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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1922
Page
3
A column urging steady single-task focus to end the day with calm thoughts. It cites a New York merchant who finishes each duty before starting the next, showing fewer frictions and clearer minds. The text argues practice leads to speed and stability.
A commentary on the man of affairs who studies world events and audience reading habits. The writer notes the editor’s deep curiosity about people and what they read, shaping publications widely bought and read.
The passage urges focusing on a single paramount interest in business or profession to prosper, warning that scattering efforts across many interests like golf or music dilutes potential success and intelligent effort is needed. It emphasizes giving thoughtful attention to one main pursuit to achieve prosperity.
The text discusses hand shape and palmistry, noting heavy dense hands imply a materialist intellect and that some people cannot be lifted out of that view. It contrasts the obstinate skeptic with a timid investigator who hides hands behind the back and needs gentle persuasion.
Classic home guidance describes keeping crackers dry to extend shelf life and using them in varied dishes. It covers cracker desserts sandwiches cracker soup toast with butter sugar and hot milk plus cheese tomato toast and a vanilla egg yolk mixture for toasted crackers.
A six year old girl named Helen attends a baseball game with her father. She mimics a cheer and attempts a slide into second base but slips just short, prompting a distressed remark about the unfortunate zig. The anecdote from the Boston Transcript captures a child's cheerful participation and a humorous mishap at the game.
The text provides a peculiar recipe listing three cups of finely rolled eratunin crackers and three quarters of a cup of auilk with one and a half teaspoons of biking powder. It instructs folding in well beaten ez e white and adding dates, removing stones, then steaming for one to one and a half hours. Serve with a bird sauce or whipped creams.
Verece Mayett explains yawning as a response to low oxygen in the blood. The article notes oxygen intake, lung expansion, and jaw throat muscle actions raise airflow, with yawning tied to sleepiness as the body seeks rest or more oxygen to energize the system.
Capt. Edwin T. Pollock U S N I and Mrs Pollock were on winter vacation in Yosemite when notification arrived of his appointment as governor of Samoa. The couple has sailed from San Francisco bound for the island possession in the Pacific.
A collection of curious notes: cucumbers origin as tropical vegetables. dogs suffer rheumatism. greyhounds among oldest breeds. Congo cotton shows strong staple though slightly yellow. the blindworm not truly blind. rubies vary in color. a Bologna carpenter grows wealthy yet works humbly. Persia’s state pipe set with rubies and diamonds valued at 500000. Punch and Judy traced to Pontius Pilate and Judas Iscariot. 1738 gas lighting first tested by Sir James Lowther. new speedometer records on Chicago invention. human eye emits unknown power. side walk elevator gates proposed to shield pedestrians.
The British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton is pictured waving farewell to England as his final voyage begins after his death at sea in the Antarctic regions was announced.
The Onion notes the plant is mentioned in ancient Egyptian and Indian writings and has long been cultivated and consumed worldwide. It remains among the most widespread vegetables in antiquity and in modern farming.
He claims ten thousand dollars a year will cover living costs, enough for six months. She questions the duration, prompting a terse back and forth in the Boston Tran script excerpt.
A London Windsor snippet notes a youthful caddie answering what counts as no good score on the links. He says most gents aim to use as few strokes as possible but admits it generally takes more, reflecting playful golf banter.
A practical tip suggests drying and labeling preserves for storage by attaching a peklet to the closet door. When selecting a jar, the label helps identify contents without rummaging. The method emphasizes quick access and organized keeping of home canning.
Reports from Grinnell to Mason City cover a range of events. A fatal dress fire, a Omaha transfusion tragedy, political candidacies, farm soybean circles, and tax disputes share space with local fires, shootings, and civic projects.
The sermon argues salvation rests on personal choice, not force. God urges repentance and eternal life through Jesus Christ, with quotes from Isaiah, Matthew, John, Acts, Romans, and Revelation. Destiny is decided in this life, and today is the time to choose Christ.
A biblical verse from II Samuel 22 5 7 describes distress amid floods and snares of death. The speaker calls on the Lord and prays in anguish, seeking aid as salvation comes from God from His temple.
A poetic reflection contrasts divine weaving with human craft, noting the delicate texture of a flower under a microscope and declaring that God's looms produce beauty far surpassing human silk and fabrics. The passage emphasizes inherited perfection in nature over human artistry.
A citation from Luke 17 20 21 notes that the kingdom of God does not come with observation and is within you. The verses emphasize inner spiritual presence rather than external signs.
A biblical verse warns believers to distance from the disobedient to shame them while not treating them as enemies but admonishing them as brothers. It cites II Thessalonians 3:14 15.
A fragmentary reflection states that giving a boy an address and achievements leads to mastery of palaces and fortune, as status follows him and lures him to enter and possess wealth and power. The quotation emphasizes social ascent through recognition and opportunity.
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