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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
1
A McClure Syndicate essay argues cheerfulness preserves health and success. It urges resisting moodiness by observing smiling children and facial lines to dispel gloom, promising brighter spirits and social harmony for those who choose laughter over self torment.
A historical note traces the origin of Teetotal as related to Richard Turner an English temperance advocate who died in 1846. It explores claims that the term stemmed from his stuttering and a later pledge leading to “O P’s” and “T total” usage in New York and Britain.
A reflective verse opens with a quiet city scene as evening settles over the west. The text shifts to kitchen guidance for Aserrole style cooking, detailing Hungarian goulash steps with veal, onions, water or broth, browning, and oven cuisson.
The young lady across the way notes a score of 10109 in an important football game. She remarks that ten touchdowns would be a good aiming target for her term and a possible gimme for the season.
Advice on balancing friendly relations with household staff and maintaining humane business ties. Emphasizes that a strong personal rapport enhances work, satisfaction, and success, while remaining professional. Written in the style of a syndicated column.
A recipe describes frying bacon, trimming veal hearts, and frying them in fat. It calls for a hot casserole with stock pimento salt and bay leaf, then cooking two hours. Rice is prepared and layered, while chicken meat is mixed with egg breading and parsley before topping and baking.
A poem by Douglas Malloch describes a road built from Pick ensville toward Ryan's, finished to its ends but blocked by missing middle segments and untraversable rivers. It contrasts hard work and wealth with folly and faith, warning that without the bridges of guidance and belief the path of life fails.
Describes Rangoon women in Lower Burma adopting Western style. Notes street clothes resembling men’s dress, long hair, sunshade, and carrying a whackie white chairat. Mentions women sharing public smoking and handling lighted tobacco in front of children.
The fragment lists an airplane under construction in France expected to reach 250 miles per hour and interspersed quips and exchanges about travel experiences and observations. A historic humor tone appears with asides about a crippled charity spire and domestic banter about biscuits and household chores.
In a tale of a wax headed Stranger Doll left in an attic bureau and mocked for old fashion, a storm damages her face. A new head and gown appear and the playroom wonders at her changed look while old friends sense a hidden secret.
The piece discusses belief that dogs cure ill health in children and even adults through sympathetic magic, citing a Holyoke case where a pup in a cradle supposedly aided recovery. It also explains the term Spanish Main used by English sailors for northern South America coastlines and Caribbean waters.
A fragmented line of humor notes a quarreling couple and a jokey scene about pie and leadership. References to St Peter's doors of Cypress and a 1100 year love span appear as quirky asides in a dated magazine excerpt.
A toy paper doll boasts of being sturdier and longer lasting than modern dolls. Teddy praises the doll's worth as Rosetta and another doll envy the sturdy companion in the room.
A compact survey traces Phoebe from Phoebus the sun god to moon goddess links with Artemis and Diana. It notes use by Greek and English poets, rural maiden imagery, and the name’s fortune as a lucky symbol and in lunar associations. The piece mentions Monday luck and Crystal as Phoebe’s talisman.
The text notes that hands carried in front or at the side and moved continually, as if to avoid contact, suggest a suspicious nature and vigilance. It also says in some subjects such behavior can indicate carefulness and a desire to investigate before judging others.
The gardener bird of New Guinea constructs a two level garden around a sapling. It clears, gathers moss and orchid stalks to form a conical inner nest and a parallel outer wall with a tepee doorway. A moss meadow is planted and the area is kept tidy with scattered flowers and fruit.
A mother questions the value of smoking while a daughter notes its social impact. The vignette pivots on picnic etiquette and the comfort of fried chicken and sponge cake, implying weather and mood as key picnic factors.
Edward Augustus Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, stationed in Canada from 1790 to 1799, mostly Halifax. Letters to Lord Melville show he disliked Canada and begged to be ordered home. A Halifax letter from 1790 mentions force allocations for North America and hope for recall after union talks in Ireland.
A Duluth Herald quip notes that lightning does not strike twice in the same place because the first strike already exhausts the area’s susceptibility. The saying frames a skeptical view of repeated misfortune.
The article quotes aphorisms on merit and intellect, arguing that great minds recognize each other. It asserts wealth should not privilege marriage and stresses that money should be earned and shown with judgment.
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