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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1921
Page
2
A newspaper note expresses disappointment that little progress has been made in readjusting and reducing wartime taxes. It reflects belief that the President spoke truth while critics claim Congress has done nothing of value for the people.
The text traces the historical naming of India rubber from early terms to later names used by Europeans. It notes Americainin and plastic aum as prior descriptors before discoveries about lead marks shifted terminology to India rubber and related forms.
Rev Brough leads Everybody's Bible class at eight in the Baptist church. Questions include the origin of animals and man, differences between animal and human souls, creation facts, and whether there will be a new earth. The class invites all to attend with Bible in hand. Old-Time Persian bakers and clay ovens described, noting the earthen bakehouse style and the quick bake times.
An unreadable OCR passage describes shifts in a Chinese river valley named for a sorrowful river. It mentions wooded terrain, seasonal floods, and a vast region of about 20 000 square miles affected, with cities and sieges reportedly wiped out and 200 fatalities noted.
A distorted OCR fragment references the Adriatic, a strewn tale of a republic and war declaration. It mentions Fiumicino and modern life elements, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
United States Department of Agriculture findings suggest chicks fed a balanced ration gain markedly more weight by seven weeks than those raised on ordinary feeding. A sample of ten chicks averaged 4 more ounces with balanced feed, while others with standard farming practices lagged, prompting poultry clubs to investigate feeding practices and weigh chicks across farms.
A trained nurse Mrs EC Walters of Waterloo praises a new medicine as without an equal after treating herself for chronic constipation. She, a Montevideo hospital graduate, has worked in Dubuque East St Louis and Chicago hospitals. She urges others who suffer to try Trautona.
Iowa records show drowning totals rising with new deaths at Spill Lake last week and two more drownings announced. The Iowa State Council of Carpenters plans its annual convention in Clinton in September per notices received. The Marion Register editor Captain S41 N Rathburn’s funeral was held, marking over fifty years at the paper. Des Moines dispatch notes two more drownings and a hog theft incident where culvert use and hog crate theft were described with unclear details and thefts suspected by Henry Stortenbecker.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases and incomplete quotes making the intended notice unclear and not fully recoverable. No identifiable persons places organizations dates or actions are discernible from the fragment.
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