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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1921
Page
2
A rough note questions why the town’s financial statement is not published. It asks how funds are spent, whether the town is in debt, and if taxpayers have seen the last two to three years’ statements. It urges publication and suggests residents would care to review the figures.
Local readers hear neighbor Francis Wing of Dearborn Street recounts two years of lumbago and back pain. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from Broxam and Hinckley's Drug Store his condition improved with no further attacks. Poster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the remedy at 60 cents.
July 8 report from Des Moines notes a World’s Christian Endeavor Convention urging Christian principles before thousands of adults and children. The event featured songs like Onward, Christian Soldiers and Brighten the Corner Where You Are as thousands listened in. In city streets and stores, women campaigners promote the cause with signs and window displays.
The obituary chronicles the life of a daughter of Benjamin and Susan Shellenberger born near Yamburg in October, who grew to womanhood in Windsou and later moved to Clinton County. She and her husband raised a son Edward and a daughter Agnes, lived in Matteson Avenue, and remained devoted to the Reformed Church at Homburg. She died July 11 at age substantial, after years of decline, with son Ed and his family caring for her. Surviving relatives include a daughter Agnes, a son Edward, a granddaughter, and other Beidler relations.
M A Pease of 1514 Walker Street Des Moines recounts severe stomach trouble rheumatism and nerve distress before using Tarlac. He credits dramatic improvement in appetite stomach function and sleep with weight gain and ability to work after starting the treatment.
Mrs E R Donaldson of First Baptist Sunday School, 82 Cleveland Ave Dubuque, testifies publicly endorsing Tru tona medicine. She reports weight gain sleep improvement and relief from pains after using the remedy and urges keeping Tru tona in every home. Purchases noted at Maquoketa and local drug stores.
A funeral service was held Friday July g 1921 at Mt Hope cemetery for a Congregational Church member. Dr Mr officiated the rites at the ceremony conducted in the chapel or church grounds.
Realart presents A Private Scandal starring Relsh Lewis as Stoneman and Williams as Cherry Malotte in a famed cast from The Birth of Nation and The Suppers. The article notes their enduring success and upcoming performances Wednesday and Thursday showings at the New Orpheus venue.
The fragment names McAvoy and Bruce Gordon among actors in English stage successes. It mentions titles like Sentimental Tom and Forbidden Valley and notes omissions such as Igerated My Back See My Lawyer and Curtain.
A terse meditation on remaining solitary within crowds. It elevates solitude as a personal virtue, contrasting ease of isolation with the discipline required to sustain independence while living among others. The text asserts strength in choosing solitary paths.
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