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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
10
Iowa reports a 25 percent mature corn yield, far below federal estimates, with frost and wet weather blamed. The article notes higher corn prices, a weight law enforcement plan targeting 70 pounds per bushel, taxes inquiries, board of control updates, new inspectors, and discussions on penitentiary and hospital affairs.
Mrs Jessie D Hampton of New York is selected by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to handle the $20,000 business tied to the December 18 Washington parade. About 6,000 women from across the United States aim to impress Congress with support for the Susan B Anthony amendment. The pageant costs $10,000 to stage and organizers expect proceeds from seats and concessions to exceed that amount.
Belgrade, the Serbian capital with a thousand-year history of contest, has fallen under German control. The city has shed most of its medieval features, and modern facilities strain aging fortifications. Its manufactures include arms and silk goods, with landmarks such as the royal palace, cathedral, theater, and government houses. The population is about 70,000.
A narrator recalls a lavish early honeymoon and contrasts it with later financial frugality, noting the husband’s carefree attitude about money during that first journey. The passage reflects on changes in attitudes toward wealth within a marriage.
A witty line reflects on a middle aged man’s life peak when he could wear a pompadour. The narrator hints at vanity and nostalgia for hair fashion, noting how this single period stands out in memory.
A plan to beautify bald hills of Pittsburgh by planting a hardy Asian foliage vine. The vine is said to tolerate poor soil and smoke, promising a vernal green cover atop the city’s barren slopes.
A French savant argues murderers bear distinctive hands not faces. He cites broad thumbs, thick palms, absence of palm lines, scarlet major lines, and crooked fingers as signs. Noting Dumollard’s hand as illustrative, the text links hand morphology to murderous disposition.
The forest service permits the Alaska engineering commission to cut 85,000,000 feet of timber in designated areas along the Seward to Fairbanks railway route through Chugach National Forest. Only mature trees will be removed to improve the forest, marking the largest timber cut in Alaska’s forests as part of a single project.
A sculptor was asked to model flesh on three skulls per von Negeling data. One skull, possibly Pleistocene, came from Nebraska. another, an Indian of pre Columbian date, and a modern Indian. The finished portraits show the characteristic American Indian face regardless of skull age.
A man from Ilketshall Suffolk England dies aged ninety six. He belonged to a family of 25 siblings and is survived by two sisters ages ninety four and eighty two and one brother aged eighty four. He left nine children fifty one grandchildren fifty great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
An old saying credits Jesuits with wisdom for never losing temper. The piece suggests that losing temper may hide low comedy rather than strength and notes the phrase lost his temper often means he lost his c t.
A devotional exposition on Psalm 23:1 stressing personal faith in Christ as shepherd. It interprets green pastures as Bible study, still waters as Holy Spirit guidance, restoring the soul, yielding to God, and abiding in security, peace, joy, and eternal hope through faith in Jesus.
A pithy line from Quarles urging constant self-critique to reach higher. It frames ambition as dissatisfaction with present self, warning against complacency and urging steady self-improvement.
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