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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1922
Page
8
In a rural tale Mr. Fox tries to shame Madam Crow after she alarms him by challenging his plan near a scarecrow. She flies off with corn while Fox schemes with his friend Mr. Coon and later regrets stirring trouble as dawn returns.
The article explains how specific palm lines indicate wealth from personal merit and business success. It notes a fortune line that extends toward the Apollo finger and other marks from life and fate lines as signs of acquisitiveness, especially in practical square hands, with a light aside on icebergs in a Poston Transcript joke about a drugstore window card.
The article explains the name June may honor the goddess Juno or the sixth month, noting roses and romance as influences. It mentions Junius as the masculine form, June’s talismanic agate, and lucky day Monday with lucky number two. The wild rose is described as June’s flower.
The piece warns talkative people to curb vanity and explains that good manners require the hostess to involve guests. It notes that eager talkers seek audience and laughter, while listeners deserve space, attention, and respectful turn taking.
Researchers examined 180 organisms from house flies and found illnesses including infantile diarrhoea, typhoid fever, anthrax, food poisoning, amoebic dysentery, abscesses, leprosy, tapeworms, hookworms, bubonic plague, conjunctivitis, summer complaint, tuberculosis, enteritis, trachoma, erysipelas, gas gangrene, stomach worms, pinworms and ophthalmia.
Central African locals hold a firm belief in possession by ghosts. A native visits a medicine man who may expel the spirit by preparing a meal to tempt the ghost out of the body.
A historic note explains how the brain signals waking through fatigue and rest. It asserts two drivers of awakening: required rest and habit, with rest being stronger. It claims consistent bed fatigue helps regulate rising time and links natural awakening to whole body rest. It mentions beauty and muscle fatigue in passing.
Marl Thomson, world champion hurdler, reconsiders California return and will coach Dartmouth freshman track next year. He remains a college student and plans to attend Amos Tuck School of Business Administration while coaching.
Connie Mack as developer of players and McGraw as a famed trader. The article catalogs McGraw’s big deals with 92 players, highlighting Charley Herzog as the most traded. Key moves include Herzog traded for Becker in 1909, Bridwell and Gowdy for Herzog in 1911, Harley for Bescher in 1914, Roush McKechnie and Mathews for Herzog in 1917, and Herzog again for Doyle Barnes and cash in 1918.
The article explains the difficulty of throwing a slow ball, noting fast and curve ball pitchers struggle with the delivery. It discusses deceptive motions used to disguise it and hitters' ability to read the telltale extra effort, while emphasizing the slow ball's value in disrupting a batsman's timing.
The article notes football overtaking cricket as Britain's national sport aided by about 800,000 Football Association members. It cites public interest with crowds of up to 100,000 at matches and admission around sixpence, with roughly fifteen thousand clubs and five hundred professionals under the FA umbrella.
Hood, the outfielder Waallace Hood, was released by the Brooklyn club to the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast League, transferring his contract for league play.
Baseball notes highlight Gus Sanberg's batting form with the Toronto Leafs and a supportive Denver club, while Bill Doak returns to form for St. Louis. Ken Williams belts his tenth homer at Detroit on May 4 and Detroit reportedly offers pitcher Tred Lucas to Nashville, which is rejected. Willie Kamm commands Coast League interest at a rumored $100,000.
The piece notes Atlantic City sportsmen plan a modern athletic clubhouse with caddies enjoying work and play. It mentions canoe races at Philadelphia events August 3 to 5 and a Navy vs Penn State football game considered for Washington November 3.
In 1001 at Shanghai two players collided balls in flight: John Cooper from the sixth tee and Bertram Hodge of Rangoon from the seventh tee. The event marks an early golfing oddity with braggsie and gutta percha descriptions.
The article argues a tall stiff collar aids Jock Hutchison in keeping his head steady during the golf swing, claiming it contributes to his success at the British Open and may be preferred over ribbed clubs or center shafted putters. Hutchison says the collar helps him hit straight and far and warns against banning such a device.
Mrs Grouch notes a strange method to curb swearing by giving a quarter for each oath. Her husband rejects the plan and mocks the idea. The banter reveals a domestic quarrel over discipline and daily life.
A humorous dialogue contrasts a warning board telling visitors not to walk the tracks with a quip that railroad workers enforce rules more strictly than motorists, who let pedestrians cross roads at their own risk.
A fragmented dialogue centers on a waiter and a hero figure in a soda shop scene. Characters debate service limits and personal feelings as contrasts emerge between acceptance and dislike. The exchange hints at peacetime social tensions and humor through indirect snatches of speech.
A schoolroom quip where Miss Jones questions who is the laziest student. Perey answers lazily by pointing to Miss Jones, highlighting the teacher as the idle observer while others study. The exchange relies on classroom humor and student-teacher dynamics.
In Square Troat, a dramatic line pits Tye against a longtime rival as a friend taunts a first win in a tense checkers duel. The exchange underscores years of practice and a bold challenge to move.
A garbled exchange shows Antoinette and Mrs. White at London Mall as they discuss urgent errands for aspirin and health concerns. The snippet suggests a distressed tone with interruptions and unclear actions.
A reflective verse notes that each reform reveals new issues to address. The speaker insists continued effort is needed as society evolves and strives for improvement.
The dialogue wields bold innuendo as a lawyer probes a couple in a car collision scene. The leading lady is revealed as the actor's wife, four or five years married, with both hands on her partner during a flirtatious moment, prompting audience amusement.
A witty dialogue fragment compares friendship to a mirror, suggesting true friends reflect candid truth and would quickly drift apart if not. The exchange hints at social judgment and self awareness in a concise, humorous aside.
The text presents a quip about Dudley loving a girl with naturally curly hair. A response jokes that she spent twelve hours making it curl, reflecting playful wordplay rather than a factual event.
An amusing vignette imagines early tobacco use with Sir Walter Raleigh after a fleeting moment where Indians pass a pipe of newly invented tobacco to him. He questions, Where's your coupons proving his knack for staying current.
A salesman asks a conductor if a fast train is indeed fast. The conductor confirms and the salesman requests to alight to verify what the train is fast to, prompting curiosity about the train’s purpose and speed.
A humor sketch features a wife noting a cook’s dreadful language and a husband joking about his own. The dialogue pivots on polite vs blunt speech and a playful domestic misunderstanding.
Commuters in the metropolitan area discuss gardens and daily duties on suburban trains. The piece notes casual talks among country dwellers about mixed king eaters radishes calary and garden upkeep amid a dry spell while contrasting snippets about radio equipment and bulb lengths observed in Chicago.
An advertisement promotes the Improved War-Drum as a natural aid for hearing loss and ear noises. It claims invisibility, protection from cold, and relief from deafness headaches and catarrhal conditions. Offered at $5 per pair through mail order from New York City.
A foreign correspondent reported Ambassador George Harvey appeared at a Pall Mall club dinner with a worn umbrella. He explained he carries a green cotton umbrella in London so Englishmen won’t think it worth stealing.
An aristocratic traveler aboard a sleeper train accepts a lower berth without protest, illustrating passenger norms and carriage etiquette in transit.
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