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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1921
Page
3
Green peppers stuffed with rice and various desserts and drinks are presented. Recipes include hot water ginger bread currant bread fruit punch and a butter enriched steam mixture. The notes reference cooking methods and measurements typical of early 20th century home cookbooks.
A fragment describing a being thrust into life with infant cries and a reluctant welcome. The narrator, a combatant by fate, learns to walk and love the forest while doubting the unfamiliar, seeking meaning as the mystery remains unsolved.
The piece argues discontent fuels revolutions and reforms from Columbus to Plymouth and the Pilgrims. It warns that while discontent can spur change, it is often poorly based and harmful, urging readers to improve their homes and jobs rather than complain.
A column urges readers to cultivate contentment while actively seeking lawful change for unjust government. It argues most people underperform at work, and discontent should target wrongs, not laws. The tone blends moral exhortation with a proverb about the toad dodging harm.
The piece notes a shift in women's magazines toward business training finance politics and independence. It highlights training for success in new fields and greater financial literacy as well as political engagement and civic responsibilities. A light joke about a wise guy and a trivia line about onions adds a human touch.
A professor argues character reveals itself in small acts like how a man carves his umbrella and how he carries yours. The Boston Transcript notes these tiny choices reflect deeper moral fiber.
The term renige or reneger arose in whist and euchre to mean a revoke or deny a play. Renége, the correct form, likely comes from spoil-five and its variants still played in parts of Ireland and the British army. Shakespeare uses renege and Chaucer shows renegs from the French renegier, Latin renegare.
Attendees dismissed claims of high rent as unfounded saying the tenants pay less than $100 monthly. The discussion centered on living costs and housing availability in the area.
A Chamber of Commerce survey of 429 U.S. cities found tens of thousands of children housed in unsafe buildings or on half time due to space shortages. The report urges immediate provision of adequate playgrounds and fire safety upgrades, noting low rates of fireproofing and evacuations. It also highlights high dropout ages and regional variances in schooling proportions.
Sir Ernest Shackleton will depart in May or June with about a dozen men, most from prior expeditions, for a two year voyage. The Norwegian whaling boat Foca I is bought, likely sailing to Hudson Bay with 150 dogs, then to Axel Heiberg land before turning east to Perry Island to conduct the main exploration.
In Brussels a 32 year old man Jerome Hermans was acquitted of murder for killing Coline Vandyck 18 who had shot herself in Bois de Cambre after a love affair. He said he killed her to end her suffering and then shot himself. Medical testimony said the wound would have proved fatal.
Police link 17 wrecked automobiles at a Lake Erie cliff foot to theft insurance fraud. Cars show signs of arson after theft, suggesting insurers are duped by staged thefts under fictitious names. Leads point to systematic cheating by thieves targeting insurance payouts.
Oscar Shenderoff a dental student married Myrtle Stewart. Her father William Stewart urged a late night stay and the bride vanished. Shenderoff tracked them to Washington where he found Myrtle waiting for a streetcar. They reunited and returned home together.
In Muskegon Michigan Severson Casper was found unconscious in a garage with a running car. His dog barked, drawing men to the scene where he was revived after exposure to exhaust fumes.
A Liberty bond valued at $25,000 was mailed back to Clement Db. Cates company stockbrokers in Jacksonville Florida with a note explaining the bond was too large to handle safely. The robber confessed to keeping two smaller stolen bonds.
Washington reports deductions from income taxes of individuals whose businesses ended by federal prohibition will total about $1,000,000. The internal revenue bureau released the estimate outlining the revenue impact of the new law.
Swan M. Anderson HB years old, a Bradford carpenter, died days after a splinter pierced his hand and led to blood poisoning. He had been treated in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
Government experts note 25 of 27 bird species prefer live grasshoppers as a food source and urge farmers to form patrol leagues to deter raiding birds. They suggest allied action including controlling stray cats and deterring hunters. A mention notes diamonds found in a field near Pike County Arkansas.
Iowa adopts the soldiers' bonus into law with Governor Kendall signing. Census reports Iowa density at 48.2 per square mile. Auditor-elect Gale Peppers of Groton says he will not qualify. Senate defeats Smith tax bill raising state levy on moneys and credits 36 to 9.
Woman Eliza Corley of Edmund South Carolina describes relief from nervousness and monthly ailments after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the medicine as a cure to help women perform daily housework and more.
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