19 Apr 1923
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1923
Page
1
A critical essay targets apostles of laxity who avoid effort and blame others. It describes disorganization, half measures, and constant quarrels as signals of inefficiency and unhappiness. The piece condemns slowness and murky motives that hinder advancement.
Uncommon Sense Rave argues that talk shapes business impressions and hiring. It warns that profane, slovenly speech brands speakers as of inferior intelligence and blocks the cultivation of correct language, urging restraint in public and social settings.
The passage urges readers to avoid profanity and adopt intelligent English. It cites Lincoln and Washington as examples who managed without vulgar language and advises vigorous but clean speech, warning against becoming a mucker and substituting oaths for better words.
A short anecdote contrasts spelling precision with ideas in a college English class. A student questions why she receives C grades despite answering all questions. The professor says perfect marks aren’t possible due to spelling but values ideas. the story ends with a call to leverage ideas over perfect spelling.
Simple kitchen tips for using remaining rice with a prune cinnamon pie and coconut chocolate topping. Also includes cabbage salad ideas with olives green peppers lettuce and currants plus cottage cheese with dressed greens for Sunday meals.
A fragmented ancient text cites dogs eating grass to aid liver issues and chimpanzees selecting grasses after wounds. The passage then shifts to vague mentions of feminine mysteries and social edging, ending with a reference to Ohio State Journal.
Miss Plaintogs laments male designers in women’s fashion calling them a signing set, while Mrs. De Swelle asks for clarification. The exchange hints at social friction over style authority and gender roles in dress design.
Poem emphasizes value in small tasks and collective effort. It praises humble work and honesty as essential to building lasting results. The closing tip notes horseradish as a preservative for fresh milk.
A garbled excerpt features characters Charcoal Eph and Wehmond Mmes-Dispaten in a quirky, fractured dialogue. The oblique phrasing hints at stubbornness and mind games, rendered in a stylized, unintelligible voice that obscures clear events or context.
The World of Gospel Eiler claims to be the first religious paper issued from Portsmouth, Ohio, with origins tied to Indianapolis News and a 19th century publication effort. The report notes the era and publishing context for this pioneering religious periodical.
A roundup of notable facts: England published over ten thousand books last year while Seattle cites two of the world’s largest piers. Craig Island hosts a new post office and police station on a distant frontier. Frances Perkins earns 8000 dollars as New York’s top paid woman official.
Carl HB Bergson, sixteen, works as a bus boy at the Waldorf Astoria New York while living on Madison Avenue in a former hotel suite once occupied by his family. He is heir to a millionaire fortune. his father serves as a Swedish army officer and his mother is a renowned singer. He speaks English German and Swedish and aims to rise from bus boy to general manager before returning to Sweden.
General Pershing, after decorating five army nurses with the Distinguished Service Medal, agreed to perform a brief shot for a film man. He fired a short segment while noting the heroines he had just honored.
A Chicago Tribune anecdote describes the president's stenographer, the oldest girl in the office, scaling a chair to pose as Mercury during a lunch break. She toppled as the door opened, injuring her dignity and causing laughter among the staff.
Bolivia enacts a decree requiring all postal and telegraph workers to save at least five percent of monthly wages in the national bank system to fund old age insurance. Withdrawals require chief consent or approvals in cases of resignation or illness.
An old report notes germs that spread via bird feet and air currents cause outbreaks of hoof and mouth disease among cattle. The piece warns of contagion paths and the importance of control measures.
The text argues three reasons to glory in the cross of Christ. It satisfies the penalty of sin through Christ’s death, builds true Christian character via union with Him, and defeats Satan by nailing ordinances to the cross, yielding peace with God and power for holiness.
The fragmentary text presents a medley of religious quotes urging prayer and moral self-examination. It references Grenfell and St. Clement, echoing themes of salvation, judgment, and humility in human nature as observed in others more readily than in oneself.
The excerpt presents a thought on doubt making actions seem innocent yet not praiseworthy and on silence as a stark cold figure of speech. It contrasts philosophy and rhetoric through brief aphorisms.
A testimonial extols Tanlac as curing ailments and restoring vitality. An unaired ad notes 85 million bottles sold through druggists. A separate domestic scene shows a child addressed as Joan and a tense exchange with an aunt about marriage and children.
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carbonsalve as a quick solution for burns with claims of immediate pain relief and scarless healing. It includes a price of 80 cents and a mail order path to The J W Cole Co of Rockford Illinois. The text also contains fragmentary, unrelated lines about a multimillionaire and a college plot.
Women from Clean, Olean and Copenhagen share relief from headaches, backache and weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Both Mrs A. D. Earl and Mrs Kelsey report renewed strength and ability to work, praising the remedy and offering to help others.
A fragment from the Boston Evening Transcript recalls a woman and her six year old niece meeting a man who lifts his hat and is identified as the village undertaker Mr Blank. The child notes he undertook the grandmother and a jurist and others reference past whispers about affection and stories.
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