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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1926
Page
8
The piece contrasts “they” who seek peace and safety with “us” who are of the day, urging sober living after salvation. It emphasizes the Bible's call to distinguish saved from lost, warning against erasing that distinction for false harmony. The Cross anchors the divide between night and day and Christ’s salvation.
The statement places religion as integral to every obligation rather than a standalone duty. It argues faith shapes conduct across personal, civic, and moral responsibilities.
A pensive aphorism contrasts sins against men with sins against God, stating those who offend divine law face inevitable reckoning. The line emphasizes divine justice and hidden truth, suggesting accountability transcends earthly exposure.
A concise exhortation emphasizes living in peace with others and pursuing holiness to attain spiritual sight of the Lord. The instruction underscores personal conduct as essential to faith and salvation.
A devotional line urges reverence as the earth fears before the Lord. The text emphasizes worship in the beauty of holiness and calls all to honor the divine presence.
A compact reflection on temptation versus duty. The text contrasts divine provision for duty with the absence of support against temptation, urging vigilance in moral choices.
A religious exhortation urges readers to observe the Sabbath as a earthly preparation for eternal life, linking daily worship to spiritual readiness and salvation.
The Swedenborgian convention in Cincinnati recalls Emanuel Swedenborg a multifaceted genius of Sweden a poet mystic mathematician statesman inventor. Time notes he surpassed Da Vinci in range with feats from overland transport devices to ear trumpets to interpretations of scriptures and scientific ideas. In 1745 he claims heaven opened to him through direct spiritual revelation.
In many parishes across Paris a church run restaurant named L Oeuvre Diocesaine offers working girls inexpensive meals. For about 8 cents they receive soup hors d oeuvre foment course vegetables dessert and wine. Those who wish may bring their own food and use the kitchen.
The Wilmington Every Evening argues men are forced to do domestic arts as women push into masculine roles. It mocks men washing dishes dusting rooms and wearing aprons while women host gatherings and lectures.
Cerro de Pasco, a major copper producer, imports fifteen pedigreed Hereford and Angus bulls from Colorado to cross with Peruvian range cattle to boost milk production. Officials say higher milk output may reduce child mortality, reflecting humanitarian efforts amid longstanding native worker exploitation.
Col Frank Morrow at Vancouver barracks received two old Army General Orders. One promotes Ulysses S Grant from brevet second lieutenant to second lieutenant and assigns him to the Seventh Infantry. The other reports the death of John Quincy Adams marked by a Polk signature. The Adams order was dated 1848 during Mexico duty. The Grant promotion order bears a September 30 1845 date.
In Hutchinson Kansas Kerfoot reported a stolen car later returned from Missouri with 100 fifty dollar bills found in the spare tire. Authorities say bandits used herfoot's ear in a bank robbery and an Oklahoma bank has since claimed the $5,000.
Salt Lake Tribune notes 1920 US horse total of 10,707,161 falling to 10,585,750 by 1925 a 16 percent drop due to modern machinery. Mules rise 5 percent to 5,740,808 from 5,442,301, while the male proverbially remains stubbornly independent from Missouri.
A customer requests a short extension to pay in cash while the clerk reiterates the business operates strictly cash and carry. The exchange shows tension over payment terms and the customer’s desire for a brief delay.
It appears Marjorie and Alice claim rapid French learning in two weeks while Maud and Wil doubt the peasants’ grasp of the language. The exchange hints at a playful challenge and cross group misunderstanding in a casual setting.
Travel notes describe Tripoli as seen under Italian influence in 1911. The city blends European promenades with Moorish architecture while guards from Italian regiments Eritrean negro battalions and Arab corps keep the castle district. Arabs and Europeans mingle in a sunlit maze of bazaars and arcades, with mosques and minarets dominating the skyline.
Popular Mechanics Magazine says snow capped Pacific coast cones long viewed as inactive are not scientifically dead. Some scholars believe future eruptions are possible near Mount Rainier Mount Baker Oregon Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak California.
A fragmentary dialogue features a roadster pickup and flirtatious lines. The speaker claims beauty equates to throats rather than necks, while Fatima asserts she can cope with any situation and asks to be throat ed, attributed to Lafayette Lyre.
A misquoted or fragmentary line presents George Eliot on vanity and tenderness being ill at ease without reciprocal love, noting difference between indifference and lack of love.
A National Geographic bulletin warns that relentless erosion and geological instability threaten the Matterhorn. The peak remains prone to rockfall as upper layers weather away, with experts predicting a potential topple of the massive summit in the distant future.
The article notes a chain of peaks believed to have formed from violent eruptions. Since 1914 Lassen has shown minor disturbances, and over the last century there have been several small eruptions from Rainier.
A quoted exchange shows a woman calling another “too old and ugly to attract any man” while the reply insults her as “a pig.” The dialogue reveals a heated, coarse confrontation centered on truth telling and manners.
The British East Africa region is described as the Kings Colony and East African Protectorate, extending from the Union of South Africa coast to the Juba river with about 200000 square miles. Much is pasture or barren waste, yet substantial areas show great fertility in both coastal and interior sectors.
J A Glaze of the University of Chicago presented findings to the American Psychological Association at Cornell on fasting effects. Mental efficiency declined in the final tests, while bodily steadiness and focus improved after a week without food and after dining resumes. Dreams centered on food and smell heightened during the fast. hunger pangs faded after day three. One subject quit smoking during the fast, resuming only after normal eating resumed.
Popular Mechanics reports Dr W G Alvarez of the University of California has devised a device called the multiple electro enterograph that resembles a small seismograph. It records abdominal pain and tracks digestion by a pendulum in a vacuum tube, allowing near instant localization of trouble and observation of food movement through the digestive tract.
Mary Fells ignorance of vegetables narrows to side dishes until shopping for a large cauliflower she asks for the price and doubts its identity. The vendor corrects her noting she is mistaken and calls the squash summer. The Indianapolis News recounts a humorous market moment.
A Clarkstone, Cache County Utah, argonite calcium carbonate deposit is set for rapid development. Two thousand dollars worth of machinery will be installed due to its potential to supply crushed oyster shells for chicken feed amid rising costs.
Capper's Weekly predicts a not distant future where Pere Marquette executives foresee trains matching airplane speeds and surpassing safety. Concrete highways of steel reinforce crossings will criss cross the nation and roller bearing trains will reach incredible speeds. The article notes American ingenuity overcomes obstacles to gain speed.
The Kansas City Star notes Beloit College plans an expedition to trace human origins, aiming to locate the race's beginnings in northern Africa. The paper wonders who will fund an expedition to determine where the race is headed.
General Palmer Pierce laments coal dear at a Waldorf luncheon. An inventor pitches a half price substitute, but the coal man retorts that a full price substitute already exists. The exchange highlights frictions in energy costs and supply.
A witty exchange recalls a sharp rebuke to a salesman pressing a Woolworth Building deal. The speaker dismisses the bid, calling out a "smart city feller" before conceding to wrap it up.
University of Washington columns suggest a light sports note about mistakes in batting and casual remarks on fielding. The piece hints at a playful exchange about expertise and team selection without formal conclusions.
A New York Herald Tribune fashion analysis finds the Riviera trio Cannes Nice and Monte Carlo drive spring and summer styles. The kinetic silhouette with plaited fullness replaces the hemline flare, and kasha dominates fabrics with pastels and vivid prints. Paris couture remains the benchmark while Reboux hats and versatile capes offer versatile style options for the season.
The vogue of green finds expression in a rustic tailored frock of myrtle green crepe with frilled collars and jabot of white crepe piped with green.
Silver and gold dominate slipper styles with gold leather bindings and metal cloth embroidery. Silver lame and coral velvet gowns feature bright silver embroidery and coral beads. High heeled sandals with gold or silver threaded straps complement short dancing frocks and net laces. Evening wraps of metal cloth are richly jeweled and embroidered.
Bracelets never outside of South Africa and the Puce istes his jewelry been worn so profusely on the arms as this season. Bracelets are numberless ranging from broad heavy bands of silver gold and platinum to the daintiest string of pearls. Among other fashions is no silk strap resembling that used for a wrist watch which carries an onyx plaque with the wearer's initials in diamonds.
Nude coloured hosiery chosen to match the tint of one's powder has appeared in New York. Women wear fur outfits with nude fish hosiery that looks as if no stockings are visible at all.
Roofs of large warehouses bear twelve foot high painted town and city names to guide aviators. Men join social groups after groups seeking deeply congenial souls.
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