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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
3
A reflective piece urges careful speech and kind acts. It compares words to water connecting hearts and the world, urging restraint, empathy, and noble action to uplift humanity. The essay promotes reaching toward cosmic forces of goodness and fostering friendly acts to spread peace.
The text argues that talkative people can mislead because their words hide silent thoughts. It advises speaking plainly and aligning words with thoughts to avoid being duped. It warns experienced readers to beware verbal tricks and value frankness in everyday conversation.
A reflection on truth and double meanings in everyday talk. The speaker notes people mishear statements and judge sincerity by what is heard, suggesting language fails to convey intent and harms both speaker and listener.
The poem reflects on cherished hymn memories and their solace. It ties classic religious songs to guidance and endurance, envisioning salvation and a celestial city beyond the Jordan and pearls of jasper. The text blends spiritual longing with timeless lyric references.
In a classical reflection the speaker recalls the fearsome times before Jove's birth and credits the god with lifting events to favor mankind, portraying a divine turning point where necessity becomes benevolence. The tone echoes ancient mythic proclamation.
A group of educators industrials economists and eye specialists met in New York to address the large losses in industry caused by defective vision and to seek solutions to improve worker sight and productivity.
Walter J Robinson reflects on Longfellow and the idea that true greatness comes from striving beyond satisfaction. He argues enduring happiness comes from serving others and earning honest praise through continual effort and uplifting deeds.
The surgeon fish of the West Indies is described as extracting blood from people who handle it, indicating a painful or dangerous interaction with this marine species.
Historian Thomas H. Dickinson details America’s food aid from 1914 to 1921. He maps three relief periods, from Belgium neutrality aid to postwar feeding of liberated Europe, noting credits, cash gifts, and extensive shipments totaling several billions in value and hundreds of millions in direct costs.
Superior Court attaches in Los Angeles seek a quick ruling on the Leo Hirst arson appeal. They hope not to have to record the lengthy alias Lieulessueusszesizes Hurrulzzisstiz in court files.
A nineteen month old boy, Joseph T Holitzhauer Jr., swallowed a prune seed cork bits and coal oil. A local doctor removed the material from the stomach and the child is recovering. He had swallowed while unobserved for a few minutes and attends St Mary's school terms without catching disease.
Ralph W W Seaman a freshman at New Hampshire College attempted hypnosis on roommate W Bryant Hobson after two correspondence courses. Hobson collapsed and remained unconscious until antidotes revived him. Seaman declared the demonstration over and warned that hypnotism is not to be trusted as a trick.
Obituaries and notes from Iowa recount deaths and sentencing. Edgar Smith died at Corning leaving a wife and children. Dan Loraine received a life term for rape. Erwin Bonker jailed for life. A host of accidents and incidents include drownings, electrocution, a fatal crash near Council Bluffs, a tornado near Plainfield, and a bridge train accident killing Marian Lowe. Also reports on farming gear, filtration work, and welcome camps for tourists.
A Moody Bible Institute devotional urges Christians to reject worldly dainties and seek Christ. It contrasts Lazarus’s God given grace with gains from luxury, warns against idolatry of appearance, and urges a faith driven by sacrifice and obedience. It blends scriptural references with reflections on duty and humility.
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