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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
6
Buddy sees a spectral Eskimo near the snowhouse and Aunt Cordelia dismisses it as play. A hidden intruder climbs into the house, starts a fire in the storeroom, and is stopped by a hero’s quick actions. Cordelia later reads a remorseful love letter from Randolph Waters, a former lover.
A quotation notes that current blindness can yield future insight. It compares growth to a dragonfly spending blind days under water to gain bright wings. Wise education avoids burdening the young with advanced problems too soon.
A neighborhood visitor tests young Edward at his uncle’s grocery. The boy proudly lists the shop’s stock including live, dead, dressed and undressed chickens, showing early business savvy and humor.
A Pittsburgh man sues his wife for divorce alleging she left him forty times. The remark from the Marien Star notes the case seems cautious and not hurried, describing the husband as not overly precipitous in pursuing breakup.
A Colorado Agricultural College expert explains winter egg production limits. Maturity and early hatching determine fall and winter laying. late hatchings hinder winter output. Advise hatching three weeks to a month earlier to avoid winter laying problems. Newfoundland’s 420th anniversary of discovery noted in closing.
A Chicago woman dies penniless in a destitute home funded by her husband. Japanese hosiery exports have jumped 200 percent in three years while U S wages lag. Oregon’s superintendent lists ten virtues for pupils honesty truthfulness cleanliness obedience respect courtesy patriotism kindness industry punctuality.
Newfoundland, though small in population, contributed 10,000 men to the British war effort, an impressive feat likened to past naval feats. The author recalls Newfoundland’s historic role, noting its markets and fishing ships aiding in the era of the Great Armada and tracing the island’s capture by Sir Humphry Gilbert in 1588.
Mile Genee the Vanish dancer now offers a philosopher's view on love. She cites three forces: difference in nationality, pleasing appearance, and temperamental contrast. She notes her own Danish background married to an Englishman as an example of how variety fuels romance.
The roll highlights Canadian birth soldiers in Britain’s wars. Gen Sir William Fenwick Williams, the hero of Kars, defended Kars in 1855 with 15,000 troops against a 50,000 strong Russian force, endured cholera and shortages, and ultimately capitulated after siege and starvation. Williams was made a baronet and received a liberal pension.
Mary Putnam Jacobi the first woman admitted to the ecole Medicine and a NY Academy of Medicine member. born in London about 75 years ago. daughter of George P. Putnam. studied in American schools. earned degree in Paris in 1871 and married Dr. Abraham Jacobi in 1873. Elizabeth Blackwell, born in England, was America’s first woman physician earning M. D. in 1849.
The Wellington Philosophical Society debates aligning New Zealand time exactly twelve hours ahead of Greenwich to fit hour zones and gain a half hour of daylight saving throughout the year. The move aims to standardize time and maximize daylight benefits.
The article notes New Zealand standard time differs from Greenwich by eleven and a half hours. It states this offset was adopted in 1868, as reported by Scientific American, prior to the current global zone time system.
In these days of economy save your old paraffin to use again. It can be cleaned with no brush in cold water. If not, heat to boiling point and strain through thick cheesecloth. One strain suffices, but repeat if dirt remains after reheating.
A brief exchange on borrowing an umbrella explores embarrassment and repayment. The speaker rejects a loan with a remark implying returning the item is awkward. The reply reframes by offering to ask for a loan directly to avoid embarrassment.
Thomas W. Lamont quotes President Wilson on wartime tasks beyond fighting. The emphasis is on ample food for allies and home front, shipbuilding, and supplying raw materials and machinery to sustain armies and economies across Europe.
A collection of light wartime quips and anecdotes. Jokes touch on caps and badges, transport losses, porters, railroads, weather, drafts, and love life. The humor reflects social mores and everyday absurdities among officers and civilians.
A collection of sharp one liners and quips about manners and social norms. Jokes touch on meatless days biting strangers and a waiter’s reply to a customer. The humorous snippets showcase wordplay and ironies in everyday encounters.
A correspondent notes a portrait described as a speaking likeness of a wife. The observer praises the image while raising questions about its accuracy and expressive quality.
The British government placed orders for 36 000 yards of linen for airplane sails, signaling a long scarcity of handkerchief linens. The fabric weighs eight ounces per square yard, and the order would consume over 18 million pounds of linen yarn, far exceeding Irish flax annual yield.
A brief cartoon caption notes reprisals as figures hotter than bombs. The dialogue mocks earlier terms and suggests ongoing tensions, using the phrasing to critique wartime rhetoric.
A wartime caption contrasts Allied transports heading to Europe with German forces already rushing troops. The dialogue implies skepticism about leadership and a sense of escalating commitment in the conflict.
The article gives practical garden tips for roses gladiolus and poppies advising cut back at leaf join for roses harvest blooms in water after first opening for gladiolus pluck evening blooms for longer vase life and plunge in water. It covers watering dust mulch tube roses planting timing and child garden plots plus methods to harden plants.
Instructions recommend sulpho tobacco soap for white fly, quassia tea for rose bugs, and warm soap suds to deter pests. Handle red spider by removing heavily damaged leaves and burning. Asters and related plants suffer root-lice and ant activity accompanies infestations.
Seed list for indoor or warm bed sowing includes verbenas salvia splendens pansies petunias heliotrope geraniums pinks coleus and mixed seeds. Soak cut ends in warm water for 24 hours then sow in February indoors for reliable growth and pleasing results.
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