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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1913
Page
10
The speaker rejects fear of looming calamities and praises daily resilience. He notes a healthy appetite, bread and jam, ham in the larder, and coal paid for to last until spring, insisting on living with hopeful effort despite anxiety about the future.
A cheerful man boasts of his luck with a beautiful heiress in town. He jokes about quitting his job as she may hint at his status. She sends a birthday gift a case to carry cigars, seen as a subtle signal in a lighthearted exchange.
In a heated exchange, John insists on hiring a stenographer while Mary resists, arguing no stenographer or wooden leg is needed. She cites a poison stamp incident and accuses John of lacking consideration, voicing fear of losing her.
A reflective verse traces a man who once called her baby and darling then now only grips his purse and calls her Liz. The piece highlights lost tenderness and a shift to mundane, transactional behavior.
In a crowded hall Senator Fudgeley proclaims his heart with the people. An impertinent pup in the rear derides the claim, saying the heart is too frail for the people to rely on.
A tension escalates as he calls to Sweetheart to come to him and be held. She rejects the notion, asserting she will not be kissed or restrained, unless she is willingly embraced. The exchange hints at coercive undertones and contested affection.
A quoted exchange questions if wives would vote once female suffrage is secured. The reply asserts women could not reach polls before closing time, implying practical barriers to voting.
In a playful exchange, Josiah questions the humor as Tye imagines Delilah reacting to Samson wearing a wig, reflecting lighthearted banter on classical myth.
A humorous exchange centers on packing for travel as a wife plans a week away. The husband notes she intended a longer stay but packed only seven costumes, highlighting the mismatch between expectation and preparation.
A reader asks what an actor of the old school is and is told it refers to performers like Edwin Booth or John McCullough, once part of the Roman crowd era.
In a broad critique, the essay praises and ridicules the Puritan ancestor, portraying him as silence bound yet world shaping. It credits him with laying foundations of empire, building schools and churches, and advancing social reforms while criticizing his reluctance to address contentious issues.
A ghostly cat in Chicago haunts a stationery store nightly for five months. The predatory animal ruins hundreds of dollars of magazines and stationery, eluding every trap, poison, or shot. Traps large and small are overturned each morning, with no cat found.
George Cusath, 17, and two accomplices were linked to a street robbery on Dominick Berquist. After fleeing gunfire from a pursuing officer, Cusath became lodged headfirst in a chimney smoke regulator, dangling 30 feet above a Brooklyn alley.
In Patchogue New York motorman John L Burman watched a seventy year old man lay cartridges along trolley rails and await a passing car. The elder was warned to stop his risky prank and endangering others.
Geneva girl Mlle Mile. X ends engagement just before wedding. Masy posts her love letters on walls at night with friends. Crowd gathers as laughter erupts. police restrain whispers while her brother roams town seeking the joker.
English alpinists Alfred Mumm and Geoffrey Howard found no trace of Mount Brown and Mount Hooker believed to guard Yellow Head Pass. They explored near Mount Robson with Swiss guide Morits Inderbinen and documented peaks around 11,000 feet. They photographed an old pine blaze possibly linked to a 1853 trapper tragedy and noted initials J.M. W.C. H A. T. H. S. carved above the date October 20 1853.
A brief exchange on neck and chest exercises with a massuer's tip to twist the head rapidly and a counterpoint about walking on Fifth Avenue. The dialogue contrasts methods in a playful period tone.
A Jackson Missouri family recounts a ten month old daughter's eruption turning to bloody sores. After trying many ointments, the Culicura Soap and Ointment healed her within a week, allowing her to sleep better and recover fully. The ad promotes Cuticura products and the 32 page Skin Book with free samples.
An old observer notes a startling figure claiming railroads killed 10,58h people in the country last year and questions how automobiles caused so many deaths, stirring debate about transportation dangers.
A reader asks about camel meat as a dessert course, prompting discussion on culinary customs and the feasibility of serving camel as a novelty dish in a dining setting.
Washington gossip notes say Miss Genevieve Clark daughter of Speaker and Mrs Clark forbids the turkey trot the tango and other ultra modern dances. She prefers the waltz two step and the round dances of her grandmothers and speaks with simple clarity.
A dialogue from the Kansas City Star quotes Parson Bagster and a Campbellite recruit in a sparring exchange about proselytizing a deaf and dumb man. The exchange questions which church would welcome such a person and whether a mute person could lead a hymn.
The Rev Doctor Snow addressed an evening congregation with a husky voice and joked that he had already preached one sermon and made two long speeches to societies around the city. He warned listeners they would think him a wheel the longer the spoke the bigger the tire. The remark drew scant audience understanding according to the Chicago Tribune.
The assessor debates land size with a wary farmer. The farmer claims about twenty acres while the land farmer argues there are more than twenty, joking that the assessor cannot stretch the truth. The exchange ends with a quip that the farm isn’t a rubber plantation.
A garbled clipping notes various product claims and quotes. It mentions Mia Winslow's teething syrup, Sweden as the cleanest country, Prof. Irving Fisher, a failed team, a quip about a husband’s illness tied to the world series, and Dean's Mentholated cough drops.
Fragmentary items parody onstage routines and gear in a humor column. References to managers on salary days and a quip about bloodhounds in a Hamlet show appear with mock advertisements for an antiseptic powder and shoe care products.
A parent questions whether school sports build strength while a mother notes their boy still struggles with carrying coal. The exchange contrasts athletic aims with everyday chores.
A playful dialogue features two sweet young figures debating swimming lessons. The inexperienced learner questions the difficulty while the seasoned friend counters with a lighthearted response about continual practice each year.
In a quotation about health risk, a fisherman is advised to beware a single illness. The punchline identifies hookworm disease as the main danger to fishermen.
Senator Sorghum quips that the prem ent legislature has already nearly crippled the fence-mending trade by its actions, implying widespread disruption and economic impact.
A parishioner bids farewell to a departing minister with sympathy while the minister jokes about finding a better man, recalling a past departing minister who made the same remark.
Nellie Stone of Oakland California boarded the Marama by mistake, thinking it was the Umatilla bound for San Francisco. The mix up was reported to Victoria via wireless from Captain Rolls to the C P R officials.
Charles Frank a marble worker in Bayonne New Jersey was sent to an insane asylum after he tied marble slabs to William Crooks door bell carrying the inscription Here lies the crook tha stole my pocketbook The episode followed a quarry with Crooks and ended in legal restraint.
A Georgia man credits Grape-Nuts for sustaining energy from 6 AM to 6 PM and enabling study after work. He says stomach trouble and nerve strain improved after switching, gaining strength, appetite, and calm nerves, and credits Battle Creek based Postum Co. with the product.
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