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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
3
P TAKEN UP two year old heifer. P L Dell Route 1. FOR SALE Pop corn shelled or on 5 tob. Geo McDonald. FOR SALE Poland China Boar. Ceo Blike. Phone 29 F 11.
Cloudy to mild days with numerous local visits and moves. Numerous households change homes on Pleasant and Niagara Streets while social clubs meet and plan events. A 14 degree below zero morning contrasts with festive Christmas shopping weather and a birthday gathering at the Walker anniversary home.
Paul Scott of Route One purchased a nine month old shorthorn bull calf from Chris Werner for 225 dollars. Werner, a Jackson County farmer, began raising pure bred stock years ago to meet rising land prices, enabling calves to fetch higher prices than past, up from about 30 dollars.
Iowa City students and alumni launch a $1,000,000 drive from November 22 to 25 to fund a Student Union memorial building at the University of Iowa. The plan includes memorial tablets, rooms for societies, religious offices, and spaces for women students, with aims to teach true Americanism and preserve war service records across three conflicts. The effort extends beyond Iowa to more than forty cities nationwide, led by district chairs and local volunteers.
Tholmere the grand champion black Angus, winner at the Chicago International, and several herd mates burned to death when the railroad wrecked en route to Ohio. Idelmere, raised by Otto Battles, changed hands for 400 then 1200, later valued at 50000 by the owner. Other prize cattle were lost, harming the breeder and the Black Angus association.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion and constipation, claiming they tone the stomach and stimulate liver and bowels. It touts a general remedy approach, mentions Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional cure, offers a reward for failure, and urges readers to buy from local druggists.
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