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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
3
An eighty year old woman in a small town reflects on faith, aging, and love as she spends spring days on the piazza. She recalls a late-life reconnection with Tom Bentley, their shared memories, and the question of happiness with or without marriage as the old romance endures in memory and heart.
In many Chinese towns native sewing women mend masculine garments on street stools or sidewalks while customers wait. Their needlework is mainly running stitch and limited to basic repairs, valued by local workmen and boat families who depend on them for maintenance in crowded urban areas.
In Big Swamp Florida the Everglades harbor the rare blue heron prized for its plumes. During breeding season the birds shed tail plumes allowing hunters to approach. A hunter climbs a tree to watch their flights and uses distant landmarks to navigate the tangled waterways.
A new lightweight medium power motorcycle bridges bicycles and large machines. It features a loop-type frame and weighs about 110 pounds with full tanks, far lighter than the typical 260 pounds or more for larger cycles, as described by Popular Mechanics Magazine.
A dated moral reflection states that people and events may delay judgment but eventual repayment is unavoidable, urging personal responsibility and accountability for one's actions. The quotation warns against postponing fate.
Dutch lover Pete and Belgian Mieke cling to each other across a barbed wire frontier. A Belgian guide aids a crossing amid German patrols as uhlans threaten the farmhouse, forcing a final parting and return to Holland.
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Barnard College argues that college women divorce less because they marry for love not occupation. She says motherhood is a profession and a cook may excel in Greek. She emphasizes education gives balance, outlook, and valued life perspectives.
In Columbia Connecticut Edward Phillips found on the reverse of a stepping stone an inscription for Emily Smith who died April 15 1814 at six months old. The stone five feet long nearly two feet wide bears a sentimental verse. Its origin is unknown and the family has long kept it at the back door.
Boston terrier Buster belongs to J Nahser of 7949 South Peoria Street. The dog retrieves a ball for four year old Earl Nahser. Buster began marbles playing and jingling sounds were noticed. Vet T A Kragness removed nine marbles from his stomach.
Fred Wedeking of Rice Lake Wisconsin slipped on a bowling alley floor and struck his head on an electric piano. His ear was found missing and later reattached by Doctor Johnson and is growing back.
Dutch soldiers along the Zeeland frontier monitor German movements in Belgium as Belgian youths attempt night crossings into Holland. Sentries guard the line to prevent neutrality violations while smugglers push gasoline and horses toward Germany amid tightened border controls and multiple sentry lines.
Jack Mason reports a robbery six miles south of Oilton Oklahoma where two strangers unmasked held him up at the oil field and took $7.50. Mason says chewing tobacco is a luxury in the field and says little else about the incident.
A downtown man recalls a quick shave at a barber shop then meets the same friend later at a theater. The barber rushed to finish, fearing a fake train departure, illustrating how motive shapes hurried service and perception.
Detroit doctor M S Rice recounts chasing a great thought during a fierce storm to echo Bishop Quayle. He ends up confessing his lone realization that his effort yielded only the thought of his own foolishness.
A 1911 report to the England Local Government Board shows 15332 rats examined for plague over July to October, with 35 infected. Twenty seven premises harbored plague infected rats, all within already infected areas. Rat destruction reduced populations in many localities after sustained efforts.
In an address before the Potomac presbytery President Wilson recalled his boyhood helping his father, a Presbyterian clergyman. He praised his father's candor and influence while noting his wish to share the same church connection.
The United States Geological Survey presented a San Francisco Panama Pacific Exposition exhibit illustrating the continent’s rise from primal ocean and the concurrent evolution of life. It traces early fish and saurians to saber-toothed cats and giant hyenas in a pictorial progress narrative.
A sermon-esque meditation on the biblical "man of God" urging born again faith, frequent prayer, Bible study, and public moral witness. It argues true godliness requires active presence in business, politics, and society, while noting even faithful leaders may face opposition and that true recognition comes from the world.
Prose excerpt urges continual acts of dutiful love to God and others. It argues love must be practiced through daily deeds or fade. The author emphasizes growth in faithful acts alongside affection, comparing devotion to enduring behavior.
A quotation notes that a brier remains a brier even in paradise and a lily remains a lily though growing in a wilderness, attributed to Reynolds. The line contrasts intrinsic nature with surroundings, emphasizing inherent qualities over locale.
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