07 Feb 1924
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1924
Page
1
The piece extols steady self discipline and study of great figures like Washington Lincoln and Milton. It contrasts perceived lesser talents who persist and rise through effort, citing biographies as fuel for ambition. A closing note shows a fan letters gag: a street lamp asking the mailman for letters.
A compact poem about an unnamed woman whose unique qualities set her apart. The speaker notes a puzzling yet strong attraction described through repeated lines about “something” that makes her dear, including her lips and eyes, culminating in affection and love. The piece ends with a signature credit to the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
Poem notes a writer’s habit of breaking promises to write and the lure of large ideas, suggesting a simple USA postal card as a cure. The piece playfully addresses the reader’s fatigue, engagements, and fear of disappointing friends with lengthy manuscripts.
A homemaker guide extols a fireless cooker for busy days and Sunday dinners with recipes for a three pound roast, chicken pie, breakfast cereals, soups, and stews. It includes steps, timing, and finishing touches like potatoes in broth and biscuit crusts, concluding with a remark on banks and lending.
The article explains that decimation originally meant every tenth man killed after a cohort revolt was crushed in ancient Rome. It notes the modern misuse equating decimation with mass slaughter and contrasts it with the original punishment practice.
Minnesingers were noble born lyric poets of Germany who flourished in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. They sang of love, friendship, region, war and adventure at noble courts and wrote mainly in the Swabian dialect. Detroit News notes that more than 1700 women have been ordained to the ministry in the United States.
The Edison medal was given to Prof. Robert Andrews Milikan of the California Institute of Technology at the Pacific coast convention of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Del Monte, California. Dr Jewett spoke from New York acknowledging Milikan’s oil drop work proving electrons are alike and advancing X-ray knowledge, aligning light and violet spectrum research. Fresh water eels migrate about 6,000 miles, a quarter of Earth's circumference, during their journey.
A fashion column surveys tea gowns with Paris contourieres sending models in chiffon, lace, and satin. Sleepy-soft ensembles feature beige, corn, and black white combinations, with coats of chiffon and sable detailing. Exotic prints and fringe fabrics appear in versatile, fluttering designs for formal wear.
The High Priest appears in Exodus garments as types of Christ’s work. The linen robe and blue robe signify righteousness and heaven, the ephod and breastplate bear the tribes on his heart and shoulders, and gold and stones reflect divine glory and God’s view of believers. The bells and pomegranates remind of worship’s sound and the kingly title on the cross.
A playful account of galoshes gaining popularity among college students. The rubber black footwear protects feet from damp weather, offering easy travel despite slush. The piece notes student attitudes and fashion drift from men’s boots to practical galoshes amid widespread weather talk.
The article describes the Wee Girl trend with winter wear and Parisian style, noting short skirts and bloomers in ribbon cuffs to match sashes and hairbows. It highlights imported French frocks for children and suggests ribbon accents at the knees for a coordinated look.
A devotional line emphasizes sincere effort to regain favor through God’s power. It contrasts a man who cannot smile as built wrong with one who smiles but refuses to act, urging distance from the latter.
Fragmentary text hints at religious critique or sermon notes about methods to move hearts. The snippet mentions melting hearts, a phrase tied to persuasion, and includes disjointed phrases about wrong methods and hammering. No clear events, dates, or named entities are identifiable.
A Mrs Anna Norwood of Indianapolis endorses a vegetable compound for nervousness pain and ailments in women. She claims it relieves symptoms and urges others to publish her note. The letter says druggists everywhere carry the product.
A Canadian engineer proposes reseeding the Bay of Fundy tides by building dams at the mouths of the Petitcodiac and Meriamcook rivers. The dams would connect to land paths to generate continuous power from 0 to 200,000 horsepower. Fundy tides often reach 45 feet.
An old advertisement urges mothers to choose genuine California Fig Syrup to aid digestion. It highlights a pleasant taste, a single teaspoonful today to prevent illness tomorrow, and warns against imitation products. Directions printed on the bottle cover babies and children of all ages.
The article reports Japan’s total area as 148 750 square miles and the empire including Korea at 230 738 square miles with a population of 56 745 000. Japanese possessions total over 77 000 000 people and notes uninhabitable land causes congestion. an advertisement promotes Brandreth Pills for constipation.
A method discovered in New Zealand for varnish production yields kauri gum at about 98 percent purity, higher than the 80 to 85 percent achieved by other methods. The varnish process promises cleaner, more durable finishes for industrial use.
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