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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
4
A speaker recalls watching an artist sketch a imagined painting, arguing imagination shapes science and art. He cites Napoleon and other figures to show how mental images drive action, progress, and dominion, while warning that losing imagination would dull life and civilization.
Miss Helen Taft argues that professors deserve higher pay and teaching should be made more attractive. The piece contends teaching is vital, Fatigue from work and vacations is noted, and the role of women in teaching is emphasized alongside the need to recruiting talent. It also mentions Wellesley students forming a bird club to protect campus trees and a cited quote about a woman with wavy brown hair and eyes.
A fragment discusses the origin of the word tragedy from Greek elements meaning goat and song. It notes goats as prizes in ancient dramatic contests and their sacrificial role linked to Bacchus festivals, plus actors in goat skins and the term satire evolving from martyr imagery.
Fragmentary verse narrative describes a perilous scene with symbolic figures and a serpent motif. The text hints at moral consequence and social judgment impacting a woman and a man. The fractured language suggests a 19th or early 20th century stylistic influence.
An old verse advises not to provoke trouble and to meet it with optimism. It urges generosity loyalty bravery and truthfulness while reminding the reader that sunny outcomes follow clouds. The quote from Caroline Sumner emphasizes calm resilience and positive outlooks.
A simple chicory lettuce salad can be dressed with numerous variants. The standard French dressing uses four tablespoons oil and a vinegar base with salt pepper and sugar to blend flavors. Many additions follow with onion juice chopped vegetables fruit juices chutneys peppers and spices expanding the dressing possibilities.
The report says Australia holds hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin forests. Researchers note extensive timber resources across multiple states and advocate careful conservation alongside development.
A 1921 Western Newspaper Union note presents a simple mayonnaise method using onion juice parsley olives and Worcestershire sauce. It advises adding mustard salt sugar and boiling water to egg yolk before stirring in oil. The tip: mayonnaise won t curdle if prepared before adding oil and steps are clearly outlined.
A French statistician concludes that by age fifty the average man has lived about 6,000 days at work 8,500 days walked 4,000 days amused himself and 500 days eating totaling roughly 3 percent of life in active daily pursuits.
A Santa Rosa California Republican column notes that a man’s value isn’t in a grand upper story but in the kind of cellar he has, reflecting a practical take on wealth and status.
Secretary of the Navy Denby and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt meet in Denby's office within the new Navy Building at Potomac Park to discuss fleet matters and defense plans.
Soldiers blinded in World War I and living on a Baltimore estate traveled to Washington to present General Pershing with a hand woven hammock as a token of love and esteem. Pershing expressed deep emotion at the gesture.
A survey notes 1918 progress across many fields. Chicago grease yields 4 million pounds. Rhine parallel canal may host ten hydro plants at 7 million horsepower. new space saving furniture and farm vaccines. curtain pole fixtures win top modernity awards. portable wardrobes for movers. vacuum street cleaning machines on motor trucks. underwater oxygen acetylene cutters. Metro Museum armor displays its great collection. Belgian rifle fires seven bullets at once. Macedonia water falls could yield 850000 horsepower and 120 million kilowatts yearly. vacuum wind shield cleaners use auto intake manifold and motion with open valve.
Miss Belle Skinner of New York sails for France to supervise reconstruction of Hatton chapel, a project expected to take about two years. She was recently made a member of the French Legion of Honor for her war relief work.
An American doughboy near German lines argues with a sergeant as he heads toward the front with two African fieldpieces. He vows to confront the foe who wounded him, shouting he will cut him down and return to find the big German and finish the fight.
Sergeant orders cavalry rookie to spur the horse amid panic as the recruit laments cannot reach the animal during training. The exchange captures a tense scene of control and fear in the early riding lesson.
A reflective excerpt urging sleep as a necessary healthful practice and a curiosity about dawn. The passage links rest to nature and the sun’s rising, noting time and preparation beyond mere necessity.
humorous exchange as one speaker boasts Mayflower ancestors and the other counters with Ark voyage ancestry, highlighting playful family bragging about historic origins.
An insurance agent visits a client to remind them their policy expires tomorrow while an economist explains after ten years with no incidents he plans to switch providers, citing consistent savings and a lack of events.
A humorous courtroom exchange captures a prisoner offering only a dollar as resistance. The copper notes the odd reply with a straight face, illustrating the lighter side of a local trial and the judge’s reaction.
A stream of Iowa notices reports burn deaths from clothing fires near Knoxville and a fatal crush in Muscatine. court actions include James Hiccle fined in Ames and a federal suit over taxes on government bonds in Council Bluffs. Also noted are oil booms eyed in Humboldt, a railroad division consolidation, school paper editing at Iowa State Teachers College, and a Creston rape case seeking life imprisonment.
Ravenswood West Virginia woman Bertha Lizrina describes severe female troubles and relief after eight bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement urges troubled women to consider the remedy noting its forty year history and claimed health restoration.
A London physician reports a breakthrough in serum science using horse plasma. After extracting plasma, he reinjected red blood cells into the horses and observed rapid restoration of blood fluid. Further study will confirm medical implications for practice and theory.
A Hungarian maid in a New York household recalls war memories as a neighborhood celebration features a marching band. Hearing a military air at the parade she cries War War and revisits traumatic memories, highlighting personal impact amid local life.
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