30 Aug 1923
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1923
Page
1
A 1923 Metrople Syndicate essay urges civility and neighborly acts as the core of civilization. It extols middle class virtues, shared home life, and communal harmony over leisure social rituals, praising practical care, frugal living, and mutual aid.
A fragmentary poem speaks of tears that burn like acid and a heart learning concealment after betrayal. It reflects on sun turning feverish, life as a desert, and love and pain as intertwined, with the speaker noting they have been taught by slow torture.
The author urges students to think for themselves and test information. Dependence in early years leads to lifelong hardship, with the hardest habit to break after age forty. Readers are urged to form opinions and act on them rather than rely on others.
A satirical piece describing a manipulative suitor who uses wealth and charm to control a relationship. It warns women to avoid overextending themselves and to maintain independence, concluding with the maxim that a woman should have more reach than grab.
An essay urging self reliance over dependence in education and life. The author argues private schools may prepare students poorly for real struggle and warns that relying on others breeds habitual dependency. He stresses individuals should train themselves to think and act independently to achieve lasting success.
The phrase That's the cheese traces from Anglo Saxon eese to Latin enseus and Spanish queso with migrations via India from Hindustani chiz. Soldiers in India popularized the saying meaning a desired thing, later entering English usage.
Recipe notes describe preparing a melon basket by removing edible pulp and packing the shell. The melon pulp is sugared with lemon juice, pressed, frozen, and served in the basket with cherries or ginger on grape leaves. Marshmallow pudding combines walnut bits, marshmallows, maraschino cherries, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla and salt, then chilled and molded.
A dialogue excerpt features a man chiding a woman for independence and long name while proposing marriage. The exchange hints at friction yet culminates in an intention to marry, with witty banter about names and liberty. Cyril B. Egan is cited in Judge.
A witty exchange contrasts Ideal of openness with Cynic remark on true thoughts, attributed to The One Essential and Sillicus. The New York Sun notes the debate on marital honesty and privacy in relationships.
A two year old girl fell from a five story roof in New York and, after climbing to a pool area while her mother was busy, escaped harm by bouncing off an awning into a rescuer's arms. Fifteen states ban interracial marriage.
Johnny, a city groom, visits a farm and mistakes a haystack for a building. He questions why it has doors and windows, while the farmer explains that the load of hay is not a house but hay.
A brief exchange questions a person's social standing while noting he is a clubman. The dialogue hints at informal views without naming places or events.
A Washington Star item notes Josh plans to become an aviator but Palmer Corntessel cautions that the idea may be a deceptive dream. The joke references an aviation job where a man mostly sits and looks ahead, suggesting illusions vs reality.
A clerk struggles to read a note while the manager analyzes an epistle. The manager concludes the note hints at improving writing to keep the job. The scene centers on workplace communication and the need for clearer handwriting.
A minister warns a boy about Sabbath fishing. The boy retorts that he could not have found a worse place to fish, replying with humor and a nod to the moral lesson. The exchange captures a lighthearted moment in a community setting.
A young married man asks a confectioner for a makeup box and clarifies he means a box of chocolates to take away, revealing a misunderstanding about the term makeup box. The exchange shows a simple, everyday request in a shop setting.
A brief exchange shows Bluegown denying a close relationship with a sorority sister mentioned by Alice. The dialogue highlights social tension and misperception within a campus setting.
A playful remark from Lovabie Child notes a neighbor’s child who never cries except when its family plays the phonograph. The line captures household sound habits and small town humor.
A man describes his wife who criticizes his efforts and finances, sparing only when money is provided, and continues to fault him for not giving enough.
The speaker mocks the idea that a horseshoe brings luck by noting its shape shows the folly of linking luck to a simple object. The text uses playful phrases about a wife, a towel, and a “Poor Luck Emblem” to underline skepticism toward superstition.
A driver and a policeman exchange a tense roadside moment as the driver explains he did not recognize the officer and feared hitting someone, revealing the confusion after a near collision.
A humorous anecdote features the inventor of a ten hair restorer who contemplates publishing a testimonial. He recalls a user with three bald patches before using the product and one bald patch afterward, delivering the remark with a smile.
In this dialogue a witty speaker notes a wife’s bargain tendencies and jokes about selecting a husband with a tarnished reputation. A reference to a fast life insurance installment prompts memory of payments and a phone call to the insurer.
A terse, grim portrait describes a man who never cracks a smile and treats humor as absent. A nervous spinster with rigid habits appears, and a nephew, frightened, glimpses medicine labels hinting at strong substances like laudanum.
A guide outlines proper dinner invitation etiquette including timely arrivals, seating by host, use of place cards, napkins on laps, and the signal to begin. It notes that guests should avoid postponing invitations and discusses the English versus French post-dinner coffee customs. The piece ends with a health rule from Oregon restricting finger bowls to on request with sterilization after use.
Mary, unhappy on a gray rainy day, imagines a garden where hundreds of tiny fairies arrive at a castle door. They declare they will make their own sun indoors as rain nourishes nature outside, guiding Mary to smile and join their cheerful work.
A dream sequence leads Mary to wake to her Cousin Betty arriving to play on a rainy day. Betty’s playful, fairy-like presence inspires Mary to create her own sunshine and forget the rain as they share dolls and laughter. The piece, from 1923 McClure Syndicate, frames resilience and optimism through childlike whimsy.
A fragmentary verse praising industry and persistence. The speaker notes a skeeter nuisance but argues that with similar effort and singing as at work he might control land and sea from pole to pole. The piece reflects a light humorous tone and self confident boast.
An exploration of the name Ada tracing its origins from Adal Oda Ide Audur and connections to Ada as an English usage. Citations include associations with the ruby as talismanic, Wednesday as a lucky day and Ada’s lucky number, plus a note that over 375000 acres of national forest lands burned in 1921.
The quotation from Luatige Blaetter in Berlin moralizes about pearls as tears and a girl’s piano practice, contrasting romantic love with childish notions. A young man’s view of music as love is critiqued in this excerpt.
The article discusses how short nails on the hands, defined as nails short from base to tip, are linked to wit, readiness for dispute, and journalistlike критicism. It notes variations by hand type, with good nails suggesting strength and health in the One of Apollo.
Mrs Leo Graéon argues that Shakespeare knew much about spirits in a series on Shakespeare's Ghosts. She cites Cymbeline and The Winter's Tale to draw parallels between supernatural elements and modern spiritualism, including Hermione's trance and appearances.
The article surveys London cleaning work including 5000 tons of rubbish collected by 1320 vehicles at a tenth of a pound per ton. It notes Victoria station painting requiring 45 tons of paint and 2009 ton cost figures. It highlights the British Museum Library renovation with 250 workers over 14 months and the dome repaint using 250000 loaves of beaten gold. Tower Bridge spring cleaning uses 20 tons paint over about five months. Big hotels such as the Savoy and Carlton undergo annual deep cleans with minimal visitor disruption.
A quirkily damaged wartime style passage shows a tourist reacting to a line about a lady scratching herself, with misread lines about chiggers and a Kansan City figure, revealing muddled humor and regional vernacular.
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