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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
3
Frederic J. Haskin estimates wartime losses and costs, noting about 13 million dead and disabled, $175 million daily expense, and a world economic capital cut by mass destruction. He argues massive debts and taxation reshape wealth while nations rely on manpower and munitions to continue.
Dr. Arthur Lynch discusses German espionage in France as revealed by Marcel Prevost and Mata Hari cases. He cites Meg the guardian angel as a spy and Old Adolph as a Parisian handler, noting the long planned, elaborate German spy system and its powerful reach.
A wartime summary argues the industrial loss from four years of conflict totals 75 billion dollars at one dollar per day, noting allies do not begrudge the expense. It contends the money could have transformed earth through sanitation, education, and universal progress, while praising human resolve to pursue great peaceful aims.
A war prayer urging divine protection for soldiers and leadership asks God to guard the boys sent to fight and to guide them back safe, honoring the homeland while acknowledging the costs of war. The verse frames duty, sacrifice, and prayer for deliverance.
Hood River residents report apples are replacing cabbage leaf in premium smoking tobacco. Oregon dried apple pomace will flavor blends, ending reliance on eastern fruit districts for tobacco flavoring supplies.
Denver girl Miss Elsie Green notes Japanese women are advancing in business in Yokohama and Tokyo. She says business girls, though few, are valued by employers and employed as filing clerks, stock clerks, and in shorthand work.
Miss Green notes Japanese telephone girls bow to courtesy and greet with moshi moshi when they plug in. She explains moshi moshi means see here and thank you in their telephony etiquette.
Salt Lake City Utah Mrs M A West eighty six years old of No 6 Leaker's court is made great grandmother to her 187th descendant when her grandson A Denny Jr motion picture operator becomes the father of baby Noy yielding the long line of descendants in the family.
This health guidance outlines five food groups for balanced meals. cereals supply fuel, vegetables and fruit build bones, protein foods like milk meat eggs fish and beans support growth, sweets and fats are limited, with emphasis on variety and daily intake from each group.
A motor coal wagon patent describes a system that loads coal into baskets and raises them to a convenient height for workers. France weighs Seine deepening or canal options to make Paris a seaport. Hemp production in China tops all but Russia in normal times. A golf training machine guides head position for proper strokes. A Virginia inventor’s pedal uses staged clutch and brake actions.
German war enthusiasm leads to banishment of standard playing cards in Berlin and introduction of patriotic packs featuring portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Crown Prince, Von Kluck and Tirpitz. Similar packs appeared in 1870 71, and royal packs were printed later at Altenburg for the Kaiser. One such Royal pack is now owned by a king.
A recruit in camp explains nearest living kin after a muddled question. When asked who to notify in death or accident he names his mother, though he had previously claimed his aunt as the closest relative two miles away. The officer notes the inconsistency and the exchange ends with a practical mix up about kinship.
A caricature assigns Queen Victoria to the queen of hearts while the Kaiser is king of hearts and the pope holds the kingship of spades. Ironically four leading European statesmen act as knaves with Lord Beaconsfield labeled as king of clubs.
A proposed burglar alarm called the electric eye would use a selenium cell to detect light and trigger a signal. The device, offered by Dr. QO Hannah of Berlin, is hidden in decorations or furniture and claimed to respond as soon as light is introduced, without a suspended coil, though accidental vibrations could affect sensitivity.
A mother notices her child wearing a night dress wrong side out and asks why. The boy smiles and says he will be all right tomorrow night, making a lighthearted endearing remark about his routine.
A Durham resident reports a dog killed a rooster named Kaiser in a main thoroughfare after a battle. Spectators demand punishment for the dog but the incident elevates the canine to local admiration as a symbol of Durham.
Australia laments laws from thirty years ago ordering slaughter of hawks owls and other birds that prey on young livestock. The decline has allowed decaying carcasses on sheep farms to attract blow flies with larvae numbers rising to threaten sheep on runs as they are left to decay.
The piece notes Henley-on-Thames town clerk line dating to 1777 with Cooper, the Bullers’ long cathedral role in Crediton, Hobbs postmen lineage, and Parliament seats held by Newdigates since 1360 with the recent resignation of IF. A. Newdigate to govern Tasmania marks the eighteenth in the family to serve as MP.
The article provides a recipe note for making a hearty beef dish to fuel active boys. It describes selecting five pounds of rump beef, stuffing with suet crumbs and herbs, seasoning with salt pepper and spices, curing with vinegar, then slow cooking for several hours.
A recipe passage describes frying batter made from sugar fat eggs flour baking powder apples and spices to serve with roast pork or sausage. It also outlines a baked apple dish in a bread crust with brown sugar molasses water and buttered bread slices baked covered then uncovered and served with powdered sugar and cream.
A fragmentary lyric describes a lonely speaker kneading and spinning as life is low. The speaker longs for solitude and walks, then recalls wild tears, dreamlike landscapes, ivy on a ruined wall, and a shift when blackbirds are heard near hedges. The tone is reflective and melancholic.
The victim of a tar and feather prank fears what comes next as assailants promise camouflage to resemble a rooster to provoke more crowing for the Kaiser. The exchange highlights a brutal, taunting moment in a wartime harassment scene.
The article details goldbeating the final transfer of thin gold leaves from a mold to gilded books. A light wooden wagon marks the cutting tool, gold is laid on a leather cushion, and edges of gold left over are carefully preserved for reuse.
A Christan sermon highlights Psalm 40 as David's life outline with five stages regeneration reflection consecration expression and petition. It cites Daniel and George Muller to stress patient waiting and faith in God's will before deliverance and ongoing trials until Jesus' return.
Quote attributed to William De Witt Hyde argues ultimate delight lies beyond self pleasure. true joy comes from loving others and pursuing ends that develop persons into richer thought and character.
Quotations from Mary Lyon state her single fear is not knowing or failing to do all her duty. The line emphasizes personal responsibility and moral obligation in the face of vast unknowns.
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