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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
11
The article argues language shifts with time, contrasting stilted historic usage with modern casual speech. It notes slang’s place and warns against overusing formal diction except in diplomacy, invitations, or official documents. It emphasizes natural speech and minimal flourishes.
A speaker pursues a plan to take out ten thousand dollars in life insurance and fake death to secure money. He contemplates shooting an insurance agent but decides against harming anyone, hoping to profit from a staged death scenario.
A fragmented clipping notes lines about friendship and love amid life roads and songs. It quotes a remark on women voters reversing men and a man planning to vote for the opposite side. It ends with a note on captivity requiring weekly fasting for lions and tigers.
The article traces Antoinette from its Roman roots to its French form linked with Antoinette, Marie Antoinette, and related variants in Italy Spain Sweden. It notes the garnet as the talismanic stone, promising courage and success, and assigns Friday as a lucky day and a lucky number.
The tracing of the term pocket handkerchief shows its shift from kerchief covering the head carried in the hand to pocket handkerchief meaning a head covering held in the hand and kept in the pocket. The evolution reflects linguistic simplification and shifting usage over time.
The most ancient sweets mentioned are sugar plums sugar almonds and burnt almonds. The text notes these as early confections.
An old wise cat, Grandma Tabby, instructs the neighborhood kittens in hunting and trapping mice and rats. She stresses moderation, self-reliance, and persistence, urging kittens to chase rats into traps and to keep homes free of pests as part of proper cat upbringing.
The text outlines early photography origins noting Thomas Wedgewood’s 1802 claim and 1841 process perfection. It mentions 1830 Daguerre and Niepce’s daguerreotype and the dark room method. It references sharing trouble and dishes no further context.
A Boston Transcript line hails cider for effectiveness with blunt certainty, declaring it works hard and without doubt. The remark frames cider as a reliable solution, emphasizing performance and decisiveness in its utility.
The Navy developed a turntable catapult to launch aircraft from battleships without needing the ship to head into the wind. A bridge on a rotating platform carries the airplane, enabling rapid launches in any direction. Tests show capability across seaplanes and carrier types, with emphasis on speed, safety, and protecting pilots during acceleration.
Mrs Harrington planned a fast visit by guests at her Mount Vernon home but ignited a blaze at the Mount Vernon jail to hasten arrivals. The jail fire drew visitors quickly as firemen battled the flames.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson argues that snowfall in the north polar regions is light and that winter snow in cities like St. Louis and Richmond is far greater. He notes summer temperatures reaching extreme highs and describes insect plagues in polar areas, with green meadows briefly edifying the landscape.
A street robbery left the victim with only his hat and socks. He reported the attacker took his hat and tore his tie as he walked home, describing a tense encounter that ended without further harm.
The Duke of York, King George's son, was admitted as an honorary member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors in London, linking him to royal London guilds. He noted prior guild adoptions and joked about avoiding James I era banquets with owls and cuckoos. In Indiana, Dr. M Beaman in North Manchester values a rattlesnake plate he received from a relative made from local rattlers, with beads from snakes found nearby.
Washington hearing on a house bill to bar newspapers from publishing gambling information features Dr. Wilbur Crafts and other opponents arguing it threatens press freedom. Proponents claim the bill curbs evil, while senators warn of overreach and emphasize the press role in reporting news.
The secretary of Agriculture outlines national forest policy aimed at maximum timber growth and utilization. It covers fire protection, regulated cutting, tree planting, forage use, land classification, multi use including industry and recreation, water power development, boundary readjustment, and emphasis on local agricultural communities. It notes expansion via watershed protections and continued forest purchases beyond the Mississippi.
Postmaster General Waya outlines an ANNOUNCEMENT for a new organization to cut red tape and delay. Decentralization would shift detail from central offices to state post offices, expanding departmental scope while preserving accountability. A nationwide survey would identify congestion and redirect work to central counting offices for faster service and lower costs.
Major General Farris urges Congress to authorize 260000 dollars to pay 50 dollar rewards for each World War draft deserter delivered to military authorities. He warns that failing to punish deserters could incentivize evasion in future drafts and harm national security. General Turing notes slacker lists aided record correction, with less than one half of one percent of names not being willful deserters.
The National Park-to-Park Highway Association with the Interior Department aims to raise 100000 for 1922, expanding a 1175 mile loop through 12 national parks and major western centers. Campaigns are set in 150 cities including Denver San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle and Oakland.
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