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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
8
A humorous piece explains the rise of the automobile tourist as roads improve. It portrays travelers as currency spenders at roadside garages, noting cheaper coast-to-coast trips than private car setups, gas price variation, and the boons of tourism for road improvement and state budgets.
The passage argues that merit defines a person more than luck or fate. It urges doing more than expected, aiming for perfection, and believing success is possible. It claims merit guides toward winning, with merit as rule rather than exception.
A short historical excerpt urges students to focus on merit and worthiness to receive rewards. It emphasizes concentrating thoughts to elevate aims and ideals as guiding principles for progress.
The poem praises lemon pie as a remedy for sadness and fear, noting how its bright filling and warm family moments lift spirits and bring joy to children and parents alike. It ends with a historical note that kerosene was first used for lighting in 1826.
The clipping presents recipes from Mot Aveir's Cook Book with salads and meats. It includes Tutti Fruiti Salad and Royal Soup instructions, plus squab dishes and variations. The piece closes noting copyright 1920 Western Newspaper Union.
A man awoke to find his wife rifling his pockets and mistook her for a burglar. The odd moment sparked confusion as he woke to the sight and its implied misperception.
Lightning heats air along its path causing rapid expansion and a shock wave that becomes thunder. Nearby flashes produce sharp cracks from branches while the trunk accounts for the heavy crash as air constants adjust after discharge.
A playful dream guide says dreaming of dancing signals love and friendship gains, new offspring for married readers, profits for traders, and voyages for sailors. It warns that watching others dance presages fatigue, and wearing dancing tights may bring temporary money shortages. Also notes a distant message of good news from abroad.
A cautionary note on debt cycles and the abundance of navigable streams in the United States. The text recalls a proverb about reckless borrowing and contrasts it with the country’s waterways and infrastructure.
A collection of curiosities and trivia including geography, aviation, social norms in Burma, insect behavior, New York printing output, Swiss deafness rates, a Louisiana harness trade tale, sea bird eggs, and the use of tiny circular saws for pen nibs.
Enthusiasts gathered for a mountain side motorcycle meet in Port Jervis New York. The event featured a 600 foot obstacle jump over rocks gravel and lodges with a crowd-pleasing grade reaching 100 percent. Tracy on an Excelsior set the pace with a ten second flat standing start.
A fragment recalls Thomas A Edison noting he did little by accident except the phonograph. He states that once a result seems worth pursuing, he proceeds and tests it until it succeeds, reflecting on invention’s trial process.
Fragmentary note argues that in a free country there is elamor and suffering, contrasting states of liberty with demeaning conditions. The text references a citizen named Curnat and uses unclear terms such as deso pode stite and TC emtupiiint, reflecting OCR errors rather than clear events or people.
A fragment quotes Lewla arguing about temperament and music. The passage contrasts temperamental smushelins with a patient view of time and heart longing for a Beethoven symphony, suggesting nervousness if forced to wait for a grand performance.
A veteran player praises the home team for solid baseball despite losing, noting the game showcased true sportsmanship and competitive spirit throughout.
Budget reform aimed to standardize federal spending faces delays after a veto and a lost year. A new 35 member Appropriations Committee will absorb powers from seven panels, shifting oversight of legislative executive judiciary and other funding bills.
Public safety text warns smokers to avoid fires in forests and to properly extinguish cigarettes pipes and matches. It urges caution near trees and grass and stresses that forest fires destroy scenery and cost resources. The advisory calls for cooperation to prevent wildfires and emphasizes immediate action to douse and discard any burning materials.
A plan to build a park to park highway across 14 national parks aims to connect Denver to California via Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon and others. A exploratory party led by Stephen Z Mutter will survey routes and secure state and federal support for a permanent cross country route.
A 19th century Agricultural Department note describes corn cobs yielding furfural at low cost and diverse by products. Furfural, once $20 a pound, serves as a dye intermediary and precursor for bakelite, adhesives, inks, and insecticides. Multiple cob by products include adhesive grades, cellulose and acetate of time derivatives, and potential dynamite uses.
Secretary Meredith says over fifty department of agriculture activities will be abandoned due to a smaller appropriation of about 31 million dollars, $6 million short of need and $2.2 million less than last year. Programs to wipe out hog cholera and dairy improvement in several states will end. field stations and forest and marketing services face shutdowns.
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