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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
8
A 1922 McClure Syndicate essay on friendship by F A Walker warns that true bonds are sacred and fragile. It reflects on loneliness after loss, pride’s grip, and the need to forgive or end feuds to restore peace, urging giving the best of friendship to a true ally.
A short verse exhorts readers to stay cheerful amid hardship. It urges not to fret, to keep a positive outlook, and to believe troubles will pass. The piece ends with a copyright notice attributing the verses to Will M Maupin.
The article explains how palm signs forecast wealth or its loss. It notes stars on Saturn’s finger, especially near the edge, indicating financial loss or position drop, and references the Mount of Saturn and zigzag lines signaling the same risk. It cautions that hand signs vary and must be read with other marks.
The bagpipe is praised as perhaps the oldest instrument and certainly the loudest. The duke of Sutherland owns a bagpipe used at Prestonpans, nearly 200 years old, yet its sound travels eight miles.
A reflective meditation on how each ten year block from age twenty onward defines character, productivity, and independence. It urges readers to treat the next decade as a decisive window for work, habits, and progress, promising the coming years will be their best if purpose is kept. Copyright by John Blake.
The passage states total world potential from falling water at 439 million horsepower with Africa contributing 190 million, Asia 71 million, Europe 45 million, South America 54 million, and North America 62 million. The figures are presented as a reckoning of available horsepower from water.
A proverb warns that hidden pretensions will be uncovered and urges self reliance and direct experience rather than borrowed wisdom. A separate note mentions the nightingale’s song audible from a mile on calm nights, reflecting natural observation.
A dated advisory piece contrasts worry and optimism as incompatible and offers practical kitchen guidance. It describes hot lunch sandwiches fried in milk and egg batter, jelly sandwiches, and an apple salad with celery and dressing, plus hamburger steak with spices and parsley.
In Japan a sustainable vegetable leather is produced from the inner bark of the mitsumata plant. The material is touted as an eco friendly alternative to traditional leather, leveraging the plant's fibers to create durable sheets for consumer use.
Maj Crygive Gran of Norway, an adventurer, seeks to beat Roald Amundsen to the North Pole using an unknown route from Spitsbergen. He plans secrecy to block competitors and has been in the Far North since early May, choosing a path opposite to Amundsen's expedition.
A theological treatise extols Christianity as universal and eternal. It argues the gospel unites all nations, emphasizes Christ’s redemptive work, and notes the immense price of redemption while stressing the gospel’s free offer of salvation.
Emperor and M Sarroult travel from Marseilles to Paris where a princely greeting awaits the ruler. The emperor, leader of Cochin China district, is accompanied by his young son on the visit to France.
RB N. David son of Ashland Kentucky refugee director reports a mountain village named Mt moning in north western Armenia ten miles from the city. It houses over 1000 inhabitants and lacks any window or chimney. He returns to the depot with 160 destitute orphan children.
A compact survey of disparate items: nitrogen changes in lungs and carbonic acid amplification, Japan telegraph control, U S law restricting photography of money, fresh air entry low in a room, widespread tobacco planting in Canada, and a long electrified Italian rail line. Also notes on Australia worship sites, British town names in the U S, Ellen Terry eye glasses, tobacco acreage, gas mixtures, small magneto powered flashlights, bedbugs eggs, London violin lessons, power laundry scale, and a water main repair in New York harbor undersea.
A mother finds her two young daughters, Joan aged four and Madge aged two, quarrelling over bedtime tokens. After tucking them in, a half hour of silence gives way to a dispute as Madge allegedly sits up and says bad words to Joan, prompting another intervention.
A harsh critique from the Boston Transcript calling a person a hopelessly incompetent fool with no qualifications or knowledge. The piece labels him indolent and untrustworthy while accusing him of seeking any remunerative position.
The concept of vacuum cleaning is adapted to unload coal, grain, and other bulk products in large quantities, applying suction mechanisms to move materials efficiently. The idea promises faster handling and reduced manual labor across industrial loading tasks.
A Belgian scientist reports a bee, weight for weight, is about thirty times as strong as a horse. The female bee uses waistcoat pockets to store wax flakes secreted during honeycomb construction, later removed by her jaws as needed.
A brief excerpt from the Albany Journal quotes a line about arguing with a person convinced they are always right, noting the waste of time in such disputes.
A Northwestern Christian Advocate quote asserts that Reviyn does not arrive by accident but through faithful prayers. It emphasizes readiness and deliberate spiritual awakenings rather than sudden, unannounced events.
A compact quotation draws from Jeremiah 5 80 31 noting misprophecies and priestly rule. It questions what the people will do in the end, highlighting a critique of leadership and collective fate.
A compact reflection on wisdom from failure and the danger of wealth without virtue. It notes that discovery often follows mistakes and that virtue blesses wealth when mingled with integrity.
Excerpted lines reference scripture I John 2 29 and Matthew 7 7 urging righteousness and persistence in prayer. The brief note emphasizes knowing the righteous as born of him and the promise that doors will be opened.
Seattle woman describes two months of severe pains chills fever and a hard lump in the right side. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports relief and return to work. Letter urges others to try the product for similar symptoms and fatigue.
The writer notes a lack of statistical data on lifespans of glanta and dawarta while arguing giants do not outlive smaller counterparts. Major Lews Davila, aged eighty one, is cited as an example of notable height with long life, and the piece invites biographers to provide comparable cases.
An advertisement explains that each housewife can obtain a free copy of Reliable Recipes by writing the Home Economies Department of the Calumet Baking Powder Co at 4100-28 Fillmore Street Olena Ws. The book has 76 pages of recipes and kitchen guidance.
An incomplete OCR passage appears with stray quotes about moving, country life, pines, and a garbled reference to a 'cad shark' and last lot. The text is largely unintelligible, lacking clear facts, names, or events for a structured summary.
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