15 Nov 1923
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1923
Page
1
A reflective piece urges patience as a noble attribute shaping good breeding and gentility. It condemns frequent outbursts of ill humor and notes how stress can erode reason and social standing. The author contrasts quiet courage with stormy reactions, urging calm, kindness, and steady conduct at home and in public.
In a long ago garden five asleep fairies lose their wands to five goblins who pull rosebuds and scatter petals. The Fairy Queen forgives, returns wands, and grants thorns to all rose bushes to deter future goblin mischief.
The short note weighs the reasons for taking work home over holidays urging one to avoid home workload. It argues most motives are weak and warns that excessive offsite work leads to a one sided worker unless the job is kept fresh.
A column argues that attire shapes hiring outcomes. Well kept, high quality clothes project competence and improve job prospects, while sloppy dress signals weakness. The piece compares dress to essential business equipment and notes income tax allowances for wardrobe as a business adjunct.
Grace E Hall portrays a lone woman by a fading fire facing shattered hopes of love. She mourns a past idol, imagines a home with children, and endures a private blaze of longing as dreams turn to ashes. Dodd, Mead & Compan.
A clumsy decorative text offers a dated recipe set including Baked Bean Soup Kidneys and Steamed Apple Pudding. It lists ingredients like baked beans water onion celery stewed tomatoes butter salt pepper and lemon juice with instructions to simmer sieve and bake. The prose mixes quotes and culinary directions in a period newspaper voice.
The text links nail shapes to health and personality traits. Thick, blunt, long nails suggest cruelty and unfaithfulness in love, square short nails hint at heart disease risk, brittleness signals ill health and nervous weakness, and sharply narrowing nails may indicate spinal trouble. It concludes with a proverb on pessimism and optimism.
The famous Tom Mix was born near El Paso Texas and hailed from a ranching family His father bred race horses Mix grew up riding and later joined the army in the Spanish American War He served in the Philippines aided in the siege of Peking and later became a Texan ranger before entering motion pictures due to his riding and shooting prowess
The article traces Grace origin from gratia meaning favor and links to the Graces of Greek myth. It notes Grace O Malley as a famed Irish sailor chieftainess and mentions variants Gratia Gracie Engracia and Grainne. Amethyst is cited as Grace talismanic stone with immunity and calm, Saturday as lucky day and four as lucky number. Primrose as her flower.
Traveling by rail with excess hand luggage is improper. passengers should limit carry to one seat in day coaches or a chair in the Pullman. Check large luggage to the baggage car and avoid opening windows or casting glare on others. Plan ahead with a correct watch to minimize conductor interruptions.
In transit guidelines emphasize securing luggage to avoid injuries from sudden lurches and respecting others by staying seated and avoiding excess aisle traffic. A 1923 McClure Syndicate piece contrasts with a note that Hungarian women have municipal suffrage but cannot hold public office.
Reports from conferences across the country reveal malnutrition as the most common ailment among small children. Experts emphasize causes beyond poverty or diet choice, highlighting systemic nutrition issues and recent research. Meanwhile Siberia’s eastern coal deposits are noted at 625 million tons with rail-linked mining of hard and soft coal.
A South Sea island housewife can bake bread from the bread-fruit tree. When baked in an oven the bread-fruit loaf resembles wheat bread in appearance and taste.
In bottle cork factories machines cut cork to desired sizes. Cork refuse and odd pieces are ground and mixed with rubber to wake floorcloth.
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