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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1921
Page
5
The notice lists prices for multiple silverware items including breakfast knives and forks at 6.50, hollow handle sets at 10.00 12.50 15.00 22.50 with corresponding forks, tea spoons set at 2.00, dessert spoons at 2.80, meat forks at 1.08, butterfly knife and sugar shell at 1.40, and other pieces priced accordingly.
Timely reductions on timepieces including 8 day kitchen clocks for 5.60 and 8 day mantle clocks priced at 8.00. Additional 8 day mantle clocks marked at 9.60 and 25 day alarm clocks at 1.00 while supplies last. One line mentions a 1 day alarm clock at an unspecified price.
A new line of fall handbags in brown gray and blue is showcased. Special sale pricing reduces the listed amounts to attract buyers with clear per bag discounts.
A fine selection of large table lamps in bronze with art glass shades is offered with special pricing.
Antique lamps in bronze and ivory bases with silk and parchment shades are on sale. Prices drop from five dollars to four dollars and from seven fifty to six dollars while inventory lasts.
A sale ad highlights items priced at one dollar with remarkable values at one dollar nine five for rings. It advertises gold jewelry, pearl necklaces, ivory toilet ware all reduced by twenty percent.
City Council met in regular session with Mayor Swift and six councilmen. Minutes approved. Bills across city funds listed and approved including salaries for aldermen and police, labor, storage, coal pumping station, stand pipe, water analysis fees, electric charges, road oil, and fire department expenses.
Moved by Seamonds and Jacobsen that the Annual Report of the City Clerk be accepted and published in pamphlet form not to exceed 500 copies. The council authorized notification to Frank Prindle to connect with the sewer and required abutting property owners to connect. A notice was ordered to publish in the paper directing owners to turn their trees according to the law. JOHN C. GREGORY, City Clerk.
A baseball fan and his young daughter attend a game and discuss field terms such as the diamond home plate outfield and umpire while watching a ball be caught for a first out. The scene includes popcorn, ice cream, and curious questions about banners and players in a playful family moment.
A garbled report mentions an arrest, a dog fight near a Nashville storefront, and alleged theft connected to a spasen. It notes constable measuring tracks in mud, with scattered references to Maqueketa on a map and tourists passing through. The text is incomplete and many names are unclear.
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