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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
5
With booming markets and record prize money the Iowa State Fair August 20 to 29 is expected to stage a colossal purebred stock event. Cattle premiums total 27661.50 dollars and livestock total exceeds 75000 dollars plus cups and medals. Breeders anticipate about 2800 hogs 1500 cattle 1000 sheep and 1000 horses from half the states.
Readers are invited to a multi day fair with preparations starting Wednesday August 26 and concluding Sunday August 29. Highlights include music concerts military bands Children and Soldiers days free admissions for youth and veterans grand parades and a two million dollar stock display.
The Iowa State Fair unveils a new program for August 2029 with thirty-one races eight harness twelve runners and one free for all trotters under saddle. Added Money Plan pools entrance money start fees and payments into purses, aiming to attract higher quality horses and reward trainers and drivers with clearer money while promising exciting sport for spectators.
The Iowa State Fair Derby for one mile and a quarter will be run Saturday afternoon August 23. The event attracts top distance gallopers from Canada and the United States, with a rich purse promising hot competition on good footing.
An anecdote in John Spencer Clark's life of John Fiske portrays Harvard professor Sophocles as a stern Greek scholar who punishes waxy effort and indulges no patience for indifferent students. He asks a lazy student to read two passages and declares the reading inadequate. He also jokes he cannot distinguish among three students when grading, forcing them to accept their chances.
In a Dublin museum a stuffed angler fish displays a stomach swollen by a large cod. Inside the cod is two herrings each containing sprats and tiny crustaceans. The passage describes marine predation with species like pollack Whitings hake mackerel and John Dory as predators and prey in various shoals.
An Ohio Stats Journal editorial urges readers to be self-reliant and self-employed. It argues independence defines manhood, notes societal class tensions, and says personal enterprise thrives with organized industry, urging strive to become one’s own master despite existing work for others.
The canal system in China is the most extensive in the world with possible exceptions of Tolland. Where the land permits, the Chinese have built canals to move the product of their labor to market at minimal cost.
The superstition of horseshoes as good luck emblems began in seventeenth century England. Initially seen as protection against witches, they were nailed over doors with the curve up. The practice of affixing horseshoes to ships and sailing craft remains common.
Natives find honey in hollow trees high in African forests. They knock the tree down and smoke bees from their lodging with burning grass. The honey is then collected and carried to camp.
Japanese soldiers are expert gymnasts with linked barrack gymnasiums. They can scale a 14 foot wall in under two minutes by leaping onto shoulders, one man supporting two or three others.
Among the Aztec treasures of Mexico many fine emeralds were found. They were exquisitely cut and are believed to be the source of the magnificent emeralds now forming part of the royal collection of Spain.
The Ohio State Journal notes that while the widow's cause drew a strong reputation in its era, the most enduring outcome was the settlement of a vast estate under a capable executor, a lasting result beyond other affairs.
A quotation attributed to Jacob A. Riis urges seeing defeats as parts of progress. It counsels renewed courage to begin again after setbacks and frames adversity as stepping stones toward achievement.
For sale two properties: a corner residence at First and Gill streets with 166 foot frontage and modern amenities including hot water heating, bath, fireplace, guest lavatory, laundry, and a large barn. Also the Belknap farm of 24 acres in Jackson township with a 40 acre timber tract, 214 miles SE of Amber, 8 miles east of Anamosa. Executors Ramsey and Belknap urge prompt inspection.
Practical household tips cover cooking huckleberries before eating and using canned fruits for pie, cleaning carved furniture with a paint brush, and remedies for sticking windows. Advice includes refreshing stale cake in the oven and fashion tips like mending worn buttonholes, with daily salad and lemon dressing recommended.
A Popular Mechanics note explains that emergency experts study files and find one tool averages 25 000 strokes. Using a file beyond its normal period supposedly more than doubles the cost of the work.
A magician states the aim of magic is to amuse audiences rather than mislead them, emphasizing entertainment over deception in the craft. The craft’s purpose is to delight viewers with skill and wonder.
A Dumfries public house displays a chair claimed to be the one Burns used during visits. Patrons seated must treat all others in the room, a custom tied to the famed poet’s reputed habit at the venue.
Little George notes that when seated his feet do not touch the floor yet when he walks they reach the floor like everyone else. The remark reflects a child’s awareness of growth and mobility during simple daily activities.
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