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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
2
Elliott Walker notes how worry about future misfortunes often fails to materialize. The poem satirizes anxious forebodings that weigh on the mind before events unfold and ends with the idea that many fears fade without consequence.
Mount Holly, N J. Twelve year old Katie Johnson saved her mother Mrs William Johnson from death when she fell between bridge ties as a Philadelphia mail train sped at 60 miles an hour. Katie waved a red muffler signaling danger, causing the engineer to brake and stop just in time. The mother suffered a broken leg but survived, and Katie led rescuers to pull her to safety amid cheers from passengers and crew.
A mother on a bridge spots danger as a fast train approaches. Katie, a brave girl, waves a red muffler from the track to signal the locomotive to stop, risking her life to save her mother. The engine halts and onlookers lift them to safety as Katie exudes fearless resolve.
A London Chronicle writer notes New Zealand as the first British colony to grant universal adult suffrage in 1893. Of 140000 women, 109000 registered and 90000 voted in November 1893. Women vote calmly and equally with men with no social upheaval, boosting mutual respect and shared political life.
A Chicago Chronicle note discusses the shamrock label and its varied plant identities. It traces candidates including trifolium minus the true historic plant, white clover trifolium repens, black medic medicago lupulina, and wood sorrel oxalis acetosella. It notes shamrock usage in Ireland, England, and the United States, and the poetic mayflower confusion with New England species.
In Ottumwa Iowa a black and white spotted calf once valued at 16 dollars and sold for 13 dollars sparked a chain of legal fights. The owner Belgrade vs Hillery led to replevin rulings, debts, and further clashes including theft charges and a later damages suit of 5000 dollars against Miller.
Walter Johnson a 16 year old of Lafayette township Minnesota suffered a brain injury in a fall from a straw load at his father J. Aaron Johnson’s farm. He has lost all memory of prior events and cannot recall recent days after the incident. Doctors call his case strange and believe the first sixteen years of his life may be a blank requiring him to relearn from scratch.
Uchimura of Tokyo along with Kawamura and Kazuhara arrived in New York to study American artificial ice making and cold storage. They plan to report back to Tokyo and aim to install similar plants across Japan plus establish refrigerated ship lines to import meat vegetables and fruit in large quantities.
Lawrenceville Pennsylvania residents note a union horse owned by Judson Dale at Marsh Creek that refuses to work beyond ten hours a day and heads to the barn at six after the noon sawmill whistle. Aaron Brewer of Millertown reports a hen laying two eggs in one day.
A fragment quotes the Baltimore American on a quip about scientific courtship and altruistic finance. The brief note hints at a satirical comparison between romance and modern economics.
Levi J. Oakes aged 88 of New Richmond Wisconsin died after 55 years in the county remembered as a unique pioneer. He repeatedly searched his farm near Paper Jack creek for gold using a pick and shovel even in old age, never finding treasure.
Aprons emerge as stylish, practical accessories with a variety of embroidery stitches and fabrics. From pale pink batiste to white eyelet and Venetian lattice work, the piece notes peasant aprons, hand or remnants-based designs, and durable fabrics suitable for everyday wear.
In a village social, players answer golf term clues for rewards such as a score book golf pin or a golf themed souvenir. The scene features a coachman, tea caddies, and golf terms like niblick and mashie, with place cards tied to doll parasols and small violet baskets at each plate.
A hostess hosts eight intimate friends for a rainy day luncheon. The centerpiece features a white parasol with a daffodil and violet mound, a figure hidden in a perforated tin box drips tiny rain drops on flowers, delighting guests who expected something original but not literal showers.
A faultless coiffure is essential to a modern elegante’s toilette. Hair texture, sheen, and smooth arrangement define the look. Careful treatment, subtle brilliance, and an invisible net over waves achieve the required style.
Plain blouses with studs separate collars and cuffs are more complex to wear than thin lingerie bodices but stay trim longer and provide more satisfactory wear, offsetting the extra effort.
Birth month flowers and their significances are listed for each month. January Snowdrop represents consolation, February Primrose conveys freshness of youth, March Violet signals modesty, April Daisy innocence, May Hawthorn hope, June Wiedrose simplicity, July Lily purity, August Poppy consoles sleep, September Golden Red or morning glory contentment, October Hop vine joy, November Chrysanthemum cheerfulness, December Holly foresight and protection.
Madame Merri invites young readers to a bean social on April 10 at the Pinestreet parish house. The night features bean themed foods, a bean bag toss contest with holes worth 20 15 and 10 points, and a prize of beans for top scores.
A historic description celebrates hand embroidery on linen coats with bold daisies on pale green, yellow centers, and linen soutache. Details include scrolls, conventional figures, collar and cuffs, bolero yoke, and a box plaited skirt. Lace and crochet coats remain fashionable with bold linen contrasts and stitched plaitings.
Striped serges appear as attractive options among new suit fabrics with white serge returning in vogue. A heavy white serge with quarter inch gray break stripes, and another white serge with navy blue and gray half inch stripes stand out. Red pin lines on white grounds are back, sometimes very close, sometimes wider apart, with two or three colors blended for harmony.
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