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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
7
In a village melodrama, Bert Dudgeon defies his father over Rose Aiken the dressmaker designer. Rose and Grace Dursley maneuver through social expectations and a fire scare to secure Bert’s love. A Dane-like rescuer isolates the couple and the elder approves the match, allowing Bert to support his chosen partner.
The article lists Earth's total area as 196 550 000 square miles with 55 500 000 land and 141 050 000 water. It breaks land by continent and notes imperial sizes, populations, and a projected world population cap of 6 000 000 000 by around A D 2100.
We shrink from troubles yet they test us and shape our character. We can choose to let hardship fortify us or defeat us, gaining courage and growth or bitterness and despair in our life.
Mammoth Spring in Arkansas is described as the largest spring in the world. It covers 18 acres and flows about 600000 gallons per minute while being 70 feet deep. The spring forms Spring River which is about 850 feet wide and maintains a constant flow year round.
Jones growls at the task of finding a good cook. Mrs. Jones admits she struggles to select people to live with and laments her lack of a faculty for choosing capable help.
A dialogue exchange features a quip about trout weighing. One speaker protests a claim of short weight while the other notes there is fishy about the scales. The line plays on a pun linking honesty in weighing fish to suspicion.
A terse exchange questions belief in hanging as capital punishment with a reply preferring to let the subject drop. The quotation hints at philosophical stance on punishment and justice in a concise, wry manner.
A 1916 column argues many women refuse marriage for varied reasons. It cites money minded suitors, ne’er do wells, unrealistic ideals, caring for relatives, and fear of enduring love fading. The piece profiles several women who reject offers to remain single or delay marriage.
Government forest experts declare mistletoe a damaging parasite costing thousands of dollars yearly. The plant clings to many tree types and, if unchecked, can kill the host by choking growth. Though pretty, it has no real value beyond seasonal sentiment.
A short fiction fragment follows two characters walking home from a theater and supper at a beanery. One asks a moon related conundrum then delivers a mournful punchline about his last quarter. The exchange blends humor with a hint of hardship.
Official dispatches recount Bum the Newfoundland’s death aboard the San Francisco after a shore leave at Guantanamo Bay. The ship's crew, including Bum for 12 years as a shipmate, were ordered to sail, and the dog reportedly swam to rejoin the crew as the vessel departed.
A Western analysis notes Siberia’s vast undisturbed wealth across oil deposits in Kouznetz Irkutsk and Tenisseisk regions, with oil estimates near 920 million tons plus 250 million at Irkutsk. It highlights vast forests, fur, flour production, and large iron ore reserves of about 16.5 million tons, plus copper and other metals as future wealth.
A humorous remark notes that others will claim the Grabcom children receive an international education. The scene lists two French nurses, a German tutor, an Italian music teacher, a Russian dancing master, and a governess from an impoverished aristocratic family guiding them.
A New York photographer won $500 for a portrait of a beautiful girl. Critics praise the subject’s features, but she believes more than looks is needed for success. She would choose talent over prettiness if given a choice.
A humorous exchange shows a suitor asking Dr. Piller for consent to marry his daughter. The doctor rebuffs firmly, prescribing a drastic change of scenery at least 1,000 miles away as a condition.
A tenant threatens to move citing a poor living condition while a landlord remains calm. In a separate item, a famed mutt Bum returns to a gunboat at Guantanamo Bay after years apart, dies soon after being rescued. A social exchange reveals a witty quip about a new neighbor and a kitchen maid.
A college boy scoffs at a pretty girl who fails in intelligent talk. The piece argues women who ruled empires like Cleopatra and Mary of Scotland relied on intellect, magnetism, and agreeable nature rather than beauty alone.
The text lists mined minerals including gold, lead, zinc, manganese, wolfram, tin, antimony, cinnabar, mercury, sulphur, saltpeter, graphite, naphtha, quartz, sulphide and sulphate of soda, white clay and common salt. It notes rivers yield abundant fish and substantial flax, cotton, and cereals, with near limitless growth potential for cultivation.
A zincfoil substitute for tinfoil has been produced and is scarcely distinguishable from the original. It is claimed to render the same service as tinfoil.
The exchange quips about Chinese claims to inventions and the hair styles suggesting mismatched claims. Giles counters with a joke about hair and football, noting cultural stereotypes in jest.
Navy experiments test a new illuminating device to blind targets at night, boosting attack advantage. Canada plans to promote toy manufacture for British markets as samples head to Canada. US gasoline use estimated at a flowing stream a foot deep at one mile per hour. Aluminum coating to prevent hard water deposits is discovered by French chemists. Swedish scientists produce a fertilizer from feldspar with carbon and iron in an electric furnace. A French searchlight uses multiple lamps on a rotating circle to boost rays. Washington treasury security alarms are tested every 15 minutes. China imports 4 million dollars worth of leather yearly. Venezuela plans a 683 mile highway across the republic. The finest cork comes from old Spanish and Portuguese trees. Nurse Bessie Arnell receives a $500000 legacy. Coal mine air compression enables longer shifts for deep workings.
A North Carolina man conducts cotton growing experiments in the Canal Zone. Innovations include an electric vibrator washer attachment, a magnifying trumpet for telephones, and a decorative house number light. Also listed are airliner prospects, a 74 year old Philadelphia teacher’s milestone, Berlin’s alien population, a turbine car concept, sea shell cement, a wooden horse amusement device, stirrup heaters, a Dutch fishing light with pump nets, and a heat retaining pad for traffic cops.
The article argues early education shapes lifelong care for plants. It notes urban children increasingly learn botany in simple, engaging ways, guided by park and garden studies. Bees, seeds, bulbs, and pollination illustrate growth, responsibility, and joy in floriculture for all ages.
The article guides August sowing of mignonette and cyclamen seeds, with transplant tips into six inch pots for winter bloom. It lists perennials and biennials to plant early, notes protection from thawing cycles, and explains cyclamen bulb vs seed timelines and Madonna lilies for Christmas blooms.
Anemone should be planted with six roots in a six inch pot and covered with an inch of soil. Store pots in a cool cellar until late winter or early spring, then move to a warm window to flower. Open ground planting requires a thick leaf or straw mulch for protection. Narcissus thrives in bowls of pebbles and water or cultured in pots using earth or fiber dishes.
More than seventy percent of Jamaica's exports are destined for the United States, highlighting the island nation's economic dependence on American markets.
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