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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1921
Page
3
The Oxford Mirror reprints a notice of Henry Becker and his wife marking their silver wedding at the Z C B J Hall. About twenty five families joined the celebration with baskets of food as the couple were surprised and escorted to the hall by friends and relatives.
A wedding celebration honors a couple of 25 years with a silver chest and other gifts as guests from nearby towns gather. The piece recalls a parade, school events, speakers, and community notes from Monmouth Baldwin and surrounding areas with locals traveling to Culver and sharing stories of the day.
In a November 5 1931 letter from Culver Military Academy cadet John Ellis to Hon J W Ellis he recounts a trip to Indianapolis for the arrival of General Foch. He describes riding a special train meeting Foch at the station and a parade with Culver band and Black Horse Troop, plus dinners at the Columbia and escorts during the parade.
A Maquoketa letter to the editor urges President Harding’s Thanksgiving proclamation be honored by a civic service rather than church worship alone. The author, Baptist pastor, proposes a formal Fast and united community gathering with official city support to reflect the nation’s gratitude and welfare.
This fragment shows L Elgin Brough assessing bribery with an ancient Chinese saying. It also includes a humorous anecdote about two Irish boys and an ice wagon comparison, and a note on poets and public perception attributed to Brander Matthews.
Fragmentary text mentions a divide between those crafting rantees and those creating antidites. The reference to Nashville Tennessee hints at a regional context, but readable specifics are minimal. The note reflects a general theme of competing pursuits and medical or chemical ideas.
The document explains that preferred stockholders receive dividends before common stockholders and have a prior claim on assets. It notes a customary provision of a stated dividend for preferred stock that must be paid before common stock profits are distributed.
An Incorporated business is owned by a corporation and limited by its property to debts. Individuals doing business alone bear full personal liability. Caterpillars watch for enemies in numbers, while a lone caterpillar fears attention.
The article argues the earliest human utterance after victory was a triumph exclamation rather than a joke. It suggests prehistoric man shouted a victorious cry to express satisfaction and relief after defeating a neighbor, positing this as the origin of laughter and halting the spread of the word.
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