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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
4
Excerpt argues that growth comes from challenging trials not routine habit. Will power strengthens through new, demanding work, self reliance, and persistent effort. Those who rise do so by reasoning, mastering problems, and drilling themselves to hard work, testing improvements after a month.
A rich man builds a modern flats block and bans children. He amasses rent and wealth while empty hallways echo no child’s laughter. At death, he reads infernal words in flames claiming the place is full of the ones who must go below.
An essay argues that judging neighbors for their private choices harms one’s own life. It notes people rarely appreciate external meddling, warns against advising others on marriage, parenting, or career, and stresses that others’ issues affect your own affairs if you interfere.
A strong plea for protecting wildflowers urges residents to value beauty over trampling. The piece argues preserving florals educates children, elevates mood, and inspires better work, noting a city has already created a wildflower preserve in a public park.
A fragment from a dated text blends violent threatening language with cooking imagery. The speaker vows to skin an adversary and dress the flesh with vinegar and spices. Contextual note suggests an editorial or literary Delphi rather than practical instruction.
A 1922 home recipe features onion chowder with minced onion butter potatoes pepper herbs and milk and cream finished with pilot crackers. The dessert mix uses stiff egg whites sugar corn flakes and a coconut or ground nut mixture with flour vanilla and salt.
In early 20th century New York several taverns earned fame as porter-houses for ale and porter. A chef cut the top off a roast for a customer, who later praised the steak leading others to seek the same cut and butcher shops to adopt the term porter-house steak.
Facts and figures range from Herschel’s frozen shoes to census occupation shares. Notes include a pope triple crown, deafness on trains, age lifespans, Elizabethan explorers, Naples earthquakes, air weight, Ontario mothers’ pensions, Paris kiss prints, and Wisconsin theater animal acts licensing.
Commissioner Hugh M. Smith of the bureau of fisheries in the Department of Commerce attributes widespread fish deaths to recently added chlorine in the water. He says eggs and young fish have been killed, affecting a valuable exhibit and prompting efforts to replenish stocks.
In New York Mrs Asquith recalls dining with a nobleman at Downing Street. She says she stretched to host a fine luncheon but the duke quips that underfeeding can do some good, noting the value of frugal praise in social chatter.
AAB known as Rab is praised as the world directory champion ahead of Bernard S Aal of New York. Rab, ten years out of Harvard, serves as an official in the royal survey department of the army in Bangkok Siam.
A compact meditation on how history can be built from enduring records yet relies on evolving personal knowledge, noting that time erodes memory and moments fade from living recollection and written traces.
A brief humorous exchange from the American Legion Weekly features a hobo replying that the neighborhood’s generosity reflects on him, prompting a witty contrast with the lady who comments on his ragged appearance.
A colored man asks his minister for “something new” to improve religion. The minister replies that he adds thunder where lightning is lacking, implying a more forceful preaching style.
The article argues that men who fail to save are destined to rely on relatives or charity in retirement due to losing the ability to earn later in life. It emphasizes prudent saving as essential financial security.
Waterloo dealer sells Times Tribune to Kellogg of Indianapolis and Dr. R A Vorpahl is bound over for grand jury on narcotics. Bell tariffs rise in Hampton protests. Sioux City leader Hook dies. Tragic deaths near Lisbon Mount Vernon and Marshalltown noted. court actions, rail accidents, fairs, and farm enterprise updates fill the page.
Mrs. W. H. Avis of Council Bluffs Iowa describes severe uterine trouble after motherhood. She refused surgery and credits Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with restoring appetite and strength after twelve bottles, noting she avoided an operation. All druggists carry Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines.
A wealthy man recalls a humorous dream about a playful bird on wires while a friend notes differing tastes in humor. The tale highlights how humor varies among people and ends with a quip about women preferring bargains and a cheap man being unpopular.
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