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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
5
Town police warn all residents and auto owners to clearly display vehicle licenses as required by law. Officers report confusion over license fees and receipts and advise owners to obtain written bank or authorized receipts proving timely license applications.
A note urges drivers to keep a properly signed statement to avoid humiliation, time, and expense if stopped for driving under an obsolete license number. The advisory emphasizes preparedness and the potential savings in hassle and cost. The piece appears as a public notice promoting the newspaper.
Buckwheat suits thin soil and areas where spring sown crops fail. It requires little lime, tolerates low-grade fertilizers, and can be a summer cover crop to green manure. The crop helps improve exhausted land, yields on newly cleared ground or drained marsh, and is promoted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with free Bull. 1062 available from Washington DC.
The article notes long standing use of dolls to aid young minds, citing ancient practice among Africa's native tribes where marred women carried a doll until a chin formed, then discarded the toy.
Farm for sale details include 100 acres cultivated with balance in blue grass timber pasture. Rolling clay land with a full set of buildings and a new 200-ton silo. Fenced and cross fenced, good road to town. Price 150 per acre with $5,000 down and balance over 5 or 10 years. View Hawkeye Land Co at 103 E Platt St. Offer ends February 1. Also warns farmers about rat borne diseases and promotes RAT-SNAP pest control. Deft mentions China deer horn trade for medicines.
A science note states the total weight of all people on earth is estimated at 106000000 tons. The claim is presented as a rough mass estimate to illustrate human scale and mass comparison.
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