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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
1
A reflective New Year meditation urges resolute self improvement. It stresses aims, breaking bad habits, and maintaining a positive home atmosphere. It emphasizes personal effort, kindness, and celebrating beauty over doubt, with a focus on self discipline and daily kindness.
A reflective piece urges embracing responsibility and moral effort as the New Year begins. It advocates joy in work, moderation, loyalty, open research, and candor, urging virtue over superficial profit while stressing poise, spirituality, and helpfulness to others. In a lighter note a cashier quips about money spending.
The poem portrays the Old Year awaiting blessings from people as the New Year nears. Children and weary folk speak of blessing the old year after it passes, while a poet emphasizes growth, truth, and upward striving as the year ends.
A lyric verse speaks to a child on New Year’s Day about beginning a journey hand in hand. The speaker promises guidance and steadfast support as they travel a path beyond tears, bearing burdens with strength and cheer toward a promised land.
A reader pamphlet on fish eggs shows variation in size from robin eggs to almost microscopic in eels and counts eggs across species from brook trout to cod. A child questions if a railroad accident victim has damages enough, prompting a family moment about damages.
The article notes a fish species from Lake Tiberius in Palestine where eggs are fertilized by the male and hatched in his mouth. The male’s buccal cavity swells as eggs hatch, with young fish pressed together like pomegranate seeds and some remaining near the parent for weeks.
The article details high per capita wealth for American Indians about 2130 dollars versus 1300 for other Americans. It notes rich timber and mineral lands, millions in agricultural holdings, and cattle ranges with substantial revenues from leases. It mentions asphalt deposits on Indian lands and large livestock holdings.
A reflective critique of lively young passengers on a train in a bustling industrial center. The writer contrasts the soprano voices and social bustle with moral temptations and the lure of harmony, citing Holmes on beauty and truth.
The American Magazine reprints a Massachusetts cost of living commission letter urging waste elimination in households with many servants. The author reports cooking at half the cost, relies on economical soups, and notes coffee tea and coal waste. includes a humorous lunchroom exchange about eggs and Eggs.
On opening night at the 7a'de ville show a black-face comedian drew boisterous applause while a spectator whispered confusion about a car incident. A city official commented that the performer is a self made negro amid the crowd’s tense reaction.
In a brief exchange a patient recalls two doctors offering conflicting recommendations during a late night consultation. One suggested one approach while the other proposed an alternative and a final resolution was to proceed with both options.
A Gazette issue publishes an order in council forbidding ordinary interments in St. Giles, Stoke Pages churchyard identified with Gray’s Country Churchyard elegy. The measure limits burials in the historic resting place affecting local customs and memorial practices.
The poem suggests contentment with one’s lot and optimism despite misfortune. It reflects on constant springs of happiness in human hearts, sunny gleams, and golden dreams revealed as the years pass. The verse contemplates warm inner light as aging proceeds.
Mrs Bossi asks her husband about his first thoughts after the hotel alarm. He recalls waking to danger, a vase striking him, a chair whirling, and objects raining down, then questions his wife's anger in the evening.
A passage reflects on the inherent earthiness in people and the hunger for nature and authentic contact. It laments detachment from common life and warns that art for art’s sake and elitist tastes harm personal and social power.
The Christian Herald notes that Ramadan is the most exalted month for Muslims. It describes the descent of the Koran to Gabriel and the prophets receiving revelations. It also mentions Muhammad retreating to the cave of Hira for prayer and meditation.
A Berlin group named the League of Politeness aims to improve manners among residents. Led by Braulein Cecelio Meyer and inspired by a Roman organization, it adopts the Italian motto Pro gentilezza. Members wear a medal to discourage bad temper and discourteous talk.
A vignette from Miss Mattie hosting a distinguished guest in the old south. A servant delivers a water bath instruction to Mr. Firman, prompting laughter as Tillie relays the command. The dialogue captures social dynamics and humor in a domestic setting from Lippincott's Magazine.
In New York Mine Sara Bernhardt joked about aging noting she is a great grandmother and works constantly to stay young. The crowd laughed as she lightly dismissed compliments and compared herself to a France nurse amid crowded boulevards.
Charles H Rosenberg of Bavaria arrived from Hamburg aboard the Kaisserin Auguste Victoria with lumps resembling a mountain range on his spine. A doctor at immigration halted him to verify origin, then Rosenberg revealed the lumps contained $500 each and he planned to buy an Oregon apple orchard with $11,000 total.
A Gainesville man recalls former Georgia Governor Allen D. Candler quitting cigars for a pipe at the start of the year and sticking to it. He quips that by calculation he saved 208 dollars, though the exact figure and proof remain elusive.
An excerpt from Success Magazine describes a bus climbing Cumberland Gap with a mare aboard. The horse allegedly hears the rear door slam and stirs excitement among riders as the driver hushes talk about getting off to walk up the hill.
A racial dialogue in Mack's National Monthly highlights a new resident asking who is the town’s best whitewasher. The reply names Ale Hallam, a bond artist with a whitewash brush, who is praised yet described as peculiar about whitewashing a chicken house. Uncle Jacob challenges the plan, fearing the odd choice.
An article details a novel glass staining method where mineral colors are fused with glass at high heat to create a pebbled, luminous effect. Panels for large windows are individually formed and assembled in a metal frame.
The report cites analyses of minerals in foods and brain chemistry, highlighting Potassium Phosphate as central to brain function. It notes expert claims, trials, and the role of mind on digestion, stressing nourishment for brain and digestive health.
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