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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
6
Hank Blatchley who last year borrowed a suitcase from Poke Eazley took it home this morning stirring curiosity for miles around about his destination. Officials and residents report Davenport Democrats carried a headline in Washington while noting related remarks about sugar policies and local chatter about wooden items.
Bridgeport resident notes pesky English sparrows fool around through summer and do nothing then cannot migrate south in winter. A local Bridgeport citizen reportedly earned substantial money last year and plans to call in a doctor to assess need for an opera.
Fragmented items include street chatter about spuds wrapped in tissue and a strawberry box, a plea for a PSA Robinson in Valley Sireia, and odd job ads in Davenport Times. The column notes aging topics, a philosopher gardener Charley Young, and a New Jersey senator dying in a barber chair after a shave price joke.
An instrument claimed to be the last will of Florence Earle Jat of Jackson County Iowa has been opened and read. Hearing set for Wednesday June 2 1920 before the District Court at Maquoketa as part of probate proceedings. Eugene Mohr and W L Keck signers with district court seal.
The Isthmian final convention of 1908 granted the United States a ten mile wide zone and a 606 square mile area around Panama with a perpetual occupancy right. Payments totaled 10 thousand dollars, later rising to 250 thousand annually, starting February 26, 1905, for the long occupancy. Chinese in Java described as better off than many communities with clean houses Europeans attire and strong local presence.
While touring northern Wisconsin one night two large rabbits blocked the road in front of a toy machine. Blinded by headlights, the driver barely stopped in time and managed to catch both rabbits. The incident yielded a dinner the next day.
Washington D. C. and New York report the 1-Soldier bonus measure in Congress faces definite delay as House Republicans fail to endorse the bill. Outspoken dissatisfaction within the party halts plans to force passage Monday, making approval before the June recess unlikely.
Auditor A J Schutte reports a State secretary communication saying tractors are tax exempt per the attorney general and supreme court opinion. Tractors are considered farm implements or tools for mechanics and exempt like portable saws. Some assessors taxed tractors used for hire.
The American Legion Post in Mason City passes a resolution to remove a German war trophy captured by Americans, the only one in Iowa, from its display and place it in a museum. Officials allegedly failed to protect the trophy from snow rain and neglect.
Grant Fuller once a popular Milwaukee railroad conductor died at the Jones County Home last week. The article notes his drink habit ruined his position and finances, leaving him dependent in his final days, reflecting on the cost of alcohol abuse.
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