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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
16
A Chicago Journal item notes women swiping hairpins from a hairdressing cubicle display. Pins of various colors are stuffed into bags as the crowd jokes that women care little for hair color, embracing the act as a habit. The playful piece hints at public thrills and casual pilferage in urban life.
The text asserts the sole remaining despot is the amir of Afghanistan who rules absolutely and oversees all aspects of the country. It claims he personally runs the country religion commerce foreign affairs and domestic relations with complete control.
Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root is praised as a mild healing remedy for kidney trouble. A Life Insurance examiner notes many applicants are declined due to undetected kidney disease. Sample bottle available by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
An old promotional ad urges readers to use Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads. It promotes Cuticura Soap for five minute washes and daily toilet use, and mentions Cuticura Talcum. The tone imitates sensational period advertising.
A quoted exchange shows a daughter insisting a man can wed without a license if he has no money, while the father notes a man without wealth may still be kind. The dialogue reflects attitudes on marriage and finances.
The United States Veterans Bureau cites Col Robert A Patterson stating postwar studies show no basis that gas exposure causes late voice loss or respiratory disability. If symptoms appear a year or more after discharge, gas involvement is unlikely and preexisting lung health mattered.
The White House signaled no change in U S policy toward Russia while the Senate debated Borah s recognition plan. Officials denied reports of trade talks with Russia and said no economic conference with Europe including Russia is planned. Senator Edge argued recognition could threaten American liberty and property rights and questioned protecting American interests under a hostile regime.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States announces a plan to expand arbitration for settling commercial disputes. It envisions local bodies handling local issues, trade associations resolving industry disputes, and the national chamber handling cases outside local or trade scope. The plan also promotes good offices and conciliation, noting arbitration offers speed and finality free of technical delays or costly appeals.
Article explains the slow issuance of American passports to aliens who filed first papers. It notes British officials restrict passports to noncitizens and outlines the 1907 act repeal and 1920 rule that passports now go only to American citizens. An alien must wait about two years after declaring intent and five years in the U S before naturalization and oath.
Secretary Hughes announced that the United States would be glad to negotiate a treaty with Canada to build the Great Lakes St Lawrence seaway. The move follows the International Joint Commission report on improving the St Lawrence River for navigation and power development. Canada has indicated it is not presently disposed to deal with the matter.
Alvin M. Owsley and Boy Scouts leaders in New York outlined an intensified drive to strengthen Scouting nationwide. The Legion will sponsor troops where none exist and join with others to boost existing units, targeting rural areas with limited leadership resources as 11,000 Legion posts and 18,000 Scout troops expand their reach.
Eleven year old Reeve Geary of Far Rockaway, not yet a scout, acted with calm bravery when his eight year old brother John slipped into deep water at Clinton Avenue Jamaica Bay. Reeve jumped from a boat, swam after John, and brought him to shore with help from two companions. He told his parents only about the rescue.
Edmund Schultz a 2nd year scout with Troop No. 19 saved his sister when her clothing caught fire from a gas heater. He seized her and rolled her on the floor extinguishing the flames, sparing her from serious burns.
Boy scouts of Troop 102 Philadelphia under Scoutmaster Yorke dedicated their new Bromall camp site by planting 100 sugar maple seedlings presented by the state forestry department. The Bromall camp becomes the Philadelphia troop's summer home, replacing Treasure Island after six years.
Yonkers hosts the New York States Forestry association campaign kickoff as 200 Yonkers scouts plant 4700 trees along Grassy Sprain reservoir shores. Mayor Walter Taussig plants the first tree and is sworn in as honorary tenderfoot. Scout Executive Homer J. Wright leads the effort with NYS forestry secretary J. K. Simmons.
A short seemingly reflective line notes that precious things gain value through toll and economy, echoing Ruskin’s view on sacrifice and value. This compact proverb-style item emphasizes the costliness of cherished possessions and ideas.
A New York Sun excerpt recalls a bachelor complaining about a guest pillow so large and rigid it ruins sleep. He laments that show pillows in the guest room are the only options, while personal pillows remain hidden away.
Kansas Governor Allen criticizes a western novelist for declining quality from early strong work to today’s potboiling trash. He says many writers start with rich thought but end with thought of wealth. He notes a careless breakfast sign as morning indifference.
A Washington Post anecdote notes a capable junior official in a government unit who serves under a nominal figurehead. Public gossip suggests strain between them and a comment about an unseen, dead man named by a visiting Washingtonian hints at internal complexities.
The af fable stranger proposes a radio setup in Crimson Gulch to broadcast evening life, while the locals doubt the public interest asking if such chatter would merely include greetings and card game comments heard for miles around.
A traveler’s beacon report quotes a woman by a wash tub vowing not to pay further premiums after eight years of regular payments, lamenting her husband’s life insurance lapse and expressing bad luck in securing relief.
Mrs. Norman Whitehouse, ex-suffragist turned leather businesswoman, praised in New York tea remarks that women in business succeed magnifi cently. A palmist sketch in a gypsy tent joke shows a man teased with fortune telling and a charity raffle pitch.
A Indianapolis News item recounts Superintendent Comer of White town schools admitting he took figs his mother planned for cooking and disposed of them after biting one found to contain bugs eggs. He said he refused to eat bug eggs.
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