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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1925
Page
8
A regional rustic scene unfolds with humorists voice and vivid dialect. A six foot man A J exults in bravado yet loves a quiet woman whose faith deepens as their meeting ends in blessing. The narrative culminates with tears in church as a couple’s union underlined by family approval.
A 15 year old, Harold McGillicuddy, drowns near Marengo while wading. A Davenport Tipton bus overturns near Bennett injuring several riders. Magmokela church marks 50th anniversary as Fayette farmers sell wool and mohair. Mayoral and school notices unfold across Dubuque and Ames with bond issues and university term degrees.
Practical tips for mothers with large holes in stockings suggest using black mosquito netting as a foundation to darn. It also covers handling hot jars with tongs, testing potatoes with a hot pin, shorter skewers as alternatives, and softening oversized candles with hot water to fit a candlestick. Darning advice includes diagonal stitches to add stretch.
F G Churchill Iowa State College extension specialist says much of the first Iowa red clover crop will seed. Examine heads for an average of 26 seeds per head and ensure a good stand before saving seed. Home grown seed outperforms foreign seed despite tests, as foreign seed failed in last year’s plots and may bring in weeds.
A traveling salesman calls a girl in a Dakota town using long distance. Poor reception leads to a mistaken message asking Mabel to meet for a dance, conveyed via the operator to Mabel’s father who agrees to go, setting the scene for a later development. The tale, as recounted by N W Bell Magazine, hints at a forthcoming sordid chapter.
The article describes early island planting along Florida's west coast near Gasparilla Sound. Initiatives began after railroad driven land value rises and anticipated dock developments at Boca Grande. Initial experiments used root mats with seeds, later expanding to seven islands linked by a sandbar, several exceeding fifty feet in diameter.
Tarare in east central France is described as a thriving old village turned industrial center famed for muslin trade with India origins. Each year the morsiin festival honors Si monet founder of the mills with three days of decorated streets domes and draped muslin garlands creating a bright festival scene across the town.
A grubby faced boy cries in the street as an elderly passerby offers comfort and a penny. The boy calms, then laments again when he discovers he has two pennies after losing the first. The moral centers on generosity and misfortune in a simple urban episode.
In Paraguay Uruguay Argentina and parts of Brazil a peculiar tea is widely used by natives. It is made from roasted and ground leaves of the Lex Paraguayensis evergreen forest tree. Leaves are wilted dried and smoked over a slow fire then ground. The beverage is said to be more gently stimulating than coffee or ordinary tea and has a smoky flavor.
An old African American patient in a Charleston hospital is treated poorly as a nurse uses a thermometer and a doctor questions his health. He says he feels fine but reveals he was fed glass by a nurse in defiance of medical care.
Smithsonian report by Dr J Walker Fewkes describes prehistoric pottery from the Rio Mimbres valley showing a dice game with three men. The site lies between the Pueblo and Mexican regions, reflecting influences from both cultures and suggesting a once-doubted civilization in an isolated, outletless valley.
Tradition says Joseph of Arimathea and eleven companions built Britain’s first church at Glastonbury. The structure measured about 60 by 26 feet with twig walls. Professor Willis notes a prior twisted-rod structure on the site called Vestua Ecclesia or the Old Church, dedicated to Mary.
Four men from two Scottish and two English backgrounds are stranded on a remote South Seas island for years. A passing steamer rescues them, and Sandy and Donald recount their experiences to the skipper. The Englishmen remain silent and socially distant, while the Scots form a Caledonian society with a golf club and Presbyterian church.
In Bull Island and the Indian archipelago men still seal marriages by purchase or capture. Lovers use glances and clandestine meetings to judge consent, then abduct with secrecy. If caught, forgiveness awaits unless the go-between fails after three visits, leading to banishment for couple and families.
A 1657 recipe from Judge Walter Rumsey described as a superior method for coffee blends equal parts butter and salad oil melted without boiling. Honey is added three times as much and mixed to form an electuary with Turkish coffee powder, creating a bizarre historic coffee preparation.
An old essay notes snuff taking declined with time yet persists among some night workers clergy and elderly ladies. It recalls Garrick’s special brand jar preserved as a relic while the era of every man carrying a snuff box fades.
The article traces possible sources for the national motto E Pluribus Unum. It cites Cicero in De Officiis and Beatus Amertitae with phrases about uniting many souls into one. It notes St Augustine and Virgil in similar expressions and acknowledges uncertainty about the motto’s precise origin.
A Atlantic Coast Merchant article notes that Americans produce about 10 billion buttons yearly and, if distributed, would grant each person 182 buttons with thousands more for a hypothetical championship series. The industry rivals cutlery in value and profits, with vegetable ivory buttons from the toqua nut dominating production in the Americas.
In Urga Mongolia the Living Buddha rests amid crowds of miracle workers prophets sorcerers and wonder doctors all believed to be divinely originated. The Living Buddha does not lie his soul may pass into a child born on death day or transfer to another. If the old Buddha is alive the successor’s name is kept secret and a tibetan legation appears with the new Living Buddha.
The ring signifies the bond by which a woman yields to her lord, embodying male authority and the social ceremony of marriage. It reflects historical views on wifely subordination and the ceremonial power of rings in union rituals.
A London Times style reflection on railway luncheon car meals. It notes diners judge pleasure by what they bring, not what they receive, praising waiters while humorously lamenting over codfish and constant gorgonzola on trains.
The article explains the venomous weever or sting bull native to the Mediterranean. It details the five point fin weapon, venomous daggers on gill covers, painful sting with purple swelling, and its feeding as sunlit fry eater. It notes the fish burrows in dull weather and warns buyers to remove the head before sale.
A humorous exchange about a dog that barked at passing trains and a coal rich home value. The article notes two New Zealand kauri trees near Waipona yielding 295,788 feet of timber each, rivaling California giants and equaling three acres of European forest.
A classified list of small ads offering cement work by Lou Ebrisman address 51 4. pasture cattle by month. home washing and ironing by Mrs Bertha Collins. donkey’s buttermilk feed. a Cedar Rapids house for sale. various sale or rent properties. a Chestnut and Third street residence for sale. Hereford bulls and Poland China stock hogs for sale. custom hatching service at 3 cents per egg with 1800 egg capacity. an advertising notice about Harald Hubbard contracts. farms and city property for sale with price ranges. Jersey Georgie’s Hero No 216196 purebred registered with five daughters, Scotch Grove Nursery offering herd sire needs.
Monticello Iowa school board meets July 1 1925 with members Hong Stimson Shey ver Cropp and Roberts present. Minutes approved and bills totaling several amounts paid to multiple suppliers and services. Annual reports accepted a census counts and contractor awarded for coal delivery. several teachers elected with specified salaries and a budget hearing slated for July 20 1925.
Monticello Iowa city council met July 6 1926 to review receipts and fund balances including General Water Bond Park Library Light Cemetery Sewer and other funds. A list of bills was presented for payment and several resolutions set depository and weed control orders for the coming season.
City council session in Monticello Iowa approves oiling stretches and alleys including North Chestnut, Cedar, Second and Fourth streets plus railroad area and Watts fields. A bond proposal to borrow two hundred fifty thousand dollars for street and sewer projects is authorized. votes show unanimous support for the improvement plan and no dissent on the debt measure.
Taxpayers will be heard as the board of the Undepenedent Rehool district holds a session at the Motes cefle. The meeting discusses fees, school operations, and district finances with local residents invited to speak.
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