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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1919
Page
3
A vice president favored rougher thinking over grinding toil and a dispatcher who can plot moves. An official of a vast corporation is described as loafing yet thinking, delivering more value in a year than a salary. National City Bank evidence shows top executives work with few papers on glass desks.
The article traces the efficiency of shears from ancient times to modern use. It notes early clipping tools in Memphian tomb art and links peak performance to enduring engineering principles. It praises the invention as nearly perfect and highly practical for its era.
A fragmentary nostalgic miscellany contrasts apartments with family homes and wooden nutmeg lineage. It warns that upgrading a rental rarely yields a true home, likening the bluejay to the wrong architectural fit. A separate vignette recalls Captain Martin Van Burenque and a massive watch, and quotes James Lene Allen on peaceful evenings as a noble domestic ideal.
A London Daily Express note surveys decoctions and remedies from a mix of allopathic and homeopathic pharmacopeias. Willow tea as salicylates, mallon as cough remedy, and cheery warnings about foxglove cordial for heart palpitation appear amid mentions of cait's foot leaves and chamomile broths sold as cures.
The passage lists Anthemis nobilis and Taraxacum used as poultices for cancerous growths and kidney issues, noting Symphitum officinale as official recognition. It mentions saffron tea for measles, crocus stigmas infusions, ixweed for wounds, self heal for quinsy, and sage with various valued qualities.
The 1740 book Distresses and Adventures of John Cockburn notes Cockburn on Desert Island where natives gifted leaves used as both pipe and tobacco. It records early tobacco use and a 2,600 mile trek to Porto Jollo. Other references describe smoking methods and European adoption ending with 17th century manufacture and voyage-era spreads.
A monk in an Italian monastery debated how singers learned chants. He conceived using syllables ut re mi fa sol la si to teach scales, cutting memory time from ten years to six months for chairboys. The method spread to schools, shaping how scales are taught.
A study explains why clocks emit tick when the pendulum reaches the right extreme and tock at the left. It details escapement geometry showing the anchor arms strike cogs differently as wheels move up or down.
The text discusses how differing contact points in two arms of a fly and the escapement’s cog wheels produce distinct acoustic differences. It notes that zero parts affect the sound and implies mechanical variance influences tone and rhythm.
An elderly wife recalls domestic science and a daughter’s praise of a modern high level kitchen. The piece then quotes Burns on poetry and humanity before noting two Philippine fruits, the durtag and the mangosteen, with soldiers nicknaming the former the vegetable hamburger.
A vintage advertisement urges use of RAT-SNAP to guard autos against rat damage. It claims winter savings if applied earlier and notes two new tires chewed by rats. The ad promotes three sizes for 25 and 30 cents, with prices showing as $7.60 and sold by W W Sickford and druggists.
District Court of Jones County Iowa announces probate hearing for the last will of Henry Rickels deceased. The court fixed November 8 1919 for final proof and probate at the November term. All interested parties may appear to contest admission to probate. A J Locher attorney for the estate.
Public notice announces Henry M. Carpenter appointed as executor of Samuel Wry deceased in Jones County Iowa. Creditors must file claims with the court clerk sworn and within time. debtors urged to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa 25th day of Getobar A D 1519.
Notice is given that on December 1 1914 at the Jones county treasurer’s office in Anamosa Iowa the delinquent lands and town lots for 1918 and prior years will be offered at public sale The sale continues day by day until all parcels are sold or the tax and costs are collected George W Walker treasurer and collector of Jones county emphasizes the sale covers taxes interest and costs including advertising.
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