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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
3
A Scottish trout fishery faced collapse after blackbirds learned to raid the shallow fry ponds. A single bird’s unusual feeding led to a colony-wide shift, forcing the owner to act or abandon trout rearing. The note contrasts this with cows fed fish in Norway.
A Detroit News item explains hashish impacts from a historical lens. It notes the term hashish derives from Arabic and that the hashashheen were a feared sect in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Effects range from euphoria to delirium and memory disruption, with higher doses causing hallucinations. Herodotus mentions Scythians burning hemp seeds during purification rites leading to intoxication.
Capper's Weekly recounts that 288 years ago Rhode Island voters supported a public school in Newport led by Rev. Robert Lenthal Church of England clergyman. Land was granted for a school to educate poorer youth, contrasting colonial attitudes toward education among the common people.
The article explains tin can crumble in winter under extreme cold turning from the shiny metal into a gray powder. In northern Russia utensils may become useless as tin changes form and deteriorates. A Petrograd customs shipload once crumbled to dust after storage in winter.
A Boston Transcript column notes Esther, a toddler, defies bedtime. Her father lies beside her to help her sleep, as quiet months pass until Esther tiptoes out to report she has put daddy to sleep, prompting hush from mother.
A Reading Pennsylvania woman phoned police early to compel her son to take cough medicine. Officers arrived by car but declined to intervene, citing lack of jurisdiction.
Keep surfaces clean by wiping highly enameled wood with a soft cloth dampened in tepid water. Use a small amount of neutral white soap for finger marks or grease, but avoid strong soap as alkalis can ruin the finish.
Locusts obtained from loaats in Africa were shipped to Holland eighty eight bales. The insects are said to be desirable for airplane use and are intended mostly for cattle and poultry feed with a portion converted into oil.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin notes iodine is essential for thyroid function and discusses sea foods as a potential broad source. The Fisheries Bureau investigates iodine content in oysters clams lobsters and various fish species, led by Dr Donald K. Tressler with a two to three month timeline.
The tale says a vast Rhine gold lies at the river bottom guarded by Lorelei. Men who value gold over beauty are drawn to a doomed fate, their greed seen as they glimpse the treasure beneath clear waters.
A London based young peer challenged a Scottish farmer to a wrestling match. The farmer lifted the rival by the midsection and pitched him over a fence before resuming his work, prompting the lord to ask for his horse. The farmer asked if he had more to say. The peer had none.
A traveler on a jittery train asks if the line uses a block system. The porter boasts humorously that their “greatest block system” has been blocked by a hay load ten miles back, a cow six miles back, and jokes about an alligator further south. The exchange captures rural wit amid railway anxiety.
O Halloran rushes to a cottage shouting for a spade to dig a friend from a bog. The owner asks why. He says a rope won’t work because the man went in head first. The humor rests on a failed rescue and a headfirst fall.
A reflection on how friendship can turn strange when friends fail to see your true self behind your back. The text notes the paradox of closeness and distance as people respond differently once not in view.
A concise definition describes friendship as a strong habitual inclination between two people to promote each other’s good and happiness through mutual support and care.
A concise quotation notes the long wearisome step between admiration and imitation attributed to Richter, reflecting on the effort required to turn admiration into action.
Workers will repair cracks in the dome of St Peter's Cathedral in Rome to safeguard the famous structure. The project aims to preserve the historic dome and prevent further damage to the landmark.
United States Department of Agriculture experts have developed a new variety of hard wheat specifically suited for macaroni production. The advance aims to improve pasta quality and yield for processors and consumers.
The saying notes rogues mirror their early mischief and start as disobedient sons. It emphasizes that character traits emerge from childhood actions and persist into adulthood.
A reflective item notes age is a measure of how you feel and act rather than years lived. It emphasizes vitality, attitude, and resilience over numerical age.
Miss Lico and Miss Han, recently ordained in the cathedral at Hankow, become the first Chinese deaconesses of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Delinquent lands and town lots in Jones County Iowa mapped for 1924 and earlier are to be offered at public sale on Monday December 7 1926 between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. at the county treasurer's office Anamosa to recover taxes interest and costs with sale continuing day by day until all parcels are sold. Gh W Walkier Treasurer and Collector of Jones County Iowa announces the auction and advertising costs included.
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