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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
16
A southern family grandmother asks Libby how she names the new baby Mandy replies Gabrielle as Libby explains it is the child’s likeness that matters not the given name. The old servant insists Miss Katie is her name and that naming follows affection and resemblance rather than formal labels.
An old advertisement claims Cole's Carbellanle quickly relieves burning itching and other skin diseases. It asserts instant pain stoppage from burns and scarless healing with 30c and 60c doses. Consumers urged to ask their druggist or mail orders to The J. W. Cole Co. Rockford IL.
A romantic stage moment unfolds as a young man declares love and proposes marriage, only to be gently rebuffed by Belinda who, calm and sharp, questions whether the suitor is truly suitable for her. The scene hints at wit and comic romance.
An old spectator at a football game pulls a bulky cigar case from his pocket and asks an enthusiast if he smokes. The reply yes prompts the bemused reply that the man hopes the other will mind his smoking. A milkmaid quips about face value versus milk bucket value.
A brief scene captures Miss Kutting and Mr Saphend in a tense exchange as Tudge probes memory and affection. Miss Kutting hints at restrained feelings, signaling romantic complications within the narrative.
A New era in Germany sees Americans and boxing entering the scene as dueling and old military drills fade. Workers form massive vereins while turnvereins struggle under political pressure, and football and athletics rise as mass appeal sports amid democratizing reforms.
City Marshal Blackburn of Tombstone Arizona resigns after receiving $50 monthly salary plus subscriptions from business men. The town, once famed for the West’s desperadoes, now lacks police protection as economy cuts pay.
Researchers in France demonstrated wireless control of an unmanned airplane. An airphone automated ascent via a wing fan mechanism, then the craft circled and landed using a ground wireless signal and a weighted wire release. In a second test an aircraft operated for an hour with a pilot aboard who only intervened to land.
State department agents in Husum Washington deploy mustard gas into lava rock to flush out rattlesnakes. Infants to nine foot bull rattlers emerge blinded and dazed, then killed by clubs.
Palmyra adopts a blue law prohibiting moving picture shows on Sundays. The ordinance bans theater screenings to enforce a Sunday observance.
Max Schroth of Manila P I traveled 8000 miles to the United States to finalize his American citizenship after twenty one years of belief he was a citizen. Born in Germany he enlisted in the U S Army in 1902 serving in the Cuban campaign Spanish American navy and the Philippine Insurrection. He learned final papers required leaving the Philippines and returning to America to obtain them. He left a wife and six children in Manila and settled in Omaha while awaiting final papers.
Despite global business gloom the Panama Canal handled a record volume of shipping in 1921. Tolls collected reached 10.33 million dollars, about 80 thousand dollars more than the prior year, per the official report.
Reverend H Ostrom explains human sin as overpowering and unruly but notes God's infinite wisdom provides atonement through Christ. The piece emphasizes faith over reason, the Bible as the sole illustration of atonement, and the free gift of grace offered to all who believe in Jesus for pardon and peace through the Cross.
A compact devotional note links Coventry Patmore and biblical verses to the idea that God guides through our desires once we surrender them. It contrasts Abraham and Isaac with the Wise Men, then urges fidelity to God’s statutes and commandments. It ends with a Platonic moral about injustice and suffering.
A Swift quote notes that labeling a man ungrateful sums up all the evil one can be guilty of. The line reflects on moral judgment and human failing.
The village school program pauses as Miss Willet, famed for her singing, contracts a cold and cannot perform. A student spokesperson suggests she recite a poem, while others propose she sings with facial expressions if her voice fails.
In a Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt the Garcia household is described as stern and harsh. Manuel Garcia, famed vocal teacher, allegedly beat his daughters Viardot Garcia and Mallbran to discipline them as they sang. Neighbors allegedly distinguished between rigorous training and madness.
A conversation about fashion ends with the claim that a new dress length reaches the knees. The talking points shift to honesty and reputation, noting that virtue is precious while vice often takes its place.
A rural tale recounts Rev Sparrow Jones visiting Aunt Miranda and discussing divine trials and epidemics as a metaphor for social ills. A lawyer in a separate vignette jokes about innocence and a police call regarding twenty four quarts of Scotch buried in a backyard.
A Birmingham Age-Herald item parodies political discourse with a joke about getting advice from constituents. The dialogue showcases a senator brushing off unsolicited counsel and recalls vacations taken at constituents suggestions while the senator felt overworked.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald item a judge questions a man who struck a haber dasher's clerk. The offender claimed the clerk showed him a collar and called it a perfect deal. The judge asks why the attack happened in the store and not after hours.
In a humorous remark, Herman notes that many bachelors think wives easy to manage while recalling Adam at his first New Year’s celebration. The line reflects light domestic banter and a ancestral joke tone.
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