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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
1
A Christian Science Monitor contributor notes Timbuktu shifts from distant legend to reachable destination. Paris entrepreneur M Citroen forms a transport plan linking Paris to Marseilles by rail, Marseilles to Algiers by sea, desert hotels, and desert caravans.
An old household remedy Boschee’s Syrup is promoted to soothe throat and lung irritation from colds and bronchitis. The copy claims it calms coughing, aids sleep, and promotes easy morning expectoration, noting widespread use for 58 years and that it is sold wherever medicines are sold.
Phrenologist John Millet cites the idea that mental activity keeps head size increasing beyond fifty. He notes Lloyd George’s head grew six and a quarter millimeters in eight years and Bath Kennedy’s head up eighteen and three fourths millimeters in ten years as evidence, while claiming the writer published eleven books.
A historical notice urges consumers to demand Bayer for aspirin and warns against imitations. The warning emphasizes authenticity, noting Bayer’s safety record and long prescription use.
Master Roderiguez Madera a famed Spanish elementary teacher argues electric lights strain pupils eyes and distract from study. He demands restoration of candle light in classrooms citing pain from burns and need for safer illumination.
Firemen from the Union town fire department returned from a blaze to assist a woman on the third floor apartment who had forgotten her keys. They set up a ladder to the front window and opened the door from inside to rescue her.
Mrs Parker Kennedy of Kalamazoo testifies that one year ago she started giving her five year old daughter Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. She says the child became stout and well and asserts the preparation builds up strength in both young and old. Sold by dealers in liquid or tablet form with no harmful ingredients. Send 10c to Dr Pierce Buffalo New York for a trial package.
An exhortation on vision and faith celebrating bold individuals who pursue original ideas. Vision is defined as faith guiding pioneers who create wealth and advance society, contrasting with the incompetent who follow. The piece urges readers to unleash vision and press forward toward undreamed achievements.
A child asks many questions at supper time about how things work and why adults do not answer every query. The narration describes family interactions, a playful father, tired Luipa, and a cozy bedtime scene with the mother and grandmother.
In the woods Mr Fox and Mr Coon plot to lure Mr Dog to Jimmy Skunk’s home to teach him a lesson. Jimmy Skunk defends himself with his spray, leaving Mr Dog to retreat home and Mr Fox with lingering odor as he claims the plan failed yet hints that Mr Dog learned.
This garbled page blends recipes for wild duck fricassee and stew with fruit desserts such as Rice Parfait and Banana Fluff. It mentions preparing duck with onion, herbs, cream, and browned flour, then a tomato pepper spice mix and a vinegar apple relish, followed by suet desserts and chocolate garnish.
A fragmentary note recalls a girl across the way and a distant explosion uproar. The text hints at memories from about seven years since a city event and mentions a McClure News Service syndicate.
The article explains a New England superstition where placing one shoe heel to heel on another for three nights predicts the future husband. It links the practice to older beliefs of wife submission and sympathetic magic with the bride’s and groom’s shoes symbolizing roles and fate.
In Purbeck the stone for Westminster Abbey came from an exclusive guild. A WM admission candidate must be the son of a freeman, yet a freeman's wife becomes a freewoman on paying one shilling, she may carry on his business if he dies. Nature's rules have no exceptions.
A brief dramatic exchange shows a young doctor’s wife instructing a servant to relay that a patient waits. The maid hesitates, fearing disbelief, as tension in the scene builds around the unseen physician.
The passage discusses how quotation reveals a writer's mind and tone. It notes that readers bring their own perception to quotes and that well recited lines gain new interest from the delivery. It contrasts wealth with poverty and contemplates empathy toward those in need.
A fragmented readable scene shows Mrs. Lysander John Appleton urging Chauncey Devere and Daysey Mayme to press for new home comforts. The family plans a party while Chauncey topples under parlor solicitations and a Never mind the banker delegates mood. The piece closes with odd religious injunctions.
Peg returns to her childhood city with her husband and children and preaches a daily habit of exercise. They walk ten miles each Sunday and skate, swim, ride, and play ball to keep active. Peg warns that a nation must embrace exercise or face consequences.
The passage describes the spirit of an age as a shifting, nebulous image rather than a fixed system. It suggests each beam of light colors the era briefly, forming a partial, evanescent expression that changes as time passes.
A historical note traces the Elmer surname lineage from Edward Elmer who arrived in 1081 with Rev Thomas Hooker, his 1676 death in Wartford Connecticut, and descendants including Yale graduate Rev Daniel Elmer and naval officer Horace Elmer. It also explains name origins Applegate Apple Orchard from Dumfries, Bagley Irish English roots, Noble descriptor, and Mulfort/Millford variants tied to mill residence with William Mulford of Kent.
The excerpt contrasts a hungry man and a midnight lunch vendor with unpaid licenses and imagines an extravagant realm called the Land of Cockaigne where houses are Coca cola roofs and rivers flow with wine. The term was used around 1900 to mock indulgent cities including London and Paris in a satirical poem.
Mrs. William J. Lee of Terre Haute Indiana testifies she was weak nervous dizzy and exhausted but after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound regained strength and health through the pregnancy and birth She recommends the medicine for women before and after childbirth and notes it is sold by druggists nationwide.
A Kansas City Star account recalls a past shooting on Eighteenth Street where a suspect was arrested by a Black officer and turned over to another officer. The second officer later found the prisoner missing, prompting a tense exchange over custody. The wry exchange ends with the judge’s sign of distress and the suspect’s release.
New York operates fully 200 ships at its port, a record unmatched by any other port worldwide and highlighting its dominant role in global maritime activity.
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