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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1921
Page
4
A garbled local snippet mentions Mrs. and family visits, a birthday, a social evening at Ivor Hill near the Episcopal church, and individuals from Lost Nation and Lost Nation area. It records no clear event, date, or outcome due to fragmented OCR text.
A Davenport area social note records visits from Norma Freuni of Rock Island and M. E. Tierney of Davenport, correspondents at Riverview and Osage, and gatherings at the Bill Floral Co. and the 0. U. R. Club. Several families from Elwood, Davenport, and Clinton are noted travelling or entertaining, with birthdays and picnics also highlighted.
Miss Hazel and families from Delmar traveled to Clinton for a visit and time spent there. Mrs Frank Drumm and her son Frederick visit Delmar to see her brother Fred Beers. Cerrie Whitney visits Delmar friends. Mrs Justin McCarthy hosts E G Club dinner. Rev L E Brough holds house warming at new Matteson Ave parsonage. Mrs Frank Gibson hosts Kensington Club.
Sunday school at 10 with a report on the Cedar Rapids convention. Services at 11 and 7:30, class at noon, Wednesday prayer at 7:30. Pastor John Watterson invites all. Also notes on Manuketa Iowa readings, weekly sermons, public reading room, and a May 29 lesson on necromancy and hypnotism. Brief historical sketch of David Crockett follows.
A reflection on how truth should be conveyed to understanding through appeal to reason. William Godwin argues that persuasion rests on logical argument rather than force or emotion.
Fashion trends drive costs as new arrivals enter stores and raise prices. The piece notes shifting consumer spending and the impact on budgets.
A garbled excerpt describes a criminal facing separate counts with a multi-year sentence on each. The text mentions Selly and Lunatore Tonni tied to sixty two counts, totaling a lengthy imprisonment, with a concluding, unclear moral remark about justice and virtue.
A line from Americat Forestry magazine highlights a faint area in the New Zealand black pine described as suggesting new growth. The note appears in a brief excerpt about forestry observations and regional species.
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