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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
2
A notice outlines annual subscription prices set at 2.00 dollars per year in the United States and 250 dollars per year in Canada, indicating regional pricing for readers.
Iowa City endorses the memorial union campaign as business groups from across the state back the effort to fund a new building at the State University. Fred W. Sargent says endorsements from commercial bodies will mobilize members to aid the drive to honor war heroes and provide a center for student development. Endorsing bodies include the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, Greater Des Moines committees, and the Commercial Club of Ottumwa.
A clergyman recalls parishioners who reveal truth about himself and a reader prefers sermons without the written book. The excerpt notes a humorous exchange about memory and repetition in preaching.
Mrs. CL BL Stephens of Benson Nebraska, over 90, knitted hospital socks for the Red Cross and bought Liberty War Savings Stamps. She is one of two surviving members of the class of 1838 and advocates Iowa Memorial Union’s $1,000 fundraising effort to build a campus memorial for university war service. Her annual commencement attendance remains strong, having once earned a spiking cup for top class attendance.
An ad extols Chamberlain's Tablets to improve digestion by thoroughly masticating food and eating with five hours between meals, suggesting meals will become a real pleasure after taking tablets after supper.
A jumble of short items notes beliefs about isolating sick family members to prevent spread, plus garden variety remedies. It references Archies cricket moment, Kangaroo farming, and Chamberlain's Tablets as aids for indigestion and constipation. The tone mirrors a busy archival page of random health tips and curiosities.
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