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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1921
Page
3
A persuasive piece argues the value of hard work over idle living. It cites Seneca Carlyle and the Aladdin tale to stress that results come from labor, not wishful thinking. The author urges ambition, practical effort, and using talent to achieve meaningful outcomes.
In Paris and New York City, lively volunteers share art stories with children using slides to illuminate famous works. A clever girl could bring art museums to smaller towns, boosting appreciation and knowledge of art history with curated material and engaging narratives.
Doctor Waller claims the emotive response resides in the palm of the hand and the sole of the foot. The remark suggests universal agreement among those familiar with railway porters or prospective inlaws that this idea rings true.
The Lehtoo of the moon marks the period from new moon to Tulloon while the nark covers from full to new jugun through the waning phase.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a curator advertising talks and lecture teaching efforts among townsmen, with no coherent event or outcome.
The article traces how salt money funded Roman soldiers and influenced salaries pey words. It explains that salt was scarce and valuable, making salary derive from salt payments and notes that today the phrase not worth his salt implies worthlessness compared to past meaning.
He says he has formed the habit of plunging at his work. She comments on how he must hate it and questions his enjoyment of the task.
A fragment describing a wandering poet encountering a crowd of golden daffodils beside a lake under trees. The scene captures nature’s beauty, movement, and a sense of joy as the speaker reflects on the visual of flowers dancing in the breeze.
The article outlines hearty traditional recipes using common pantry items. It covers a pork and potato dish with cod and milk, a bone broth soup method, a yellow broth soup, a banana walnut salad with mayonnaise, beet and pea salad, and a ham loaf mix with beef steak pork and seasonings baked an hour.
A poem by Douglas Malloch laments the vanished passenger pigeons. The speaker recalls their once massed wings darkening the sky and mourns their extinction while wondering where the nomads of spring have gone and what future planes they might find.
An editorial questions the push to teach certain activities to children claiming they do not add to youthful joy. The Boston Transcript argues schools face many demands while evaluating what truly benefits upbringing.
The article notes Scots and Ulster usage of the term wee stream to describe a small burn. It highlights how Scottish phrases reflect linguistic heritage and regional variation in everyday language.
A collection of short notes covering science curiosities and trivia. Vitamines named by Casimir Funk. North Sea shrimp near Ostend. a 360 carat emerald sent to this country. 11 year sunspot cycles. Greenland birch growth. Argentine spiders on wires. oak timber durability. 1881 to 1920 failure rate. New York shoplifting costs. Lady Rhondda’s first trip Paris to London. Swiss taxation. women golfers in England and Wales. London Zoo giant snails. old London buildings bricked up due to historic window tax.
Miss Esther Lee Gould at Columbia University earns a PhD after only one year of preparatory study at age twenty. She majors in languages and is fluent in Latin Greek French Italian German and Spanish, insisting steady work makes early graduation accessible to all.
A man in Redondo California wheels a baby carriage to the dock before fishing. The perambulator holds tackle and bait in drawers and shelves with no child aboard. A front seat allows him to fish while seated and a rear bracket carries a large fishing pole. A cement enclosure stores the carriage when unused and a drop door serves as a garage runway.
A prevalent southern belief holds dried eelskin can cure rheumatism. Markets sell the skins widely with buyers drawn by claims that the eel's electricity remains after preparation and wrapped around the affected joint, promising quick relief.
A naturalist states birds can be turned white by confinement in a white room with white surroundings and observers in white. He notes that two to four generations are needed before all feathers become white.
A simple cleaning fluid using one teaspoonful of ammonia in a teaspoonful of water makes a suitable solution for cleaning gold or silver jewelry.
A spate of incidents across Iowa includes Ed Venoven of Miles dying from injuries after a horse kicked his fork, Bill Olander admitting a March 12 shooting death of Berthold Halfpap, and Berthold Kelley's killing in a Sioux City area case. Other items note Mrs. Jane Kirkwood’s critical illness, Rotary delegates meeting in Dubuque, and a survey on Poland China hog ownership led by Texas outpacing Iowa. The report also covers a mail car hiding suspect, a flood of farm sales, and legal actions including the Dodd cigarette bill signing and a Waterloo bar examiners appointment.
Springfield woman recalls doctor urging operation for a weakened condition. Her husband urged Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound which she used for four months. She reports easier birth of her eighth child and improved health, recommending the remedy to others.
A young boy named Artie becomes unwell with a fever as his father checks his tongue and notes a slight coating. The boy asks if the coat on his tongue causes his head heat, signaling parental concern over the ailment.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant herbal medicine for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims purity in every bottle with a sworn statement and offers trial bottles by mail for ten cents.
Important to Mothers urges careful inspection of Castoria bottles to ensure the signature of Gx appears, noting the remedy has been used for over 30 years. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A narrator extols a businessman as admirable for thrift noting he trained his young daughter to drop pennies in the gas meter, believing it to be her money box. The anecdote highlights resourcefulness and parental guidance.
An advertisement for Cole's Carbolisalve promotes fast healing of burns and cuts with no scars. It offers 3c and 60c sizes at druggists or 30c by mail from The J W Cole Co Rockford Illinois. It includes a contrasting joke about Judith and Miss Ryval well in a Boston transcript.
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