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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
6
A collection of home cooking notes and recipe ideas from 1920 including soup made from turkey giblets thickened with cream, pumpkin pie in cups, steamed date pudding, a pear cheese salad with Thousand Island style dressing, blanched chestnuts with bread crumbs and spices, and Eggs Marchesa baked with cheese.
A reflective poem on memory and seasons, tracing how past joys linger in the soul. It recalls childhood landscapes like pine, heather, and oak, and describes how longing for home persists beyond winter. The speaker finds solace in dreams of yesterdays shaping tomorrows.
Three young women form a new advertising firm under a single incorporated name. The business manager handles operations while the seeker gathers data and photos for stories and illustrations. The third partner recruits writers and illustrators to execute the work.
A guide to dream interpretation focusing on mountains. Ascending mountains signals wealth and status for dreamer or children, while rough crags suggest possible obstacles. Perseverance may lead to success and even public office, with implications of marriage or travel to foreign lands.
The article describes two groups of girls pursuing business careers. One worked as a reporter on a major daily and learned publicity and story craft. The others aimed for business offices to gain training before starting their own ventures, stressing hard work and self reliance for real success and higher earnings.
A critic urges avoiding the term megalo maniac as exaggeration. The speaker notes over 155000 different books pamphlets and magazines are published annually worldwide and warns against inflated descriptors in evaluating influential figures.
The term cootie rose in English during wartime as a popular nickname for parasites. Its roots trace to older uses in Scotland Shropshire and Gloucestershire where coatie meant porridge bowl snug or wriggling. The piece notes Sanskrit and Urdu terms related to body and scab.
Extensive reports describe six separate governments from Vladivostok to Lake Baikal as Moscow loosens its grip. Japanese forces remain in Siberia near Vladivostok and Chita, while anti Bolshevik factions including Semenoff and Kappel remnants conduct retreats and skirmishes along the Amur and Manchurian borders.
Amsterdan Bolshevik propaganda experts avoid detection by printing material in microscopic form that can be enlarged photographically. One man in central Europe carried stamps printed with Soviet propaganda matter. Authorities enlarged these to ordinary size. The propaganda university in Moscow is said to focus on literature aimed at two classes women and farmers.
Mayor J D McBride orders police to monitor public dances in Warren and arrest anyone beyond propriety. He cites kissing, close embraces, prolonged hugging, and provocative dress as cause for crackdown. No distinctions will be made between young men and women in enforcement.
A pet rabbit named Byng owned by Mrs. Hla Welds of Oceanport New Jersey defeated three attacking cats using a powerful kick. The incident left the cats dead and the animal feared by neighbors as cats had preyed on many rabbits in the area previously.
Aileen a nineteen day old infant at St Michael's hospital underwent a groundbreaking separation when a nonviable parasitic twin at the base of her spine was removed after sixteen days of growth. Dr Gideon Silyverthorn performed the operation, the child recovering well.
Cincinnati contractor Joseph D. Englebert employs a painter who, while waiting in town, found a drink, sat at Fifth and Walnut, and woke to a policeman discovering $1.60 in his hat. A note adds that divorces outnumber those in all other Christian countries combined.
In Henderson Kentucky a Councilman Robert Smith hunting incident ends with five rabbits in his coat ring providing protection as he is accidentally shot. The incident highlights a close and unusual escape during a hunting outing.
London reports a circular from the anti Bolshevist Russian Liberation Committee stating Europe cannot expect cereals or flax from Soviet Russia. It questions food plan targets of over 7.25 million tons of breadstuffs by December 1 and notes transport breakdown and war in the Caucasus hinder output.
A proposal to vote bonds for a new Keokuk high school amounting to $500000 was defeated by a majority of 201. Other items include a fatal gasoline explosion in Rockford, a Sioux City finance company receiver, bank robbery at Oakville, and various local notices.
The 1920 Chicago International Live Stock show showcased Canadian representation from six provinces with strong wins. Notably, J G Mitchell of Cahinda Saskatchewan won a sweepstakes prize, illustrating that newcomers can rise to world champion status through industry and low-priced land in Western Canada. Lucas, from Cayley near Alberta, claimed oats glory with a 40.2 pounds per bushel yield among 240 competitors, underscoring the region’s farming opportunities and affordable land.
In a hushed moment a mother tells her child to keep quiet as the two note their bulldog Jouks cannot hear. The child replies that the dog is deaf.
An old advertisement fragment touts Bayer Aspirin with instructions and claimed safety, listing ailments from cold to toothache and rheumatism. It notes price and availability in small tins and larger packages and claims the Bayer trade mark and product origin.
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