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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
8
A feature reads like a culinary guide with recipes including orange ice layers and whipped cream molds, Spanish Sandwiches with anchovy caper paste, cereal and nutment chops baked with bananas, and a chocolate mocha cake using chocolate, butter, sugars, spices, eggs, cream, and flour.
A playful piece on dream visions about drink in Dreamland where old booze fighters seek solace. It links visions of bars to future fortunes and loves, noting dream drunkenness foretells wealth and ponderous missteps, with a wink at preprohibition era oracles.
A piece advising workers to excel at current roles to gain future advancement. It highlights meticulous, useful effort as a path to recognition and promotions, sharing a story of a secretary who improved tasks and created a useful pamphlet, then rose to higher positions. It stresses staying engaged and developing the relationship between current duties and overall organization goals.
Quote by Matthew Arnold on culture beginning with the love of perfection not curiosity. The remark frames culture as a study of perfection rather than mere inquiry.
A light verse by Edgar Guest about a home filled with games after supper. The narrator and his father insist the house is fine despite its marks on walls and stairs, while the mother calls it a fright.
A readable recipe article describes Spice Cake moistness and a Mocha Frosting. It lists butter brown sugar eggs coffee flour baking powder cinnamon mace and clove with instructions to add coffee alternately with flour and bake in a leaf pan. The frosting begins with butter and salt and proceeds with further ingredients.
Poem contrasts grand urban temples with a rustic ideal of worship. The speaker calls for a lodge in the wilderness for wayfaring men and woodsmen who have not known the Word, promising to speak plainly and bring them to the Master.
Story traces how Captain Cook's crew gathered a strange animal and learned the word kangaroo, misheard as a native name while the term actually meant I do not know. The tale notes the Australian term entered natural history after miscommunication.
A home remedy suggests running cold water over a scorch mark while applying gentle pressure for a few minutes to fade the stain. The method emphasizes immediate action and rinsing to prevent set and restore fabric.
Experimental use of pigeons this season has proven successful aiding the forestry service. The birds will be extensively employed next year to keep stations in touch with each other and with headquarters.
A witty Exchange remark suggests most men distrust women due to biased views learned from a woman who likely learned it from a man. The line toys with the propagation of stereotypes across genders and generations.
Alaska celebration marks the 1920 transcontinental flight by four army planes from New York to Wrangell and Nome. The mission advanced Alaska surveying, a relay mail route, and mapping 8,500 square miles, with aerial navigators overcoming rugged terrain and weather.
London reports that Egyptian women are increasingly involved in public life, especially in schools. Viscount Milner, high commissioner, notes a shift from maternal neglect to active parental engagement, with mothers visiting schools and discussing their daughters’ progress, signaling future educational growth in Egypt.
San Francisco reports a marriage license granted to J. Mott, 50, and Laura F. Galbraith, 48. Mott, self styled as chair of a gentleman, once in real estate in Rome, N Y. Galbraith, a wealthy widow from Quelph Ontario, Canada, plans three months on the coast before returning East to reside permanently.
Col J W Ryan head of Red Cross Baltic work reports 186 of 781 Russian children brought from Vladivostok by Ted Cross are allowed into Russia via a Finnish port. Children are kept in Finland until papers show guardians will receive them. Some damaged property at a sanitarium near Helsingfors.
In Marseilles police arrested Jules Carassy an automobile dealer as he tried to board a Paris train. A suitcase held 700000 francs in new bills matching the Afrique shipment to Dakar bank. The Banque Francais Afrique Occidentale money was aboard the steamer Afrique when it sank in the Bay of Biscay.
A theft involving 1,000,000 francs occurred prior to the vessel sailing from the pier, with investigators reviewing security and cargo handling procedures at the port.
The busiest man in Ohio is Rev. Ty J. Thompson of this village. Thompson serves Birmingham Florence Axtel and here with charges at each, often delivering both morning and evening services on Sundays, averaging at least six sermons.
In Newcastle Indiana a 1800 dollar gold cache found by 15 year old Levi Todd on a Greensboro farm during basement digging was judged to belong to the finder. Judge Gause declared finders are keepers amid a dispute with Mrs. Clara Freeman Vickerey and John Hardin over estate and land claims. A separate incident notes a mistaken baby swap as a woman handed her baby to another passenger while en route to Palatine Illinois.
Mrs. Ella York of Detroit says she lost her baby in Indianapolis and now holds another infant, claiming a baby swap occurred. Police and hospital officials investigate to determine the rightful custody and origins of the child.
Beira in Portuguese East Africa faces a zinc shortage affecting construction, rail cars and coffins. The shortage disrupts shipping, manufacturing and daily life as zinc remains a scarce resource.
A federal commissioner will be stationed at Dubuque to enforce prohibition laws. J L Kennedy former national bank examiner is promoted to chief examiner for the ninth federal reserve district. One of the largest corn yields from Wilkenson farm Allison averaging over 72 bushels per acre.
A testimonial recounts Dr. Pierce who practiced in rural districts and moved to Buffalo New York He promoted his Favorite Prescription to druggists nationwide and for fifty years it has been sold in tablet and liquid forms It is said to have helped many women with chronic ailments including debilitating symptoms Mrs Maupe Brizzano credits improved health and reduced fatigue after using the medicine at home Route 3
An advertising tract touts Bulgarian Blood Tea as a universal remedy for stomach and bowel ailments, rheumatic pains, liver and kidney trouble, and general malaise. It claims vast numbers benefited and urges every family to keep a package on hand. The text includes dubious health claims and instructions for usage.
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