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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1919
Page
10
Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago and H. H. Gross president of the Universal Military Training league spoke before the house military affairs committee. They highlighted perceived middle West support for universal training to develop youth and national peace, arguing it would not create militarism.
The 1920 census is poised to reveal shifts in US population due to World War I. The center of population may stop its westward move as eastern manufacturing grows, with reclamation projects and immigration altering the distribution. Changes in sex ratios native stock and age structure are anticipated.
The United States Public Health Service urges every American to fund and fight rats, proposing a daily half-cent per person and detailing rats as Norway, black, and Alexandrian. It promotes rat proofing homes and barns over traps and poisons and calls for antirat ordinances and state laws under the slogan Rout the Rat.
The senate adopted a joint resolution to restore Frances Scoville-Mumm’s American citizenship after her German husband’s estate would be at risk under the peace treaty. The case parallels a prior repatriation, and action by the house is urged to prevent loss of her share in the estate.
A government statement notes that the United States exported 15 million pairs of artificial silk stockings in fiscal year 1919, up from 6 million in 1918 and 2 million in 1917, with exports increasing in value to 7.077 million dollars. The process converts wood pulp into viscose, then into fibers resembling silk.
The excerpt highlights achievements and notes across fields: Mrs Ethel Purdle as a pioneering accountant, a marginal note on an American agricultural machinery test, and international debt estimates for major powers. It also mentions a patent for a leak resistant storage battery, shifts in animal fats versus vegetable oils production, long service at a Lynn bank, encouragement of swallows to combat mosquitoes, a paper bottle patent, rising Amsterdam unemployment, ant behavior in tree hollowing and tunneling, and a South American ant’s tunnel under the Parahyba river.
The latest portrait features Mrs Oliver Harriman chairwoman of the women's council of the League of Nations association. She stands as a leading figure among international women activists.
Mrs Gorn Wilson Stewart of Frankfort Kentucky, chair of the state literacy commission, arrived in New York to purchase an airplane to start a fleet. She says the planes will reach remote mountain areas unreachable by auto or mule, expanding coverage to one-twentieth the current time.
An automobilist asks how to reach Somerville. A man replies they drive over with their car. Uncle Bill Bottletop notes changes as a family party reveals women sharing recipes while men converse in a separate corner.
A conversation on waterproof footwear ends with a quip that the shoes are pumps, prompting a joke about their watertightness. The snippet captures casual dialogue and local speech patterns.
A comic exchange about chicken culture and egg production features a author who admits a flaw in his scientific method and a colleague who praises the overall proposal. The playful dialogue centers on eggs and the reliability of experimental results.
The statesman jokes that a fishing trip was a success not for catching fish but for discovering a remote water spot unreachable by interviewers. The remark frames a calm escape from media intrusion.
United States Department of Agriculture and state stations report ongoing investigations into wheat scab already inflicting heavy losses across Missouri Iowa South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Ohio and more. Key controls emphasize using the best seed and formaldehyde treatment while burning or plowing under trash and waste places. Farmers are urged to lime fields, clean seed, and remove or burn hedgerows and waste areas to limit fungus buildup. Clover seed and hay prospects stay favorable with fall sowing and soil amendments including lime and phosphates to support regrowth and winter hardiness.
Instructions on how to plant various hardwood seeds including soft tiprotected seeds and hard wild seeds. Guidance covers gathering, sowing in spring, planting in garden rows, spacing about six inches, and protecting young trees with minimal pruning for strong growth and shape.
Pennsylvania State College advises careful onion storage to prevent spoilage. Ventilation is crucial and onions must be dried, screened, and stored in crates or containers with cool temperatures to avoid freezing damage. If stored long term some apply insulation and burlap layers to protect from thawing in late winter or early spring.
In selling alfalfa hay it is essential to maintain high grading standards. Inferior bales spoil a carload of quality hay. Soft in shaped bales should be set aside to prevent spoilage during handling. Tuning under stalks and weeds aids humus supply to old fields.
Poultry manure is highly valuable for gardening and farming. Proper use can raise profits from flocks by efficiently recycling waste into productive soil amendments.
A farmer plans to cover the tractor with a tarpaulin after setting it in the field for the night. The goal is protection from dew and weather. The action emphasizes practical farm maintenance and equipment care.
The note urges avoiding crowding in gardens on large farms and stresses using unused ground for better returns. It calls for first removing weeds to improve unproductive pastures as a practical step toward better land use.
Winter storage of squash requires well matured fruit free from bruises broken stems cuts or frost injury to carry successfully in storage, ensuring quality and longevity.
Leaves contain chemicals that form plant food when composted into usable material. A sow that gets plenty of exercise is likeliest to produce a desirable brood.
Mrs Sultze of Winona Minnesota credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of nervousness that ruined her sleep. The ad extols the remedy, noting it has helped women for forty years with displacements inflammation ulceration and nervous prostration and is now a standard treatment.
A stray fragment suggests a six year old named Tobby at a doorway as a wisbly sister’s new beau enters. The text is garbled with phrases like where is your slate and upstates with deway, leaving unclear events or outcomes.
An advertisement touts Swamp Root as the top remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. The copy claims proven results, calls it a mild vegetable compound, and offers sample bottles from Dr Timers Co in Binghamton New York.
A description notes a distinguished woman named deHente fascbinte Ing Indlaence being recognized. The routine mentions a bath with Gutterma Bop and hot water to cleanse pores followed by a dusting with Guleurna let Powder for a clear healthy complexion.
A damaged literary fragment presents stray lines and names with unclear meaning. The text shows misread or garbled phrases including personal names without a coherent narrative or context. No verifiable events or facts are discernible.
Letters from Rock Island and Quincy praise Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for frail health and fatigue. One woman notes restoration of health after using two bottles, stating it made her feel much better and worthy of praise.
A Joliet reader praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a splendid tonic for women run down or nervous, while another testimonial from Regina Atasel of Oshawa St endorses Dr. Vieree's Cough Syrup for children, noting its lack of opiates and prompt relief.
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