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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1922
Page
1
An essay warns workers against letting disturbing influences ruin focus and productivity. It argues that night’s pleasures and daytime distractions erode willpower and accuracy, leaving readers vulnerable to failure and doubt. The author stresses disciplined thought and steady effort as the path to progress.
A business manager rebukes a subordinate who boasts he would have funded a contract if given the boss’s brains. The critic argues envying the boss’s intellect is futile and that failure stems from effort and resourcefulness, not lack of brains.
A reflective piece on fault finding and religious influence notes that faults and praise shape leaders in America. It contrasts imperfect conduct with persistent effort toward good while reporting a separate South African Locust Plaque where a train was halted by dense locust swarms. Passengers cleared the line with improvised brooms.
A discussion on how short nails indicate sharp intellect and quick learning, with notes that the head and Apollo lines must be clear. It cites Treron-Allen on journalists' penchant for criticism and dispute, and adds variations for good natured or lazy hands and for bitten nails indicating nervousness.
A compact excerpt from Verece Megnet's The Mother's Cook Book presents Peach Tapioca and a Cracker Crumb dessert, plus Coffee Jelly With Cream. It provides ingredient lists, soaking steps, cooking times, baking guidance, and serving suggestions, credited to Western Newspaper Union 1922.
The passage argues that harsh criticism of religious groups rarely aids progress and that fault-finders tend to weaken good work. It urges constructive advice and warns that unhelpful critique disrupts efforts to improve the world and people’s happiness.
A poetic reverie on children’s bedtime routines with lullabies and prayers. The narrator recalls a household hushed by night where fairy imagery and family devotion frame the ritual of saying good night. The verse ends noting a copyright claim.
An inventor in Los Angeles has completed a machine enabling a coin drop, a turn of a handle, and retrieval of a chosen newspaper. The device promises quick access to preferred papers at a vending stand.
A collection of brief notes covers padlocks in ancient Egypt and China and a Scotch song about the River Rye. It notes petroleum exploration in Papua with British and local collaboration and a claim that tiptoeing improves health.
A large carved Chinese jade brush holder from Roland N. Moore in New York is among the world’s largest solid jade pieces. Its mate is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A homeowner recounts housekeeping battles with a neighborhood tramp dog that lifted a kitchen trash pail lid and scattered its contents. The narrator frazzled by the marauder decides to frighten it with a shout but discovers the garbage collector instead.
Mrs Margaret Nevinson a noted English social worker told the Women's Freedom League that in America the law favors women She cited American husbands who chose prison over paying alimony to deserting wives as she spoke after recent court visits in New York and Massachusetts.
A New York Tribune item recalls a barker’s odd historical speech about Sir Kid-oo-nard and Sir Wdoward, noting phrases on laughter emotion and a controversial offer tied to a woman's reaction. The anecdote reflects satire and stage memory from early New York scandal culture.
Crabs reproduce by eggs laid in summer after the female sheds her shell. The female carries the eggs in an abdominal appendage for safety until they hatch.
The Architect of St Paul's Sir Christopher Wren earned a thousand dollars annually as architect. He received only part of it to hurry completion. He was dismissed after forty years of service when he won eighty two.
Numerous Iowa items across cities. Clarinda awards paving contract while Dubuque shops plan operation timing. New Denecke department store building in Cedar Rapids and Bellevue piano factory costing 300000 occupy. Deaths include Martin Evenson Osage 82 from snow, Edgar Farr Sioux City attorney, Catherine Wray Creston 101. County and state projects and notices feature highway plans 1922 bridges 2935 and $4.699 million cost.
A Park Rapids reader shares happiness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's remedy to aid pregnancy and postnatal health. The letter touts personal success and recommends the product to others seeking family joy and improved well being.
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