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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1918

Page

10

Camoufleurs Rise in U S Army Amid New Regiment Standards

Government orders end enlistment of camoufleurs in a separate unit and require every regiment to train at least 16 experts. New York division led by Lt Towle trains men and women in terrain study, color values, and decoy projects at Yonkers and Tryon Hall, Rockefeller park site.

United States Army America New York City Pershing Gays New York Times iHis Kodak H. ‘Ledyard Towle Seventy-first Infantry New York Division Mmen New National Army Engineers M.O Yonkers Towle No Man’s Land Women's League For National Service Tryon Hall C. K. G. Billings Place National League For Woman’s Service

Crops burned in Argentina amid export blockage and war effects

Across world markets, crops are burned in Argentina due to ship shortages hindering exports. U S losses from fires soar past 40 million dollars yearly amid wartime industry acceleration, while the anthracite strike cost 26 million in losses and spanned May to October with 147,500 workers involved.

Argentina United States New York Supreme Court Germany Red Cross Philippine Islands Filippinos Uncle Sam

Pottery: The Oldest Art in Human History

Pottery is described as the oldest and most widespread form of human art. It claims earliest recorded history begins with Babel and notes Egyptian pottery as the oldest. all cultures practice the craft after the Mosaic flood, marking pottery as the initial art form in human civilization.

Tower of Babel

Alphabetical Possibilities Outpace Human Writing

A speculative line notes that even over a billion years the world cannot exhaust all letter transpositions of the 26-letter alphabet. It calculates 40 pages daily per person, each page containing 40 transpositions, to illustrate the vast number of possible arrangements.

Globe

Uncle Eben Reflects on Words and Silence

Uncle Eben offers a homespun maxim about thinking before speaking. The narrator captures his careful wisdom and practical humor in a concise folk voice.

Standards for Poultry Uniformity and Grades Established

The United States Department of Agriculture outlines aims to secure uniformity in poultry trading by establishing grades. Key scoring points are size shape and color with breed variation and market salability influencing color importance. maintaining a well established standard breed and selecting top specimens ensures consistent excellence and color uniformity.

United States Department of Agriculture

Chickens Take First Place Among Poultry

Chickens are highly adaptable and profitable, best at converting scraps and waste into food. They salvage grain from stables and pens, control insects, and fit well with other poultry, suggesting keepers favor a mixed flock with chickens in the lead.

Turkeys Given Free Range

Two turkey hens with similar aged broods when placed on free range stay in one flock making it easier to locate and tend them. Avoid keeping more than this many poults together since they may crowd under a few hens seeking protection.

Guinea hens start laying in spring and brood cycle details

Guinea hens typically begin laying in April or May and produce 20 to 30 eggs before becoming broody. If not allowed to sit they continue laying through summer, producing 40 to 60 or more eggs.

Chickens Save Much Waste in Stable Feeds

Chickens outperform other poultry in reclaiming grain from cattle stables sheds and bogpensa. The note highlights their efficiency in salvaging feed, reducing waste across multiple feed sites.

Twins' ages debated in freak circus exhibit case

A hearing over the ages of Lucio and Simplico Godino two Siamese twins joined back to back in a Coney Island freak show drew four physicians who could not determine their ages with any certainty estimates ranged from eleven to eighteen. The court will reconvene as the defense plans to call a doctor familiar with medical cases of similar twins.

New York Lucio Simplica Godino Samar Coney Island James P Dunluavey Mately Hey Lueto Simplico Samars Children's Society

Man Receives Reward for Returning Large Cash and Jewelry

In Marysville California TL Davis was praised by Mrs. Marbert of Shasta County for returning her purse containing 38000 dollars and valuable jewelry. She gave him two dollars in cash as a compliment for his honesty.

Marysville Cal Marybert Shasta County Davis

Climbing Somnambulist Boy Reaches Roof Peak in Pause

In Mount Carmel Pennsylvania a ten year old boy named Hunyold, a somnambulist, climbed to the roof during sleep after leaving his bed through an open window. His father Harry Lumns retrieved him from the steep sloping roof with a ladder.

Mount Carmel Harry Lumns Hunyold Jancas

Beads Pulled From Ear Of Five Year Old Child

In New Orleans Louisiana doctors at the charity hospital faced difficulty removing three beads from the ear of five year old Alice Buckley of 2419 Banks street. The child said she inserted the beads while playing and they slid inward requiring medical attention.

New Orleans Charity Hospital Alice Buckley Banks Street

1000 Tears for Each Kiss in St. Louis

Miss Nellie Kuebler sixteen writes in a note to her seventeen year old sweetheart Robert Probst Jr. before she shoots herself to death in her sister's home.

St. Louis Nellie Kuebler Robert Probst, Jr

Liquor Chief Concern in Johnstown Fall

Johnstown Pennsylvania reports Frank Hood fell 100 feet down an embankment. After regaining consciousness his first request was for a bottle of liquor he lost in the fall.

Johnstown Frank Hood Hood

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Adversely Aids Aging Bodies

An old promotional advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for aging related discomfort. It claims relief for bladder and kidney issues, back pain, and general organ health, urging readers to buy from druggists with a money back guarantee.

Haarlem Ady

Eatons Tablets Offer Quick Relief For Heat Indigestion

Hot weather brings stomach and bowel misery with indigestion and gas. Eatonio tablets are promoted as a safe after meal relief that neutralizes acids, eases belching and heartburn, and can be returned if not suited. Buy a large box from a trusted druggist and test the claim.

Eatonio Neers Eatonio Eatonlo

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