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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1922
Page
8
Advice on happiness urges daily acts of kindness and prompt apologies. It warns against dwelling on petty offenses and misjudging friends, noting happiness remains near when pride and pique are set aside.
Feature parody urges brides to value substance over appearance. It praises a man who handles life smoothly in work games family and finances, noting his lack of conventional beauty but steady reliability. The piece ends with the claim that handsomeness is skin deep.
A cake recipe from Food For The Family uses bread sponge as base. Ingredients include sugar abortening eggs milk bread sponge flour soda spices and raisins. mix to form cake batter and bake. The excerpt blends a poem by Margaret Vandergrift with the recipe instructions.
Poem by Will M Maupin satirizes a stingy character who denies Santa Claus and hoards generosity. It riffs on greed and petty behavior through humorous rural dialect references and a concluding jab at a man who claims there is no Santa Claus.
A vintage cooking note explains stuffing figs with almond and nut mixtures then sealing the openings with sugar. It also covers custard making with coffee milk and eggs, baking molds in a water bath, and a noodle ham bake with custard filling baked until firm.
A diaristic fragment describes a log cabin retreat with a garden hen house a boat and fishing on the water a shelf of books including encyclopedias a reflective companion a typewriter a phonograph and weekly funds to sustain the next days. The tone conveys simple domestic serenity in a rural setting with modest means.
John Blake urges readers to grasp and sustain hope as a lifelong fuel. He contrasts hopeful, rainbow chasers with cynics, notes war veterans returning with honors, and cites a 75 year old lawyer in Europe who thrives on enduring hope. Hope sustains through trials, aging, and despair.
The text traces how the Latin discus evolved into English dish and French dess leading to dais and desk. It notes the chain from desco to desk and mentions scientists forming the word disc from the original Latin four. It ends with a caution about not doing by proxy what is intended by proximity.
The letter e once sounded like a in parson and clerk rhymes with dark. The clergy member, usually the parish's most prominent figure, became known as the person or parson in traditional usage.
Besides the parrot there are more than twenty different kinds of birds capable of talking. The collection includes several species known for mimicking human speech and forming phrases. Researchers note social and cognitive factors influence vocal learning.
The Pennsy team of three men and two women overwhelmed Battery of the 200th artillery by 286 targets. The women Kathleen Gallagher Nattie Miner and Lilly Kortlander were touted as crack rifle shots in Chicago as the photograph shows Gallagher demonstrating shooting technique.
The photograph features Halsey Mills nicknamed the sensational 120 pound quarterback for Dartmouth. Once considered too thin for gridiron duties, Mills persevered and earned starting status as coaches noticed his progress. He played in several games including Harvard and Cornell, with a standout performance against Cornell.
John Edmundson set a Llanerch course record with 66 in a season round. Days later amateur Marcus Greer scored 67, near the record. Edmundson posted 83 in both directions.
The article notes pitchers prefer Bill Evans as catcher because umpires hesitate to call third strikes and rarely give the plate to batters. Evans works the corners and after two strikes on a batter, he yields the corner ball, making Evans favored by pitchers.
Jack Williams a full blood Huron and nineteen year old pitcher joins the Chicago White Sox becoming the first Jefthand Indian in major league history. The Belleville Ontario standout posted twenty seven wins and one defeat with two hit errors costing a game. Williams credited with exceptional control.
The report credits John J. Quinn of the Boston Americans as the lone high circuit pitcher with a three hit and a two hit game this season. He achieved the three hit game against the Chicago White Sox on July 26 and the two hit game against Cleveland on August 26. Herman Pillette of Detroit and L. J. Bush of New York also delivered multiple two hit games.
Maine football selects H. D. Small 1924 as team captain for the upcoming season. The announcement notes Small as the leader and captain designate for the squad.
Norwich university of Northfield finished its season without scoring a point across the entire schedule.
Frank Boyle, who piloted the Marshall town squad to second place in the Mississippi Valley league last season, is re-engaged for the 1923 campaign.
Horace Rice is named tennis champion of Queensland and a member of the Australian Davis Cup team in 1913. He stands as a prominent figure in early Australian tennis.
Vedado Tennis club of Havana will stage tournaments during the winter season to entertain players and spectators and showcase local talent.
Syracuse plans a return game with Nebraska next year. Cincinnati won its first pennant in 50 years of professional baseball. Yale may host national AAU swimming meets as Frank Muller is named Harvard varsity crew coach. New York to get a Fifty Street ice rink. Powerboat rules and racing ads loom. Pennsylvania to play McGill on January 1 in Philadelphia. Nippon players struggle against Indiana U. Waite Hoyt dominated a Nipponese team. Sioux City club sale offer to Muskogee for 20000. Lower California joins American Powerboat Association. Vermont coach Keady preaches hard work. Kansas City and Enid clubs linked. four catchers for Brooklyn. Poe Memorial Cup awarded to D B Lourie. Davies traded to Toledo. now Penn football coach. Outdoor speed skating nationals in Chicago Jan 26-28. Athletics sign Allen Tarr. Newell Banks wins 15, draws 5 in Detroit. George Foster resigns Springfield manager role to pitch in PCL. British Empire sports program planned for 1924 Exhibition in London. North Carolina State and possibly Georgia Tech eyed for Trinity 1928 schedule. Fordham varsity F winners elect Schermerhorn captain of 1923 Maroon. Bully McInnis eyeing college coaching post. Yale coach offer discussed. Big Three football fate debated with other colleges ready to carry on.
Shortstop Everett Scott of the New York Yankees admits slower range and off balance play in the World Series. He says the Polo Grounds infield, the fastest in the league, made his decline more obvious and he longs to return to Boston Park to regain form.
Major Daily, famed quarterback from Harvard and West Point, leads the United States Military Academy football team and serves as president of the newly formed American Football Coaches' Association. His enduring impact on football spans both playing and coaching careers.
The University of Kentucky will build a 15 000 seat stadium on Stallfield at an estimated cost of 125 000 dollars. Alumni and former students lead the movement to create the largest athletic facility in the South. Prof. Richard Pertuch, head of physical education at the Philadelphia Turgemeinde, a long established group, is 76 and has taught at the institution for 30 years.
The University of Southern California in Los Angeles launches fencing classes for both women and men students as part of its athletics and physical education program. This marks a new offering expanding sport options on campus.
New Jersey National Guardsmen will promote indoor sports in armories this winter. Basketball will be played and the effort will have winners clash with other state champions.
A brief item notes 70 new 2.10 trotters associated with the BHAON, details unclear in the fragment.
In a light exchange Private Smart claims the tallest man in his regiment can light a cigarette from a lamp post. Private White counters by noting a tall comrade in his company who must kneel to reach his pockets.
A terse exchange compares three triplet candidates with Sourbatch favoring the middle option as the best and worth keeping if any. The dialogue reflects selective judgment on the group’s qualities and suitability.
In a domestic city report a married couple known for harmony see their relationship unravel as the wife descends into madness and the husband proves largely ineffective amid mounting tensions.
A prison visitor offers cake to a prisoner. The prisoner whispers that he wants any cake with a file baked inside. The exchange reveals a plan to aid an escape.
Dialogue shows a friend inviting a heavyweight to dinner while another guest asks if the host’s wife knows of the invitation. The remark notes the wife will be away and the inviter intends to bring home a heavyweight to sit on her trunk.
Uncle Jeremiah Scrogg by recalls plans to stay a month with nervous kin in the city ending after a calendar with large figures pinned in his room altered his visit. The excerpt hints at tension from a sudden schedule change during a domestic visit.
In a terse exchange a granddaughter tells a man her blunt view, while her grandmother exclaims in disbelief at the harsh words. The dialogue captures a moment of blunt honesty within a strained family interaction.
A playful quip contrasts a modern girl described as Dot with the phrase there goes a girl of the period. The dialogue jokes about punctuation and timing, ending with a pun on comma long.
A terse dialogue contrasts car abundance with scarce pedestrians. A playful exchange questions fear of falling into a street scene. The fragment hints at urban movement and social observations without a clear article context.
A compact proverb style piece urges following a fatherly whisper to choose loyalty over beauty. It pairs tenderness with practicality by valuing a steady partner over fleeting attraction, noting that true harmony comes from a lasting union.
Dialogue snippet shows Jack asking about Clara's secret and Maarle confirming it remained hidden at the end of her tongue. This fragment captures a playful exchange with no additional context or events.
Mae warns against marrying the artist citing unknown past but Jage asserts that upon marriage he will know his future and promises a closer look at what lies ahead.
A dialogue contrasts private inquiry with public interest. Tam argues information about others becomes his business, while the other challenges intrusiveness. The exchange highlights tensions between personal privacy and social scrutiny.
Dowdney reports callers keep getting wrong numbers. Alexander asks who else is affected. Dowdney notes a girl often gets the wrong number when buying shoes.
A terse exchange reveals a betrothal moment with playful barbs. He asserts insight into her, while she retorts with a sharp line about kissing the book and swearing fidelity, signaling an engagement between them.
A fragmentary dialogue shows back and forth about time zones and sunrise. The speakers compare Sweden and America claiming the sun rises six hours later and discuss waking up at the same time.
A full blooded American Indian announces efforts to become a "white-washed American" while signaling a Senate bid. The remark underscores questions about identity and political ambitions amid a charged context.
The sermon frames the famine in Canaan as a divinely allowed test of Abram’s faith. Three lessons emerge: trust wholly in God, know ourselves through trials, and help others through steadfast testimony. It contrasts Abram’s failures with God’s faithfulness and urges reliance on God over human resources.
The writing notes how noble thinkers, including the emperor-philosopher, reached striking moral conclusions without Christian revelation. It asks if one is weary of enduring the bad and urges applying conscience to self rather than others, a searching and deep question.
A terse quotation warns against trusting homeless individuals who act by choice, noting that affection without a rooted hold cannot be controlled. The line critiques dependency and control in relationships through Southey's provocative stance.
A brief quotation noting that truth possesses an enduring nature while falsehood cannot mimic its integrity, attributed to Lord Napler. The line highlights the immutable character of truth and the limits of deception.
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