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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1921
Page
4
An essay argues that education and knowledge are distinct. It cites Edison and Ford, questions the college graduate’s readiness, and notes training comes from experience. The piece discusses how time and practice refine the ability to use learned information.
An article outlines hotel career paths for women, detailing roles from room clerk to restaurant staff. Salaries range from 50 to 150 dollars monthly, with room and board included. It notes traits like intelligence, good manners, and tact as essential.
A nostalgic poem recalls Sylvia Woods as a muse whose presence blends with forest imagery. Nature and love intertwine as the speaker longs for shared solitude beneath verdant skies. The verse contrasts dawn and night in her eyes and hat, and praises her touch as a bridge to the woods.
The article advises frugal table styling using cotton Japanese sets, simple linens, and home crafted candle shades. It favors practical dessert service, natural centerpieces like ferns and clovers, and inexpensive bowls with tasteful designs over costly china. It notes comfortable, healthful dining and leftovers elimination.
The frost fish is a deep-sea Lepidopus caudatus found along New Zealand's South Island, often washing ashore in severe cold. It is prized for its flavor and described in the Globe’s wisdom line about wise responses to mistakes.
A collection of curious claims spans biology, geography, history and culture. Topics include moonlight tainting meat, Tuesdays as unlucky for weddings, beggars in Spain, rats in the world, animal fat storage in sheep and camels, pterosaur flight, fossils as dragon bones, Semitic and Aryan lineages, Austrian area size, a planned patent learning house in Brussels, diamonds in meteors, the Eifel’s extinct volcanoes, beetroot sugar content, starch flour dust explosions, origins of the Black Death, a newspaperless Morocco, St Peter’s floor area, and a white cannibal rediscovery in South America.
Carl Nyquist vice president in charge of finance and secretary treasurer of the Rock Island lines is noted as the youngest railway executive in the United States at forty three. His rapid ascent in railway circles is highlighted.
Four year old Joan Ehner of San Francisco is described as 100 percent perfect and capable in multiple arts. She is shown performing a stunt to stay in shape, highlighting her diverse skills in diving swimming dancing piano and languages.
An excerpt mentions Cinderella and a young woman, noting a problematic mental state and a controversial sexual reference, attributed to a Boston newspaper script. The tone reflects early 20th century sensational gloss and literary satire surrounding feminine virtue.
Officials in Amsterdam use motion pictures to instruct citizens on public behavior such as walking on the correct pavement side and proper handling of canes and umbrellas. The program aims to standardize etiquette and curb disorder in public spaces.
An Exception recalls a small personal loan of five dollars from Jones in a reminiscent mood. The Boston Transcript notes the anecdote as a lighter aside reflecting on past favors and frugal lending.
The Baltimore American recalls a tongue in cheek note about christening destroyers with cider as a pledge to keep ships in apple pie order. The remark reflects wartime morale and naval culture.
Washington awakens to the arrival of the $2,000,000 naval airship R-88. Commander Maxfield leads an American crew in England for a two to three day Atlantic crossing at 60 mph. After trials the ship will join U S forces with plans for a 5,000 mile range and 28,000 feet ceiling.
The house bills by Rep Keller and backed by manufacturers merchants and Farmers' Federal Tax league seek a 1 percent land value tax above 10 000 with farm exemptions and targeted resource holdings. Inheritance tax scales from 1 to 90 percent applicable to very large estates, while repealing most existing taxes and splitting earned from unearned income. Keller claims combined revenue would cover the federal budget and set a 30 year debt sinking fund.
Reports to the Treasury show Americans spend about 7.2 billion dollars yearly on small luxuries such as candy tobacco soft drinks and jewelry with monthly luxury tax intake around 60 million dollars. Auto purchases add about 70 million dollars in monthly car tax receipts while travel taxes rise in summer. Chewing gum sales contribute 130 thousand monthly, pennies in jars add nearly 7 million monthly, and smoking taxes total about 24 million monthly.
United States Steel and 11 subsidiaries answer the FTC complaint alleging unfair interstate commerce practices. They cite a Supreme Court March 1 verdict dismissing Sherman Act actions and deny monopoly in ore, coal, rail, steel production, or prices. The entities report capital stock about 868.6 million dollars and annual gross sales over 2 billion.
The Navy’s General Board recommends creating a single major fleet with its principal base in the Pacific while keeping capital ships in the Atlantic. Proponents argue consolidation avoids weak eastern defenses and preserves dry docks, aiming to boost American prestige in the Pacific without aiming at Japan.
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