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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
12
A 1922 guidance piece explains formal wedding announcements should be sent by the bride’s parents or guardians. It suggests engraving, sending on the wedding day, and preparing stamped envelopes. Examples show phrasing for families and near-relatives and alternatives when no relatives are available.
A society editor friendly note suggests sending announcements to local papers to ensure accurate notice of events such as quiet marriages. It notes elopements occur rarely among society girls or high-status individuals unless parental objection plays a role.
The article traces the word jubilee from Latin jubilate to Hebrew yobel, linking its root to Trumpet blasts and emancipation years. It notes Leyilt jeng 25 as an epoch of restoration every fifty years, where land returns and bondsmen are freed, a concept later adopted by Christian and secular powers with jubilees cited for George III and Queen Victoria.
Poem reflects on the old world’s beauty from lilies and roses to dawn light autumn fields and a mother's song, concluding the world seems fair and sweet despite faults. The tone is nostalgic, praising nature and daily life as uplifting.
The conflict between private whisky makers and the government started after the 1791 Alexander Hamilton excise law. By 1794 the whisky rebellion showed organized public opposition and distilleries turning to secrecy and evasion to avoid enforcement.
A young woodchuck named Woody leaves his family and finds a new den. While sunning himself he is chased by a dog who digs after him. Woody escapes by fighting back with his sharp teeth, killing the dog, and vows to be careful of his teeth as he seeks a new home.
The name Vivian traces to Latin vita meaning life with roots in early Christian history. Variants include Vivia Viviana and Vivien with France favoring Vivienne. In Spain Italy Viviana is common while England and America embrace Vivian. Ruby is the talisman gem and Friday the lucky day with lily as the flower. The text ends with a poetic plea to tell father you love me.
The article explains the honey wine origin of the term honeymoon and how the custom faded while the wedding trip became the lasting concept. It also notes that sounds travel farther at night due to calmer air and temperature inversions bending waves downward.
Oatman Arizona hosts a riotous divorce case starring John Oatman a Mojave Indian and Estelle Oatman amid bizarre claims and colorful jurors including Rattlesnake Charlie and Gold Tooth Nellie. The judge dismisses the divorce. Estelle receives a bouquet from the Ladies Literary Club as the jury is seated.
In a chaotic courtroom scene Star light faces a joke about marrying a juror while Topps argues costs. The judge quips about who pays as Gold Tooth Nellie votes No and the motion passes.
In Wichita Falls Texas jail a fight among prisoners led Dana Tarver to find a crude still hidden in a corner. The device used two disinfectant cans with copper tubing and a stove heated mash to produce alcohol. Prisoners had salvaged plant matter and bread to fuel the distillation and used charcoal to condense the vapor. In Manchester New York a dog named Jack Labsberger is honored by the Animal Rescue League for swimming to rescue another dog caught by a current.
In Tekon and nearby districts farmers report house cats trained to hunt gophers. A. Hollister keeps about a hundred trained felines after using hunger to teach a tabby and her kittens to stalk the pocket rats. Reports say trained cats reduce gopher infestations across fields and yield improvements. Work begins on a Hudson River vehicle tunnel at West and Canal streets in New York with twin tubes and a projected four year completion at a cost of 10 381 723 dollars.
An escaped bull charged through the Concordia hotel lobby in Red Bluff California causing patrons to dive for cover. The animal had fled from a herd unloaded by John Metzger and had been exhibited at the Davis farm stock show.
Daniel Steffly unearthed a metal box on his mother's farm near Auburn, Pottsville, containing several thousand dollars in ancient bank notes buried about sixty-five years ago by his grandfather. The notes, badly decomposed, crumbled when handled and the box was sent to Auburn National Bank for forwarding to the U S Treasury to aid identification before disintegration. The farm had a long standing legend of buried treasure.
Washington reports Senator Johnson introduces a joint resolution to add a tenth article authorizing federal regulation or prohibition of child employment under eighteen. He cites Supreme Court rulings and Bailey v Drexel as obstacles and argues only a constitutional amendment can achieve broad restraint. The measure would require two thirds in both houses and ratification by three fourths of states.
Miss Mila Culberson daughter of Senator Culberson and British veteran Alexander Robertson face kidnapping charges in connection with a romance dispute. Robertson pursued marriage, detectives tracked them, and a planned trip to South America was halted amid the dispute. Culberson, twenty one, left for Europe with friends, without her family’s entourage.
The article describes Uncle Sam and Willma Loop in Alaska pushing a 1 500 head reindeer herd from the home range to a major distribution point. It notes a 800 plus mile trek along the Alaska railroad to feed moss plains, with slaughter planned in fall. Reindeer fattening, feeding zones, and skin use are described as profitable for Eskimo markets and broader United States needs.
In the Senate, debate over the tariff bill got lively as Senator Harrison of Mississippi was accused of facetiousness. Senator McCumber of North Dakota called him the funny man of the Senate, prompting Mississippi's Senator Williams to defend his colleague with a rambling defense invoking Samuel Johnson and a clash of views on humor.
Wisconsin Representative James A Frear says manipulated conventions by both major parties threaten direct primaries. He cites Maine platforms calling for repeal of the 1911 law and warns of bosses and powerful interests behind the push to restore old caucus control.
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