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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1920
Page
3
The article blends a lengthy district claims list from a 1820 session with notes on rat control products RAT-SNAP praised by James Dax Jr. and a brief historical aside about linen sheets in royal times. It mixes legal item lines, county expenditures, and an advertiser blurb for pest control.
County supervisors convened to organize for dining and to review finance reports. They approved payrolls for 1921 officers, named monthly obligations, fixed salaries for County Engineer and janitor, and directed the County Auditor to issue monthly warrants from the county fund.
In a terse note from a local exchange, Shirley learns of her grandmother’s death after days of unclear signals. The report hints at an urgent inquiry by the Uns Missi, with tensions rising as family members confront the abrupt loss and the unsettled feelings surrounding the event.
The document records a 1920s county supervisors meeting with agenda items on session bills, adjournment, and a mandated county auditor. It highlights a printer’s economy focus and praises ink usage by leading firms, urging careful communication with customers and attention to internal remedies.
Fragmented OCR text hints at Mary Ellen mentioning clothespin and clothing in a puzzled scene. The readable parts imply a garbled note about dressmaking or laundry with lost items, but no clear event, date, or identifiable subjects. The record remains a damaged, uncertain item.
Notice given that the last will of Ellen G. Phelps, late of Jackson County Iowa, has been opened and read. The court scheduled a hearing for January 26 1920 to prove the will before the District Court of Jackson County Iowa. Also includes unrelated vendor and patent medicine ad text about rat and mice control products.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Abnickerbackers and the Washington Star. The readable parts reference women and a certain amount related to them, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable individuals.
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