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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
5
Stop suffering from asthma and buy Dr Rudolph Schiffmanns Asthmador today. If it does not give instant relief, a full refund from the druggist is promised. Local and mail orders guaranteed by Schiffmann. Wanlger's Drug Store, Decorah, carries it.
A scanned list shows Republican nominees for U S Senator A B Cummins Governor Reeves Clarke Lieut Governor Harding and others including Secretary of State Allen Auditor Shaw Treasurer Brown Attorney General Cosson and Thorne Railroad Commissioners. Non partisan candidates include several judges and a line of district and county officials with an extensive county committee slate across Decorah and surrounding towns.
County notes describe a wet week with threshing halted by heavy rains. Locals recall lightning strikes damaging phones and farm utilities, silos being filled, and families visiting. Several relatives from Ridgeway Cresco Decorah Fort Atkinson attend church and funerals while others travel to see friends and relatives.
Townsfolk gathered at the Kratz residence to celebrate 25 years of marriage. The home was fortified with supplies for guests and a cordial welcome. Rev. L. N. Day spoke, praising the couple as the crowd shared dinner and gifts, including silverware and a cash purse. Multiple locals noted visits, travels, and shopping in Cresco Decorah Calmar and nearby towns.
September notes from Pleasant Township recount frequent rain and active travel as Oliver Lein and Arthur Peterson visit Decorah and prepare for college. Local residents including Arne Foss Julius Ellingson and the Severson and Ellingson families socialize, call on neighbors, attend a dance, and discuss cattle trading while Arthur Ellingson helps with carpentry and returns from Astoria.
Cloth shortages and infant care tips from the Better Babies Bureau advise a comprehensive layette including four shirts and two dozen diapers, abdominal bands, knitted or flannel garments, and breathable fabrics. Guidance covers sock substitutes, diaper training, summer and winter dressing, and safe fastenings for newborns. The article emphasizes hygiene, avoiding rubber diapers, and proper night protection.
Mrs. M. Gallagher of Geneva New York narrates a year of acute indigestion and constipation. After tried treatments with little success she used Chamberlains Tablets and, within weeks, could eat heartily with no ill effects after two bottles. Sold by all dealers.
A Vladivostok report to the New York Sun says a bill to ban opium poppy growing in the Russian Far East has been proposed. The Ossuri coast, long led by Chinese poppy culture, has seen acreage rise from 826 in 1910 to 9450 in 1912, with rents up to 38.15 per acre and bandit guarding costs.
Early theories argued dual-arm use but now it is clear the brain’s two hemispheres have distinct roles. Handedness relates to more than arms, with a left eye sign of lefties. speech centers shift sides by dominant hand, and while one may atrophy in speech, interventions can revive it, Knowledge.
The passage traces the serpent motif through Egyptian myth with Moses and the subduing of lands, links Cadmus to serpentine symbolism, notes Wagnerian imagery of Alberich as a worm guarding Rheingold, and suggests the serpent’s trail in Greene and earlier American legends.
On September 25 1414 Vasco Nunez de Balboa and a small party climbed a steep ridge and from a summit beheld the great South Sea, a sight never before seen by a white man, marking Balboa as the discoverer of the Pacific.
An advertisement touts Po-De-Lax as a pleasant laxative that cures pimples indigestion headaches and liver troubles. It promises a clear complexion steady nerves and a healthy body with regular use and offers a money back guarantee.
Mrs W Florence of Rockfield Indiana praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a life saver after a summer illness. She recalls one dose checked the trouble and notes the product is sold by dealers.
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