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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
6
J Cramer of Collegeville Pennsylvania keeps two greenhouses with unusual measurements and plant counts. One holds 75 lemons, the other more than 20, with notable lengths and weighted measures noted in inches and pounds.
A fragmented excerpt recounts saffron and fragrance in a tale of a pilgrim from the Levant, risking life to smuggle a saffron scented item through a hollowed container as part of a curious narrative.
A long chapter of local life from 1880 81 includes Charlie Trout in Chicago Ed Haight returning from Kansas reports disorder in parts of that state Geo Wise in milling business a deer horn unearthed at Iron Hill and talk of building on Platt street mentions teachers and students post office and hotels the era’s social rounds and local commerce with notes on births marriages and civic events across Maquoketa and vicinity.
Dr SA Smith will preach on Walking with God and Shut Out next Sunday as state and district meetings increase. Pastors lag in field work while churches unite to raise a large per capita fund for evangelization of the world beginning April 25. The effort seeks gifts from all able donors to support the denomination’s war against ignorance and future wars.
Wartime ad copy urges readers to use RAT NAP to kill rats seen at home after tales of European front vermin. Snow White Pharmacy and McAllister Store Co offer three sizes at 1.00. Subscribe for The Jackson Sentinel. The rest quotes a motivational poem on discipline and leadership.
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