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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1924
Page
7
Mrs Frank H Garrus of 633 Locust Street Lancaster Pennsylvania reports severe run down weakness and nervous condition she improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the product with restoring health enabling her to care for her newborn and recommends it to friends.
A reflective essay argues that mortals slide into ill humor when avoiding serious topics. It urges embracing depth to inspire progress, crediting Washington and Lincoln for their seriousness and noting serious study leads to mastery and happiness.
The article traces how the word engine shifted from meaning talent or ingenuity to its modern sense as a mechanical device. It notes usage in Renaissance writers, the broadened referents in warfare and industry, and the late adoption of the contemporary definition by the early 20th century.
A poem by Douglas Malloch notes a mother's kitchen hospitality with a refrain The more the meal the more the dishes. It contrasts abundance with labor noting wealth requires effort to sustain and that ease rarely follows gold. The piece ends with a parenthetical credit to McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
The Duluth Herald suggests salary details reveal whether he coaches the track team or holds the history chair, using pay as proof of employment scope.
A column presents simple kitchen guidance and several recipes including bread pudding pineapple salad ginger bread and spinach with cream. Each dish lists ingredients and steps such as baking times and temperatures and finishing touches like mayonnaise dressed nests and croutons.
The article describes a poised hand gesture linked to temperament and art, noting specific finger shapes and arm positions more common in educated women. It closes with a Nebraska divorce suit where a woman petitions for custody of the family cow.
The article describes Johnny Appleseed as a queer wanderer who roamed the Middle West around 1850 with a bag of apple seeds. He is said to be John Chapman, earning the nickname Appleseed from his occupation planting trees.
The young lady across the way opines that nicotine is a deadly poison and people who smoke should use cigarette holders. She also asks, Do you believe marriage brings sympathy, and answers that every woman feels sorry for another woman's husband.
A colored youth named Rastus asks about how telegraphs work. An old man explains by a humorous analogy about a dog’s head in New York and tail in Boston, then suggests wireless telegraphy is the same idea, with the dog imaginary.
A showman boasted that his act carried the biggest bill on the grounds. He presented an old pelican tied to two stakes as part of the spectacle. The Ingenue is described as coy and pink, with stage camps showcasing and critiquing the trend of vampy performances.
Mrs Borden Lodge describes her boarding house as a large family where boarders quarrel borrow items and money. A new boarder asks about ancestry and notes traces go to China with no results. Edith and Ethel tease about admirers and wrong numbers while discussing Jack.
A motorist and a pedestrian exchange a sharp roadside barb about knowledge of fog horns and first impressions as a newcomer is labeled a greenhorn.
A humorous collection of short observations and quips about money debts cooking and daily misfortune. Jests include questions about income and luck and the misadventures of a wife mother and servant in domestic life. The pieces lampoon social pretensions and the ironies of family life with light satirical tone.
The text contrasts good intentions that stall with vice like procrastination that advances, noting virtues delay while faults push ahead, reflecting on human behavior and time. It presents a moral meditation on pace and purpose without concrete events or figures.
A police reply recounts a suspect being browbeaten with persistent questioning. The man reportedly dozed and murmured agreement saying Yes, my dear, you're perfectly right, illustrating an odd interview anecdote from a home scene.
A Christmas scene unfolds with Billy claiming a thief is downstairs and the family joking that the intruder is actually their father. The exchange highlights playful family dynamics and holiday atmosphere.
A Harvard Lampoon panel features Mandy and Rastus joking about a new baby and a raft, with playful banter on who keeps whom out. The dialogue centers on wordplay and light satire.
An advertisement urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to children of all ages for gentle liver and bowel cleansing. It warns to request the genuine product with clear bottle directions and to spell California to avoid imitation syrups.
The ready wit of Lord Advocate Harry Erskine is preserved in Walter Jerrold's A Book of Famous Wits. A humorous anecdote recounts Erskine questioning a verbose friend whose silk handkerchief bound ankle caused a misadventure at a gate. Erskine quips that the brother's gaze would have broken his neck if as lofty as his style.
An old harmless vegetable butter color named Dandelion has been sold for 85 cents a bottle in drug stores and general stores for fifty years. The ad notes its widespread use and long history in retail.
Swiss rule enforces attendance with fines issued by public authorities for each unattended day. If a pupil is sick an excuse is allowed but suspected truancy leads to doctor visits. fines escalate on successive days.
In Japan, cormorants are trained to catch small fish mainly at night with tracklights. Rings around their throats prevent swallowing the catch. When their pouches fill, the birds are returned to the boat to empty the haul into the well.
Mrs. Softleigh buys talcum powder from a canvasser who then rings the bell at Mr. Hardheart’s home across the street. The neighbor appears, the canvasser displays wares, and Mrs. Hardheart makes a purchase before the hawker departs unseen.
May laments her husband cannot perform domestic tasks after wartime service. Fay questions the situation as May reveals he once ran a tank in the war and now struggles with simple chores like vacuuming.
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