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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
6
Cowpea bread, made from fresh green cowpeas, offers a nutritious alternative to wheat flour. It provides protein and minerals, aids wheat conservation, and suits dainty sandwiches. Prepare by boiling, mashing, and mixing with flour and yeast, then rise, mold, and bake in a moderate oven.
The article argues mathematics fuels material and economic growth through practical use. It cites S L Macdonald of Colorado Agricultural College noting mathematics arose from practical needs and emphasizes precise measurement expresses results in useful units for builders and contracts.
Maryland moves to establish municipal forests with state aid while eastern towns expand small forests for watershed protection and recreation. The era may see public forests led by government bodies, with private funds rarely drawn to forestry due to long yield timelines, though some areas still pursue private timber growth under favorable conditions.
Port Arthur carpenters receive a wage increase to six dollars a day. Retail grocers face an annual gross delivery expense exceeding seven and a half million dollars. Federal labor data show food prices rose thirty two percent from mid 1916 to mid 1917.
Japanese Toyama Bay hosts two regular natural phenomena. The light-producing lightning cuttlefish emits a phosphorescent glow when aroused. The article notes the small size of this species and hints at a second recurring phenomenon alongside the cuttlefish.
A concise history of the Union Flag from the first flag combining England and Scotland in 1606 to the 1707 union. It explains how St George's cross and St Andrew's saltire were blended with narrow white fimbriation to avoid heraldic clash and how the 1707 union confirmed the first Union flag’s use.
Residents of a Western city faced fear and disruption as animals escaped from a traveling menagerie and circus in a chaotic incident. Officials investigated the breach while bystanders watched from streets and sidewalks.
A coastal report describes two phenomena. First, luminous animals swarming the shore in April and May when fishermen use special nets. They glow with notable brilliance as they are captured. Second, the Shinkero mirage appears near the coast starting as mist and expanding into a forested panorama with castles, bridges, and marching people.
The Red Cross supports soldiers with refreshment units at rail hubs, stamps and mails letters, and sends telegrams. In an Iowa town of under 15,000, over 3,500 troops were served in two weeks, with 2400 cookies and ten bushels of apples donated in a day. Each draftee received a pound of candy. The canteens also loaded trains with corn, apples, and tomatoes for meals, and 1142 soldiers enjoyed apple pie in 24 hours, each getting a quarter pie.
London Tit-Bits notes that governments guard secrets until after cabinet decisions. Once a foreign policy is agreed with a neutral country the decision is written as an unintelligible cipher sent to the ambassador. Skilled cipher makers, trusted officials, earn 590 to 700 pounds per code.
Thessalonica, founded around 315 B C by Therme’s successor and named for Alexander the Great’s sister, stood as Macedonia’s principal harbor on the Roman road from Rome to the Mast. It housed few fine buildings including an old mosque that became a Venus temple then a Christian church, with many wooden houses making it highly inflammable.
A hungry giraffe stuck its head into a second story apartment window and swallowed a pan of hot fried doughnuts. The circus owner sues a doughnut maker for damages under a state law banning poisonous foods from animal access, while the doughnut maker sues for trespass quare clausum fregit.
A terse exchange recalls social caution in matters of courtship. A man asks about warning before kissing a woman, and the reply notes a preemptive warning was given. The dialogue hints at prudence and potential legal consequences in romantic advances.
A state agriculturist urges greater use of perishable fruits in the diet to boost health and appetite. He notes fruits like apples pears and grapes are affordable and can improve digestion while making other foods more efficient, countering the view that fruits are luxuries.
The article quotes Bernarr Macfadden in Physical Culture, arguing that lasting reward comes from continuous achievement. It says success today should lead to new goals tomorrow and warns that full satisfaction ends life’s interest.
A humorous vignette features a polite new server asking Tommy how he takes coffee. The reply is brisk and bold, “Over the top,” delivering a humorous clash of expectations in a wartime mood.
A column of random phrases and jokes unfolds with snippets about a wife in a picture theater a recognisable baby in a lobby and playful banter about neighbors debts kennels and a fox terrier. A child’s question turns on whipped cream’s meaning and naughty cows.
The text asserts growth comes from within not from external praise. It warns against exposing weaknesses to all and urges self-work through effort, digging, and polishing. With persistence and sacrifice one can rise to great heights and gain mastery from the process.
Inventors unveil a removable rubber heel that fits over existing high heels to convert them into more stable, slip resistant footwear. The device promises quick adaptation without changing the shoe.
The Poultry Grower suggests inbreeding cannot produce a good laying strain and outlines criteria for selecting hens. Key traits include health and vigor, high egg counts in ancestry, wedge body shape, large combs, bright eyes, white legs, tight feathering, and nervous active disposition. Earlobe color and comb texture are linked to laying intensity.
The history notes Asunción as the oldest Atlantic slope city in South America and the first New World colony to defy foreign rule by electing its own governor. It claims Paraguay ignited liberty on American soil and shed blood for foundational principles, predating Plymouth Rock by twenty-five years when a native-born American governed the colony.
The piece argues work heals and defines us, highlighting Margaret Baldwin’s Atlantic essay on hands shaping thought from primal days. It praises hands for re-creating mental visions into art, noting their role in evolution and the bond between spirit and flesh.
The report states Canada covers 3 729 665 Rauare miles and the United States 3 616 434. It notes the Canadian parliament includes a senate of 87 members appointed for life by the government.
A regional leader forced the king of Spain to acknowledge his authority and grant royal support, reshaping the balance of power and signaling strong backing for his rule.
A wartime appeal urges American households to cut daily waste in bread milk butter and meat to feed soldiers in France and starving regions. It quantifies impacts such as 875000 pounds flour saved yearly and the equivalent milk beef and pork quantities from reduced waste across twenty million households.
Popular Science notes compressed peat is being developed in Europe as a sound insulating material. A Detroit woman receives a patent for a screw hook that holds a plate and a cup. A bath tub chair seat stays level in any position. Japanese use six seaweed varieties in vegetable isin glass. A hand operated emery wheel clamps to trees to sharpen forestry tools.
Popular Science Monthly reports Stefansson disputes common Arctic myths. He denies frost bite remedies with snow, approves eating snow when thirsty, notes vented Eskimo houses, and cites North Dakota bliggare as among the worst he has seen north of the Arctic circle.
The passage outlines a Voling sovereign of Great Britain with a 221 member house of commons elected by provincial voters. A governor general appointed by the King for five years leads the government, with lieutenant governors in each province for the same term. The governor general earns 50000 dollars annually from the Canadian government. parliament members are paid per session at 2500 dollars.
The text notes ancient peoples favored arid regions where sails were most fertile and links aridity with the world’s most valuable crops across Egypt Palestine Persia Syria the Libyan Sahara deserts Arabia and Mediterranean fringes.
Health commissioner Samuel G Dixon emphasizes fresh air as essential to health in homes and hospitals. He notes how crowded urban life and caretakers’ neglect of proper temperature affect convalescence and urges thermometer based room temperature instead of relying on feel.
The public health service notes in California’s deep gold mines rats are kept as pets. Miners feed them at lunch. the rodents supposedly warn of roof collapses or poisonous gas by distress signals, prompting miners to retreat or take precautions.
The article discusses practical school lunch planning and varied put up meals for busy mothers. It suggests egg salads in jars, fruit and custards, hot drinks in cool weather, and portable treats like barley sponge cake with a detailed recipe for a two-part bake.
Barley doughnuts made with milk sugar eggs shortening and barley flour. Mix with baking powder salt spices and roll out. fry in deep fat. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
The piece questions oil consumption at 26 million barrels yearly and compares refining capacity 1,250,000 barrels daily to current output near 1,000,000. It notes concerns about finite oil, asks what if oil ran out, and ponders replenishment versus extraction.
A sermon contrasts loving the world with loving God, citing I John 2 15 17 and three worldly temptations the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life It argues the world passes away while those who do God's will endure and notes D L Moody's tomb inscription urging steadfast faith in Christ.
The quote underscores that one with an empty cup should pray for fill, and one with a full cup should pray to hold it firmly. It urges prayer for grace in both prosperity and poverty to use or bear what one has.
A short editorial note stresses that a citizen's duty to country serves its welfare, asserting that those who promote this duty best prove their commitment to the nation.
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