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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
6
A wealthy couple stranded after Christmas meets a hospitable beatsman at a lonely red house. They must barter for gas and shelter with a tow carriage and five dollars while a rainstorm drags on. The owner proffers a curious deal tying the car to the gas as a “gift day” price.
A Western Newspaper Union item tells how John Hudson, once feared as a slave driver at the Canterfield works with over a hundred workers, dreams of change. Guided by his dead son he discovers worker welfare and a profit sharing plan, turning his New Year into a co operative regime.
A Paris fashion note argues that the long era of tubular silhouettes is yielding to a broader change. It cites hemline variations, a looser bodice, the comeback of the one piece dress, and rising black usage at Longchamp and Paris as midseason signals.
A 1920s style homily urges placing marker signs titled Solutions to mark personal failures. It advocates optimism selfishness unthankfulness economy and do it now as paths away from worry and discouragement toward ambition.
A 1926 note from Western Newspaper Union hints at New Year mottoes and resolutions. It mentions willpower linked to an Invincible Power and Solution Markers of Peace and Good Will guiding toward a City of Greater Accomplishments associated with Gertrude Walton.
A Mary Graham Bonner New Year reflection from 1925 urges self wishes for happiness peace and love for all. The speaker declares resolutions to foster kindness reduce conflict and plant true peace while hoping others will wish her happiness in return.
A Philadelphia Rec ord cor respondent offers step by step directions to craft a blue satin bag using pea cock blue and gold satin brocade, brass rings, silk rope and beads. The guide details cutting, stitching, pockets, tassel attachment and rope threading, ending with a note that the crimson pigment was discovered accidentally.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors recalls a 27 year veteran bookkeeper and a new clerk in a humorous wage exchange. The anecdote, aired in New York, contrasts long tenure with a fresh salary claim and ends with a quip about raises.
William T. Bailey, assistant city attorney, lent $20 to a widow years ago during charitable work. He was reminded by a letter from the woman who kept a mental image of “a tall gray-haired but young gentleman” in the city hall office. She now runs a Cleveland millinery shop and plans to repay.
Podmoshle village near Moscow asks the Moscow Soviet to allow using unused church steeples as water towers to cut waterworks costs. The provincial Soviet permits conversion of churches to secular use with congregation consent if engineers deem them safe.
The discovery of new diamond mines in the Belgian Congo and South Africa is hailed as very important. Experts say diamond production may decline, but these mines could become the world’s largest when properly developed. Development has occurred since World War II, though deposits were known as early as 1907.
Lehigh Falkner in New York criticizes postwar commercial treaties between Germany and Russia. He says the Bolsheviks threaten the value of these agreements and quips that they "put the rouble in trouble" with their influence.
Two Shortridge high school girls walking home discuss the play Topsy and Iva. Betty hopes they will perform Iemem bring at her funeral while Dorothy wishes In ger Awhile would be played at hers, reflecting lighthearted remembrances amid daily chatter.
The Boston Transcript quotes the Clearwater Weratd describing last spring's grad and debutante Nancee as a June bride and honeymooner. It labels her as a pretty complainant and an attractive divorcee, calling her a dangerous woman.
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