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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
8
A reflective column argues charity should go beyond money. True aid means enabling betterments, not just pennies. The writer urges wise giving, encouraging words, and acts that preserve dignity while supporting neighbors at hand and afar.
Poem contrasts springs glow with prison room despair as Spring visits a dreary ward where beds lie under dreary walls. The verse links the season to both life rebirth and loss, noting a pale wife with a babe and a window sky that brightens even as death shadows linger.
An exploration of the origin of the term Florence Greeley and its later use to label a person whose hobby seems ridiculous or insane. The piece notes Donn Pratt’s early use, the hand organ crank analogy, and the term’s move from a specific target to a general descriptor, avoiding libel concerns.
A reflective note quotes a British Weekly line about seeking contentment and praising others. It vows to search for hidden beauties, overlook grumbling, and stop resentment when others progress.
A historical cooking note presents two dishes. Chicken fillets with almond sauce describe marinating, browning, and thickening with white sauce and cream, then adding almond puree and egg yolk paste. Banana Pie combines banana pulp sugar lemon rind and juice, milk, egg, cream, and baking with a flour dusting.
A garbled diary style entry recalls a cousin and a brother at school days with scattered phrases about riding bicycles and a minor mishap. The text mentions a fence, a haircut, and a stray tag, with observational bits about a person nicked by regents and a hidden beard. The overall meaning is unclear but suggests a youthful misadventure and playful mischief.
Domestic service is rising in pay and status as training expands. Women shift into hotel and institutional work, tea shops, and related fields, with hourly wages and greater recognition. The piece argues proper training and reduced stigma will lift domestic work into a respected profession.
Speaking at the Aero Club of France, M. Flandin said France flew 218 750 miles in 1919 and 937 500 miles in the first ten months of this year. Passenger numbers rose from 960 to 6 750 and mails from 9 hundredweights to over 12 tons. State subsidies ran about 600 000 dollars. Regular routes total 2 800 miles with an accident rate of one per 62 500 miles and fatal accidents one per 134 374 miles. The Mexicans began the year February 23.
In a fragment from the Deltroiy News the author notes that in ancient times no man tended his own barbering plumbing or grocery needs except perhaps the married man who avoided his own boss the phrase reflects humorous contrasts with modern self sufficiency.
The president is presented with an Airedale puppy named Caswell Taddie Boy by a friend. The pup displays energy by chasing a Wilson cat up a tree on arrival.
The proposal describes Gener Weygand assisting Marshal Roch and guiding the occupation of certain cities to support Marshal Moeh during the major conflict. The plan emphasizes strategic coordination among French leaders in wartime operations.
New Washington presents a portrait of Miss Alice Robertson Oklahoma representative noted as the sole woman in Congress. The image highlights her role and status in national politics.
A collection of varied facts notes health from nail growth, tung oil from China, and rising union membership among England bakery workers. It covers US shipbuilding tonnages, a West Austrian eight hour rail strike settlement, and profiles in transit management, inventor ingenuity, and late 19th century social topics.
Inclusive note on freedom as the pursuit of individual good within bounds of not harming others. Emphasizes personal liberty and non-interference as core principles in a plural society.
A terse reflection on avoidance of bodily illness versus neglect of spiritual paralysis. The speaker contrasts practical remedies for physical danger with indifference to inner decline, citing Epicurus as a point of contemplation. The tone critiques lack of concern for the soul amid universal dread.
Instructions explain linoleum needs room to stretch during installation. If edges are tight, it will form ridges and crack over time. Allow about an eighth of an inch for expansion where joints occur.
A quirky public notice advises Londoners to stay to the right as a fictional approaching comet supposedly collides with Earth and people fall through space, reflecting a satirical or parodic column in Fair Warning.
A sermon reflects on rejoicing with trembling as a paradox within Christian faith. It links God’s love and justice to humility, sacrifice, and forgiveness, citing Romans and Isaiah themes. The text contemplates divine mercy through Christ, urging reverence, repentance, and trust in God’s sovereign mercy.
The excerpt echoes a call to progress through faith, friendship, freedom, and hope, citing Henry Vincent and Horace Bushnell. It frames ideas of God as guiding scientific laws and universal order through divine regulation of thought shaping the world.
A brief note emphasizes ongoing Christian work as essential to a continual spiritual upgrade. It states daily heed to needs of the spiritual life supports acceptable service, with both aspects described as interdependent.
A reflection argues the church must recover the sense of God’s immanence to counter secularization. It warns the secular age has eroded reverence and fear of God in many communities.
Mrs I H Haydock of Chicago writes that after four doctors failed to help her female trouble she avoided surgery by taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for 22 bottles. She reports full recovery and urges others to consider the remedy.
An advertisement extols Del Piorco Favorite Prescription as healthful for women, claiming it treats womanly organs and helps sick, weak, or suffering women. It promotes mail orders for a trial package and cites low cost with notable success.
A historical column discusses good manners and self control as a social edge. Doctor Kinley urges restraining impulse in trying situations and frames manners as essential to personal progress and business conduct.
A jumbled message mentions an elderly Dibba polis and a greeting to Chicago on a birthday token. The rambling text names several uncertain people and nonsensical phrases about photographs, prohibitions, and a mysterious “mambo of Ties” without clear context.
An elderly advertisement notes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a top remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It urges start of treatment, lists bottle sizes, and offers a trial bottle for ten cents from Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Medicine to prevent frequent head colds by building up the system and cleansing the blood. It claims internal action through the blood reduces mucous inflammation and may prevent chronic catarrh. Circulars from J. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
A new detachable wheel and motor system has been invented to propel railroad velocipedes. The device allows easier power delivery and retrofit to existing early rail velocipede designs, promising improved efficiency and maneuverability for lightweight rail vehicles.
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