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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Thomas A King of Monticello celebrated sixty years of marriage with friends telegrams gifts and a donation from the town. They married January 15 1862 in Dubuque with Ex Governor Hempstead officiating. Their son Dr Thomas A King Jr of West Union visited.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes picnic and pique-nique differ by origin and formality. It cites a 1879 French paper describing a pique-nique with formal dress and a shared table, where subscribers pay 15 francs each and seating begins at eight.
The text notes elephants in a zoo-like enclosure appear to value and interact with children, showing awareness of generations and a playful nature. Trainers observe their restless trunks roam and pauses as they reach for peanuts, bearing youngsters on their backs with a curious humor.
Common mud flats fish in tropical Africa Asia and northwest Australia are mud skippers. They leap using tails and fore fins, breathe through tail fins and gills, and rest on roots or mud with eyes perched high and mobile on top.
Englishwoman Lady Saraline Petre of Tagutestone Hall has been named a justice of the peace. The Petre family is among England’s oldest Catholic lineages with Lord Petre as head and aunts affiliated with Westminster Sisters of Charity and the Good Shepherd community at Hammerswich.
Dr Eliza B Mosher of Brooklyn urged the Women’s Medical society of New York state to drink water at 10 am and again at 3 4 and 5 pm to dilute fatigue products entering the blood and lessen tiredness in members.
William Hayes Mitchell is pastor. Morning worship at 11 with Sunday school at 10. Evening service at 7. A monthly musical program will be held. A four week series of week night meetings begins January 24 with Rev Williams January 24 and Rev Hinkle January 25, Rev Grant January 26 and 27. The aim is to deepen interest in God's Kingdom.
Regular services each Sunday with Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor at 6:46 p.m. Mid week meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Next Sunday Rev Percy H Nickless of Olivet Presbyterian Cedar Rapids Iowa will preach morning and evening.
Congregational Church led by Rev. William P. Ames with morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening service at 7:20 p.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. and midweek meeting Thursday 7:30 p.m. Junior Endeavor 8:30 p.m. Vesper 4:30 p.m. Theme: The Divine Deceptions. The Luther League meets the first Saturday each month.
Pastor Roland P P Wkuentzel leads weekly worship with Sunday school at 1 00 a m and a preaching service at 1 00. Services alternate between German and English on Sundays. Members and friends are warmly welcomed to all gatherings.
The Henry J. Schmit auction sale on the John Miller estate farm, three miles east of Monticello, was unusually successful. Cows and yearlings averaged $52 a head, broad sows $26.50, corn 61 cents a bushel, oats 37 cents, hay $18.75 per ton, and corn fodder $1.62 a shock. The sale totaled about $4,000 with machinery selling $5 to $10 above cost after seven years of use.
The century magazine quotes St. John Ervine noting Americans favor wealth over intellect. He argues rapid material advancement has dulled truth and literature, leaving the nation vulnerable to European diplomacy and misaligned cultural standards amid sudden wealth.
A toy-balloon merchant on Meridian street battled a playful gust from an Apeilo wind. Balloons scattered across Ohio and Olito streets as bystanders and patients in nearby dentist chairs watched a chaotic chase. The vendor pressed on, muttering to himself, while children chased the drifting bubbles.
During excavations at Melrose Abbey, the Office of Works uncovered stone coffins and a leaden casket containing a heart. The find sparked speculation whether the heart belonged to Stobert Bruce, famed king of Scotland, though the casket was located near the abbey chapel site where Bruce was buried.
A Philadelphia correspondent describes stagecraft used in murder cases by defense and prosecution. Tactics include portraying the defendant as a grieving innocent, displaying bloody clothing, and placing a crying grandmother to sway jurors. The piece notes such methods are prepared by both sides before trial.
Panama is described as a narrow, jungle edged republic about 450 miles long and 31 miles wide with a population diverse in origin. The piece notes U S control of the canal zone and Panama lacking an army, relying on police. It also lauds Dr Robert Abbe as a pioneering surgeon and radium advocate with a long New York career.
A London correspondent notes the value of women on the detective staff in Scotland Yard. The women excel in uncovering complex crimes due to their skill at deception and ability to keep secrets. They often work undercover at social events wearing gowns and jewels. Their presence began in London and has spread to the provinces.
An anxious moment unfolds as Henry asks Janet to marry him. She quips she feared a money request, revealing she views him more as a brother than a lover. Janet sounds wary yet listens to his earnest plea and hesitation.
Air navigation in peace and war is the subject of a new extension course to be given at Columbia university. The problems to be studied will be elementary. Some elements entering into the employment of aircraft both for war and for commercial purposes will receive major consideration. Engineering accomplishments and problems awaiting solution will be described.
Four horses still serve Woodland in Yolo county near Sacramento. The city relies on horse drawn milk, laundry, express, and vegetable wagons for delivery while the fire department and all other city business are motorized.
A man denied John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim's Progress and faced strong rebuttal. He quipped that a bunion could not contribute to any pilgrim's progress, highlighting a sharp exchange over literary attribution.
In London Tit-Bits a musician asserts some songs never die. Brown responds that his daughter has tried to kill two or three every evening for six months, yet the tunes persist, unextinguished by her efforts.
Dr Homer Bailey spoke to the St Louis Osteopathic Association about a golf spine caused by excess pep. He described two forms: neck injuries from swinging hard while upright and lower back pain from bending forward.
A cream white tomato variety appears alongside a robust red type, noted for heavy yield and uniform fruit. Separately, Ukrainian immigrant groups in Boston and Providence organize citizens’ clubs to join Americans, accelerating integration. A joke about quitting a job rounds out the piece.
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