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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1915
Page
3
The piece condemns mail order houses and praises local merchants, arguing that sending money to distant catalogs drains rural towns. It recounts reader complicity, urges investment in home businesses, and warns that envy and controversy hinder harmony and prosperity in communities.
The European has grown accus tomed to sneering at American ignorance of European affairs yet ignorance is common in Europe even among educated classes. An 1869 London reception recalls Maj Gen Garnet Wolseley advising Grant and Meade should have joined forces to crush Lee, a suggestion outside a minister’s reach.
Russian naturalists classify Priewalski horses as a distinct wild breed with no relation to the ass. Captured in the Gobi and bred in Russia and at the Duke of Bedford estate, they still resist taming and remain fearful of humans despite resemble to domestic horses and repeated attempts by Mongolians failing.
The London Chronicle notes lawyers cling to goose quills as indispensable for taking notes and directing a witness. It claims the conservative legal profession maintains a plentiful supply of quills to equip courts and aid in speeches and warnings.
A solemn congressman, speaking four years after his term began, warned that public confidence in the House has diminished. The remark portrays a pessimistic view of the body’s character and standing.
A concise feature notes the job of concealing a large figure with a wide cloth coat. The piece contrasts garment choice with audience expectations and historical fashion norms.
Dispatches describe the Women's Emergency Corps in Britain, trained to first aid signaling dispatch riding and cooking. Women over eighteen and under forty drill with khaki uniforms and rifles if allowed, aiming to direct evacuations and support regular forces in case of invasion.
In Laon French and German surgeons work to restore speech and mobility for severely wounded soldiers. Nurses teach basic words and phrases as doctors perform plastic repairs and nerve work. The effort centers on patience, perseverance, and the aim to save as many lives as possible.
Peter Wilbur, a penniless Scot in Chicago, finds work with David McPherson after rescuing a ferry jumper. He recruits fellow Scots to cook a home style banquet for a Burns Night crowd, reviving hope. Jessie, his fiancé, later discovers the pie Peter baked bears his mark, reuniting the couple.
Private Lenoir wed a Parisian dressmaker under shelling near Arras as they exchanged vows in a village hall. The bride, a volunteer in a Cossack regiment, earned the Cross of St. George after scouting and a mounted charge. she was wounded but not fatally.
A strongly built twenty year old Russian girl Mary Izaakoff, daughter of a prosperous family, is among the wounded soldiers brought to the Red Cross hospital in Moscow this week.
Max Jacobs received a black eye and his clothes were damaged when two men tried to take $15 found on a sidewalk. He escaped, turned the money to police, and asks whether honesty is the best policy.
A report notes moles and moleskins as profitable fur sources in the United States. Farrier tests and regional surveys compare eastern and northwestern moles, suggesting large populations and potential income if trapping proves profitable to reduce agricultural damage.
Carbonate of soda accelerates the reducing agent in photographic developers. When added to the reducing agent and water, image formation occurs rapidly and with greater density. It speeds reduction of silver bromide and yields a more thorough and darker negative. Outing.
A Philadelphia lecturer urged parents to guide boys toward their young ambitions, arguing a generation may become mainly baseball pitchers and detectives if free rein is allowed. A Texas newspaper man notes that Indians cannot last, reflecting dated sports and regional commentary about youth goals.
On the cathedral doorway three inscriptions are carved. The first under an arch of roses says All that pleases is but for a moment. The second under a cross reads All that troubles is but for a moment. The third under the main arch proclaims That only is important which is eternal.
A humorous exchange defines a pessimist as a man who would rather have the money than anything he receives at Christmas. The quip contrasts gift value with monetary desire, highlighting a negative outlook in a playful way.
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