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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
12
A short essay argues that every person moves with nature toward progress. It urges daily self examination at dawn and night to ensure forward motion, urging alignment with the world’s constant motion and urging focus on thoughts and actions to press toward victory rather than defeat.
The article lauds Marie Curie for discovering radium and its potential to fight cancer. It emphasizes her toil, intellect, and perseverance, noting this breakthrough challenges views on gender and will inspire future scientific searchers.
A motivational verse urges readers to brace up when feeling blue and face challenges with grit. It counsels keeping a steady chest, meeting tasks with vim, and laughing at misfortune to overcome hard luck and keep moving forward.
A historical column outlines practical uses for stale bread with recipes such as Tip-Top Omelet Ham Patties and Fruit Betty. It includes methods to repurpose bread scraps into croquettes and meat patties, plus a Brown Bread recipe with molasses and graham flour and a Stuffed Apples for Tea variation.
The article describes Berbera a desert port on the Gulf of Aden that blossoms into a winter city with huts and tents housing over 20 000 people during trading season and then empties in summer. It notes a trivial Washington street encounter where two men greet each other as Green and White and both are black.
An exploration of the expression brick used as slang dating back to antiquity. It recounts Lycurgus defending Sparta with a wall of men and a Spartan king’s boast that every soldier is a brick, plus a literary reference to Father Dick in Ingoldsby Legends.
The text explains that both hen cackling and human laughter arise from pleasure. It compares the process in hens to human chuckling, noting that every living thing vocalizes joy in its own way.
Biblical quotation from John 21 15 17 about Jesus asking Peter if he loves him and commanding to feed his lambs. The passage emphasizes Peter’s reaffirmed devotion and responsibility within the Christian flock.
A Christ centered meditation connects Adelaide Proctor’s nun tale to Jesus restoring Peter after denial. The piece highlights Peter’s humbled confession and threefold reinstitution, his later martyrdom, and the promise to tend Christ’s lambs and sheep with renewed purpose. The sermon asserts divine grace in weakness and Christ’s sufficient love for all.
Rev William Norman Guthrie explains the flag adopted June 14 1777 embodies unity and purpose. The article traces the flag’s creation in 1776 77 and the symbolism of the eagle olive branch and arrows representing peace and protection.
A devotional quotation from Psalm 9 10 affirming that those who seek the Lord and know his name will trust him because he does not forsake those who seek him.
A biblical excerpt from Jeremiah 26 29 warns of wicked men among the faithful who set snares to trap people and declares divine vengeance against such deeds. The passage emphasizes moral accountability and divine judgment.
A biblical verse from Numbers 14 80 cautions that Caleb and Joshua shall not enter the land of their oath until a later time The quotation presents an ancient test of faith and obedience within the exodus narrative.
Biblical verse cited speaks of days of visitation and recompense Israel shall know it and condemns the prophet as a fool and the spiritual man as mad amid the multitude of iniquity and great hatred.
A biblical verse from I Corinthians 2 14 notes that the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God as they seem foolish to him and cannot understand them without spiritual discernment.
A reflective note credits France with a pivotal role in the American victory at Yorktown and frames the alliance as essential to liberty. It recalls the French fleet at a key gate and Washington coordinating with French support to defend the cause.
A poem attributed to Thomas G. Devine from the Kansas City Star speaks of faith in liberty and democracy. It praises the Legion for upholding a single flag and defending freedom through duty, courage, and upright conduct in God’s sight.
A compact note on Kosciuszko described as Lithuanian who served with the Polish army during the Union era. It notes his training in dual government military academy and studies in France, his fight for freedom in America alongside Lafayette, and a 1784 Vilna letter to General Niasetewski seeking leave to Lithuania. He asserts his Lithuanian identity and desire to serve his country.
The article discusses the revolutionary founders as brave enough to abandon outdated social controls for institutions suited to a growing nation. It notes Kosciuszko, often misidentified as Polish but born in Lithuania, with his Lithuanian name meaning Little Constantine.
A frontier interviewer questions feminine influence in politics. Senator Sorglum says the vote has mattered while remarks on rising artistry in public oratory, noting lower brilliance but more polished heckling. The exchange highlights shifts in campaign discourse and gender participation.
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