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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
8
A playful essay links calm sea dreams to business luck and romantic bliss while warning that angry or stormy seas forewarn trouble. Dream-ship imagery suggests prosperity for voyagers, but jail or debt issues may follow if the dream turns adversarial.
This piece urges girls to pursue broad business training beyond stenography. It argues that few reach top roles and office management, so seek advancement, consider extension or home courses, and continuously improve to avoid stagnation and poor career outcomes.
A fragment from Cartoons Magazine notes a running joke about The Immortal George and its speaker repeatedly stopping at taverns and elms. The exchange treats the habit as a recurring gag and a playful critique of routine.
The article traces the word boche to Parisian army slang used for Germans in World War I. It explains the linguistic path Allemand to Allebo che to boche, notes the Kaiser’s dislike, and observes the term’s likely persistence alongside Hun as a wartime language landmark.
A remarkable Yorkshire report notes a century old resident, unable to read without glasses and unable to walk to the market once a week, according to Punch in London.
The text labels tuberculosis a house disease and cites Doctor Aithex comparing livestock and animals to illustrate how the illness cuts through many beings. It stresses the need for pure air over poison and notes the long history and high human toll of tuberculosis.
A dated kitchen note lists a Thanksgiving chestnut stuffing with Italian chestnuts mashed, bread crumbs, shortening, poultry dressing, raisins, and spices. It also describes a tomato and eggplant dish baked with cracker crumb topping. The piece evokes a Mother’s Cook Book tone from 1920s era menus.
Instructions for cranberry ice to serve with turkey and variations for chicken pie and turnip croquettes. Describes glazing onions, roll a turkey method with chestnut stuffing, possible garnishes, and eggplant Creole style with onions and green pepper.
A poem recalls a tank conductor laying an icy path across the skid road by night. Dawn brings busy teams hauling loads along the frozen route to the dump, while some boast of self made success despite little hard work.
A nervous old lady prepares to cross the channel and asks to see the captain to offer a small tip to keep off the rocks. The remark appears in the London Morning Post.
A wreath of oak leaves with acorns symbolized the crown given to Romans who saved a citizen in battle while defeating an opponent and preserving the site. It was a rare, lifelong distinction. the passage also notes Dickens’ 1425 characters.
Miss Lonette Melton of Denver becomes a trailblazer as the sole female graduate in her class from the University of Colorado last June. Now an assistant bridge engineer for the U S Bureau of Public Roads, she stands as the only woman on Colorado’s Society of Engineers board at age twenty five.
A compilation of diverse items including military posts in Japan and Belgium, salt mining plans in Holland, frequent British earthquake shocks, 1920 cocoons production in Italy, a portable wireless telephone trial by London fire brigade, a stray horse named Molila returning to Niles Michigan, a Moorish throne in the sultan’s treasury, English glycerin recovery from waste fats, Siamese telephone monopoly, Westinghouse Pittsburgh plant’s large eating facility, Portuguese street numbering, a new automatic pitchfork for farm hay handling, and other assorted curiosities.
An English scientist photographs the hand of a Beypuin princess from the second dynasty about 4500 B C. The X ray shows the hand through wrappings with clear bones, highlighting the third finger.
A fragment from the Dallay News notes a domestic stance favoring chores before leisure. It argues a rule that the man should finish washing dishes prior to handling a snake.
An atoll is a ring shaped island with a lagoon inside. It often has breaks in the ring forming channels for water flow. A circulating description notes pleasant names for islands and explains the basic geography of coral atolls.
Returns from 64 of 99 counties show Republicans win a majority in the next Iowa House with no Democrat reported elected to the Senate. The Republican slate includes Governor N. W. Wendell, Lieutenant Governor John H D, Secretary of State Walker C Ramsey, Auditor Glen C Hingnes, Treasurer W J Warbank, and Attorney General Ban J Cybio. U S Congressional districts list Republican winners in all nine seats with named incumbents and new faces across the state.
Assembly elections list numerous winners including H. A. Darling Glenwood Tloyd Thuroton Osceola W Baird Councy Bluffs J K Hale Aruimosa W G Haskell Cedar Rapids C Holdoagel Rockwell City Charles Olson Beaver B M Stod dard Sloan O L Mead Shell Neck J M Slosson Northwood Wichman Garner BNH Camp ball Battle Creek H C Adams Algona CG Abben Jr Tuttle Rock.
A July 1704 News-Letter scoop about a Charles River execution was hailed for its reporter craft. The piece centered on the ministerial prayer on the scaffold, reproduced in legible form for the crowd.
Instructions describe using cardboard and cotton hinge to store waxed paper on a wall hook. The piece notes J. F. Johnston of Chariton being elected to the state senate. Early returns show Senator Harding leading Governor Cox by over three to one across partial precinct results, with an estimated landslide of 300000 to 360000 votes.
A report cites one of the largest potato harvests near Case cade. The item lists multiple local incidents and notes deaths, accidents, and legal actions across Iowa towns including Mason City Des Moines and Clinton with various individuals and institutions named.
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