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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1921
Page
8
Marietta, upset by a ruined garden party, hears a shrill voice from a rain-washed window. Tiny water sprites in colored dresses reveal their queen, keeper of rain, who waters trees and flowers and explains why she sent the sprites to her party.
A raindrop explains the queen’s festival gardens with fountains spraying color from red to blue. Marietta marvels at the rainbow in the sky and watches the hues during celebrations. The tale closes with a moral about sins found and opportunity lost.
Etymologists note Ida and Ada are largely interchangeable with Ada possibly a form of Mad and Ida linked to Germanic roots. The piece traces feminine name origins from Uote and Uta to Adur, Audur, Alda, and Oda, mentions notable bearers, and cites Ida’s turquoise gem and lucky day Tuesday with seven as luck. It closes with language notes on changing words like realtor and mortician and a brief forestry aside on Borneo camphorwood.
A reader explains the rule for using those kind and these sort with matching number. The guidance notes that singular nouns take singular adjectives, so say that kind of people or people of that kind rather than those kind of people.
A grieving speaker asks not to publish a paper notice after his small dog dies from fever. He describes deep bond with the pet, his work troubles, and a broken wheel accident that left him unable to see. He vows to funeral the dog and may take drastic actions if he loses his job or money.
A quip on shifting social norms showing a husband recalls his wife’s vow to quit smoking before marriage and his concern that customs have altered. He notes his efforts to persuade her not to drink or flirt, implying evolving expectations and joint negotiations within marriage.
A poem reflects on faith over science, suggesting a higher mind created Earth and life. The speaker asserts belief in a purposeful God rather than mere chance, despite unknown origins and limits to human understanding.
In about 1483 France produced pins in quantity. By 1638 England pinmakers formed the first pinmaking corporation and built factories at Bristol and Birmingham, the latter remaining the industry center. In 1836 the first pin factory in the United States began in Birmingham, Conn.
New York correspondence recalls Pete Daley the actor visiting a southern alligator school. An old overseer nicknamed Colonel jokes that alligators are amphibious, warning they will bite quickly.
The American Forestry Magazine notes that Myrals or violetwood, from two Acacia species in Australia, gives a violet scent that intensifies when worked. It warns readers to avoid tasting the wood to preserve its favorable reputation.
The American Forestry Magazine notes a peculiar oily smell at the spill site in the Philippines resembling raw peanuts. The observation highlights environmental impact and odor characteristics amid the incident.
Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby has bought a residence at 2224 I Street in a quiet exclusive Washington neighborhood near Sheridan Circle. The block also hosts several lawmakers including Senator Gilbert Hitchcock from Nebraska Senator James D. Phelan of California and Representative Ira D. Copley of Sinols.
A patchwork of historic items notes Peter Faneuil’s gift of Faneuil Hall in Boston, Frederick’s wish to return to Germany, and a lighthouse lamp control device. It mentions Adams beating Jefferson in 1796, Legion department leadership, and a German WWI private’s pay. It also cites a tooth brush design, gas shutoff device, declining life expectancy post forty, and an anti powder puff group formed by Muskogee courthouse stenographers.
Col J Mahew Wainwright of New York National Guard to serve as assistant secretary of war. He has served as inspector general under Major General O'Ryan of the Twenty seventh division during the war.
Dr C L Alsberg chief of the bureau of chemistry at the department of agriculture has been named director of the food research institute started at Stanford University by the Carnegie corporation.
Dr Wilbur Crafts agrees to halt his bid for a federal motion picture censor ship law after producers promise to remove improper, silacious and degrading matter. The National Association of Motion Picture Producers backs a clean motion picture movement. Captain Stanley Flower discusses ancient zoological gardens and the first known park founded in eleven B.C. in China called the Intelligence Park with educational aims.
A French inventor adapts a bicycle with a light pipe outrigger to ride on railroad rails. The device holds the bike on one rail while the outrigger rests on the other, allowing propulsion by leg work while watching for trains from either direction. The quote True Greatness, True greatness is the struggle to be free by Philips Stewart appears as a signature.
Reverend B Sutcliffe of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago presents a sermon on Christ as the preeminent figure in Christian faith. The talk outlines biblical authority and the central role of Jesus in salvation and life.
The text argues that Christ holds the preeminent place in God’s counsels, not humanity. It cites biblical examples from creation to prophecy, insists on Christ as the supreme object before God, and warns that elevating man delays the coming golden age. Christ’s preeminence remains central from eternity to the future.
A brief adage praising industry as the key to health mental clarity moral steadiness and financial well being attributed to C Slimimons. The quote extols steady work as beneficial to body mind and purse.
A fragmentary line extols real worth as self evident and tied to everyday deeds. The brief verse echoes a motto about practical virtue without needing interpretation.
A terse quote attributes common sense to an uncommon degree as the world calls wisdom. The line cites Coleridge and frames practical judgment as a valued attribute.
Quotation notes that esteem captivates hearts more than friendship and love, claiming it never makes ingrates and holds superior charm.
A terse maxim from C Simmnons stating a wise man recognizes his ignorance while a fool claims to know everything. The saying contrasts self awareness with overconfidence.
A Franklin adage asserts that a man who empties his purse into his head cannot be deprived of it. The saying links wealth to knowledge and self possession as a safeguard.
Mrs Ghatrudy Carson of Champaign reports a severe illness that left her weak. After using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription she states six to eight bottles restored her health. Three years later she remains free of distress and urges others to seek relief from these remedies.
A ton of sun dried wheat straw from the Cannay experiments shows a fuel value near 82 portions of gasoline, yielding about 10 000 cubic feet of purified gas, 650 pounds of carbon residue and about 10 gallons of tar. The gas has a calorie value around 400 thermal units per cubic foot and burns with a blue flame and slight odor. Combustible constituents include carbon monoxide methine and hydrogen. The carbon residue can be ground to a fine powder.
The article notes poets Bandelaltre Walne and Theosphile Guiat thoy with cat themed works and twelve sonnets to three eats. It also mentions Tenudedaire and a reference to cat verse anthology levels. An ad promotes Gutleura Ointment and Calicura Soap for skin care.
Women are set to study architecture, with associates from the Roya Victorhuy Institute and the Sydney Institute of Architects backing a new department at Sydney University. Enthusiastic supporters embrace the initiative to advance gender representation in the field.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a poet in Drewmay Street facing rent issues and housing troubles in a Boston area setting. The text mentions a window, a manuscript, and a gendered payment demand, with unclear dates or names.
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