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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1913

Page

3

Petal of the Rose’s Lost Locket and a Japanese Meeting

Hayden tours Japan seeking his lost love Evalyn Grant. At Kobe he encounters Petal of the Rose, a Japanese maiden who found a locket containing Hayden’s and Evalyn’s faces. She reveals she is pledged to another man and explains she came to the Inland Sea seeking the chain and locket.

Evalyn Grant Hayden In- Inn Flayden Demoiselle Pan Eveerness Kayden Evalyn Grant Tie Heigts Cedars Trayden United States Choe San Madama Butterfly Miss Chrysanthemum Petal of the Rose Trevalyn

Honeymoon Promises Near Inland Sea Amid Hidden Identities

Evalyn disguises as a Japanese maiden to test John Hayden while a lost locket creates a moment of recognition. John, grieving Petal of the Rose, clutches her tight and declares a future honeymoon by the Inland Sea as moonlight glints on the scene.

John Evalyn John Hayden

Mendelssohns for Chautauqua entertain with humor

The Mendelssohn Quartet presents a varied program blending music, readings, and humorous stunts. They feature instruments, vocal numbers, a skilled reader, and a comic take on The Old Masters. The act promises popular entertainment for all ages at the Chautauqua with lively humor and charm.

Mrs Partington and the Ocean in a Storm Narrative

Excerpts discuss Mrs. Partington facing the Atlantic in a 1824 flood and Sydney Smith praise for her comic defiance. The piece shifts to Edmund Kean as Richard III, lauding his vivid, precise portrayal and bold stage presence, with Hazlitt praising his tone as unmatched.

Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Mrs. Partington

Real Nice Neighbors Move In Strain Cruiser Tone

A strange couple in a first floor flat arouses concern as a neighbor reports overhearing a court window conversation. The woman accuses the man of stealing portieres and a baby go cart, and the man confesses saying he did so to please her and her mother. They moved out the next day by request.

Kansas City Star

Brigands in Skirts Across Cultures and Conflicts

A historical survey notes women in masculine dress and men in feminine clothes across regions. It describes Parisian workers, Persian trouser attire, Alpine dairy maids, northern cold wear, ancient warrior attire, and brigand bands in Greece Spain Albania exchanging vivid costumes for intimidation and raid likely reflecting social norms and restriction.

Paris Persia Greece Spain Albania Grand Opera Ballet

The Story of the Pearls

A social upper class in New York shares a tale of fake pearls told in a drawing room. An exchange reveals the pearls are fake except for a genuine clasp. the women trade skepticism and bravado as the men join them. The anecdote stands as a true story without a moral.

New York Mrs. A Mrs. B New York Tribune

Instalment plan for health in a quip from New York Journal

A dialogue pits a gloomy patient against a cheerful doctor as they joke about gradual recovery and paying the bill in installments. The exchange captures light humor amid medical recovery.

New York Journal

Notice of Intention to Pave Monticello Streets and Alleys

Monticello Iowa city council on June 28 1913 introduced a resolution to pave parts of South Cedar Grand Washington and Warvel streets and alleys with reinforced concrete and Dollarway wearing surface. Public hearing set for August 1 1913 at eight o clock p m at the council chamber to hear objections and determine assessment method and costs to be shared between city railroad and abutting property owners. City clerk to publish notice in The Monticello Express and Jones County Times.

Monticello Iowa Council Chamber Anid City Cedar Street Grand Street Washington Street Warvel Street Said Center Street Washington and Warvel Streets City of First Street Warvel Clark and Washington Streets Railroad Best Monticello Express Jones County Times

Quotations Voted Most Hard Working by the People

The London Truth reports a public vote naming the most hard worked quotations from Shakespeare Milton Dryden Pope Cowper Campbell Byron Shelley Wordsworth and Tennyson. The top entries include To be or not to be They also serve who stand and wait None but the brave deserves the fatr A little learning is a dangerous thing The cups that cheer but not inebriate Distance lends enchantment to the view Truth is always strange stranger than fiction Hail to thee blithe spirit We are seven Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. The piece urges granting these quotations an eight hour day.

Shakespeare Milton Dryden Pope Cowper Campbell Byron Shelley Wordsworth Tennyson London

Hard Work and Perseverance Define Success

The Philadelphia Ledger notes talent alone fails without hard work and sacrifice. It cites Kipling urging steady effort, warning against balking at labor for brief praise. It frames perseverance as the price of achievement and maturity in a world of men.

Kipling Philadelphia Ledger

Curiosity and Its Intrusion Cited by Milwaukee Sentinel

Quote from the Milwaukee Sentinel defines curiosity as learning about others that does not concern you and would anger you if revealed about yourself. The saying contrasts personal curiosity with privacy and social irritation.

Milwaukee Sentinel

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