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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
1
In a woodland tale a fairy queen grants a clever catbird the power to mock Puss the hunter. The birds promise revenge on Puss for troubling their family and children, with the catbird delivering taunting calls that drive the predator away. The tale ends with Puss fleeing as the birds celebrate their deliverance.
A storyteller recalls a chaotic touring show with odd antics on stage and backstage. The narrator notes misdirection and confusion among performers including a tense domestic scene, while wing actions and a lunch house with flies are mentioned as curiosities.
Edna Kent Forbes notes powder pull as a symbol of vanity though modest powder helps disguise city dust and oil on the skin. She recommends pure rice powder to absorb oil and dust while avoiding pore clogging, warning against heavy talcum.
The article notes that wild fruit aids cultivated crops by providing protection when fruits resemble and ripen earlier. It highlights manberry wild blackberry Juneberry wild cherry and elderberry as well adapted species for local cultivation.
Little Tommy frets over his thin cat and iresome feeding. His mother suggests the cat’s slim due to summer flies. Tommy probes the joke and insists he hears bees humming as the cat supposedly eats them too.
A style note explains proper past perfect forms and common mistakes. It cites incorrect phrases like had have and had of and shows correct alternatives such as had known and would have succeeded. The piece notes mispronunciation origins from dropping initial h and a historical shift to aye and of.
Christmas is a mood not tied to specific days or places. It transcends calendars and geography, indifferent to government or race, and an inward spiritual creation. It belongs to the heart, built by the childlike angels within, lasting beyond a single day.
Rhyme about children describing boys as engines drums fats and sugar plums and girls as dishes dolls red rubber balls. A playful verse contrasts two gendered lines in a traditional nursery chant format.
The passage cites Christmas pies as a seasonal staple and recalls cautions about proper phrasing when referring to mince pie. It notes Dr Parr’s quip about when to begin eating Christmas pie and urges post holiday thanks, linking warmth of meals to manners and social customs. It also mentions beliefs about Christmas births seeing spirits.
Albert Mizik of Decorah died when a gun fell and discharged. Keosauqua and Shenandoah report spring prep and YWCA secretary election. Des Moines injury from a derrick at Standard Oil. Creston bans unmuzzled dogs amid rabies fears.
Proved Fidward Charles is a logical man who loves Eve Maude yet cannot let emotion override reason. He writes a curious love letter structured as numbered reasons why the world loves a lover and concludes Eve Maude is “all the world” to him, suggesting mutual affection. The note appears in London Answers.
A tire maker advises reviving winter stored inner tubes by hot water immersion once a month or every six weeks. Submerge for a couple of minutes, dry, then partly inflate before hanging. The process keeps rubber pliable and prevents hardening.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quirky note recalls Mrs Jagsby bragging she tracks Mr Jagsby’s whereabouts. After a quart of moonshine, he often cannot recall his own location, delivering a sharp domestic vignette.
A terse exchange features a character asking for the idea of eternal retribution and another replying that a profiteer fretting over income tax captures the sharp, moral jab. The quip reflects social humor of the moment with a hint of fiscal satire.
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