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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
3
Reddy Fox plans a clever ruse using a sunlit tin plate to feign sickness and trick Mr. Coon. Coon duped by the plate and later discovers the ruse as the fox slips away untroubled, leaving Coon with an empty pantry and the plate shine.
The article traces the name Sophia through history from St. Sophia the holy wisdom of God to royal usage across Greece Denmark Saxony and Russia. It notes its spread via princesses and nobles detailing cultural adoption and the belief in Sophia as a protective talisman worn by children, with Saturday as a lucky day and number.
A vintage guide advises proper arrivals and departures for young American women and men visiting in parlor settings. It covers hat and coat handling, seating order, refreshments, and briefer farewells, noting changes from old formal courtesy to modern ease.
A piece by C N Lurie explains the difference between healthy and healthful. Healthy describes health or its effects, as in a healthy person, while healthful means promoting or adding to health, as in a healthful environment.
A garbled OCR fragment lists diverse items from history and science. It references Dr Ethel Smyth as a rare English opera composer, comments on English prison care, a note on aerated waters since 1767, Spartan ink, varied nationalities in a club, a long bridge cost, and a nine member jury in India. It mentions the Mily Eifel region, a bureau of standards test weights, a sealing machine, juvenile birching in England, Peel Isle of Man clerk Miss Lillian Pringle, and general notes on ships and fuel costs.
Brooklyn soldier of fortune Joe Stehlin, famed for air battles, is back from the wars with his pretty English wife. He holds a colonel's commission in the Bettish army and recently married in Paris.
A wide mix of curiosities from the East Indies to Iowa covers giant pythons reportedly thirty feet long, tall men in Balmacetan, a Chinese honeymoon play in Iowa Falls, a cornfield landing after motor trouble, a string of local crimes, and public notices. The items include a spotted eight foot adder kill, bigamy charge in Sioux City, a bank robbery near Williams, and plans for state fair livestock exhibits.
Tanlac ingredients come from distant regions from the Alps to India and Peru. A large Dayton Ohio plant with 50 000 bottle daily capacity ensures uniform quality through four inspection series. Finished medicine is bottled labeled and shipped to thousands of druggists across the United States and Canada.
Six year old Tommie laments love and recalls Adam asking God for his rib back after a failed date with Maury Ann. He speaks with his mother in childlike naivete about reclaiming what he lost.
Aspirin should carry Bayer on the package or tablets to be genuine and safe as prescribed for twenty one years. Take Bayer tablets as directed for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism toothache and pain. Bayer Tablets of Aspirin sold in tins of twelve for a few cents, larger packs available from druggists. The trade mark is Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic acid ester of Salicylic acid. Women In Commercial Clubs. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce expands by laws to admit unmarried women in school work.
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