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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
1
Mrs. Rosert Price of Scootac Pennsylvania reports long standing fatigue pain and bedridden days improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the remedy helped during birth and left her family happier. A wide canvass finds 98 of 100 purchasers benefited by the product.
The article explains that billions of years ago Earth was molten and spinning rapidly, flinging off material that coalesced into a massive globe. This formed a growing blob that detached and became the Moon due to centrifugal forces and rapid rotation.
Jim Shelton, a Houston insurance man, sponsors this piece. He recalls an agent arguing life insurance is essential with the line I carry a $50 000 policy payable to my wife. The prospect asks What excuse can you give her for living. The note ends with a reflection on valuing honest company and friendship.
The piece argues that the current generation must assume the duties once held by aging parents. It notes young people will lead in politics, work, and home life, while praising prepared leaders who rise with strong character. The author compares generations and envisions continued progress across society.
A reflective poem notes that blessings appear anywhere at any time along life’s road. It compares roses, lilies, and other flowers to God sows blessings in moments of need or joy, not in planned hours or places. The verse emphasizes unexpected grace and daily providence.
A historical cookbook fragment presents Grandmother's Cookies with butter sugar sour cream molasses cinnamon allspice nutmeg and salt plus a soda flour dough method. Also includes a Rhode Island Chowder note cooking salt pork onion with water simmer ten minutes.
Wash one quart of clams and reserve the liquor. Combine potatoes with the clam liquor and chopped clam meat then add tomatoes milk and cream and butter to make a hot hash. Belgian Hash uses pork feet vinegar prunes currants sugar nutmeg and seasoning with fruit in the sauce.
A young woman across the way notes Europe is progressing toward a peaceful settlement of its difficulties but fears it will be a long time before pandemonium ends.
A humorous critique of love and marriage roles. It lampoons the promiscuous dating scene and the idea of love as a fleeting loan. The piece jokes about bachelors, perpetual single life, and the pressures of female beauty and male vanity with witty, era-specific commentary.
A historical note recalls the Charley Ross and Dorothy Arnold cases, citing a National Association of Travelers Aid Societies report that hundreds vanish yearly. It estimates at least 900 women and girls disappeared in the prior year, with about 2 percent eventually found alive.
The article states forests cover about one third of Czechoslovakia and coniferous trees make up about half of the forest area. It discusses the composition and extent of woodland across the country.
A description explains an invisible tow line in board track racing where cars reach speeds above 90 mph. The suction from the leading car is compared to a chain of effects passing through the field, with a sprawling metaphor referencing vast space and cattle.
The piece notes Kipling and Burne Jones popularizing the term vampire and the noun vamp from late folklore and cinema. It contrasts literary vampires with real bats and warns the modern vogue may outlast its novelty as vampire women and vampires in media reshape language and culture.
A newly invented wire labeled Invisible Wire A is described as being invisible when constructed. It is expected to enter practical use for bell wiring, signaling potential applications in household and building systems.
An inverted funnel tow keeps the car behind the lead within the spout space causing a vacuum. Slower cars use this riding method but the tow motor cannot cool and tends to overheat quickly.
A New York Times fashion critique notes constant change over monotony as designers and society push for varied spring styles. Green dominates palettes with yellows rising, black on white remains chic, and ostrich details gain Parisian flair in elegant gowns and wraps across prominent houses.
Laura Mt Martha Van Rensselaer named among twelve greatest American women. From teacher to county school commissioner she expanded rural women’s life problems into public extension work. She led Cornell home economics, directed USDA food conservation, and chaired the American Home Economics Association.
Clarice Is Hott of Hoquiam recalls personal tragedy from influenza four years ago and explains how she became a successful insurance agent. She describes overcoming fear to work in a male dominated office, learning on the job, and earning recognition in her community as proof that perseverance yields success.
Neckwear appears everywhere from tailored suits to evening gowns with scarves and accents at the neck and wrists. Colors range from blue green yellow tan and beige with red and black used as trimming, featuring printed hand painted silks and knitted weaves in varied styles.
A refined woman’s craft introduces a miniature celluloid needle case. Shaped as cigarette holders, umbrellas, pipes and more, the compact trifle imitates tortoise, jade, amber, onyx, ivory and coral. Each case holds a dozen needles with a secure screw top.
A small floor cushion covered with intricate needlework in a vintage style. Compact and practical, it serves well as a decorative yet functional seating accessory.
A Cambridge University professor ranks the United States as the most neurotic country with Britain close behind. The professor notes only smokers of twenty cigarettes daily risk a five percent blood loss claim.
In 1802 Benjamin Wenry presented a side show in Richmond Virginia at Hay market gardens. Admission was fifty cents to view the so called inflammable air believed to be magic by thousands of spectators.
A speaker contrasts the ease of writing a book on getting rich with the challenge of turning one own recipes into real wealth. The remark underscores the gap between theory and practice in culinary ventures.
Cable weight danger rises near shore where lines run shallow. A transatlantic cable weighs about twenty tons per mile near coast but falls to about two tons per mile in deep ocean, affecting protection needs.
The article notes fish flour manufactured in France from non edible material found in trawler nets. It is claimed to be mixed with feed for poultry rabbits dogs cattle and hogs.
C. C. Hamlin of Colorado Springs newly named Republican national committeeman from the Pikes Peak State was in Washington for a very early meeting. He was awakened by a caller at 7:55 AM and, after a brief chat, planned to return to his room and sleep.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph note reports a short social gathering program where Bert Brown was to sing but arrived ill with a bad cold. The chairman announced Brown could not sing and Mr. Green would perform A Song of Thanksgiving instead, expressing relief at the change.
In a light exchange Spar rowby jokes about morning hair routines while Reno retorts with a pun comparing fools and hair to a proverb. The brief back and forth highlights playful banter and wordplay between the two speakers.
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