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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
5
Jack Marlboro buys twelve shirts and other goods to stockpile for the war, bragging about preparedness. He meets Jessie Eridge, the jeweler’s daughter, and falls for her as she helps with a wedding ring. She reveals she too has bought a ring for him, and they confess love, planning a future together.
The article recalls Italy’s poets Gabriele D Annunzio and Sem Benelli who both lost an eye in the war and pursued patriotic service. D Annunzio, over fifty at outbreak, pursued aviation while Benelli joined the navy. It notes D Annunzio’s eye injury from air combat and Benelli’s from a torpedo boat bombardment near Pola. It also mentions D Annunzio’s American fame and Benelli’s La Ceva delle Beffe, plus Yorktown’s 1700 church with a Queen Anne bell and the site of the last battle of the Revolution.
In Lapland a vapor bath uses a small wooden bathhouse with two rooms and a heated stone oven. Undressing precedes a hot steam session, then attendants whip and wash the bather before a final rinse. The piece contrasts playful natural curiosities with reflections on geography and Italy.
The common green frog is found to eagerly eat wasps, seemingly unbothered by stings. Its protective green color helps it sit motionless on leaves, fooling wary insects in a surprising appetite report from the Nyackvening Journal.
The article notes women have begun to learn compass making, a skill once reserved for men. They have completed nearly all intricate parts, with only two or three remaining, and are expected to finish those soon. A child Daniel is being prepared by his mother to value practical gifts alongside toys.
The period of Antwerp's prosperity coincided with its major artistic output. Rubens is highlighted as a quintessential Antwerpian, while Teniers and van Dyck are noted as influential painters associated with the city though not all natives.
A playful exchange describes Roabbie walking home with a neighbor girl from public schools. His big brother jokes about their ages while Robbie quips that she may be taller but her feet are smaller, ending with a lighthearted punchline.
A Guinea butter hog, termed a butterbean, was offered in a Los Angeles market as a test item. The unusual meat source is described as suitable for a whole family, with emphasis on affordability and novelty in the market.
The Romaika is a modern Greek dance valued for its dignified character though not as popular as other forms of Verpstehoreary. It remains notably admired by sections of the populace for its cultural resonance.
Numerous classified items offer household goods autos and farm gear for sale or rent from Monticello and nearby areas. Listings include a dishwasher, a dummy roadster body, kitchen cupboard, ivory melody gixaphone, Belgian hares, hog houses, and four lots in Davidson's Addition plus land for sale in Jackson and Wayne counties. Local contact details feature Monticello and Onslow Iowa, Virginia Cafe, and Citizens State Bank Wyoming Indiana.
Col S C Judys Dot Century Auctioneering Co announces sales of two farms: the 280 acre John and George McLees farm located 714 miles west of Monticello and the 120 acre E J Lightfoot farm located 214 miles south of the Monticello post office. The 280 acre tract sells on day one and the 120 acre tract on day two on the farms' premises.
Special notice urges obtaining a sale bill from three Monticello banks or the Virginia Cafe. It describes parcels of land totaling 280 acres and 120 acres with terms of sale outlined on the bill.
A veteran livestock breeder urges investors to buy Jones county farms at auction citing high regional prices. He argues corn belt land in Greene and neighboring counties will rise to 300 to 450 per acre, and invites bankers and buyers to attend with families, noting adjacent holdings and a combined 210 acre tract potential.
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