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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1920
Page
2
The two major parties groom their favored candidates and craft platforms aimed at appealing to America's voters. Key issues include the peace treaty clause, the labor question, and the liquor issue, with campaign rhetoric predicting liquor policy will remain a contentious factor as the race begins.
An opinion from Maquoketa states confidence in the Democratic party and predicts its convention platform will restrict any criticism. It asserts pride in the party, moral strength, and strong support from country-loving men, despite references to home-wreckers.
Reports describe civil strife across central and northern Europe with Allied forces urged to act. Hungary faces dictatorship under Horthy, red and white terror cited, city elites blamed for oppression while civilians suffer cold and hunger as censorship tightens.
Reports from Berlin describe unrest across Germany as President Ebert and his cabinet face collapse amid strong demands for a socialist administration. Kiel Harburg and Westphalia see clashes, disarmament without bloodshed, and government instability with fears of a largely socialist cabinet forming.
An old time ad lists Brighten up chat old stras bat with Colorite shades, Easter Post Curls, and Snow White Pharmacy offers. It promotes Exste Gur G Quinby Chocolates, rat controls, poultry products, Kodak prints, and wood preservers. Includes prices like 25c per bottle, $1.59 per gallon, and 2 for 1.50. Continuous telephone orders and mail delivery are advertised.
Government suspends press freedoms to control news from the outside world. Major General von Duttwitz and Admiral von Trotha are in custody. Ring leaders of the revolt fled. Kapp's whereabouts uncertain, believed in East Prussia. President Ebert abolishes dramatic courts, deeming them unnecessary.
Notice documents the incorporation of The Sentinel Company, a Maquoketa Iowa newspaper and printing business, detailing capital stock of 25000 with 20000 common and 13080 par value preferred, voting rules, board of five directors, and officers W C Swigart as president and F Youns as secretary, with corporate seal.
A garbled note discusses where the world’s largest organ might be found, claiming ongoing construction and shifting records. It mentions persistent growth and recurring bets on future sites, with unclear specifics and fragmented language throughout.
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