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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1921
Page
12
A historic remedy touts a salverubbed ox with penetrating fumes to break colds. Instructions urge laying on vapors under bedclothes at night and repeating application, claiming use by doctors for tonsillitis spasms and related throat conditions with camphor eucalyptus and other ingredients.
The text notes mild springlike weather along the route and mentions visits by Mrs. Bradley and her relatives. It records a Farm Bureau meeting in Maquoketa with officer elections attended by farmers in the area.
The advertisement extols the soothing and healing properties of Chambers Cough Remedy. It highlights its pleasant taste, prompt cures, and popularity among mothers for colds croup and whooping cough.
The Presbyterian Aid Society will connect with Mrs Pete en for dinner Thursday December 15. Guests include Sims of Madison and Benjamin Holt of a guests at She Ber Lime time. Lanville Neler is home from Clinton for the weekend. Mrs John Miller is Maquoketa born. The funeral of the infant son of Gerald Holt of Maquoketa occurred this afternoon at the cemetery. Holt was formerly Miss Neleir Keenox and her family express sympathy.
Community individuals are listed in a sequence of personal updates. Entries mention visits, illnesses such as pneumonia, travel to Sterling and Maquoketa, and family health concerns. A public sale of the late Mrs. James Bankmeier estate is slated for December with a house and lot of about two acres up for bid.
John Blunt Sr. of West Branch dies aged 76 after a long life beginning in Birmingham England. He lived in Maquoketa, married Margaret Kepple in 1860, and was survived by his wife, four sons, five daughters, grandchildren, and two brothers. Funeral held in West Branch with burial at the Dannet farm area.
Preston residents hear a Christmas cantata The Manger Prince at the Methodist church next Sunday evening Dec 18 and a bagger sale by Catholic ladies at the opera house. Visits include Miss Delia Meyer stenographer at Preston Savings and Mrs Carl Ziebach with Mrs Earn Brovin of Devonport hosting relatives. Local figures named include Fred Kukkuck Ralph Waldo Emerson referenced in a club event and Charles Weasmer funeral attended by Jo and Mrs Warren Kelloye.
Clinton residents visit in Preston as Verne Rodewald and family host. Preston beat Lest Nation 24 to 2 last Friday. Bellevue visits Preston Friday night. Students prepare for Christmas program on Thursday December 15. Local child health note mentions Foley’s Honey Tar for cough relief.
A faded advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier. It claims to cleanse the blood and restore natural health, with circulars available from Foal Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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