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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1915
Page
4
A former mail order executive recounts a failed plan to bribe small town editors to publish ads and free notices. He describes drafting contracts, letters, and press notices to sway 19 000 country newspapers, only to face steadfast editors loyal to their communities. He reflects on editors loyalty and the unexpected lesson for local merchants.
Mr John H Weeks recounts Mampuya of Kinkuzu visiting Wathen station to seek a teacher His quiet gentle demeanor hides a past of extortion when villagers bound him to a shelf set a pepper fire and punished him with a chest tie before sparing him after fines and vows of reform
Simeon Strunsky critiques Harold and Emmeline’s language drift using a satirical Atlantic excerpt. He argues that reliance on phonetics and clipped syllables wounds education and morality, predicting a future of double negatives and corrupted grammar.
The state argues to the U S Supreme Court that a century old blazed trail of hemlocks oaks and hickories marks the Tennessee boundary. Attorney General Thomas W. Bickett filed the brief asserting the line established by three hacks on each fore and aft tree and on side-line trees supports North Carolina's claim to the disputed timber land.
Dialog excerpt shows Mrs Bridey praising timely honesty and a spinster friend doubting she could meet such a man. The exchange centers on ideals of virtuous conduct and social restraint.
An Anglo-Indian correspondent recounts wounded Indian soldiers in a London Times piece. Gurkhas and Highlanders rekindle comradeship, while a Fat Prussian overheard fighter grumbles at his foe’s neck. Soldiers express pride in fighting with Tommy Atkins and endure hardships with cheerful patience.
A telephone operator at the base of a hayrick relays information gathered by a scout atop the rick during wartime communications.
American army officers tracking Europe’s war show concern over rapid horse exports depleting U S stock. Unrestricted shipments of mares threaten army needs and may push government buys or bounties to keep mares at home. France orders 150000 horses from the United States as new contracts loom early next year. England and Canada also expanding purchases. The prospect rivals post Poer war crippling of the U S horse trade.
News reports detail the killing of a German sentry who tended wire entanglements. French troops reportedly conducted swift justice, shooting the culprit after ears were severed. The soldier was found dead on December 4. An officer conveyed his regiment’s abhorrence to the German commander under a flag of truce.
A London correspondent reports the new French military dress blends red and white threads into blue to honor the old uniform while minimizing visibility. The ensemble is blue gray from cap to trousers with a glengarry style cap and foldable ear flaps, designed to blend with winter landscapes and avoid confusion with German gear.
Paris reports Corporal Phillip of the Twenty fourth Colonial Infantry earned the military medal for repeated gallantry in battle. He led 25 men to recon a German trench, deceived a sentry, and single handedly killed him before maneuvering to outflank the position. Later wounded, he continued fighting and beat an enemy officer to death with a rifle butt before collapsing.
Bert Cosgrove of Atchison Kansas while camping near Silver City New Mexico recently dug up about a dozen rare pieces of Indian pottery. The relics are said to be of ancient design and significance.
Lieutenant Adams leads the Spitfire in pursuit of the Kronprinz carrying contraband and two million dollars. A shell sinks the Spitfire, Adams is rescued and later acquitted for delaying the treasure’s destruction. Frances Lowell is the fiancé linked to the doomed voyage and Adams’s future command awaits.
Franklin Kidd of St Johns Cambridge reports in the Royal Society proceedings that carbonic acid gas arrests seed growth. Removing the seed part that generates this gas allows sprouting before ripening, while high CO2 pressure delays germination. Planters should heat seeds and expose them to oxygen to hasten sprouting.
A St Louis man recalls a farmer harassed by hog thief Bill Mullins who faces no arrest due to his comic persona. The farmer offers Mullins two hogs if he spares the rest, hoping to end the petty theft with a crooked bargain.
A short humorous dialogue features a child asking about seasons in extreme climates. George explains with a string of questions and answers about winter in summer and summer in winter, followed by a playful quip about avoidable mishaps and a pun on a fall in the spring.
Representative Wagner quotes figures as proof in a Galveston tale of a Polish baron wooing two local girls. One girl confronts her father about a baron, who retreats to the library to calculate if love outweighs the dowry, revealing a humorous social scene.
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