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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
3
A contemplation on the value of concise wisdom, epigrams, and the advertising maxim telling is selling. It argues that truthful self-presentation and accurate promises build trust, while overstatement damages credibility and sales.
A speaker reflects on the soul inside a man undiminished by clothes or dirt. The voice recalls crimes and escapes, following the speaker through bars, lawmen, and streets, asserting a moral witness that outlives the body.
ENT collecting attracts many young women from housing and settlement work. Landlords report women yield closer tenant contact and better landlord tenant understanding. Rent collecting involves proper house maintenance, ejecting undesirable tenants, and ensuring reliable occupants.
A vintage recipe collection outlines apricot charlotte and mock sherbet options for children. It details soaking dried apricots, making lemon-scented jelly, folding in whipped whites, and serving with whipped cream. Also includes tapioca custard and coconut custard directions from 1921 Western Newspaper Union.
The passage argues that women, who manage the home, are well suited to rent collection. Women understand household complaints and alterations, communicate with other women, and can identify vacancies and rental opportunities. It suggests strong business prospects for women in rental management.
A fragment sketch presents a cheerful cherub song lifting a weary heart. An adjacent aphorism contends that truth defeats falsehood and constructive criticism shapes today from yesterday’s errors.
The article traces the term Bolshevik from its Russian roots meaning a political faction to its American import with distortions. It notes early Bolsheviks opposed conservatives, not inherently violent, and contrasts them with anarchists and nihilists kept separate from political groups by police.
A Bugville Motordrome blurb extols saucer tracks for speed. A separate line notes the Nile mouth is 155 miles wide from extreme Mediterranean coast points.
A collage of claims notes oyster production in the United States at about 88 percent of world output, coal costs in England, American apples shipped worldwide, Richelieu’s academy, rain-making ideas with X-ray bulbs, steam jet wallpaper removal, a wood disk wheel, dyed sealskin, Poland's Jewish population, a duck from Russia, French arc lamp experiments, mirror ads concealing faces, and a five mile log jam in the St John river at Fredericton.
The image shows C. Jackson of Breage Cornwall noted for serving as Charles Dickens office boy when Dickens was assistant editor of All the Year Round. Jackson checked if Dickens was in to meet callers during the 109th birth anniversary celebrations.
A description of Tehuana people living on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, noting their daily bathing in rivers and pools. The account praises their cleanliness, handsome appearance, and graceful bearing.
A cotton dealer visited a large bank years ago to inquire about a note the bank held. The banker said the note falls due tomorrow and should be paid. After a pause the cotton man asked what the banker’s business was. He answered I am a banker. The cotton man replied Tomorrow you will be a cotton merchant.
Dr Edward J Kempf a New York psycho pathologist and author argues parents undue pressure harms a child by forcing work or career choices. He warns many parents unwittingly warp a child by restricting natural bent with prohibitions and taboos.
A string of incidents reports fire losses at Reis and Johnston drug store in Spencer and Mortimer garage in Barnes City with totals exceeding 25 000 and 30 000 dollars. Sioux City lawyer Charles Metcalfe received six months jail for shooting Mrs Booten last July. Ames Tribune sale to J L Powers and E B Johnston and S E Carrell noted. Jewelry store window broken at Marshalltown with 1 200 dollars in goods stolen. Post office inspectors testify in Clyde Poffenberger Burlington mail robbery case. Pioneer Mary Osmond dies at 78 in Osceola. Colfax rail worker Earl Johnson dies from coal truck accident. Hungerford Cedar Rapids contractor dies after horse accident. Polk county grand jury returns true bill for murder in Des Moines slaying. New Hampton Equity officers elected. livestock grain and eggs shipments tallied. Camp Dodge land purchase details and state acquisition stalled by governor. Clemency plea for 19 year old mail robber failed. Death of two year old Charles Edwin from dental infection. Good Fellows oppose open saloon, seek beer and light wine. Iowa forest totals and state bank closure news. Three Des Moines youths detained by detectives.
The Holland Holton collection of over 1000 textbooks is donated to Trinity College Durham for use by its education department. The donation honors the grandchildren of Martin Rowan Chaffin who taught in Davie and Yadkin counties starting in 1850. Fifty volumes circulated in North Carolina schools from 1820 to the Civil War and researchers or teachers in Durham may access the books.
A growing number of historians claim Christopher Columbus may have Galician roots based on a theory linking his ship La Gallega to Pontevedra. The debate spans several nations including Italy Spain Corsica and France, reflecting a contested heritage narrative.
A New York Sun opinion outlines prudent savings as a key to wealth with cautions about misused funds and the value of foresight for a "brainy day." It contrasts framed advice on investment with everyday frugality.
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm to relieve nasal congestion from cold or catarrh. It claims rapid penetration of air passages, soothing inflamed membranes and providing instant relief. Also comments on good resolutions and marriage for love versus money.
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