Monticello High Notes School Life And Events
Agnes Petersen reports on a busy period at Monticello High School. Absences from Mr Dunlap while at an international Presbyterian convention, open air classes, exams, and visitors from Hopkinton are noted along with plans for normal training exams, a star pupil day, and a baseball game win for Monticello. The piece lists honor roll names led by Vernon Brazelton, seniors’ activities including class day and commencement, a play What Happened to Jones, and a straw vote showing strong Republican support with Lowden leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Petersen
Dunlap
Brainerd
Marvel Belknap
Adelma Bird
Hopkinton
Clara Zimmerman
Ida Harms
Methodist Episcopal Church
William H. Mitchell
Monticello
Table Rock
Cross
Matthew Arnold
Vernon Brazelton
Elaine Reed
Selma Stadtmuller
Elsie Alcorn
Matilda Crim
Mary Heyen
Vernon
A. M. Jayne
Cedar Rapids
Robert Cushman
Eewin Sitzsimons
Myron Hubbard
Alice Johnson
Lloyd King
Dora Ke
William Mitchell
Hans Aebi
Royal Corbett
Wm. Mitchell
Thomas Carson
Wm. Laude
Cliff Main
Juanita
Lowden
Him
Wood
Johnson
Hoover
Pershing
Cox
Palmer
Bob Cushman
Monticello High Defeats Central City in Close 14-13 Baseball Victory
In a city park afternoon game Monticello beat Central City 14 to 13 after a seesaw contest. Key moments included Rodman Himebaugh Cushman and Laude driving in runs as Central City fought back, with Monticello tying late then slipping ahead on a wild throw to first. Tomorrow Monticello hosts Cascade for a return tilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Central City
Rockstad
Monticello Boys
Rodman
Himebaugh
Shelley
Laude
Cushman
Cilley
Hilers
Hubbard
Cascade
Monticello Handles Hopkinton 16 14 In Fair Grounds Baseball
Monticello defeated Hopkinton 16 to 14 at the fair grounds in a seesaw high school baseball game. Key moments include Cushman, Laude, Rockstad and Cilley contributing in innings, with late Monticello runs securing the victory. Next week Monticello hosts Central City on May 26, urging local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Monticello
Cushman
Laude
Rockstad
Hubbard
Holmebaugh
Shelley
Skelley
Minehart
Wilers
Cilley
Schneider
Weilers
Central City
Preservation of Game Parks Across North America
Naturalists warn that wild animals will be driven to extinction if habitats shrink and humans overexploit. The article highlights Jasper Park in Canada, a vast reserve between Saskatchewan river and Yellowstone pass, housing bears elks beavers and fish rich rivers. It also notes Yellowstone Park in Wyoming covering 3 575 square miles and two New Zealand parks Lake Wakatipu and a northern island reserve with lake district.
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Canada
Jasper Park
Saskatchewan River
Yellowstone Pass
Wales
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
New Zealand
Lake Wakatipu
North Island
Lake District
Lopsidedness Rules All Through the Body
A humorous yet scientific note explains that human features and limbs are consistently asymmetrical. It highlights unequal eyes ears and hearing, uneven limbs, and the brain’s two lobes guiding opposite sides, claiming lopsidedness applies to every body part with right lobe ruling left and left ruling right.
Insects that Walk on Water by Air Bubbles
Insects such as the pond skater use tiny invisible hairs on their feet to trap air, forming cuplike air pockets that keep them afloat and allow walking on water. The water spider also stays dry underwater by a hair-covered surface that traps air, appearing as a white pearl beneath the surface.
Unity of Minds Shapes Powerful Oratory
A Garfield quotation on collective effort in speech notes that no single man crafts a speech alone and that hundreds of minds combine to form persuasive rhetoric, highlighting collaborative influence in public speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Garfield
Witty Jibes at Marriage Across Satirists
The piece surveys witty and biting takes on marriage from Balzac Dryden Beaumarchais and others. It notes varied tones from tragic to light hearted and cites Beaumarchais La Rochefoucauld Petit Senne and Gavarni. The overall mood contrasts cynical and humane views of matrimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilt Huntington Wright Savas
San Francisco Chronicle
Balzac
Dryden
Petit-Senn
Edmond
la Rochefoucauld
Guillaume Gavarni
Women of genius scarce says Lombroso at Turin
Cesare Lombroso of the University of Turin argues that women possess genius rarely and cites music, medicine, and other fields as examples where women have produced little of lasting significance. He claims most women imitate men and hinder progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cesare Lombroso
University of
Turin
United States
John Stuart Mill
Professor Lombroso
Toncourt
Lombroso
Mastodon Finds From Shawangunk Noted In Early American History
Early mastodon bones from Shawangunk in Ulster County New York were presented to the University of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson. Roosevelt noted as a fellow naturalist, mastodon remains were common after glaciers left marshy areas, with Ulster and Orange counties yielding many specimens. The Warren mastodon found near Newburgh in 1844 and housed at the American Museum is the best skeleton, with bones and even hair discovered by farmers in the region.
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Shawangunk
Ulster County
New York
University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Ulster
Orange Counties
Warren
Newbure
American Museum
What's In a Name? Mistress and Minnimum Exchange
A dialogue style fragment shows Mistress and Minnimum engaged in playful wordplay about names and effort. The snippet hints at linguistic humor and a pun filled exchange with rhythmic, odd phrasing.
Professor May Have Been Wrong About Old Age Theory
The text summarizes Metchnikoff's theory that aging results from indols and phenols. sugar intake could destroy them. It notes a proposed glycobacter microbe in dogs that would produce sugar to counteract these poisons, a theory that generated interest but did not become proven, and aging continues.
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Metchnikoff
Wake Up Call to Dick Ting-aling-aling-ling Len
A playful London Times line echoes a Boston Transcript quote, translating an alarm clock scene into the call to wake Dick and start his day. The quip blends humor about routine work with a garbled name joke for effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Dick Ting-aling
Boston Transcript
Manson Democrat Quotes Bryan Era War Phrase on People Power
A Manson Democrat column recalls Bryan era rhetoric asking why people do not get what they want. The piece notes that many would choose beer if offered immediate choice. An Omaha World-Herald report states Alexander Howat rejects the Kansas industrial court while the court recognizes him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson
Bryan
Omaha World-Herald
Alexander Howat
Kansas Industrial Court
Notable Opinions From Washington Leaders
Jud Tunkins criticizes actors as corn hoeers in films noting life’s phases. Perry Chief declares President Wilson the greatest at one thing. Ex-President Taft calls himself the greatest obstructionist in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Wilson
Taft
Washington
Useless to Try Lecture Sparks Mirth at Expense
A remark in a lecture stating the paths up a mountain are too steep for a mule to climb provokes untimely laughter at the speaker's expense. The exchange highlights the gap between boast and capability.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Adverts Cure Claim
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a treatment for nasal catarrh and frequent colds. It claims the product builds up the system, cleanses the blood, and reduces susceptibility to colds with internal use. A money back testimonial offer promises 100 dollars if it fails to cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Ncoln Journal
Iowa
Minnimum
Mueller
Jud Tunkins
Washington Star
Reasonable Price
Olin
C. H. Byerly
Fred I. Byerly
Studebaker
A. M. Fairbanks
Monticello, Iowa
Jones County
Anamosa
Geo. K. Meyer
Burrichter’s
Ij, W. Doxsee
Chas. A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Lovell ‘Bloak
Montinallo
Eatonic
W. W. Stickford
J. A. Waddick
Chevrolet
DORT
Motor Car Company
Ling Mich
FISK
Monticello Motor Company
Henry Scheer
Langworthy, Iowa
Arend Balster, Jr
Scotch Grove
Swanlite
McCrea & Liddy
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