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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
8
A fragment shows Hardy Upton trying on a new suit as Isaacs the tailor admires a dot suit and boasts it tears the shop only for ready money, reflecting playful exchange in a local tailoring scene.
An advertisement extols Diamond Dyes as simple to use for wool silk linen cotton and blends with guaranteed non fading non spotting results. It urges buyers to tell their pharmacist the fabric type before dyeing. The page also includes a light pane about a visitor and a humorous line from a Boston Transcript cartoon caption.
A clipped exchange calls a man a bad egg and notes he has been avoided since he was broke, hinting at social ostracism and a tarnished reputation in the community.
A fox eyes a bear honey store and schemes to steal honey. The bear, aware of the plan, traps the fox by a hidden honey jar and a wasp nest. The fox is chased by furious wasps into a pond while the bear watches. The tale ends with the fox fleeing and the bear musing on unforgiving people.
An exchange questions who frames bravado as heroism and exposes a writer named Seribson for red blooded fiction. The dialogue notes paradoxes in life and mocks loud yet fragile critics. The second part hints at a parent warning their child about revealing truths and embarrassing honesty.
A playful verse notes the moon remains alive beyond dusk and acts as a trustee to light the shadows until the sun returns. The piece appears in the McClure Newspaper Syndicate lineup and reflects light verse tone.
Hortense Magoo is mocked as a joke for reckless beginnings and breaking things including a heart in a Washington Star verse fragment.
The article traces the name Janet through geneta genetta and genida origins from the thirteenth century to Janet as the most modern form. It notes various early Frankish forms, explains confusion with Jean, and links Janet to grace of the Lord. It adds talismanic notes on onyx and Monday as lucky day and number. It ends with a verse about Janet and a stray line about soap in the body.
Advice urges paying workers by check or envelope for wages and tips on privacy and courtesy. It warns against paying by drawing from pocket and notes that stamps should not replace money or checks for debts. The piece endorses using money orders for remote payments and addresses small town vs large city practices in wage handling.
More than 25,000,000 acres are operated by women farmers in the United States highlighting growing female participation in agriculture across the nation.
The phrase to eat humble pie stems from medieval England when deer spoils and inedibles were given to the poor as umbles. These scraps became a symbol of poverty and abasement, later linked to general humiliation. The term evolved through Cockney speech into humble.
The article lists palmistry signs linked to illness such as pleurisy from a line rising to a mark on Saturn, rheumatism from a satiny skin, a fork at the life line, a small square with a cross for scarlet fever, and sunstroke danger from an island on the head line. It notes long wavy heart lines and longer second finger phalanx as indicators of poor teeth.
Reginald declares eternal love to Hortense as the curtain falls and a stagehand hurries the curtain along. The Weekly Telegraph notes the scene in a London amateur performance.
A playful exchange between Sooner the Better and George references a wedding gift and timing. The dialogue notes a wedding day check and suggests a morning wedding bells plan with a bank closing time as a humorous detail.
An employer remarks to a candidate that the applicant has a sizable dependents load. The reply enumerates ten children seven pigs and an old woman. London Tit-Bits.
A humorous dialogue fragment features a wife and judge discussing a husband who left two months earlier. The wife notes the husband is a plumber and the judge urges patience, humorously suggesting the leak might be fixed in a month or so.
Burroughs and Pine exchange greetings about bracing morning weather. Wyse declines lending money, stating he has no funds to spare.
A brisk banter sequence unfolds with a chorister and understudy over newspaper bylines and fame. The scene shifts to a doctor querying a patient, while Mrs OClanahan recalls a changing habit, all hinting at personal strain and social satire.
A punning item describes a new invention claimed to be nonpoisonous toy soldier paint. The caption jokes that an infant could lick it off and no doctor would be needed, reflecting humorous modern flair.
In a vivid Town Tonics exchange, the high flyer's wrecking of that bank is called grand larceny by the first financier, while the second financier hails it as magnificent and grand.
In a playful exchange, Lady Friend compliments Bangs on his costly new residence. He agrees it should be a fitting abode for a gentleman and discusses the possibility of renting the house to suit the aim of its elegance.
In a campus exchange the Senior jokes the professor is broad minded while the Sophomore calls him thick witted. The dialogue highlights student sentiment and humor over academic figures.
Farmer Corntogsel jokes the case will hinge on party lines as the prosecuting attorney and chief detective belong to opposing parties. He quips about the odds of solving the crime and the public’s reaction to the delay.
Advertisement warns to look for Bayer on packages to ensure genuine Bayer Tablets for relief of colds headaches rheumatism and neuralgia. Acclaims "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" and notes package sizes and directions, with price hints and distributor details.
Chicago readers recall a doctor advising Mrs. Tomshhck to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after childbirth. The testimonial notes improved health and nervous recovery, with three children born to Mrs. Tomshhck and the compound praised as beneficial for women’s ailments by physicians.
William Magee a retired contractor from St. Louis reports health improvement after taking Taniac or Tinlac. He describes prior bladder trouble poor appetite back pain and sleep loss. He claims appetite and energy returned and urges others to use the product as sold by druggists.
A press luncheon scene highlights humor about immigrants in New York. Comic Tomny Gray remarks that foreigners learn English quickly while two Australian job seekers meet a film magnate and reveal their short time in the city.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a fast acting kidney liver and bladder remedy. It touts sworn statements from thousands of users and urges readers to request a sample bottle by mail with ten cents and to buy large or medium bottles at drug stores.
The Court of Customs Appeals faces a winter docket of highly technical tariff cases from cakes to rugs and even goats’ beards. The calendar shows disputes over wheat screenings duties and other unusual imports, illustrating the oddities of international trade at the customs house.
New York correspondence notes a growing trend of keeping goats as pets in small studios. Proponents claim goats are easier to care for than dogs due to digestion, offer companionship, and help with garbage disposal. Observers see goats becoming more common along elevated trains from Fourth to Fourteenth street.
A humorous transcript fragment shows Mrs Newbride declining an invitation with thanks and regret. A cynically witty reply mocks the delay in marrying. The exchange captures social tensions over nuptial expectations in a domestic scene.
Fragmentary dialogue mixes mockery of a political figure with a misspelled reference to jazz and a line about a Ten Commandments era theme. A daughter suggests whistling a few bars to gain approval, in a curio of unclear origin and tone.
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