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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
1
A humorous critique of stimulants describes various forms from spankings to tobacco and coffee. It notes how some rely on stimulants nightly, the risks of abuse, and the moral push to curb use. The piece ends with a bittersweet hymn line reflecting strain on families.
Edgar A. Guest celebrates May as the familiar visitor bringing blossoms beauty and mirth. The poem invites readers to welcome May at the doorstep with joy and restate the season as a source of balm and happiness.
The article gives guidance on forming squabs into squads, handling and cooking squabs, including drawing and dressing methods. It notes squabs are available year round, advises cooking white meat well and dark meat to a rarer doneness, and explains broiling with butter or olive oil and serving with bacon slices.
A garbled discussion on dream interpretation centers on guillotine imagery. It cites Maury a French Revolution figure and philosophers like Freud as it questions how dream consciousness forms rapid sequences of events and meanings.
The piece notes that the coldest part of the day is typically the few minutes after sunrise. It mentions a lighthearted office exchange between a young married man and a friend as they greet, ending with a humorous remark about timing.
An exhortation on personal brands urging readers to define the brand they project. It compares brands to character stamps on face, voice, walk, or clothes and lists examples like Sunshine and Honest Abe. The piece encourages aligning life choices with the ideal brand and advertising it through actions.
The Red Cross teaches a key lifesaving lesson to reduce drowning deaths. It warns against risking one’s life by swimming to a rescue, advising using a lifeline or boat instead. The message comes from a photograph illustrating the campaign’s safety guidance.
In Paris the latest fad places feather wings on low shoes and to cover the ankles. The bold decorative style combines whimsy with couture, reflecting a playful turn in street and high fashion trends.
A dog reaches full growth at two years, is considered old at ten, and rarely lives beyond twenty years. This snippet outlines typical canine development and longevity benchmarks in a concise, observational note.
An issue of Universal proclaims the last spike driven on the railway from La Capita to Chapala in Jansen. Other notes include spring rush to northern gold fields and steamers leaving Arctic ports with crowds, alongside varied global industrial and agricultural observations.
The oldest language is Sanskrit, ancient tongue of Hindus, long obsolete as a vernacular but preserved as India's literary and sacred language. It is not a mother of languages, though many European tongues derive elements from it.
A Forbes Magazine excerpt reflects on happiness as giving and the paradox that many people resist this path, suggesting a candid critique of modern attitudes toward generosity and fulfillment.
A historical excerpt presents Sir Richard Cooke asserting that the sense of justice is not innate to humans and conflicts with individual instincts, calling justice a flowering among other virtues and a costly estate of remarkable souls.
A quirky water shooting fish discharges a stream from its mouth, startling observers as it targets a range from one to four feet. The spectacle draws curious crowds and showcases a playful display of aquatic trickery.
A vintage advertisement urges women to dye fabrics with Diamond Dyes and promises simple directions for all materials wool silk cotton or blends. It claims fadless color and perfect results even for first timers with a druggist color card available.
A humorous clipping describes golf devotion triumphing over marital strife and business demands. A wife leaves a golfer, a dawn-to-night story of a Scottish innkeeper who loved golf, and a joke about a taxman seizing talents.
Elizabeth asks the country post office clerk about when a lover might answer a letter. The clerk lists conditions speeded by jail, money, illness, or death, then notes Elizabeth’s fall as Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph reports.
A Boston Transcript quote compares dying to shedding an old suit of clothes. The remark suggests some find death as difficult as leaving fashion behind, highlighted in a reflective tone.
Catarrhal Deafness cannot be cured by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Medicine works through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation of the Eustachian tube and restore hearing. It promises one hundred dollars for any case not cured. price is 75 cents. circulars free. W J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A library loan mix up prompts suspicion when a postcard informs a member that "the girl he left behind him" is in the library and held for him until Tuesday, according to Pearson's Weekly. The note reaches his wife, who questions the scene as suspicious.
A big game hunter recalls outdoor adventures with friends from his hometown. A whispered update says a former acquaintance, So-and-So, is in jail. The chat shifts to bold automobile thieves, prompting a quip about their motor nerve.
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