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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
8
Wilson Follett of Yale Review praises Charles De Morgan as a beacon of delight and wit in modern letters. He laments that De Morgan did not complete the missing chapters of Edwin Drood and Denis Duval, leaving readers with unfinished Labors of love.
The London Chronicle recounts a Luddite indictment for threatening to demolish a Nottingham plant. Lord Denman found a flaw in the wording, clarifying the firm as lace manufacturers rather than silk and cotton fabric producers. The court spared the Luddites, who died unchanged.
The narration recalls a young cavalry officer amid army supplies, mocked for his pristine uniform. As Confederate riders appear, he surges to inspire his troops, charging atop a spirited horse with a flashing sword, revealed as George A. Custer. Biblical authority is cited by Girard in Philadelphia Ledger.
The piece extols American Marines as fit energetic and steadfast. It lauds their first ashore and last to stay role, highlighting their bravery cheerfulness dexterity and steadiness under flag. It cites the Marine Corps glorious century long record and universal enthusiasm.
The London Opinion discusses the word stepmother tracing its history from the Anglo-Saxon steep meaning orphaned. It explains how stepchild and related terms emerged first, with stepfather and stepmother forming later as the original meaning faded.
A childhood recipe recalls layering rose petals and brown sugar in a dish, then burying it overnight to create a toothsome treat. The anecdote includes a quote about sunlight harming a woman’s complexion, attributed to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A Buffalo News note recounts Lena ten, after osteopathic treatment, explaining to her friend Mabel that the session feels like being made bread of. The playful remark, though, reflects a child’s humorous view of medical care.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item cites a joking exchange about a woman living at home as a house guest of her mother. The dialogue notes she sits around while her mother does the work, reflecting social expectations discussed in the piece.
A satirical exchange unfolds as Madeline dismisses Alice's tale saying it's an old joke while Alice retorts with a witty twist about a man’s best friend. The dialog reveals light social play and sharp, affectionate banter between the two figures.
In 1808 Mile. Ttravit graced Paris Imperial Opera attracting rivals M. de Grandpre and M. le Pique. They planned a nonhostile duel in the air firing by balloon, cutting ropes at half a mile height. Grandpre shot le Pique’s balloon. it exploded while Grandpre’s landed safely hours later.
George W. Meyers of the United States army proposes a robber proof railway car using two cyanide gas tanks at each end. When warned by the locomotive engineer, guards release fumes through a perforated pipe surrounding the door, filling the robbers faces while the car remains gas tight from inside.
Goethals notes that a soldier sees duty as action and obedience as essential to service. He cites military training giving advantage in detail work and obedience. Forbes quotes Lord Kitchener praising action over reasons and urges immediate execution of orders.
The text sketches the progression from crude harmonic ideas to structured notation. It credits Guido of Arezzo with staff notation, Franco of Cologne with note shapes, and later developments in rhythm and bars. It notes Joaquin Dupres and Palestrina shaping Renaissance music, and the opera’s rise in the sixteenth century, with Italian and German composers sharing its refinement.
The piece claims a huge aquatic creature in Lake Victoria Nyanza and its tributaries resembling extinct saurians and possibly a descendant or unclassified reptile or amphibian. It notes sightings by authoritative witnesses but provides no bones or skin to study.
A humorous column contrasts Welsh naming habits with English trends noting that Welsh people avoid taking surnames from towns. It suggests surnames like Jones remain common while others shift to Williams Evans Hughes or Lloyd and comments on social and linguistic differences between nations.
A Boston Transcript snippet records a private engagement agreement between Edith and Fred. It mentions secrecy agreed by the couple and a friend labeled as Impossible, with implication that other girls will learn of the engagement by sight.
The term yacht derives from Dutch jagten meaning to hunt or speed and is linked to the idea of pursuit or speed in seafaring. This etymology highlights how language reflects nautical tradition and maritime practice.
An analysis notes the fur trade's growth and permanency. It asserts most fur bearing species are not rapidly declining, but some survive only in less civilized regions. Muskrat, skunk and similar species in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio fuel the industry and may be bred for fur if wild supplies dwindle.
The piece recollects Joseph Choate’s nasally resonant voice and sharp but beautiful wit. It notes his habit of cooling audiences subtly, praises his Harvard dormitory quip about Oxford comparisons, and recalls his remark on secretaries who once served as ambassadors' aides.
A reflection on forestry advancement and the US Forest Service. It argues many supposed impossibilities are overcome by bold effort and willing persistence, citing pioneering achievements as proof that what is deemed impossible is often merely untried.
The London Mirror recalls Cornish place names that amuse visitors and locals alike such as Drunkards All London Apprentice Grumzia and St Eval pronounced Sandeval. A bishop jokes about canonizing the devil in response to St Eval’s saintly confusion.
A French general during Napoleon III’s era faced a court rumor of a dishonor for a brother officer who lacked 15,000 francs. Eugenie, alarmed by the tale, concealed the man’s name and then produced banknotes to cover the debt, saying to take them and never reveal who paid.
In Quito, the City of the Equator, Harry A. Franck notes the shopfront barrier between classes as the white collar. He finds collars priced far above American levels and tells of a shopkeeper's insistence a very low collar is still a collar and is not being imported further.
A passage echoing Carlyle on freedom and oppression, contrasting with a clipped modern exchange about hearing and advice. The fragment blends reflections on liberty with a curt exchange and a Marcus Aurelius quote.
The text explains knots form where a limb grew from inside the tree before logging. It notes knots are harder than surrounding wood due to greater stress at the limb base and the part that grew inside the tree.
A visitor with long white whiskers and a senatorlike black hat reflects on crossing Broadway at Forty-second Street. He jokes that each crossing feels like winning a bet, standing on the safe side amid the bustling traffic of New York.
An historical note warns that rhubarb leaves can be fatal if eaten while stalks are safe for most. The piece mentions rhubarb wine once used to adulterate champagne and cites Dr William Prout’s view on its bladder stone risk. The advised rule is to use stalks and avoid leaves.
An old tip recommends carrying a glass medicine dropper and rosewater in the chest and travel bag. For a foreign body in the eye pour six drops into the eye, pull down the lower lid, and let the liquid float on the surface. After a few seconds use the dropper to extract the liquid and the irritation often exits with it.
The island off Venezuela known as Margarita was discovered by Columbus in 1498 and derived its name from pearl fisheries. It became the pirates main base on the Spanish Main and housed slaves awaiting transport.
The term etiquette began as a label on a bag to show contents and later referred to a ceremonial ticket guiding a participant on duties, shaping its current sense of proper conduct.
The speaker recalls that since taking up authorship he has produced about 300 manuscripts, illustrating a prolific output and long engagement with writing. The remark hints at a career built on continual drafting and refinement.
An article advises avoiding wet feet in winter to lower illness risk. It highlights that cold, damp feet can lead to sore throat bronchitis or pneumonia, especially for the frail or tired. It recommends drying feet warming them with a rough towel and camphor alcohol, and keeping extra footwear at work.
A Christmas package is missing on the ridge road between the county home and the John Carson place. The finder should return it to John 3B. Wygers at Center Junction, Iowa, with charges paid. December 25. 26-1.
Notice to interested parties that final reports of executors administrators guardians and trustees in Jones County estates have been filed and a final hearing set for January 7 1918 before the District Court in Anamosa Iowa. The reports include the administrator Theodore Behrends for the estate of Hernhard Andreas Wiben Behrends deceased. Clerk G A Fisher announces the details.
In Iowa District Court Jones County January Term 1918 plaintiff Della I Sealls seeks to quiet title to described premises against numerous defendants including Warren Jeffries Old Easterly and Dalby and Easterly. The petition claims undisputed possession over ten years under color of title and that defendants claims are barred by the statute of limitations. Public notice issued by clerk and four week publication planned.
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