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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
7
A motivational piece urges young readers to heed Time's admonition and pursue lofty goals with faith and hope. It likens early morning air to an inspiring force guiding toward wealth power and fame, warning against distractions and temptations that lead to failure.]]
John Blake argues that active lookup builds lasting knowledge. Relying on others for answers trains dependence and weakens memory, while independently finding details like names or addresses by consulting sources strengthens learning and retention.
A fragmentary piece blends education advice with a recipe for almond cookies. It contrasts self taught study with consulting printed authorities while offering a sugar almond cookie method dated 1902 from the Western Newspaper Union.
A devotional verse expresses thanks for health and friends and asks for guidance, strength to work with cheer, restful sleep, renewal, courage for the right, and cheerful disposition. It closes with an Amen and a note about copyright.
The passage traces the Tammany Society from its 1789 founding for benevolent aims through its 1805 charter to a major political force. It notes its anti federalist leanings, founder William Mooney, and its leadership symbols like the grand sachem and thirteen sachems. It also clarifies the separation between the charitable society and the political body using Tammany Hall.
A fragment from a 19th century cookbook notes recipes for cakes and cookies including small cakes, cookies with molasses and vanilla, and mentions venison dishes. It includes a larger aside on the duty of faith repositories and cites Samuel Jalisco in a reflective anecdote.
The text discusses how fingernail shape and length supposedly reveal character and fate, noting barred beliefs about palm reading and finger types. It cites traits linked to short broad nails and spatulate ends, including social rigidity or disorderly tendencies, with quips about table manners.
Famous Yiddish actor Jacob P. Adler formally retires from the stage at a Manhattan Opera House benefit matinee marking fifty years in his artistic career. This event caps a long and celebrated career for the well known performer.
Mae Peake and Bell Billings, aged 83, are reputed to be the oldest living twins in the United States. They live on a fruit farm near El Paso Texas and expect to reach 100. Their husbands fought for opposite Civil War sides and died about 18 years ago.
A compilation of scattered notes including The Alamo museum at San Antonio built 1722, Coos County Oregon coyote culling pays eight dollars for males, zero for females, a Glalvis designed one HP motor armature winds in twenty seconds, oil finds near Madrid hint at hidden deposits, German paper teeth claim color retention and chip resistance, Tartary tea leaves boiled in soda buttered and salted, pressing coats risks shrinkage, Severn tunnel ventilation with a 27 foot diameter fan at 100 RPM, Madagascar mineral resources growing over the decade, Russian pilgrimages to the Holy Land and 20 000 to 40 000 yearly Palestine visitors, and Brown University graduate Charles J. Hughes becoming secretary of state, joining predecessors Marcy Olney and Hay.
Bloomer, a brindle bull terrier, received a medal in Columbus Ohio after he helped capture two burglars. The dog poses with a close companion in a ceremony showcasing his brave act.
Miss Edith Harrington of Newton Massachusetts is named prettiest motorist of the New England states for the fourth time She also won two bathing beauty contests last summer highlighting her enduring regional recognition.
In dialogue between Dusty Rhoades and Weary Dan, the era of grand Pullman names fades as those monikers are repurposed for modern soft drink branding. The exchange notes nostalgia for former glory and observes a shift to commercial naming.
Readings surface questions about feminine nature through Thackeray’s note on happiness and Eve’s temptations. A Boston Transcript snippet mocks assumptions about women's happiness and social roles alongside quirky old-time vignettes about dinner plans and a shopkeeper’s query about canaries.
In an exchange about courtesy among diplomats, one speaker notes that politeness hides underlying anger. The dialogue suggests that diplomats act friendly while displeased, revealing tensions beneath formal interactions.
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