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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1920
Page
5
An advertisement recounts Mrs Rozalia of 24 Suver Street New Britain Conn praising PE-RU-NA for catarrh of the stomach and general mucous membrane health. It emphasizes early use to speed recovery from coughs colds and catarrhal conditions.
City Council met in regular session with Mayor Morden and officials present. Minutes of prior meetings approved. Bills listed include salaries for city officials, per diems, labor, supplies, and various vendors, totaling numerous entries for city funds and water fund.
McArthur-Eaton reports bid from Osa Hansen at 209.40 for City Hall painting per file specs. Public Grounds & Buildings Committee authorized to contract. council approves and adjourns with Ayes Hansen Hamley McArthur Eaton. Mayor Morden signs, Clerk Bauman attests.
The article lists books on communication with the dead and the afterlife including Lodge and Hyslop works. It notes three gifts received this month: the 1919 Hawkeye from Harold Keely, a curio from Rev. Lewis, and a McKinley portrait donated by Mrs. G C Gallagher. It also advertises RAT SNAP and rubber restoration tips.
Bold ad touts Phosphated Iron as a cure for run down, weak and nervous states. It promises restored energy, better sleep, and “rugged health” through iron and phosphates. BRONA HINCKLEY Druggists and others are named as distributors.
Stride of ostrich changes when alarmed to 14 foot steps, carrying it at 25 miles per hour. Ginger in Jamaica commands prices over twice those of other crops, with favorable conditions yielding up to four thousand pounds per acre.
A collage of notices lists rent ads rooms for Mrs Walter Palmer and other listings for sale items such as a seven room residence with bath gas or owner financing. hay stock and cattle feed. brick residence and household furnishings. eleven acres with new house and orchard. Barred Rock Cockerels. and lost items including a garnet brooch and a fountain pen fragment. Also calls for stock salesmen and subscription solicitors in the area with local contact names and addresses.
Tasmania is described with its size and key industries coastal ridges and inland farms. A Chicago heat record mentions summer heat and street crowds as snow is dumped from a refrigerating pipes drifted snow forms a deep pile. The Asphalt discovery note explains road use of bitumen from Swiss sources and wagon wheel crushes creating a smoother surface.
A fragmentary note reflects on lines to remember and mentions a few uncertain desertions with terse remarks on trust and importance. It preserves a scholarly voice and uses antiquated phrasing to hint at historical debates about memory and fidelity.
The southern hemisphere sees different stars while some constellations appear at varying times of the year in both hemispheres. If Earth's axis stayed perpendicular to its orbit, northern constellations would vanish from view in the south, but the axis tilts seasons shift which constellations are visible in each hemisphere.
A Scientific American item describes Norwegian sailors using a wire connected telephone system on a boat. A mic lowered overboard transmits underwater disturbances to the listening device on deck as fish hold a notional meeting.
A St Louis man was arrested for repeatedly stealing eight pounds of metal, claiming he did it because his wooden leg was ailing him and he needed money to buy a new prosthetic leg. Police report he confessed to the thefts and cited his injury as motive.
Calgary Alberta reports on municipal playgrounds offering baseball diamonds soccer fields gulf links and grounds for other sports. The city notes 5 000 coffers in the population of 73 000.
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