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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
14
A long promotional piece extols Dr Kilmer and Co Swamp Root as a trusted kidney liver and bladder remedy. It states the medicine strengthens organs supports natural function and has a lasting reputation with many loyal customers. It also mentions a penny test offer and a humorous anecdote about a streetcar encounter.
A fragmented dialogue discusses Italian theatre performance laws and advertising, contrasting lending and borrowing ideas. The exchange hints at skepticism about reform and the practicality of enforcing new rules.
Fragmentary remarks show coach Stallings resisting selling any single player this year and noting possible future decisions. The dialogue references talks with Detroit and a potential end of year ball club sale, but he emphasizes not selling a player now.
Stephenson emerges as a potential heir to third baseman Larry Gardner for the Cleveland Indians. Last season he gained prominence after injuries to Wambsganss and others led him to play sensationally at second base. A natural slugger, he is forecast to fill the third base role when Gardner retires.
An old advertisement touts Gutieura as a remedy for baby rashes offered at 25 cents per bottle or unit. The brief promotes topical relief to parents seeking inexpensive care.
In an Indianapolis school a teacher asked fourth graders to use the word totin a sentence. Thomas, usually slow to answer, sprang up and quipped Dye got ave books and tote em home every evening.
A fragmentary quotation suggests a debate over lineage and marriage prospects. The text hints at gendered expectations and patrimonial motives guiding alliance choices within a royal or noble setting.
Harvard baseball announces four varsity captains who also led football, hockey and basketball last season. Arthur Conlon serves as captain of the nine, with George Owens leading the winter hockey team, Lou Gordon captain of basketball and playing right field, Charley Buell captain-elect of football as a substitute at second base.
Chinese golfer Charles Chung, nineteen, runner up in last year’s Hawaiian championship, will tour the United States this year entering various golf tournaments. He will be accompanied by Francis Brown, a wealthy sugar planter, and Doc Adams, a golf writer from the Hawaiian islands.
At a recent college meet several bouts were staged and several Orientals showed considerable promise in boxing under instructor Manly Aring. The new interest has grown widely among the group.
There were 1442 trotting and pacing race meetings including fairs held in the country last year, up 110 from 1920, reflecting growth in the harness racing calendar.
Fred T. Dawson, previously head football coach and acting director since Luehring’s resignation, is appointed director of athletics at the University of Nebraska.
A chaotic roundup shows Elmér Hill shipped to Beaumont, Lyle Bigbee sold to Milwaukee, and multiple releases and appointments including Ed ward Phelps joining Rutgers coaching staff. Also noted are umpire rosters, rule changes in the Texas league, and various minor league transactions and managerial updates across Atlanta, St. Louis, Denver, Little Rock, and other clubs.
Connie Mack chose an all time lineup featuring Buck Ewing as catcher Christy Mathewson and Rube Waddell as pitchers George Sisler at first base Eddie Collins at second base Hans Wagner at shortstop Jimmy Collins at third base Fred Clarke in left field Tris Speaker in center field and Ty Cobb in right field Mack notes he favors modern players after 30 years of watching the game.
A discussion on young athletes upstaging older competitors across sports. Noting Johnny Weissmuller Bud Houser Vincent Richards Glenna Collett Bobby Jones Eileen Riggin Helen Wainwright and Ethelda Bleibury as teens dominating records and provoking questions about a new era where youth may reign supreme and what happens when they reach full powers.
Grace Direct earns eligibility for 203 class at Grand Circuit meetings. Frank Marshall or Edward Lasker may represent the U S in the chess masters tourney in London this July. Duke Kahanamoku may face amateur disbarment over floor varnish branding. Sheldon 23 Bloomfield N J is Princeton gym captain. Hoppe plans eastern billiards academies. Hawaiian Amateur Athletic association rejects paddock cinder records. France England rugby match 50 000 at Combesfield Paris. Weissmuller of Illinois AC breaks two world records at Culver. Lawrence Rice Boston unable to play East West tennis due to illness. Benny Leonard received offer to box Ted Lewis in London if Lewis beats Carpentiere in June. Mel Suttner Syracuse runner to train for Intercollegiate champs. William Stephenson Duluth captain of Williams hockey for next year. Bowen 98 Iowa State captain wrestling 1928 season.
The essay by Gamaliel Bradford portrays Mark Twain as scrupulous with money and debt, driven by a Presbyterian conscience. It cites Twain's insistence on avoiding any temptation to gain unfair advantage and his lifelong effort to repay his publisher’s debts.
Hanging Cloud of the Chippewa, daughter of Nua-nong ga-bee, earned three eagle plumes after slaying three Sioux braves during an ambush near Rice Lake in northern Wisconsin. She deceived the attackers by feigning death, took her father’s rifle, and killed one, then two more in the ensuing pursuit. She later married a white man near Rice Lake.
A terse exchange hints at conflict starting from a medical constraint about cold air and a countering urgency to open a window. The line reflects how public sentiment, shaped by human error, can misjudge initial causes and consequences.
Chief Justice Taft praises silent strength citing Hoison Henry Ford and Lincoln as examples. A friend questions talkative men and the Mark Twain anecdote about Gabrell being a brisk talker and Twain’s witty reply is recalled.
A bank teller remarks that every shift reveals a small story guiding patience and discretion. The observer notes colleagues share calm humor and routine details that spark quiet curiosity about people and places encountered during daily banking.
A tense exchange among workers ends with a single apple claimed as lunch. Bill, Cox's Orange Pippin, Beauty of Kent, and Dutch Mignon are debated as rival guesses while several men reach for the fruit. The punchline: the apple was Bill's lunch.
A Life magazine excerpt contrasts Browne and Towne dueling lines on women and men. Browne frames women forever speaking on what they would do as men while Towne counters with men's refusals to act if they were women.
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