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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
8
Highlights cover global mining wealth asbestos heat resistance and ocean depths. It notes Florida importing a Cuba parasite to combat a sugarcane pest and cites artificial silk production in 1900 and 1920. Also mentions Aristotle describing cold-blooded animals and a Moscow city ruin from 500 BC.
Miss Ardis Wilden of El Paso Texas has won a university scholarship and 150 in cash after being crowned national champion in the third national tentatory contest held in U S high schools by the National Live Stock and Meat Board. More than ten thousand competitors participated.
Knights and men at arms rode from state to state selling their services to any lord able to pay. They were free from allegiance to any single country, appearing as mobile military bands in the period.
A pithy quotation notes that beauty equates to truth and morality, asserting honesty as the most natural beauty in the world and linking aesthetic value to ethical truth.
The piece notes that early settlers shipped many political prisoners from England to the American colonies. Many were sent for life while others served only a few years. The majority of inmates reportedly ended up in Virginia and Georgia.
Dr Albert Hale of Chiergo is named professor of economic geography at the University of Porto Itleo marking a notable academic appointment.
A Washington Star excerpt presents Uncle Eben noting persistent trouble for the country since the war’s end, despite periods where danger seemed to vanish. The speaker laments ongoing concerns and the sense that threats have not fully disappeared.
A concise note quoted from the Atlanta Constitution urges balanced faith teaching that humans must act with effort while trusting divine aid. It cautions against passive reliance and emphasizes personal responsibility in daily sustenance.
A Washington Star quote explains an editor uses we to share responsibility and soften offense. The strategy aims to avoid implying a single offended author wrote the piece.
An informal remark by Uncle Eben notes that a man who goes to church on Sunday is at least something a Jets fan knows once a week, referencing Washington Star in a casual dialect.
A collage of facts covers languages and misattributions, forestry in Canada, winter crop losses, air industry moisture tests, film audience behavior, global shipping, Sweden’s area, coal distribution, tire standardization, housing density shifts in Belfast, and Berliner’s birthday while US demand drives winter vegetable imports from Mexico and Cuba.
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union piece on preventing mental illness starts with child tantrums. It urges mothers to evaluate training and surroundings, noting repeated tantrums teach children they can get their way by crying out and triggering attention.
A historical discussion notes heart disease rising as a leading death cause while infectious diseases fell due to public education and prevention. It explains how infections such as measles diphtheria rheumatism and other poisons in the blood can weaken or damage the heart, stressing prevention of infections to protect heart health.
Circular from an eastern poultry market warns consumers about unregulated poultry supply. It cautions against meat from birds aged three to six months and urges buyers to verify source and pricing before purchase. The notice references a farmer reportedly killed after an order.
The practice of head hunting has been abolished nationwide with exceptions remaining only in the most remote areas. The effort to end the custom reflects a broad legal and social shift across the country, though enforcement varies by locality.
In a letter to Josiah Quincy Benjamin Franklin used the line There never was 2 food War or tt bad peace and Samuel Butler is also credited with The unjust peace is to be preferred before a just war. The sayings appear in historical discussion of wartime ethics.
A brief critique notes that in the musical comedies the trouble lies in too many dancers singing, a line attributed to a critic from Durham. The remark highlights pacing and balance concerns in the performances.
A historical survey recounts Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, conquering vast territories from Greece through Asia, routing Darius at Arbela, and subduing India. His triumphs spread civilization and learning, but his death at thirty-two led to the empire's fragmentation and the rise of his generals.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses an ancient resolution and inventions from Enehind that supposedly revolutionized methods, noting years of preparation before a significant revolt era and advances in Tiental ate dylty.
The passage contends that poetical “T.9” applied to uncivilized peoples is the archaic imperative of “took” and that “Lo, the poor Indian” is adapted from Trope's Essay on Man, misrendered as a mock encounter with a deity in nature.
Fragmentary note suggests evaluating a man by observing him in university life. The text hints at judging character through actions and social behavior in an academic setting.
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