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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1919
Page
8
Gray Wolf leads a talk with the pack about aging, restraint, and staying wild. He contrasts the quiet, cautious life of civilized beings with the old wild abandon, reflecting on danger, guns, and the pleasure of storytelling about past victories. The wolves debate bravery versus prudence and the meaning of freedom.
An odd item describes the Grand Island railway running from one island end to another along the Athah river in northern Canada. It notes a quarter mile track length, rotting stock, Western lorries, and boats used to move cars to the island. The text appears garbled but hints at a transport operation with precarious profitability and isolation.
A fragment lists salaries for various city officials and staff including Jacob Penrose, T. Bauman, John Matthews, and others with amounts such as 4166 and 4360. The OCR text is incomplete but indicates payroll details and named individuals.
Fragmented local item lists labor, funds, and services including Penrose labor items, Fire Fund mentions, Peters fire, and Bourse express. A clerk was authorized to purchase at The clerk was authorized to pur chase goods. remarks touch on illness and a remedy for colds with Chamber Remaly suggesting early treatment.
A brief note records a wave of influenza and pneumonia sweeping through the county, with the illness preceding relief measures and prompting public health responses. Names and exact locations are unreadable in the fragment, but the item emphasizes the widespread impact and concern.
The note describes cough medicine from Geneva Robinson that provides prompt relief. It soothes lingering coughs, loosens phlegm and mucus, clears air passages, eases hoarseness, and stops tickling throat. It presents as the best remedy for persistent coughs.
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