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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
14
Mrs Viola French of Danville Illinois says the discovery improved her health after a nervous decline. She reports regained interest and strength after taking the medicine and urges others to obtain tablets or liquid from their druggist and write for free medical advice from Dr. Pierce Buffalo NY.
An aged speaker laments changes as he references marriage, a first wife, and a Tassie phrase. The text mixs Scots slang with unclear dialogue about age and separation.
Advertisement notes that thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder troubles and claim Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root restores health. A sample bottle is offered by enclosing ten cents to Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. mid and large bottles sold in drug stores. Also includes a humorous tale about two old gods and a punchline about bygones.
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement urges taking aspirin only as directed and features the Bayer Cross stamp. A separate Harper's Magazine anecdote recounts a Missouri dialect joke about a coach driver who insists he is a Missouri native despite a long visit there.
Terry Turner lasted long in the major leagues and continued to slide hands first. He believed in heads up sliding to better judge the play at the bag, despite a younger generation embracing spikes. He retained his unscarred hands when he left the majors.
In a Pasadena New Year game between California Washington and Jefferson the field became a muddy scene within minutes. Players smeared officials’ white uniforms by wiping hands on them after each play, prompting a substitution and a pause while the team cleaned the new uniform.
A collage of sports notes touching college and professional teams. Mentions include Dartmouth soccer captaincy for 1922, Waterbury Eastern league prospects, Dempsey in France, Navy players, Western conference actions on professionalism, and various player moves and signings across leagues.
Pacific coast league manager Walter McCredie complains his players are in a perpetual trance thinking of parlor matters not baseball. He recounts a bench scene where a player asks about powder rags and nail concerns, while others preen and fix hair on Ladies Day before taking the field.
Veteran boxer Johnny Kilbane, ten year featherweight champion, defeated Danny Frush by knockout to claim the bout and a purse totaling $60,000. Kilbane remains a dominant figure in the division as Frush suffers the loss in a high profile match.
A vintage ad shows a housewife urged to dye wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods with Diamond Dyes. The copy claims guaranteed no spots fading or running and notes simple directions and suitability for sweaters skirts coats and draperies. A Briegsman cartoon snippet mentions a deal involving a car and a secondhand machine.
Duke Kahnanamoku Hawaii’s world champion swimmer moves toward motion pictures with his manager arranging entry into films. If arrangements satisfy, he will shift to professional ranks and pursue acting opportunities.
The dialogue features Senator Sorghum insisting he has no plans to retire from politics. He notes a politician may retire temporarily but never truly quits the game. A social aside compares trust in a man to borrow money with a woman’s affections, and the piece closes with a metaphor of a tightrope walker staying on the straight path.
Gar Wood, holder of multiple speed records including the one mile mark of 80.567 mph, retires from high speed racing unless no American defender for the Harmsworth trophy can be found. He may pilot a craft again only if another driver competes for the British trophy. He will focus on cruiser and runabout classes.
The Giants announced that Hank Schreiver, third baseman and shortstop, was sent back to the Hoosiers after being acquired during their last western trip of the pennant race from the Indianapolis team of the American Association. He previously played with the Braves and showed well with the Lawrence club.
The piece notes high spectator and participant interest in collegiate rowing events across the Northeast in 1922 with significant crowds at Pennsylvania Cornell Princeton Yale Harvard and Syracuse.
The English Football Association governs soccer with a membership of 16 000 clubs including 500 professional sides and a total of about 800 000 players across the organization.
Dave Wilson elected captain of Illinois football team for 1922 to fill vacancy caused by Captain Peden's ineligibility. The decision follows the 1921 season where Wilson played as a key member of the squad.
The ex-lawn tennis champion Mary Browne has taken up golf. Umpires to the clan. together they form a new group.
H Smith owner of the Indianapolis club in the American Association suggests reviving the minor World Series between the Pacific Coast League and the American Association champions and making it an annual event. He weighs in on the idea with optimism.
State records show 462 374 permits issued this year and 462 874 hunting licenses sold to sportsmen at two dollars each. Robert J. T. Paul of Philadelphia is noted as Lafayette College soccer captain for 1922.
Paul Prehn, Illinois wrestling coach, plans to leave for California to participate in several matches. Cleveland remained undefeated in the United States Hockey league by beating St. Paul 6 to 8. Manuel Cueto will play third base for the Seattle club in the Pacific Coast Baseball league this season.
A social dinner among longtime school pals ends awkwardly when a married man complains the bis cuits are inferior to his mother's baking, only to learn his mother sent them. The moment underlines fragile egos and family pride in a light anecdotes-style piece.
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a universal remedy for constipated and sick children. It claims a teaspoon clears sour bile and undigested food, promising a well, playful child within hours. It urges mothers to ask for genuine syrup with proper branding.
A Virginian judge newly in office spots a hillside fire showing a still in his district. He tells a lad to hold the horse and rides toward the smoke to enforce the law, asking the boy what to do with the horse if he does not return.
Early Cretans unearthed in Crete show a civilization with a vast palace at Knossos and a drainage system praised as absolutely English. The fragment also notes the saying that contentment resembles fine weather and tends to fade.
A man recalls a buzzing in a tree that his nephew interpreted as a hairnet bite from hornets. The child cried as his uncle questioned him, and a local vendor humorously asserts he makes his own living.
A collage of wry lines on education, engagement, and industry Prefatory remarks on college prep for John Bassett, humorous quips about fiancées and jumpy industries Political cynicism and a jab at Brontë handwriting and theater smallness per a Baltimore and Charlotte Brontë note
A satirical clipping recalls jokes about modern American children and church life, touching on a vicar's exchange with a daughter, comic gibes about christening dyes, and assorted witticisms on life, labor, and the priestly clergy.
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