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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1921
Page
8
Mrs. Tabby assigns her five kittens to watch traps for mice in a barn. Tommy Kit naps and dreams he caught two mice, then awakes to find one trap already sprung. He and his siblings chase the remaining mice, ending with all kittens asleep, the barn mice cleared.
Advice stresses treating real estate transactions as business matters even among friends. It urges clear deeds, courteous timing for possession, keeping garden gifts with the property, and setting a definite date for visitors to see a new home.
The article traces the name Georgia from ancient saints to modern usage in England France and America, noting Georgiana Georgina Georgette and related forms. It mentions bloodstone as a talisman, Tuesday as a lucky day, and violet as the flower symbol of the name.
The River Vinto in Spain is described as having extraordinary qualities. Its water is said to harden and petrify the sand in its bed, and stones that fall into the stream supposedly fuse over months when one rests on another, forming a single mass.
The mosaics in the church of St Mark in Venice are described as the finest in the world. They cover 40,000 square feet of upper walls, ceilings, and cupolas on a gold ground.
The Curia Regis appointed twelve knights to examine matters and judge suits. Jurors were sworn to investigate evidence, with the term jury stemming from mare meaning to swear. By Henry IV’s reign the jury narrowed to judging facts only.
Damon Runyon writes in the New York Examiner that baseball’s top performers repeat at the season’s peak. Players like Cobb Hornsby Speaker Ruth Sisler and Johnson illustrate how sustained excellence defines true talent beyond brief hot spells.
Behave Yourself wins the 121st Kentucky Derby main event. Black Servant and Best Pal, stable mates and Derby runners-up, return to Idle Loor Farm as BD owner I. Bradley retires the annuals due to leg injuries.
A photograph shows M. P. Aldrich, Yale football team captain for 1921, about to throw a forward pass during practice in New Haven. He is described as a half back in the caption.
Bill Tierhey of New York and Jack Longacker of Pottstown Pa were honored by classmates as varsity pitchers last year Nerney was elected senior class president and Longacker was elected junior class president
Jake Bassler brother of John Bassler who catches for Detroit has drawn scouts attention for his catching at Pomona College. He is also a promising golfer and weighs which sport to pursue.
President Banker plans to push the Phillies toward victory by buying pitcher Pete Behan from the Hamilton club of the Mint League.
Calgary clinched the league playoff title defeating Winnipeg to claim the pennant as Joe Devine earned his second straight win for Calgary.
Charles Grimm of Pittsburgh led his team in runs batted in despite a .270 batting average, according to a Pittsburgh scorer’s statistics. Roy Flam, manager of Galveston in the Texas League, was traded to Atlanta in the Southern Association for infielder Red Smith and first baseman Dick Kaufman.
World champion Jose Capablanca replies to Akiba Rubinstein accepting his challenge for the title. The letter is published in the London Times.
Georges Carpentier wavering on a return to the ring while Tex Rickard backs a bout with Tommy Gibbons. After a prior walkoff before a Dempsey match, rumors spread across the Atlantic that Carpentier has little left to prove except that he is the world’s top heavyweight. The purse would be sizable but not immense, and Carpentier’s word remains his bond.
Nomer Baker, former international half mile champion and U S athletic director in the Canal Zone, says he has located a Marathon runner named White Feather from the same tribe as Tom Longeboat. Weather favors U S Army troops in the Canal Zone as the athlete trains three times weekly on roads from Colon to Gatun.
Young Jake Sehnefer takes up golf to sharpen billiards. Schools consider introducing across sports. Zeb Zachary called hardest pitcher in the American League by Babe Ruth. Frank Brugey to play pro basketball in Brooklyn this winter. Yankees sell Johnny Jones and Frankie to Toronto. Lipton eyes next year’s yacht race with Shamrock VY. Catcher Ray Schalk shines in Chicago-Cleveland game by throwing out all three at first. Handball grows among boxers as training. Lefty Cramer signs with White Sox for spring.
The California crew coach Ben Wallis, a Yale alumnus who trained under Direk Glendon Ten Eyck and John Kennedy, is hailed as the apostle of rowing on the Pacific coast. He built Cal into a top outfit after a chance encounter with the California rowers and plans to expand the sport to high schools.
A crude note argues for penalties in baseball similar to football for rough play. It suggests penalizing intentional balls to batter hands to deter dusting as a tactic and urges consistent enforcement to curb rough behavior on the field.
Hickory dominates golf club handles as millions swing weekly and millions of sticks, braces and woods are produced. Persimmon and dogwood stand out for heads while vast amounts of wood are used for bats and tennis rackets, highlighting the sport wood investment.
In the Clyde upper reaches the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association held the 1921 sculling championship final. John Ferguson of Stirling won the race as Kerr of Clydesdale surged and led most of the way. Ferguson edged ahead near the line to claim the title with Kerr as runner up. Buff Ready for Jimmy Wilde world bantam and American flyweight champion expresses willingness to box Wilde for the flyweight title. Australians expected to challenge for the Davis Cup in tennis next year, with the United States holding the trophy.
Major league scout judges the class of young pitchers in the Coast league as Doc Crandall of Los Angeles excels in his regular turn. Browns purchase a promising find Grady Adkins from the Western Association’s Menryetta after a standout season of 80 wins and 8 losses for the year.
A sea scout summer camp conducted by the Boy Scouts of America operates under patronage from shipmasters near Sippicin harbor. The program teaches knot tying, seamanship, and sailing practices to youth from across the country as part of a national series of camps with varied leadership and age graded ranks from apprentice to ship's master.
In Overbrook near Philadelphia a troop of blind boys excels in outdoor skills. They navigate by landmarks unknown to sighted scouts, pitch tents, gather wood, start fires, and cook, with an uncanny sense of direction and tactile perception.
The document describes scouts on a grounds plan to locate doctors quickly during emergencies. Every doctor entering the grounds must register and indicate their whereabouts so they can be paged when accidents or emergencies occur.
Scouts in Bucyrus Ohio acted as guides messengers and orderlies for 426 delegates at the Young People's conference. They conducted checkroom furnished camp cooking utensils delivered messages for the chamber of commerce collected books for the public library organized a cleanup at the King's Daughters home cleaned an old cemetery reset grave markers located and decorated a soldier's grave and tended a garden for a sick man.
The Civic club of Sag Marhbor asks the Boy Scouts to lead planning of a town Halloween pageant to engage youths and curb vandalism that plagued previous Hallowe'en nights.
The dialogue sketches a comic scene with a girl ready to elope and her mother or guardian reassuringly planning to inform the father by wire. The lines hint at family tension, a stubborn parent, and a makeshift solution to a potentially chaotic moment.
Mrs Margaret Roove recalls using Dr Pierce's Favorite Proscription to restore health while raising her family. She praises the remedy for nervous system support and digestive comfort. Pleasant Pellets are also recommended for mild but effective systemic return. Neighborhood druggists supply the remedies.
London opinion notes King George’s fear of disruption at meals and his rule that all guests rise at the slightest noise. The excerpt also includes a gossip line about a wife reporting a missing husband’s clothes and a remark about a husband seen wearing something improper.
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Fig to clean a child’s bowels. It claims quick results within hours, promises a “well, playful child again,” and notes the product is widely kept by mothers. It warns to demand genuine California Syrup and follow bottle directions.
A damaged OCR snippet references a local event or notice with unclear names and details. Readable terms mention a person and a location but specifics like dates, actions, or organizations are missing or garbled.
Fragmentary passage suggests a tale of luck charms and cautionary phrases. Names and places are unclear, though references to “Tonia” and “Hota” hint at a regional folklore item. The text is garbled, offering no clear event or identifiable entities.
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