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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
4
A fragmentary diary of social visits and local happenings recounts hostesses at luncheons and suppers, weekend visits to cottages and farms, picnics, church group activities, and residents traveling to nearby towns for business and leisure. Notable names include Mrs W C Swigart, Mrs Geo Rightmire, Adam fathers of Orange Center, Alma Isbell of Des Moines, and various Baldwin Davenport and Rochelle residents.
Mrs. J E Moore and companions drove to Will Selmeider route 4 for a pleasant day. Mrs Maud Berry hosts Kensington club dinner at six with a surprise for birthday girls Mrs PJ Hoffman and MrsCharles son. Miss Margaret Carroll returns to Davenport after visiting the O McCaffrey home. John Wright Jr travels to Davenport. Mrs T W Flatley and daughters Rosalie and Theresa of Delmar were business callers today.
Conditions favor a strong purebred livestock display at the Iowa State Fair with high auction sale activity behind robust market prices. Premiums in cattle total 1,000 plus larger sums for all livestock, plus cups and medals, promising a large turnout of breeders and an estimated 6,900 head across cattle horses poultry and other stock.
A short advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as easy to take and gentle. It notes their high regard among users and mentions a price of a quarter. Staack & Luckiesh Broxam & Hinckley.
A Chicago police report details a large scale forgery ring operating from Fort Leavenworth Prison printing office. Twenty three men forged 1000 subtreasury checks and private company checks, including United Fruit of New Orleans, using bank paper and fake letterheads. A former soldier, wrongly accused, triggered arrests leading to indictments of 15 to 20 conspirators, with individuals named including Bob Jones and Arthur Matheson.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune recounts a brief moment during a walk with a girl named Cigral and remarks by Aunt Cathere Mectar. The readable text hints at an immediate reaction and a question about the girl's age without providing full context or details.
A fragmented OCR item from a New York page notes a dispute or conflict involving a party named Kidds New York. The readable portion suggests a legal or property matter centered in New York, with unclear parties and details. Further text needed for precise entity capture.
An advertisement urges sufferers of piles to try Whitney Trestnex, claiming it restores health without immediate surgery. It is advertised as easily applied, with a guarantee, and lists Broxam & Hinckley, Staack & Lucnesh druggists in Maquoketa as sellers, and Whitney Method, Limited in Des Moines and Tow.
There will be no preaching service at the Reformed church in Maquoketa nor at Buckhorn next Sunday as the pastor will be absent. Sunday school continues at the usual hour of 9 45 a m with Henry Nieland as superintendent and DF Boomershine as pastor.
Cat and seven year old Paul with his aunt play near a cutting edge. The child glimpses only a hind quarter while a passerby remarks that the creature’s head appears from the water. The scene ends with astonishment as observers try to identify the animal.
In Cane Province South Africa chicory yields a strong crop with prices around 250 to 800 rands per ton, traders report steady demand from the local market amid favorable growing conditions and steady prices.
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