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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
8
Practical kitchen notes from 1922 Western Newspaper Union compilation. Recipes include nourishing main dish Olives with hominy and cheese, oats bread style cakes, savory almond pickle sandwich filling, and a method for liquid yeast with potatoes. Copyright 1922.
A poet offers a measured blessing to a friend, wishing not wealth or flawless weather but resilience and simple joys. The speaker prefers modest contentment and meaningful work over abundance, hoping for sun with clouds that reveal a silver ring and a life of steady, quiet happiness.
The piece argues time is wasted when idle and urges saving hours from the eight-hour workday. It cites disciplined use to boost business and growth, noting faster travel shrinks time between cities and compounds value. It emphasizes applying saved time to further work and related tasks for tangible gains.
An old practice traces buttons on sleeves to prevent nose wiping on delicate fabric. A French king ordered buttons after seeing guards ruin their jackets, hoping to curb the habit. The custom spread to courts, then England and beyond, and persists after handkerchief use became common.
The piece counsels against exaggerating burdens and urges steady preparation for inevitable troubles. It warns against overanalyzing ahead and notes most obstacles are imaginary, stressing keeping perspective to avoid undue despair as life’s journey proceeds.
F A Walker extols the sovereign power of the soft answer to preserve friendships amid harsh talk. He notes calmness after anger and self accountability, praising gentle words as a beacon—likening their influence to a mother’s love and urging readers to choose restraint to avert remorse.
The passage asserts luck plays no role in composition and that only disciplined, honest writing reflects the author’s character from title to end. It emphasizes rigorous practice and authenticity as essential to producing quality prose.
The gold medal of the United States to honor Verdun France is to be presented by President Harding in the name of the American people. It was designed by John Flanagan.
A collage of brief notes covers topics from fashion and labor wages to ocean salvage, early film work, weather records, rail speeds, biology, and historic economics. The items include Rosa Bonheur in masculine dress, Ceylon labor pay, diving with air, and Pasteur's grape-saving discoveries worth more than France's indemnity.
A London resident notes a remarkable frog-mouth podargus bird with enormous beak and camouflaged color that hides by tucking its head up and freezing. Separately a British board of trade approved an ingenious life-saving jacket using kapok as a bolster, easily stored under a pillow and adopted by several shipping lines.
A vignette from London Tit-Bits features a talkative old man urging a fellow passenger to reflect on the flight of time and the swift passage of youth, while Pattersby challenges the exchange with wary questions about timing.
The article notes that punch, said to originate in the East Indies, derives its name from the Sanskrit word meaning five. It mentions five ingredients rum tea sugar lemon and hot water as key elements.
A compact, reflective quotation urging steadfast duty and present effort. The excerpt emphasizes resisting distraction and focusing on immediate responsibilities rather than distant, unseen outcomes. It reflects Kingsley’s moral exhortation style and timeless exhortation.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Miss Ann and May debating social invitations and engagement. May reveals she plans to stay in and avoid parties, signaling a shift from a hectic social week to quieter personal commitments.
A Louisville Courier Journal item urges tempered conduct amid public upheaval. The author stresses patience, self control, and calm leadership to navigate social tensions and prevent flare ups in community discourse.
The report compiles a string of local items from Iowa including arson, accidental shootings, and legal actions in Sioux City Waterloo Marshalltown and Red Oak. It notes a fatal apartment accident at Cudahy Sioux City a dairy price announcement and bank robbery suspect extradition as well as bankruptcy filings and farm market figures.
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