26 Apr 1923
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1923
Page
1
The pasting urges readers to brighten others lives with kindness and cheer. It stresses lending a ray of sunshine to those in gloom, to overcome despair, and to spread hopeful acts across the world with compassion and steady faith.
A culinary excerpt outlines Gingered Jelly with orange and lemon juice and candied ginger, plus a Cheese Souffle recipe with butter flour milk cheese eggs and seasoning. It notes serving suggestions and variations including English rarebit style, ketchup or chili sauce additions, and cheese dishes as practical open-air luncheon fare.
A humorous unsigned feature describes a suitor with red hair and a pink face who stutters and speaks in eager phrases. He calls often, admires flowers and treats, and loves speed yet shows fond persistence, while the bride learns to fill gaps with good deeds. Traction speaks louder than words.
The essay urges making friends but not using them for advancement. It cautions against relying on friendship for jobs or favors, advising independence, mutual learning, and guarding against false value from powerful allies. It ends noting ancient hospitals in Ceylon per Singhalese records.
In Mongolia Partridge swallows are common, seen alone or in flocks. Descriptions note their light gray and yellow plumage, long tails, swallow like flight and tame behavior. Males show chocolate spots on backs and wings with feathered legs.
A thoughtful reflection on poetry appeal notes many real and near poets exist and credits a vast cadre of readers who read beyond a hurried page turn. The piece emphasizes enduring value in verse and reader engagement across styles.
A reflective poem notes that experience and time mark the safe path, while new wanderers seek unknown dangers. It asserts enduring truth, warns against follies, and urges faith in conscience as guide through life’s joys and pains.
A New York Times fashion note outlines spring trends emphasizing personal choice over youth or dignity. Designers favor straight, fuller gowns, short tweed suits with knee slits, draped dresses, large flowing sleeves, and printed silks, with wraps and coats featuring embroidery and three quarter lengths dominating the season.
Paris based designers showcase a range of lingerie and milliage for spring. Crepe de chine and georgette fabrics dominate with lace inserts and embroidery in soft rose white and other delicate shades. Short white wool coats with red motif details and Spanish lace in copper blue red and black complete the season’s look.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes editors push more poetry in magazines, with many issues featuring verse rather than tucking it away. Editors claim poetry is now a live, popular subject, improving in quality and presence.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a trader finding work loading other ships and managing a small venture. An exchange hints at luck, wood gifts, and uncertain journeys with a humorous, rural clerk giving directions to Springsville via Juniper Junction.
A brief exchange fills a moment of social chat with views on beauty and education. One speaker asserts education is unnecessary if a Jane is beautiful while the other agrees that lack of beauty makes education less sufficient.
A fragmentary remark reveals a turbulent domestic scene where jealousy and control surface around seating and kissing. The speaker notes conditional affection tied to her presence, implying conflict and potential social or personal tension within a household.
A Cynic reasons on why women kiss before meeting and apologize for future remarks about each other after parting. The Apprentice Seaman questions if a woman aboard ship brings bad luck, and The Old Salt agrees noting it is the same ashore.
A clipped dramatic exchange centers on a perilous husband wife dynamic. Closeman speaks of having secured his life and safety while Mrs Closeman and Miss Catt react with wary humor. The jestful line about Ash Wednesday marks the couple’s bleak honeymoon reference.
A quip from London Punch questions whether the gramophone or violin best mimics the human voice. A comic exchange recalls a character doubting a suitor’s claim of temper while another vignette shows a boy confronting a smoker.
Mrs Houseby-Fred tells of his admiration as she describes herself as the picture of health. Miss Green notes the suitor’s fondness for anything hand painted, calling him a foolish fellow.
Radio reports say Tda captured that young man at NST and questions how the engagement was announced. The speaker wonders how she would have preferred the announcement made.
Waking moment reveals a domestic quip as Larry asks what was said and Harry recalls turning to laugh while his wife searches his pockets in a lighthearted exchange.
Experienced Hale asks Jack for cigar guidance before a purchase. Hardy notes his good taste and background in a cigar shop. Halo recalls Jack’s knowledge of the reopen. Ashe questions wedding rice throwing as a potential danger. Beeche adds a warning that one extra danger at a wedding might be worth considering.
Readers share experiences claiming Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased change of life symptoms. Letters describe nervousness hot flashes headaches and weakness improving after continued use. Private text and testimonials from women in Fisherville Syracuse and Jefferson Street reflect relief and renewed activity.
A Boston Transcript ad excerpt shows a customer asking for 25 cents worth of codfish and the clerk correcting that New England, not New Zealand, is available. It also mentions Cuticura products for scalp itching and a joke about initials W P meaning wife permitting.
A man described as not a fiction reader was found absorbed in If Winter Comes. When asked why he re reads it he looked around and solemnly said it interests him because he married Mabel.
An advertisement states Plymouth Rock Gelatine makes four pints of jelly from one box in any flavor. It lists orange lemon strawberry and raspberry as options and mentions family favorites like mother and father enjoying jelly.
Fragmentary notes reflect a sentimentalist narrator who sees tears and emotion in everyday lines. The piece hints at readers seeking help while few truly require it, echoing Thackeray’s skeptical tone.
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