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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
2
A reflective piece by F. A. Walker urges readers to review the old year with honesty and courage. It notes we often hide our true opinions, avoid facing personal faults, and promise moral betterment only to relapse as the next year begins.
A formal New Year greeting from California to Maine expresses wishes for joy peace and love across the country. The writer hopes for aged grace stronger homes blooming crops and daily deeds guided by faith and blessing for all friends and readers.
Advice on staying true to oneself despite exposure and mockery. Encourages accepting openness and frankness as signs of clear thinking and a good heart, and finding comfort in being able to amuse others rather than hide. Encouraging words remind readers to ignore cynicism and stay genuine.
Uncommon Sense by John Blake advises ignoring injuries and insults to maintain peace of mind. Resentment and revenge harm judgment and happiness, so forget grudges, deprive attackers of satisfaction, and focus on your work rather than retaliation.
Inexpensive, wholesome bake notes for busy households praise a Never Fail Cake using New Orleans molasses ginger cinnamon nutmeg and lemon rind. Instructions include a layered pastry with raisins and currants a melon mold with nut meats sponge cake peaches and a custard baked in a water bath to set firm and unmold for serving with fruit juices.
A column extols a husband who treats life as a sport, noting he tracks every athlete’s stats and talks of them constantly while a real partner should share active outdoor life. The prescription urges brides to be game in life and prefer a balanced mate over a purely sporty one.
An exchange notes that most people find fault easily yet would avoid faultfinding if they fully understood all facts. The remark suggests that awareness alters judgment and that open eyes may change how we critique others.
A report describes Jones attempting to appear legitimate by borrowing three collar sizes and tying string from the collar to hide the discrepancy. He used improvised adjustments to create a convincing look.
Notes that India is widely regarded as the birthplace of calico printing, reflecting on its historic role in textile arts. A fragment from the Richmond Times Dispatch shows an unrelated humorous dialogue about waiting for work, contrasting with the historical claim.
The Chicago Journal vignette contrasts gender color choices, a Burmese education claim, and a curious road trip scene. A mother markets, a dwarf with childlike legs appears, and a boy muses on the adult’s cigarette history, reflecting dated humor and social norms.
The article analyzes the Genesis prayer of Abraham highlighting humility and perseverance in prayer. It links Abraham’s justified standing by faith to a life of separation unto God, instruction, and intercession for others, citing Noah, prophets, apostles, and historic reformers as examples.
Mr. Fox plans a pond crossing by sled with Mr. Coon’s push but the trick backfires. The sled launches across the pond while Mr. Fox and Mr. Coon tumble, as the Little Fox brothers giggle from behind the bushes and whisper about the sticky glue.
A quotation from Dr. George Hodges declares that loving God yields happiness contentment and fulfilled souls with doubts dissolved and darkness lightened, while acknowledging earthly tribulations yet offering good cheer as a sign of heaven begun.
A rich person is one who has mastered a trade or business, follows a profession, earns less than they spend, loves God and others, finds contentment in moderate means, enjoys life, and gives their best effort to life’s work.
Coleridge notes Milton marks in Satan how intense selfishness would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven, illustrating the moral arc and character study within the epic.
A brief quotation from Peter 3 8 urging readers to have compassion and be of one mind as brothers. The verse emphasizes mercy humility and brotherly love among believers.
Christian Evangelist discusses how large ambitions press on daily life while humble, faithful souls seek meaning. The sermon contrasts grand plans with quiet devotion and urges focus on spiritual riches over worldly achievement.
A compact quote from Charles Reade on the art of pleasing others. It asserts that understanding people is the first step to pleasing them. The line reflects social wisdom and practical psychology.
Poem extols Time as a constant presence beside us. It contrasts clocks and aging with Time’s ready cup of minutes to spend or waste, available at any hour in any place. The piece celebrates mindful use of time as a gift.
A 1923 McClure article urges discretion in disputes, noting well bred couples avoid public quarrels and a well mannered manager handles staff privately. It warns against embarrassing a partner or subordinate in public and stresses restraint in domestic disputes.
A playful scene unfolds as Rey Fox and another narrator discuss using glue on a creature to simulate wind. They admit the joke will keep the pair together temporarily but foresee a distance after separation, noting the effort won’t foster lasting friendship.
A compact study traces the feminine form of Adelgis to Adelgisa and Aliza, linking Alice to Anglo Saxon roots and other derivations. It notes Alix Alisa Lombardy roots, the stone Alexandrite tied to Alice, and cultural beliefs about fortune, days, colors, and virtues surrounding the name.
A public warning in Yorkshire bar proclaims a loud patron who shouts and swears, a barking dog, a fighting man with 75 prize-fights and a dead shot, and an undertaker calling each morning. The note adds a brutal reminder that women were burned for treason in England.
A column argues self reliance over introductions for success in business and life. It cites a U S Chamber of Commerce VP who proves credibility can open doors without formal introductions. A banker’s tale from New York illustrates how frankness earned needed credit.
The U S park service aided by the bureau of fisheries restocked Yellowstone Park lakes and streams on an unprecedented scale. Native trout eggs totaling 5 996 000 were collected with 2 871 000 developing to eyed eggs and fry and returned to the waters. Outside hatcheries contributed enough fry to bring total plantings to 4 051 000 doubling 1920 figures.
A child named Billy explains a barking neighbor dog. His sister asks why the dog barks and he replies that the dog is barking for its own reasons and he is not in the neighbor's confidence.
Advertisement for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder remedy touts purity and lack of habit forming drugs. Claims scientifically compounded from vegetable herbs and not a stimulant. Offers sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with newspaper mention.
A well from the Middle Ages was uncovered beneath the St. Pierre cathedral in Lisieux France. A jeweler's weight bearing a relief of Ferdinand and Isabella was recovered along with engraved tiles pottery fragments and other debris at the well bottom.
A mother advises careful use of CASTORIA that bears a long standing signature. Ed and his brother Harry own a goat, and a gentle misunderstanding unfolds as a boy insists the nanny goat has four feet on the fence while she only has two.
A terse old proverb notes that a person’s merit is inversely related to how little he counts. The saying implies that some women place greater faith in a man who shows fewer reliable actions or accountability.
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