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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1923
Page
6
A playful excerpt notes a woman’s expressive smile showing flashing teeth and hints at teeth being used beyond eating. The Boston Evening Transcript quips that the art is ancient dating back to Cleopatra.
An advertisement proclaims dyeing and tinting services for worn or faded garments and drapery available for 15 cents per item. It emphasizes women can achieve fresh color for clothing and home textiles through the service.
The Diamond Dyes ad assures effortless color for first timers with guaranteed success. Druggists stock a full range of colors and each package includes clear directions. No prior dyeing experience needed.
Hendrick Van Loon notes the Cornell collection as the most complete on witchcraft. The piece compares Salem’s limited 20 victims over a century with Europe where a single judge sentenced about 15 000. It discusses Protestant and Catholic persecutions and the broad human toll of witch trials.
A brief quip dialog notes a minister father and a lawyer father as a potential marriage backstory. The line reflects rural or personal fortune themes with a nod to wealth versus luck. It contrasts practical family ties with social chances and ends with a playful aside on birth wealth.
A light exchange notes the telephone helps economize by chatting with friends and relatives without the expense of entertaining and feeding them.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing a baby named Rashee with hot baths using Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment. Finishes with Cuticura Talcum for fragrance and freshness. Entire pitch emphasizes purity and gentle care.
Ajaccio was selected as Corsica's capital to honor Napoleon Bonaparte, prompted by his mother’s desire that his birthplace be recognized in the region.
Ad promotes Cascarets as a cure for billousness constipation sick headache and indigestion available at drug stores.
A series of experiments at an English colliery tests radio telephony to aid rescue teams. A party descending a shaft used a three tube receiver with a 20 foot aerial and heard speech and music clearly through underground walls. Experiments reached 300 yards depth and may extend to 1,000 yards.
The mother recalls days past as she hums an old crude tune while turning on the phonograph and heading to the movie show. A magistrate confirms the prisoners are brothers, replying yes, sir both of them.
The ad claims coffee drinkers suffer insomnia nervousness headaches and indigestion. It asserts a week or two on Postum improves sleep and well being and invites readers to choose between returning to coffee or continuing on the Road to Wellville with Postum.
Expositions nationwide expand scouting displays with first aid guides and emergency work. At the Eastern States Exposition Springfield Massachusetts the scouts run a self built Mohawk village encampment and stage scoutcraft demonstrations. Aurora Illinois Central States fair hosts over 100 scouts who manage the emergency hospital and first aid for 300000 visitors.
A ten year old girl visiting Norfolk scouts slipped from a boat and sank twelve feet. A leader dived in and saved her, breaking her grip as he brought her to shore. The Red Cross awarded life saving certification to the rescuer.
A granite scout lodge near Cheyenne Wyoming cost 25000 and was a gift from Harry P Hynds. The land was donated by the Young Men's Literary club. The area features a road, trails and bridges and was dedicated for the perpetuation of sturdy young American manhood.
Kansas City scouts staged a dramatic interpretation of the eighth scout law, “A scout is cheerful.” Boys paraded around a mammoth campfire as Old Man Grouch was burned in effigy.
In Tacoma Washington Robert Reynolds a Boy Scout who died about eighteen months ago is honored by a drinking fountain at Lowell School funded by his parents. A bronze figure atop the shaft shows a scout on march symbolizing the youth’s spirit. Base shaft are New Bedford limestone with a bronze fountain bowl.
President Coolidge commends the Boy Scouts of America for offering nationwide aid to raise funds for relief in Japan. He expresses high opinion of the scouts and their ideals and thanks them for their generous assistance.
The text claims Svatnians inhabit an inaccessible mountain belt between the Black and Caspian seas, and, over 2,500 years, have made no progress toward civilization. It describes their rules as observing holidays four times a week with saints days, portraying extreme religious observance.
A fragment recalls Charlie, a country farmer chasing wealth in the city. He longs for fortune to buy a premier farm with fine stock, horses, and ambitious neighbors, but returns in worn clothes, his plans stalled by time and fate.
A period guideline emphasizes strict menu decorum with a turkey and cranberry sauce for authenticity. It urges buying high quality linen, notes embroidery shows on napkins, and recommends long slender embroidery. suggests using heirloom dishes for a course to enhance the festive table.
Charlie, penniless and hungry, contemplates his future in the city as a street boy delivers blunt contrast with rural wealth. The man on the box dispenses grand but impractical advice about returning home and finding abundance, influencing Charlie to abandon his plan to stay and instead seek a new start. Charlie then writes his address for a possible future contact.
Delicate guidance on preparing various fowls. Dress day before serving, hang in a cool place, season lightly with salt, spread with butter, and steam briefly to keep meat tender. Finish by slow oven browning for better texture than roasting whole.
A historical baking excerpt lists ingredients for a rich loaf: one cupful chopped suet, one cupful chopped raisins with some left whole, one cupful brown sugar or molasses, flour totaling about three and a half cupfuls, or two and a half plus bread crumbs, half teaspoon cinnamon and some allspice, and one and a half teaspoons baking powder.
A short poem thanks the divine for deliverance from harm and hardship. The speaker lists burdens avoided and harms unseen, praising calm outcomes and unbroken bonds, attributed to a protective grace. The lines convey gratitude for dangers that did not occur and blessings retained.
The speaker expresses a warm invitation and promises a pleasant experience. A street youth who visited last summer returned and chose to stay, deciding to work for the visitors on a permanent basis.
The piece reflects on gratitude beyond earthly sustenance, stressing salvation and eternal joy as the true riches. It contemplates harvest as the world’s end and prays for a life worthy of eternal existence with God and the blessed.
The article traces the origin of American Thanksgiving to England's Harvest Home and Scotland's Melt Supper. It notes ancient roots in civilization and biblical commands in Exodus and Leviticus. The feast involved autumnal thanks and rites including gathering cedar and willow boughs for seven days.
The text records proclamations for no general thanksgiving by the Continental army on December 18 1777 and May 7 1778 at Valley Forge. It notes Hilas Boudinot's September 1789 proposal in the House asking the president to recommend a day of thanksgiving and prayer recognizing God’s favor in establishing a government for the people’s safety and happiness.
A historic recipe describes a large mint meat pudding steamed for three hours and kept for weeks. It uses sour milk and soda with an egg and a cupful of mint meats, served with fenian sauce or whipped cream, resteaming after each use.
When aw Christian begins to earn money, God either gains a fortune or loses a loan, illustrating a moral view of wealth and providence.
Federal and state health reports attribute over 250000 deaths and more than 4.5 million serious illnesses annually to unsanitary conditions. Rural areas suffer most, yet sanitation is quick and affordable with septic tanks, privy vaults, protected water, and rat proof outbuildings. Free guidance from the Portland Cement Association explains concrete needs and methods, send for Concrete In Home Sanitation.
Fifty residents at Old Fort Tay in Labrador report starvation as icebergs block the harbor. Colonel Billy Bishop plans to fly in food, showcasing a peaceful wartime hero’s postwar mission and aviation’s humanitarian use.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to give their babies California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative to cleanse the liver and bowels. It touts gentle action, no narcotics, sweet taste, and claims of genuine product with clear directions, warning against counterfeits.
In a humorous slice of domestic life, Bergamot Beanpole insists a scientific ration improves health, while his wife resists the chemistry talk. The exchange highlights tensions over meal prep and the cost of hiring help as a cook must be a chemist.
A harmless vegetable butter color named Dandelion has been sold for 50 years in drug and general stores. Bottles go for 35 cents, with widespread daily use by millions.
The excerpt shows a quirky exchange about product placement and daily routines in a department store. The spoken lines hint at cashier or customer interactions, with a focus on merchandising and everyday tasks.
A county wide appeal states druggists will refund a full pint bottle of Allenru if it fails to stop rheumatic pain, reduce swollen joints, or end discomfort. James H. Allen claims Allenru conquered severe rheumatism and guarantees satisfaction with a money back policy on all orders.
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