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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
8
A fox covertly tells a flock of young chickens that their current farm life is unhealthy and urges them to flee to a supposed better place. The hens expose the ruse, and the chicks refuse to follow, recognizing the danger and the fox's true intent.
A troubled resident recounts visiting Washington to meet President Wilson after visiting Congress. He explains his plan to avoid trouble by staying away from the White House and writing a letter to the president, hoping the visit would not jeopardize his job. He wonders what action the president might take.
Laughter improves circulation by spasmodic chest movements that raise thoracic pressure and impede venous blood entry to the heart. Deep inspirations from laughter expand the lungs and draw blood away from heart veins, affecting head and neck turgidity.
The first revenue stamps appeared in Great Britain in 1840 when Sir Rowland Hill introduced them. Early stamps were simple pasted bits of paper by buyers. The first adhesive stamp was the one penny black, with perforation not arriving until 1854, prior stamps were cut apart.
Edna Kent Forbes extols luxurious hair as a remedy for a plain face and a mark of cleanliness. She traces hair’s role from ancient times to modern grooming, urging gentle brushing and the use of absorbent cotton on the brush to achieve natural shine without artificial products.
A fragment from a newspaper page hints at a humorous exchange about an email boy maintaining cleanliness. The snippet evokes playful banter and a lighthearted tone typical of entertainment sections.
C N Luke presents common errors in English with guidance on avoiding them. The guide sketches frequent misuse patterns, offers corrective tips, and aims to improve clarity and precision in everyday writing.
The text explains that in denotes a state or position while into indicates movement or direction. Examples compare walking in the house to walking into the house and advise saying Come into the house rather than Come in the house. It notes correct usage in a sentence where a stone entered a house and lies in a room.
A retired captain rebukes his daughter for automobiling with that rubber as she explains they were becalmed when one tire went flat. The note marks the four hundredth anniversary of Ponce de Leon the Florida discoverer.
The Boston Transcript hints that some rich individuals find relief in narrow legal gaps while others fear the tricky route to heaven. Lawyers are said to have navigated through small loopholes, offering mixed moral implications.
A humorous knighted quotation recalls a famous professor who dies and lies in state but rises to walk home, a Morality tale echoed by Karikaturen in Christiania. The wry line plays on fatal certainty and a ghostly misstep.
Seidingar a Preneh master in France gains attention in amateur athletic circles for a strength test using a 2400 poune stick weight. The photograph shows his method and claims of hitting power achieved wholly within the rules.
Items of interest cover diverse topics from coal mines in the UK and balloon ascents in 1783 to ancient laws on fish, early bank earnings in Clarksville Tennessee, and cost of paper in the past. Other notes mention Japanese study of Peruvian waters, global X ray science, tamarack tree arches, domestic worker applications in New York, bigamy crime claim, citizen soldiers in Harrison inauguration, opossum fur value, Dutch municipal reform on women mayors, and related curios.
Arthur Appleyard of Newton Upper Falls Mass presents a five weeks old Costa Rican deer to the Boston Zoo. The donation highlights ongoing international animal exchange and curiosity in New England zoological collections.
In a comic Birmingham Age-Herald item an attendee objects to a motion as the chair is reportedly drowsy or meditating. The exchange mocks parliamentary decorum with quips about the chair's alertness and manners during the dull session.
A proposal suggests importing war tanks from England and France to clear thousands of acres for farmers in British Columbia. A Victoria farmers institutes convention delegated delegates to present the plan to the government and to back a wholesale house modeled on the California system.
The text notes Palmyra Island is 1,000 miles south of Honolulu with no mosquitoes, scorpions, or centipedes, abundant fish and thousands of birds, lush vegetation, and a cool climate. It also states there are no telephones or automobiles.
Publication fragment from the Sydney Australia bulletin recounts a dialogue about burning money and an old flame, with a caution about putting something on the slide and a character named Deadbeat Dan reflecting on past losses.
Quote from Boston Tran about being a target of both bulls and bears in the stock market. The remark frames an investor as sought after by opposing sides, highlighting the risk and scrutiny within financial markets.
A sermon on Philippians 3 The speaker contrasts self righteousness with the faith of Christ stressing that salvation comes from God through faith not works It cites Paul s Damascus road experience and Luther's teaching to insist that being found in Christ is the sole basis for acceptance before God and eternal security
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer quote from Dr. H B Grose argues that religious fervor awakens moral conscience and prepares nations for reforms. He contrasts consecrated zeal with rigid ecclesiasticism, praising steady effort over convulsive evangelism.
The text asserts success follows belief in others and outlines happiness as having something to do love and hope. It emphasizes influence elevating others and links confidence to outcomes in personal growth.
A noted saying declares it is better not to live than not to love the Lord Jesus. The remark reflects a religious viewpoint on life purpose and devotion, attributed to a sermon or devotional excerpt.
Mrs J M Craig of 874% Must Wortworth Street Los Angeles says influenza illness caused nervous prostration and weight loss. After using Taniac she gained twelve pounds, slept better and regained strength, leading to renewed health and urging others to try the remedy.
A man walking in Dorchester was taunted from behind by a group of youths calling out names while nearby a street corner sign appeared with unclear words. The event unfolded with no apparent recognition from the pedestrian as onlookers noted the odd encounter.
A vintage ad touts St Jacobs Oil as an instant fix for rheumatic pain and aching joints. It claims the soothing rub dissolves pain, stiffness, and muscle discomfort, promising rapid relief after a small trial bottle from a local drug store.
London gossip notes a playful exchange as a mother asks her daughter if she enjoyed a mistletoe kiss. The daughter replies yes and modestly adds she struggled.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. Hall's Catarrhal Medicine is a constitutional remedy that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation in the mucous membranes and restore hearing. Circulates free. all druggists. Dr. I. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
In Frederick's house a passageway between the dining room and kitchen was turned into a breakfast room. At school the teacher asked what a nook was and Frederick replied that it is a place where you eat breakfast to keep the dining room clean.
Advert says Cuticura soothes baby rashes, itching and burn with hot baths, then Cuticura Soup and Ointment with a touch of Cuticura Talcum. Claims purity and fragrance with multiple products, price 26c each everywhere.
The column lists United States top industries by category with foods textiles iron and steel timber leather paper and printing. A quip section offers light verse and banter about health and rhetoric with puns on feet and legs.
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