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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1921
Page
4
Des Moines Capital surveys Iowa fields showing green shoots, continued plowing with teams and tractors, and abundant moisture after lingering winter snows. Farmers express cautious optimism for a strong crop season, noting no drop in cornage or small grain production and a belief good years will outnumber bad.
Iowa factories show 7 establishments with capital over 1,011,000 each, plus 1,062 plants capital from 5 to 20,000, and about 1,300 valued from 20,000 to a million. A Jewish Bureau of Labor Statistics notes 624 with capital under 5,000, while products total billions yearly with 3,000 units under a million. 18 slaughtering and meat packing firms are mentioned.
The report notes plant products valued at $22,000,000 over two years from 2 plants, 13 foods and cereals with $80,000,000, 366 butter and cheese factories adding $50,000,000, poultry and produce packing $33,910,000, and other industries under ten million. Pearl button factories total about $5,000,000 annually. Town farms are a major asset, and while industry lags war growth, the region remains a significant agricultural and industrial area.
Washington D C April 26 Census tentative figures on Iowa foreign born population are released. Preliminary counts show 225 637 foreign born white residents with about forty nine countries represented. Germany leads with 70 642 persons followed by Canada England and Norway among others.
Jackson County colored maps showing roads and township lines printed on high grade map paper mounted on canvas. Formerly sold to 225 dollars each now advertised at 25 cents each. Return to Jackson Sentinel for details in this issue.
An advertorial notice promotes the book Cancer Truths by Dr. Johnson offering treatment experiences without cutting. It states copies available postpaid for $8.11 from Ur O. A. Johnsab at Suttle 528 Main Street, Kansas City, MO, inviting cancer sufferers to write for a copy.
Enjoying a California visit, the writer recalls San Francisco's hills, beaches, and the cliff house. They describe Fulton Street sights, enclosures with birds and bears, and the beauty of the bay as ships pass. The trip includes ocean baths, scenic rides, and nightly fog, with notes on temperance enforcement and a whiskey-smuggling interception.
A narrator recalls a seven week journey ending in Los Angeles on March 30 aboard the S. P. Shore Line. He describes distant views of forts and warships, the need for a navy, cold weather, tunnels leaving San Francisco, passes by the Western Meat Co slaughterhouse, Santa Clara valley blossoms, Morgen Hill, San Jose’s Mt. Hamilton observatory, and nighttime arrival at 11:00 PM, praising the trip’s beauty and experience.
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