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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
12
A Pioneer Journal column in Wadena discusses editor struggles and reader critiques. It argues editors serve community good, facing constant scrutiny, political pressures, and unpaid subscriptions while toiling to publish.
A week of sales shows Jas Bigelow planning retirement from farming and leasing his farm to Kies. John Haxby held a large sale. he may move to Montana where his brothers live after selling his farm earlier to a western buyer. Sam Denlinger also sold his farm last week and will move to a new home after a prior sale to Jas Strane. Damel Schultz plans spring retirement and relocation to town after buying a newly erected home from his sister, Mrs Elizabeth McHitrick. Miss Frieda Hitrick sold personal property and her farm last fall. she travels to St Paul with her uncle Mr Cort to conduct the sale.
The Ozark Independent School District and District Township of Brandenburg are defendants in a quiet title action. The petition filed in Jackson County District Court seeks to determine ownership of the Southwest Quarter of Section Eight and Northwest Quarter of Section Seventeen in Township 85 North Range 1 West, East of the Fifth Principal Meridian. Defendants are notified to appear before the January term opening January 4 to defend. otherwise default and decree may be entered.
An ad-style passage touts applying antiseptic cream in the nose to cure a head cold and catarrh. It promises quick relief from dullness, headache, and congestion, with claims of instant soothing of swollen membranes and easier breathing.
The article previews Lillian Gish in the Griffith production Broken Blossoms on New Year's Eve at the Pastime Theatre. It praises Gish's dramatic impersonation and notes Oriental setting and costumes as part of the show’s appeal while calling it a great educator on oriental castes.
The golden crested wren is described as Europe’s smallest bird. It weighs about eighty grains troy on average, needing seventy two birds to equal a pound. Its feather length reaches about three and a half inches, and its body length is near a tenth of an inch when feathers are removed. This Christmas.
A Fayetteville Georgia letter from Dr A T Edwards quotes Mr T M McGough who says Tanlac cured his indigestion and constipation. He reports weight gain of seventeen pounds and improved health enabling him to work again. Tanlac is sold in Maquoketa Bellevue Lamotte and other towns through local agents.
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