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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
3
A short essay argues desires evolve from toys to deeds and claims the most noble aim is to do good. It cites President Harding and health workers as examples of altruistic urges. It urges readers to choose a lasting, selfless aspiration that benefits all humanity.
The article traces the river name Mississippi from Algonquin roots to early spellings. It notes Miche Sepe and Michispi as precursor forms, later softened by priests and explorers into Misisipi and Mississipi with varying s and p counts, settling on the French usage with one p. It mentions the Louisiana Purchase era spelling.
The poem recalls childhood summers and small-town baseball at a village nine. The speaker longs for the old barrow knife, moss-grown barn, swimmin hole, and grub hoe days, yet ends with gratitude that he can still sit and dream of those long vanished times.
The article argues for enduring childhood ideals while recognizing widespread unfairness in adulthood. It urges hiring honest, straightforward people, especially as employers, and advises resilience when facing injustice. It stresses reading character, avoiding cheats, and building trusted business associates for long term payoff.
The text lists multiple recipes and cooking tips including Come Again cookies with flour sugar and raisins, Baked Oyster Plant using salsify with olive oil and a milk butter sauce, and Sweet Pepper Souffles featuring peppers cheese crumbs and eggs. It reads like a vintage home cooking column with methods and bake times.
The article surveys major theories of petroleum origin, noting most geologists favor an organic origin tied to sedimentary rocks though the exact transformation of organic matter remains unclear. It contrasts inorganic views including deep geological formation by steam on metallic carbides and volcanic exhalations, with limited support.
A terse note praises a man described as the best craps shooter in town and hints at community chatter about his wife Mandy and another Lippert connection. The fragmentary text paints a rough, local-voice snapshot of rumor and pride in gambling skill.
A compilation notes varied items from taxes and royalties to plant science stage history and engineering plans. It mentions a farmer and taxes, the Siamese anthem, Duke of Northumberland royalties, patent fuel production, a blue rose quest, Kudzu forage, Miss Florence Allen as a pioneering judge, centipede motion, Bendigo the city and boxing links, women on stage in the 1600s, and Arab photo taboos. It also discusses sea life decline from fuel oil, and plans for a Detroit Windsor suspension bridge with a record span.
Captain Axel J. Schmidt of the Oscar II halted the ship amid a storm to aid Mrs. Frederick Sandmeier of Bowdle South Dakota awaiting a stork. The newborn Atlanta is pictured with the ship surgeon and Betty Prestmark who followed the delivery keenly.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clark of Atlantic City files suit to recover 15 000 acres said to be granted by Queen Anne. She names a corporation of descendants of the 13 original New Jersey landowners to pursue the case. The lands include Brighton Beach Atlantic City part of Long Island and a portion of northern New Jersey.
New Caledonia faces a stag invasion endangering scarce resources. Prizes have been offered to cull the herd and Australians may be called in. A proposed method of release was debated but residents chose to keep the stags. In lighter notes, a joke about Mr Peckton’s stenographer follows.
Fragmentary remarks question congressional staffing and door tenders with humorous misstatements about hiring, reflecting casual chatter on government operations.
Fragments report Andrew Lang paying $24 000 for eighty acres in Lincoln township and Frank Kinsman acquiring eight acres near Nevada. Other notes cover Iowa dairy and poultry tips, rural school standardization limits, county land values, and a former Eldon mayor's Mann Act case ending in two years at Leavenworth.
Advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for face care and Cuticura Soap for rinsing, claiming improvements for poor complexions dandruff itching and rough hands. The second line references Diogenes and pessimists doubting the lantern metaphor in a World Growing Worse? piece.
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