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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
6
A Mart Texas narrator reports swift relief from long nervous illness and weakness after taking Lydia L'Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved energy mood sleep appetite and ability to sew and work again and offers to let others use her letter.
Advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an economical scented dusting powder for face skin baby and perfume and claims it renders other perfumes superfluous as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
A firm caller asks if her husband is at the club and playing poker. An attendant confirms, notes the husband is ahead by about two hundred, and relays the instruction to come home immediately.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root a kidney liver and bladder medicine claiming absolute purity and no habit forming drugs. It notes a sworn purity statement with each bottle and offers samples by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York.
A lighthearted note from Yale Record asks if a performer belongs to bass or baritone, concluding with a playful line you are not. The brief hints at voice classification within a college music scene.
The article recalls Howard Carter’s 30 year quest to find Tut Ankh Amun’s tomb and the American role in the discovery. It notes the explorer’s patient perseverance and the historic moment when the tomb was opened, highlighting the driven effort behind the archaeological triumph.
The exchange portrays the prima donna as sympathetic yet calculating saying she will be friends with those who lose money to her schemes. She claims a clear conscience allows her to tell any man to go to Omaha, highlighting social snobbery and financial manipulation.
The Detroit Free Press quotes Senator Walsh recalling a York exchange and a card game metaphor about mistaken identity and racial tensions. The dialogue contrasts Washington and Jefferson with a jab at misnaming a Black man, illustrating prejudice in a historical anecdote.
In a Boston Tran script, Madge weighs Ferdie as a husband or potential brother. The article notes Georgia’s low moist lands being transformed into permanent pasture through improved agriculture methods.
An editorial excerpt discusses age 31 as the start of decline in earning power and vitality, citing Life Tables and lifestyle factors. It promotes Postum as a caffeine free alternative and offers a free week of Postum with directions from Carrie Blanchard to encourage readers to change habits.
Eighteen year old Senorita E. de Alvarez emerges as a rising Spanish force for the summer Olympics. She aims to score for Spain in the women’s events and, in mixed doubles, teams with Manuel Alonso for a fast paced display.
The article recalls Jock Hutchinson crediting billiards for inspiring the mashie stoppum shot in golf. He explains during a New York St Andrews club era tour he improvised by modifying a mashie with holes and later grooved faces to stop the ball, learning the shot through practice and experimentation.
A Houston boy must sign an oath to join the Knot-Hole Gang for Buffaloes games. The pledge bars skipping school for games, attending against parental or employer wishes, upholds clean speech and habits, opposes cigarettes and profanity, and warns that breaking the agreement can cost membership.
A long roundup of player sales and movements across leagues highlights a volatile start to baseball. Ray Gilder moves Vernon to Shreveport. Roy Gilder and Fred Blake change teams. K K Kirkham and Bill Whaley receive trades or suspensions. Wallie Simpson is sent to Springfield. Gus Gockel joins Newark via waivers. more signings and injuries affect rosters across the Pacific Coast, Texas, Eastern, and International leagues.
Miller Huggins expresses strong belief in Earl Combs as a rising star for the Yankees after a $50,000 purchase. He notes Combs’ natural ability and unmatched enthusiasm, predicting the outfielder will contribute even when competing with rivals for a starting spot.
Ed Walsh, legendary pitcher, insists curve balls strain the throwing arm and are hard on elbow joints. He notes curves work in pinch situations, while praising their usefulness against certain batters and helping teach young Sox recruits.
Various notes on boxing names such as Johnny Dundee born Joseph Carrera in Italy, and Benny Leonard possibly losing lightweight status. Mentions on Dempsey Fulton fastest 138 second KO in 1918, amateur golf Porto Rico champion Walter L. Cope, but also other sports tidbits including trapshooting, canoeing, and Syracuse basketball coached by HB Dollard with a 158–56 record. Also notes North American sports figures like Gene Sarazen and Harold S. Graham.
A Nimrod era library of cuneiform tablets is uncovered near Babylon by Professor Langdon during the Weld Brunnell expedition at Kish. After weeks of digging the brick-throwing technique reveals a large cache. The site. Kish, near Baghdad. spans 20 rooms opened with many more to explore.
An elderly man on an interurban recalls planting two bushels of walnuts on his late mother’s eighty acre farm. Fifty years later the walnut timber matched the land’s value upon sale, illustrating that reforestation can be profitable beyond quick gains.
The San Francisco Chronicle essay argues that black magic is ancient and widespread among Africans and African Americans, with superstition rooted in daily life. It cites Captain Haselden’s two years in Central Africa and notes potential discoveries amid a mass of beliefs, suggesting some truths could benefit humanity.
Italian general election coverage notes language diversity in southern regions. Lecce and Reggio di Calabria communities predominantly speak Greek, while Albanian dominates in other southern areas and Sicily. French is common in Aosta Pignerol Suze while German is spoken in Piedmont Veneto. Sardinia uses Catalan and provinces annexed after the war show German Slovenian and Slav dialects among 1,564,601 people at the 1921 census.
A Chicago Journal correspondent recalls an awkward incident in a hometown shop when an elderly woman mistook him for Edna and cried for John. He describes being embraced by John and mistaken by clerks who intervened before confirming his true identity.
Forest products lab notes cutting time has little effect on wood durability if properly cared for after. Fall or winter cutting seasons wood slowly reducing checking. Warmer weather seasons enough to reduce susceptibility to bears and decay. no significant moisture difference between green wood in winter and summer.
The bureau of public roads states that common salt sodium chloride is applied to gravel roads to absorb night moisture, keeping the surface packed and less dusty during the day.
A French engineer claims a steel he developed will not split or deform at any temperature. The discovery suggests a material with exceptional stability and potential industrial applications.
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