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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
4
In a New York Sun retold tale, Brown jokes with White over a weekend shopping errand. A prank escalates when Brown returns to discover a severed friendship, culminating in a hostile fallout and a quiet rift in their Times Square office.
Dr Tamaoka of Kyushu Imperial University reports a study of about 7000 children showing that long lashes correlate with illness. He notes consumptive children have lashes as long as healthy peers and that healthy kids grow about an eighth inch in a year while scarlet fever cases reach nearly a quarter inch. No cause or diagnostic acceptance yet.
Fragmentary account describes a decapitated statue of a Scottish king at Arbroath Abbey. It notes a headless figure and a legend that the statue "weeps" when weather worsens, with lines about memory, burial, and superstition surrounding the king and abbey.
A memorial tablet at Ruckton School credits Willan Webb Ellis with first carrying the ball in autumn play, creating the distinctive feature of rugby. Over forty years the sport spread across England with varied styles and no uniform rules, leading to widespread differences in play and approach.
A 1923 study notes freight trains averaged 48 cars per train. The Erie Railroad ran a 241 car train, 6 feet long, weighing 17 012 tons on July 28 1911. Bow Haven hauled a 201 car Victoria Beaimoke run of 482 feet long at 457 tons in 7 hours 8 minutes. New Haven and Virginia trains carried four loaded cars. Canadian Pacific operated an 18 car wheat train weighing ? tons, marking a heaviest load for that car count.
A student named Jean asks a professor about revolution and evolution at a state university. The professor notes the concept differences while the student links revolution to war and evolution to monkeys in a humorous exchange reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Four year old girl explains to her father's friend that their dog is not a bulldog but a mad dog who barks at everyone approaching their house. The playful mislabeling highlights a humorous misunderstanding.
In the Knowle at Staines England one of the oldest rooms once housed Sir Francis Drake. A hand painted Chinese wallpaper from Tao era was removed from the wall for sale to a London antiques dealer. The process involved careful backing and intermittent work due to cold weather. Drake reportedly kept wills noting the fate of his dogs.
The account describes Titus son of Vespasian capturing Jerusalem after a prolonged siege. Mount Zion’s temple is destroyed by arsonists, and Jewish defenders retreat across the Tyropoeon to the old city of David. They resist the Romans to the last, with landmarks toppled and ruined buildings.
A nineteenth century note outlines Rudolf Diesel’s development of the internal combustion engine. It credits his idea of mixing fuel and air at the moment of power need and using cheap oils as fuel with a heated, compressed air charge.
The passage discusses trees as symbols of nature lovers. It praises trees for beauty loyalty steadfastness and selflessness. It notes their fruits shelter for livestock and role in reducing evaporation and wind velocity while offering restfulness.
A garbled account mentions a friend of a relative facing an operation the next day. The speaker comments on the seriousness and jokes about hospital chaos, with unclear details and misspelled words.
Public fascination with crowds at Lakehurst New Jersey as airship events spark heavy turnout. The note observes mass gatherings and urges industry as the path forward amid lively public mood.
Narrative recalls Harvard life in 1647 with Zachariah Bridsen entering at fourteen and graduating four years later. The piece details rustic campus life including rations and “study rent” charges, fees for bell ringing, and the total cost of education valued at 100 to 150 pounds in silver and groceries.
France marks the centennial of a citizen Thimonnier who first conceived a machine to replace hand sewing. The Paris report recounts his neglect of business, accusations of madness, and a 1980 patent showing early mechanical ingenuity in Arhesle Rhone. An inspector later funded a Paris workshop.
The US Bureau of Mines began helium production from natural gas in the spring after entry into World War I. Helium was found in natural gas at the University of Kansas by Professor Cade and Doctor McParkind, tying back to Ramsay's 1905 work on its properties as the light inert gas ideal for balloons and airships.
A fragmented account from the Detroit newsletters references Voltaire and a patient named Tie who claims cure from smallpox. The text describes a dubious remedy described as blood cleansing and a doctor ordering excessive饮 drinks, highlighting experimental treatment by a 18th century physician.
The article notes a temporary vacancy as the term of the current President ends on March 4 and outlines the swearing in of the incoming Chief Executive. It discusses the constitutional window and the possibility of sworn-in leadership occurring during the first period of March.
The prolific juvenile author Edward Stratemeyer, famed for the Soldiers of Fortune Wartmen Tall and Frontier Boys series, wrote under many pen names and produced numerous works over about forty years. His output included biographies of notable men for boys and other juvenile titles.
A column describes how attractive women in New York dominate male attention and manipulate social routines. It notes their bold street behavior surprising to policemen and mentions soda fountain culture and familiar vendors as part of their social theater.
A reprint explains color blindness inheritance patterns. It states that color blind individuals and carriers affect offspring differently depending on the spouse’s status. It notes daughters may transmit traits while sons’ outcomes vary by parent pairing.
The camel’s backbone is straight, not curved. Humps contain fat that varies by condition and fuels long desert travel. When fed poorly or worked hard, humps shrink and lose firmness, while surplus fat is absorbed to sustain the animal during famine.
The Boston Post recounts Governor Winthrop's arrival with Endicott while in the Salem colony. They dined at Nathumeak on voolsen pastry and cod beer, then returned to their ship. The group explored Cape Ann and gathered abundant straw berries.
A widowed farmer, consoled by a neighbor, receives light humor about finding a new husband. The exchange turns playful as the widower jokes about escaping with newly bought boots, while the widow remains hopeful about youth and match.
The Smithsonian notes the Yebechal as Navajo healing rods and describes a ceremonial dance for healing. Earlier ceremonies featured painted pais on salads that were wiped away. later weavers produced Yebechat figures in rue for ane on hand looms with symmetrical double sided designs, though such rugs were not common.
Samuel Putnam argues that the traditional view of the Middle Ages as a desolate period was popularized by writers like Flavio Blondo and Symonds. He contends modern historians reveal a more complex era with life and human enterprise, not a blanket of superstition.
An article by T C Bridges reports that ultra high frequency sound waves called super sones can kill living creatures instantly. The piece notes blood cells shatter and death occurs as quickly as a lightning strike. It cites demonstrations where sound extinguished flame and damaged structures.
Niagara power, first applied to a ton sawmill built by a Frenchman in 1725 near the rapids, now serves Syracuse 165 miles away and Windsor Ontario 140 miles away. Treaties cap diversions at 36000 cu ft per second on the Canadian side and 20000 on the U S side. The power fuels electro chemical industries including aluminum ferro silicon carborundum artificial graphite MNqid chlorine cabium carbide cyanamide and related products.
A. A. Tobuck Tin discusses the term personality and its odd ascent in English usage. He notes Wyellf used it in 180 to describe a human quality, while Shakespeare and Milton never used the word in their famed vocabularies. The piece also traces the modern abbreviated form It.
The Department of Agriculture created uniform grain measures due to varying bushel and peck sizes. Differences in how grains occupied space led to a need for precise standards. A table of welts was adopted, and now states use pounds per bushel tables for different grains.
A young person in a sedan slips a quip to Mayme about the rumpled seat as bystanders note the moment. The fragment captures a casual street interaction reported in the Boston Herald style.
A fragmentary item recalls a child's distress crying for help as life’s darkest moment unfolds. The brief note mentions a mother and a child with a sudden dental moment and a plea-like exclamation.
Salt, cheap and ubiquitous, comes from inland lakes far from France as imports wane. The King de Berre near Marseilles serves vast saline pools and evaporation basins along the coast, from Landes near Bordeaux to Spain, fed by sea water and dried by sun and wind.
Emerson contemplates nature and humanity as history written across the world. Each rock river plant and animal leaves a trace. each step, bone, and breath becomes memory in the shared record of life and manners.
In Samuel D. Schimidhausen’s piece, Whitman is praised as a great liberator and humanitarian, yet questioned as a poet comparable to Shakespeare or Milton. The essay argues Whitman’s patriotism secures his place, while his poetry remains debated as monumental or ordinary.
A sea eel darts in a lightning motion to bite a human, sinking teeth into an arm or ankle. The creature grips then waits for the victim to weaken before relaxing its hold. The ailing person must endure pain until the eel opens its mouth. escape is possible by pushing the eel away and surfacing quickly.
Tests at the Illinois agricultural experiment station show large horses pull heavier loads than small ones. Popular Mechanics notes 144 teams were measured with a dynamometer. Disposition and skilled driving also strongly affect pulling success.
On Tuesday September 6 1883 New England witnessed an intensely brassy sky known as the Yellow Day. Many reported a snake-like smell attributed to this peculiar atmospheric phenomenon amid widespread forest fires in Canada and the West. Theories blamed Labrador volcanism peat bog fires or distant smoke from fires burning in Labrador.
In 1859 General Winslow slept off a Plymouth revel and woke to find his friends missing. He rode his horse along the shore then swam Plymouth beach against a strong current to reach a tavern, while his companions rode toward Plymouth. They claimed it was his ghost.
The Great Eastern, described as the unluckiest ship, endured a catastrophic maiden voyage explosion killing ten firemen, a captain drowning, a hull rupture after a rock collision, and a crew mutiny over unpaid wages. It sailed for New York with 2000 passengers and returned. A workman’s skeleton was found wedged in the hull during demolition.
The Highlander costume includes a short tunic vest and heavily pleated kilt reaching near the knee with short trousers underneath. Stockings, low shoes, a belted sash, fur purse, plaid, brooch, and a heather sprig or eagle feather cap define the look. The turban-like headwear marks the chief.
Report from Itoh school convocation cites principal praising district Latin contest winners as Latin sharks. A later classroom remark misidentified a female winner as a “Ladin white,” with students debating the nickname and George offering a distractingly altered phrase about a “woobig fish.”
A Scotsman writes in the London Daily Telegraph that the kilt originated in the Holy Land as King David's soldiers wore knee length gowns to move freely in defense of Jerusalem. The piece links British Israelism claims to Scottish destiny as a chosen race on God's earth.
The remark from Country Home envisions the perfect epitaph: a mother remembered for the happiness she shared with her children. It frames a life of warmth and cherished moments as the lasting tribute when she is gone.
Five room house for rent located on North Cedar Street. Phone listed as 320-W. Classified notice notes rental details in brief.
By order of the District Court of Jones county Iowa executor of Lena Carlsen deceased offers for sale the Andrew Kasper farm totaling about 200 acres in Wayne township Jones county Iowa The sale subject to a $10000 legacy and court approval Open offers accepted at Lowell State Bank January 10 1931 between 2 and 3 pm Estate abstract proving merchantable title provided to purchaser The executor may reject inadequate offers
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