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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
5
War department orders and postoffice authorities plan to issue a price list to 54,600 postmasters and rural route carriers who will act as government salesmen. Surplus food totaling 241000 tons of canned vegetables and meat will be sold at postage prices, with experts predicting sale completion within one week.
City Attorney Czizek accused a combine of hucksters and farmers controlling prices at the Famous Market. He urged license revocation and banning sales until prices were set reasonably. The council voted unanimously to close the market unless profiteering ended.
Fred Drury, 86, remains owner of 120 acres bought from the government. He holds the 1857 patent signed by James Buchanan, paid $1.00 per acre and values the land at $300 today. He has never mortgaged or encumbered the property and owns other real estate. The town’s land abstracts would likely note only two entries for this tract.
Regular notices from Hellon Lodge No 36 and Bath Chapter No 4 call for monthly meetings on the first and second Tuesdays respectively with visiting brothers welcome. Commandery No 40 holds fourth Tuesday meetings. Rebekah and I O O F lodges list regular Fridays or Tuesdays with visiting members welcome and local officers named. Mystic workers and Woodmen lodge reports also note monthly meetings and guest access.
A 1638 colonial court banned tobacco within twenty poles of houses and outlawed smoking in streets or wharves. Penalties ranged from two dollars to up to one hundred dollars in ropewalks. The article notes this prohibition was not repeated until 1880 and mentions undeveloped power sites along the Saguennsy River and reflections on education and water volume on Earth.
Davenport readers learn of Dr Edward Walsh offering treatments for heart and stomach troubles, rheumatic pain, and deafness. Patient testimonials claim improved sleep, strength, and hearing after his care, with office hours and a free trial offer at 126 W Third St Davenport Ia.
War department announces that French consent and a three year removal ban keep American soldiers buried in France. About 4.5 million bodies lie there and relatives may request disinterment if law changes. some prefer rest where they fell. American cemeteries and monuments to be created with French land grants and U S maintenance.
The Inna state fair runs August 20 to August 29 with preparation days opening the festival. Highlights include Children’s day free for under teen, Des Moines day, All Soldiers day with free admission for veterans, Civil War veterans day, State and Victory Jubilee, Live Stock Parade day, and Motor Race day with auto races and an aviation program.
The Britannica article notes that deaf people in America converse by signs with people from many nations including Red Indians. It argues sign language is a worldwide communication method used across the British Isles France Norway Sweden Poland Finland Italy Russia Turkey the United States and beyond, evidencing its natural universality.
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