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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1920
Page
11
Despite growing switch to mountain pens, demand for traditional steel pens remains high. Annual output estimates show about four tons of high grade steel used in pen factories, yielding roughly one million and a belt pens per ton. Wood types mentioned include Circassian walnut used in furniture and sold by weight, with notes on peculiar properties of the timber.
Attend the Jackson County Fair and make this store your headquarters for fall fashion. See ladies and misses suits in Serges and newer fabrics, fur trims, skirts in plaids and blues, serge and velvet dresses, long and short coats, unique pattern hats, and taffeta waists with radiant colorings. Prices range from 3.50 to 97.50. many items claim a fresh, stylish look.
Anamosa and nearby areas report a week of robberies. A driver on a bridge was forced to surrender $15 by three highwaymen, possibly including a woman. Another man, Jake Main, lost $63 when three robbers threatened him with revolvers before fleeing in their car. A burglary at Murphy & Brady's store was thwarted by a vigilant night watch who could not quickly assemble forces, and the intruders escaped before officers arrived.
Last Monday night a burglar broke into the residence of Mrs William Respaugh but was roused by a noise and fled before taking any loot.
A Toledo Ohio claim offers $100 reward for any catarrh case Hall’s Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Internal use of the remedy is said to reach the blood and mucous surfaces, strengthen constitution, and destroy the disease’s foundation. Testimonials listed upon request.
Iowa Democrats opened state headquarters on the marshalling floor of the Kirkwood hotel in Des Moines. A suite of four parlors housed party strategists with attendees including Dr J W Reynolds Creston state chairman L B Hill Des Moines vice chair C L Herring gubernatorial candidate Dr J W Porter Ottumwa in charge of spell-binders Charles O’Donnell L H Cook publicity man for the state committee and Frank G Moorehead Herring’s personal publicity man.
A reflection on the safety pin as humanity’s early tool against accident suffering. The piece contrasts human power with nature’s force, citing Daniel Webster on people's judgment as greater than arbitral power, while noting the safety pin as a foundational safety device.
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