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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1922
Page
4
London Answers in The Ravage explains that primitive custom held giving or receiving a knife required a return gift to avoid breaking friendship. The practice shifted from club to knife or spear, creating distrust when gifts were free, so fair trade protected bonds.
In Czecho-Slovakia villages women wear aprons as eye-catching adornments rather than work badges. Aprons in bright greens golds and other colors contrast with dark skirts and white sleeves. The piece also notes a London talk by Lord de Walden on musical amateurs arguing for larger audiences and cultural taste over class.
The article notes four capital offenses in England piracy with violence treason murder and setting fire to royal docks or arsenals. It recalls Blackstone's list of 160 death crimes and the historical shift toward mercy under Romilly and George III. Since 1861 only those four remain punishable by death.
The article traces water’s discovery as a compound by Cavendish in 1781 and Lavoisier’s later work on decomposition into oxygen and hydrogen. It notes Nicholson and Carlisle improving separation by voltaic battery and explains why noon became a traditional wedding hour due to sobriety expectations in old England.
A mother who planned dinner lets Sonny play store before supper. The child acts as buyer in a pretend candy shop, asking for real candy and prompting the mother to participate in the game. The scene captures a simple domestic moment of imaginative play.
The Methodist Episcopal Church invites all to Sunday services led by Pastor William Hayes Mitchell. Morning worship at 11 northern time after Sunday school at 10, evening service at 7:30. March 12 sermon topics include The Psychological Moment and How to Vote with additional junior endeavor and vesper services in the afternoon.
Leonard Duckett, pastor, announces regular services with Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and sermons at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. A church canvass for funding is planned for next Sunday, March 12, from 2 to 5 p.m., urging members to stay home until canvassers call and to increase pledges. Sermon themes: morning Over Against The Treasury and evening Remem ber God in the Days of Youth.
A London Tid Bits note depicts a surgeon insisting on immediate operation while Sandy urges calm and prayer. The exchange highlights anxiety, spirituality, and timing in a humorous medical scene.
The text recalls the World War I poem Flanders Fields with imagery of crosses and poppies and calls to keep faith with the dead. It then shifts to a Columbus dispatch suggesting recalling missionaries for uplift work in foreign fields and assigning them to duty in California’s Hollywood district jungle.
The United States public health service notes a Georgia example near Mil en where a 20 acre swamp was drained by dynamite ditching. A 400 foot trench was blown with sticks placed in two foot holes, creating a 7.5 foot top width and 60 foot depth, at a cost of 270 dollars including labor and 1000 pounds of dynamite. The project yielded a freely running stream and converted the swamp into productive land.
A Hoosier school imam uses disguises during vacations to avoid revealing her profession. Easter leave had her claiming to be a widow for a week, a ruse that nearly succeeded until overheard by a colored elevator boy who judged her as either a widow or a school teacher. The piece mixes humor with brief quotes and social observations from the Chicago Daily News.
The swan and peacock feature as famed medieval table fare. The swan, once a favorite, yields tender dark flesh reminiscent of goose with a hint of gamey taste. The peacock ranked among the era’s most celebrated dishes at royal feasts.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat argues existing blue sky laws fail to protect gullible investors from schemes promising vast fortunes in distant banks. The piece warns that promises of a Swiss or foreign bank windfall tempt readers into risky speculation and hollow riches.
District court in Tonos county appoints Thomas F. O'Shea as administrator with will annexed of Patrick O'Shea deceased. Creditors must file claims with the court clerk sworn and timely. debtors must pay estate costs immediately. Dated February 22 in Anal OBA. LOWA. Eugene J. Kean is attorney for the estate.
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