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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1920
Page
4
A fragment suggests an author told friends he would not back down from selling his books. He stated readers could buy them if they wished, signaling resolve against opposition. The garbled text references Toews and a confrontation over readers choosing to read.
In a Popular Mechanics blurb, a novel alarm clock uses a phonograph to wake the user without a bell. It plays recorded tunes such as I Don’t Care if You Never Come Back and Everybody Wants the Key to My Collar, offering a gentler start to the day.
A commissioned study shows railroad freight rates are a small share of consumer costs. Freight costs average about 24 percent of total, with increases in freight charges over five years far behind goods value gains. Comparisons abroad and examples of prewar and postwar rates illustrate rail transport remains the cheapest component of the price of living, despite some rate rises.
Fragmented notes report upcoming soldier reunion in Dewitt October 4 5 6 with attendance by Secretary of War Robt T Lincoln and Governor Sherman. Telegraph and telephone links between Clinton and Dewitt demonstrated, while local items note harvest yields and a major Maquoketa blaze earlier year.
Writes Jotn Simpkins, a farmer near Anandale New Jersey, about rats plaguing his farm. He describes trying ferrets and poison without success, then buys a RAT-SNAP kit for 1.00 dollar that comes in five cakes. After using half, rats die, leaving no odor as the product dries them. The ad, sold and guaranteed, lists Sno White Pharmacy and McAllister Stores as outlets.
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