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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
11
A gorilla in the monkey house voices a wish to stay or leave the zoo, saying he came by ship from Japan and warns visitors that zoos rarely suit him. He remarks on looking human yet lacking sense, and recalls trying to make the best of the attention while debating whether to stay. A child narrator recalls sharing a seat and being told to yield it, ending with laughter and exit quotes.
The Southeastern Iowa Hereford Breeders Association met in Maquoketa last Saturday and decided to hold their first annual spring sale. Members including L. K. Cornelius Henry Meyers and Son James Stokesbury and William Becker Jr pledged a large, high quality stock offering with a focus on heifer prospects. Jackson county members express pep and enthusiasm for the coming year.
The Brady Electric Co plans to order a set of Hereford films to be shown in country school houses, expanding educational access and introducing visual material to rural classrooms.
If fuel costs rise crude oil may heat homes in prairie states such as Kansas and the Dakotas. Center draft stoves like Cote's hot blast would burn crude petroleum from a gasoline stove tank, dripping onto the fire to produce a steady hot flame safely left overnight.
In Clinton county a large farm sale at E. H. Brimmer last Friday drew buyers and steady prices. Fourteen milk cows averaged about $100 each while farm machinery sold for nearly twice its original cost from four years ago. The sale totaled over $1000 and was noted by Lou Meinke, a busy sale driver who keeps the crowd engaged and moves quickly.
Charles Meyers of Washington, a Hereford breeder in Jackson County, completed remodeling his barns to better fit his stock for sales and shows. This fall he constructed a 16 by 20 hollow tile silo, enhancing his breeding operation.
Harry Penrose and J. B. Harrington labor costs noted along with Lane Furniture Co office stoos. G. O. Morse rebates recorded. Sewer Fund shows Davenport Machine & Foundry Co. supplying manhole covers for 114.00 dollars, cost entries totaling 36.00 dollars appear in the water fund.
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