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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
3
A new Maquoketa store will open around January 1 offering groceries and related items at cost plus a small service fee. The Community Store promises 20 to 30 percent savings by buying in volume and eliminating speculative profits, with open invoices and no profit on merchandise.
The Great Jones County Fair runs August 24 to 27 in Monticello with the 4th Regimental band performing daily. Acts include Gus Hornbrook’s Spurts of the Plains with a large cast, Melliso Sisters, Leach LaQuillan Trio, and Sigsbew’s Dogs. Six horse races offer purses totaling 2507 dollars plus two $500 stakes, daily baseball doubleheaders, night concerts, vaudeville, and fireworks.
The article recalls Walter Browne, author of the morality play Everywoman, who died suddenly on the night of his staged triumph at Herald Square Theatre. Browne, a New York newspaper reporter, dedicated years to transforming the sixteenth century morality play into a modern epic, assisting with casting, sets, and revisions. The piece notes his relentless drive and tragic death just as his work neared its first success.
A Maquoketa resident N. Chase of S Main St. reports kidney pain and back ache relieved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy strengthened his kidneys and removed pain after a few boxes. Price 60 cents, sold by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N.Y.
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