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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1921
Page
3
In Dewit Observer style a man named Donald Thomas earned wages by hauling a wrecked motor party last Monday. The occupants escaped injury and the car owner offered transport from near Maquoketa to his home city. Donald obtained a car for the task and sold it for 33 dollars to Max Rich for luck.
Last Friday at about 4 30 p m a fire broke out in Chas Badrick s barn west of Main Street. The flames swept the structure before alarm and fire company could respond, but nearby buildings were saved. Stewart &
A garbled jumble of classified lines offers sale items and rentals. It lists yellow tomatoes for preserving, an up to date house for sale, two front office rooms for rent, sand and plaster supplies, and a government clerkship ad. Names and addresses include Mrs. David Kenyon and Louis Patridge, plus Maquoketa and Washington references.
Fragmentary OCR mentions soldiers, wages, unemployment, and military themes. Key entities include Phybos, Seige tom Stine, and Marvel Midd. plus references to Caryn priors and lower wages. The text hints at economic strain and military context without coherent specifics.
Movements and visits across towns include Max Adler and family trips from Con Crow Ley to Fort Dodge, Prof. K. C. Smith and wife returning to Center Junction, Mrs. F. W. Bowers of Sabula spending a day in Preston, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jargo visiting the Westphal home near Rockford. A newborn boy joins Burt Taylor’s family, while relatives visit and travel among Preston, Maquoketa, Clinton, and nearby communities.
Theses Verna Ripple Huth Stoll Lesh Blatchley and Marguerite Henry of Maquoketa visited Miss Dorothy Stoll in Preston, returning Saturday. Delegates from Preston to the Lutheran Convention in Dubuque included Rev W P Latdreok Miss Helen Schroeder Elsie and Menora Nieland and Mr and Mrs Fred Schroeder. The progressive citizens discuss an Artificial Lake. Nick Godes shows improvement at home on the North. Dr C H Armstrong of Miles was a Preston caller. Chas Stoll of Maquoketa and family were Preston visitors. Gate Melchoix Rudy Lordstrom George Siegel of Milwaukee stopped in Preston en route to Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Fret Reach moved to New Hampton with Dr Leo Gordon. Rev and Mrs L S Spooner returned Friday after two months in Chicago. Mac and Mrs P Gordon and Mr J T Marrow spent last week in Davenport. Sewer work blocks streets causing heat in Preston.
Convict Joh Petersen, recently moved from Ft Madison after a January sentence for weapon and other charges, committed suicide by hanging in his cell Sunday morning. A guard found him when the cell door was opened, and the prisoner reportedly tried to harm staff with threats before acting.
An inquest was held Sunday morning before Justice McMurrin regarding a man found deceased at a home in Missouri. Peterson’s brother arrived from the estate to claim the body after the accident.
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