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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
8
A collage of quirky quotes from The New York Sun and Globe Boston Transcript Oregon Punch and others features playful banter about haymaking, mules, cars, and weddings plus brief anecdotes from lighthearted columns. The sketches include humorous dialog on labor, fashion, and social scenes with stray dialect lines and curiosities.
J J Warren of the agricultural extension service warns that farmers lose thousands yearly as hens brood on nests. He advises constant water, a mash, light scratch feed, and a wire brood coop to break the nesting habit, with gentle releasing twice weekly.
H W Richey of Iowa State College outlines spray timing for the second codling moth brood from July 28 in southern Iowa to August 2 in the north. He advises adding fungicide to combat diseases and details materials, mixing water, and cautions on Bordeaux and lead sprays to avoid leaf burn.
A landscape department official from State College outlines two ant control methods for lawns. The first uses a 500 pound roller after applying a poison treatment to the soil, while the second involves placing small quantities of carbon bisulfide into holes near ant hills and sealing the openings with a step to trap the gas. The advisory notes these methods should be done on days with no wind and when carbon bisulfide is unavailable, and warns of safety considerations.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered phrases about practicality and inclusion of words like practice and added. No identifiable person, organization, place, or event is clearly readable. The snippet lacks sufficient context to determine a coherent headline or summary.
An aged weather forecaster describes signs of rain or fair weather. Gray sunset and greenish skies warn of rain while a red sunrise and morning clouds suggest a storm. Corona shrinking signals rain, growing whiteness and bright skies imply approaching storm. Fogs indicate settled weather and morning fogs often clear before noon.
The United States ecological survey led by G Mansfield reports that lights seen near Brown Mountain in Burke County North Carolina originate miles away beyond the mountain. A topographic map train register and telephoto observations suggest natural conditions trigger the lights rather than supernatural causes.
The London Daily Telegraph reports Police Constable Beck of the Metropolitan Police ends his court appearances. The Living Age notes his fame extends through Surrey where since 1908 he has summoned about 100,000 motorists to Kingston court, averaging over ten per day for twenty years.
Oregon agricultural experiment station studies pear dehydration to preserve color and maximize sweetness. Bartlett pears prove best after peeling coring and cutting into pieces, yielding about 96 percent water loss to create concentrated basis for flavored confections.
This piece discusses furniture to fit corners in large rooms or hallways. It recommends a right angle back console table as a clever solution, adaptable in style from carved wood to wrought iron, gold finish, enamel, or metal to suit any decor.
An observer notes Japanese airmen display remarkable balance on wires and poles yet admit their precision in flying planes is flawed. An Allied instructor says Japanese pilots balance well but rarely pilot effectively, with Eskimos as the only exception cited.
A humorous exchange unfolds with Egbert confessing he feels blue after borrowing money from everyone he knows. The line contrasts with Bacon noting the speaker’s despondent look and the fear of losing friends in the conversation.
A fragmentary exchange reveals a woman fond of her home and a friend surprised by the speaker’s year round residence. The dialogue hints at wintering and summering in the same place, with the odd phrasing suggesting a humorous or ironic tone.
Professor A M Miller of the University of Kentucky reports ruins of a former munitions factory in a cave 14 miles east of Mill Springs Wayne County Kentucky. He and team found remains of arrow production and human bones suggesting the cave served as a burial or shelter for Indigenous peoples.
A single motor horn used near Nauru on the new Unsin Gishu railroad calmed a herd of sixteen oxen and frightened away three lions that had caused a stampede. Drivers fled into trees as the wagon and carcass of a killed ox tumbled down a rough road, with the motorist using the horn to scare the predators back into the bushes.
A Birmingham Age-Herald passage contrasts a man’s public calm with his morning office mood. The dialogue questions Mr Grab coin’s exact age and hints at aging and health as the day progresses. It also includes a stray note on a faltering metaphor about flight formation and leadership.
A Willard Hotel anecdote from the Washington Star recounts how the term Peacock Alley arose. A crabby colonel observing young women in bright gowns in the corridor allegedly cried that they strutted like a “parade of peacocks,” inspiring the nickname.
Arita porcelain from Japan is noted for its artistic finish and durability. Made from white kaolin clay with rich deposits, Arita pottery has existed since the sixteenth century in the western coast near Nagasaki, connected by rail.
The senator recalls abandoning humorous anecdotes in speeches after realizing jokes distracted from serious arguments. He says the attempt to sprinkle fun failed as audiences paid more attention to the comedy than to policy.
Advice on keeping a plant thriving in a room with tips on watering and humidity. Suggests placing a sponge in a vase or urn under the plant to maintain moisture, likening it to a cigar stock method, and notes that growth indicates proper care.
Correct breathing uses nose inlet and outlet. Nasal lining secretes mucus to trap dust before entering the windpipe. Nostril hairs filter coarse particles while long narrow passages warm incoming air before it reaches the lungs. Popular Science Monthly.
A concise note on jar covers describing the need to screw the top on without the rubber and noting that the top is usually defective when the thumbnail can be inserted between the cover and the glans.
Henry Van Dyke recalls Robert Louis Stevenson's velvet jacket as a protest against fashion's tyranny. He notes the garment's symbolism, its daring cut, and its reflection of romance and individuality seen in Stevenson's life and letters.
A description of cigarette paper production notes that rice paper comes from breadfruit membranes or new flax and hemp trimmings. France dominates supply with Austria and Italy following. The paper is extremely light, with 600 sheets per ounce, and is tested to be free of harmful ingredients using pure Lorent fiber.
A vessel sank near the Wolkestone quay and was righted by five locomotives pulling on wires. In another case a sunken ship was cut in two underwater, raised, given new bulkheads, and reassembled for return home.
Readable fragments show anxious pursuit of a person named Mr Grabeoin amid a garbled, partial conversation about meeting, golf, and shouting. The text lacks coherent events or dates, offering only scattered names and unclear actions.
The London Daily Express questions evolving mental powers from aerial life. Steveking argues in English Review that long sky exposure purges glutinous thoughts and sharpens perception. He predicts future minds will gain intuition and telepathy through sustained flight and upper air experience.
The article describes numerous sea serpents in tropical seas, especially the Indian Ocean. They are eight feet long, highly venomous, and often attack humans. Their bodies are flat and primarily occupied by the lungs as they swim near the surface.
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