24 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
1
The Decorah Republican announces weekly publication from 111 Winnebago Street. It notes second class mail status and weekly Thursday issues. Includes advertising for M D Hoeg physician surgeon with office hours and contact details.
A mosaic of lines blends grief over war’s toll with religious reflections asking for peace. It critiques Huerta as a troublemaker, jokes about future map sellers, and notes scattered comments on Italy and Mount Vesuvius, all in a fragmented early 20th century editorial voice.
A long column mix of political commentary and social notes discusses tariff policy, European war impacts, and public figures. It critiques politicians, notes veteran topics like income tax, wartime deficits, and moving pictures, while highlighting agricultural and livestock trends, energy shifts, and meat imports. The piece also muses on national prosperity, press constraints, and the broad economic outlook.
The advice urges a warm greeting that reaches both eyes and mouth. It highlights how a genuine smile signals friendliness and invites others to notice the people who wear that mark of goodwill on their faces.
The Clayton anti-trust bill in the senate includes a clause that would wipe out liquor shipments into dry states or counties with local options, a stricter measure than the Webb act. Liquor interests fear the provision could end the mal order liquor business in dry territory and halt shipments across wet and dry borders within states, risking severe federal penalties.
The Charles City Boy Scouts are invited by B S Marrener to aid song birds through winter by supplying cages that hold food and have a perch. Marrener provides wood and wire while scouts construct cages and mount them in trees citywide. The plan envisions many cages across the state, benefiting birds and youths alike.
Engineers aim to avert disaster from a granite wall by draining water through a tunnel high in the Chilean Andes about ten thousand feet up. The project seeks to generate electric current and light for valley cities by developing water power, supplying multiple communities below.
U S Department of Agriculture Bulletin 260 argues 2 000 000 acres planted to beets in 19 states including Illinois Iowa Kansas Minnesota Nebraska Ohio and others could render the United States independent of foreign sugar. It notes 2 000 000 farms and 278 000 000 acres of improved land in these states and suggests a three acre patch per farmer would suffice with minimal impact on other crops.
A historical notice urges readers to kill a marked army worm moth with one tinted wing and report details to the Bureau of Entomology in Washington. It warns of deliberate coloring and release to study migration, with Virginia already reporting sightings and strict caution against any further releases.
Governor George W. Clarke proclaims Friday October 1, 1914 as Fire Prevention Day. He urges public meetings to discuss hazards to life and property by fire, stresses individual responsibility, water supply, fire departments, and inspecting premises to prevent fires. The message calls on the Towa people to reflect on losses from fire and how to reduce them.
Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, begins Sunday September 27 at sundown and runs through Wednesday September 30 with services in all churches. Evening services Sunday and Monday, morning services 8 to 11 on Monday and Tuesday, fast on Tuesday as atonement day, all day services on Wednesday. Calendar year 5075.
The Waverly Independent notes Democrats cry over tax hikes while alleging Governor Clarke is to blame. It cites Hamilton’s board of control tenure from 1906 to 1909 with higher yearly expenditures, plus votes on Capitol grounds purchases, including C. W. Miller. It argues Republicans face criticism while others campaign with insinuations.
One hundred years ago Louis XVII entered Paris to ascend the French throne after Napoleon’s defeat. Grenadiers lined the streets as the royal procession moved toward Notre Dame. Beside the king rode the Duchess of Angouleme, once royal princess, who fainted upon entering the Tuileries after twenty two years away.
A historic note recalls a bucket theft at Bologna sparking a long medieval war between Modena and rival states. It also cites a debt dispute in Algiers leading to a twenty year war and Algerian French possession. An instrument now measures earthwork in railroad cuts without complex calculations. Aluminous compounds are used to make shoe soles for workers in wet environments.
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