Roumania has entered the European War, leaving Norway Sweden Holland Switzerland and Spain neutral.
Republicans win Maine by about 13 000 and take governor two senators and all four congressmen. The win signals progressive realignment back to Republicans and foreshadows Hughes victory in November. Democrats fail to elect Johnson. national party leaders campaigned but defeated.
Condensed statement alleges Underwood bill cuts duties on twenty northern products while keeping tariffs on rice cotton tobacco and angora goat hair. Claims imports rise and revenues fall with Democratic shifts. Cites 1915 and Republican year figures and projected future payments by Southern and Northern states.
Champ Clark the Democratic Speaker of the House says the Maine election result was a beating and offers blunt commentary. He contrasts the honesty with remarks from Democratic leaders including Vance McCormick and Josephus Daniels criticized as sophistical. Senator Vardaman of Mississippi calls Progressives having “returned to the wallow.”
Sixty years ago on August 8 Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ridley drove oxen to a Des Moines River campsite and founded Estherville. Last week they celebrated their sixtieth anniversary on the original Ridley farm with neighbors nearby.
After six infantile paralysis cases found by Dr. Howard at Maquoketa, the state university physician, the board of health and city council ordered three weeks of school closures. Children under 16 are barred from theatres and churches and Sunday schools must close. Rigid quarantines are in force and strict safety rules are enforced.
Washington notes on wool exports and tariffs from 1913 to 1916. The piece cites rising wool prices, free wool policy shifts, and revenue losses totaling over 100 million dollars while American consumers paid higher taxes. Wyoming led in wool production, Montana close behind, with detailed export figures and tariff arguments.
The clerk of the Iowa supreme court corrected and mailed the docket for the coming session to the involved attorneys. Clerk Mr. Garrett said the schedule is one of the heaviest in years, reflecting numerous cases on the calendar.
The article warns of shrinking tin ore sources worldwide as many mines stall or reduce output. Only Holivia appears to promise steady supply and future growth, while the rest face decline. The piece frames tin scarcity as an emerging global concern with long term implications.
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