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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1919
Page
1
A forthcoming YWCA Women in Industry handbook will include twelve maps showing state by state data on women in labor. It covers minimum wage laws hours of work age for workers and related policies with a color scheme of blue red and green to indicate status and percentages.
The article outlines steps to prevent gape disease in chicks. It advises burning or burying dead birds, confining living chicks until dew dries, adding up to three drops of oralin per pint of water if disease is widespread, and using a gape-worm extractor to remove worms if infection occurs, then burning them to stop egg spread.
A historic description explains government whitewash used on the White House exterior and lighthouses. The method mixes lime, salt, ground rice, Spanish white, glue, and hot water, with pigments like ochre, lamp black, and umber to achieve cream or stone colors. The spread involves soaking, straining, and applying hot, with ventilation during the steaming and standing steps.
In parts of Turkey clocks are rare and locals estimate time by finger shadows or cat eye pupils. With forefingers raised in opposite directions they use sun shadows to approximate hours, while morning and evening cat pupils are round, nine and three o clock oval, noon narrow slit.
The article explains how the prefix Mac in names varies in spelling, with many forms like Mac Donald, Macdonald, McDonald, McDonnell, McDaniel, McDannels, and more. It notes Mac is Gaelic meaning son, parallels Fitz in Norman names, and Donald’s son origin.
An English inventor reveals a camera resembling a short telescope that takes pictures at right angles to the user’s line of sight without the subject knowing. The device claims to capture images from angles unseen by the subject.
A thinker contemplates the sweet possession of philosophy and the folly of the many. He argues that no honest act in state administration will save those who uphold the just cause, and he ends in quiet contemplation.
Vancouver eyes a Coast League berth for next year with plans for two divisions and a Vancouver club. Rumors say Fielder Jones, former White Sox manager, may lead the Vancouver team if the franchise is secured while Vancouver magnate Ao BP backs the move.
The article notes reptiles wash rarely while elephants dab eyes and wash themselves, dogs bears and tigers wallow in heat though mud tends to dirty not clean dirt by caking. Equines and game birds favor sand baths while most hoofed animals keep coats orderly without washing or wallowing.
Norfolk asserts the largest four year population gain among southern cities. It cites a 1914 population of 60,000 and now claims 250,000 residents.
The text traces electricity from early notions to practical use. It highlights Bille times, Galvani’s metal-fluid experiments, Volta’s battery, Oersted’s electromagnetism, and the dynamo, followed by the electric telegraph and telephone, motors, and related advances.
Digestion of veal remains in the stomach for five hours during the digestion process. Nuts require the same time. There are few other foods that demand such a long period in the stomach.
A brief excerpt notes that a person desires to live honestly free of evil and depart in peace with bright hopes, reflecting a philosophical stance attributed to Plato.
Mercury is described as a liquid so dense that iron would float on it. The text notes its liquid state and unusual heft, mentioning a gold ring or coin dropped into this metal.
An observant traveler notes how a sane mind lines up ideas and follows trends, while an insane person cannot foresee benefits or imagine future gains. The piece argues imagination guides financial decisions and savings, contrasting mental discipline with disorder.
An old report notes magnetism as a supposed cure for gout rheumatism and palsy using steel plates applied to the body. It credits a Jesuit priest with origin and mentions imitators and a Leicester Square surgeon who patented metal magnets for external use, then says the scheme collapsed after exposure.
A page notes cake making requires skill and practice with careful measuring. Recipes include a yellow sponge cake with eggs and sour cream, a cup cake with frosting and chopped raisins, and a chocolate almond nut loaf with coffee. It cites bake times and oven temper.
A writer claims Mexicans excel in music above all Latin-American peers, despite social unrest and inefficiency in government and industry. The piece contrasts Mexico's musical record with South American opera and skill, praising the Mexican tradition.
The article notes nearly all world anthracite coal lies in the Scranton Pennsylvania region with few other workable deposits. It emphasizes unique geological conditions producing anthracite and their persistence through geological history at a single location.
The note explains translating archaic Latin wordplay into natural English. It favors idiomatic renderings over literal glosses, giving examples like transforming Ave, ave, yeah into a lively greeting. It emphasizes capturing tone, era, and humor rather than exact wording.
A description from Boys' Life explains that mercury covered with silver is due to an amalgam, a common alloy formed when mercury interacts with metals like copper or most other metals. The article outlines the metallurgical process and notes the resulting coating.
The camel is noted for its strength able to haul about 290 pounds at a speed of ten miles per hour for a duration of 12 hours highlighting its endurance and utility in historical contexts.
This excerpt explains Alibaster’s name origin from Ala bastion in Upper Egypt, notes the dahlia’s Mexican origin and English introduction in the early 1800s, and mentions turquoise’s Eastern esteem. It adds Sapindus trees in North Africa with high saponin in fruit, cedar growth limits, and magnolia naming, plus Spain’s sunshine totaling about 3,000 hours annually.
A New Guinea feature notes that a large share of the world’s birds of paradise come from New Guinea and nearby islands. It reports that demand grows in Europe and America for plumage used in bonnets and head dresses, and that natives dress men with the birds’ decorations while women remain inconspicuous in dull colors.
An amusing folk tale recounts three wool traders whose shipwreck bankruptcy led them to metamorphose. One becomes a bat roaming at night, another a cormorant diving for the sunken vessel, and the third a bramble bush that traps sheep to recoup losses.
Two ancient white oaks on a State road in Sudbury Massachusetts claim a thousand year age. The trees linked branches across the road forming an arch. They gained fame through Longfellow in Tales of a Wayside Inn cited by American Forestry Magazine. George Washington is said to have passed this way to assume command of the Continental Army at Cambridge. The circumference measures 18 feet 2.5 inches and 17 feet 7 inches respectively.
The article notes the southwestern Persian coast as the hottest area on earth with 40 consecutive days where temperatures never dropped below 100 degrees and often reached 128 degrees, day and night.
The fig holds a prominent place among Spain's fruit crops due to widespread cultivation and its use as a food product. In many provinces it surpasses other fruits in importance, its dried fruit sustaining many poorer families, especially in years of abundance.
Quote from Ituskin on class dynamics arguing both rich and poor harbor envy and blame. It notes busy and idle subgroups within each class and claims misunderstandings arise from spouses in each class judging the other. A call for mutual vigilance to curb idle behavior across society.
A lyric passage from Current Opinion expresses longing for hills and climbing as the speaker imagines rising above plains and country lanes. The speaker seeks strength to ascend ragged shale crests and mossy bowlders, dreaming of exaltation and distant bells at vesper time.
The piece argues morale matters more than intellect. It notes highly gifted and mentally sluggish alike may falter without balance and optimism, while purposeful effort could change outcomes.
The text advises swallowing slowly lemon juice to dissolve the lodged fishbone in the throat. The acid is said to loosen the bone so the remaining portion can pass.
A woman used mending tissue to piece fur for trimming a coat and hat. Colored lining strips covered the fur and the tissue, and the joined fur proved strong and sewing became faster and easier.
The Clermont built by Robert Fulton with Robert Livingston backing and cost about 310000. It made the 150 mile trip from New York City to Albany in 82 hours.
A brief item notes the use of certain feed or practices to fatten pigs for local markets. It references agricultural methods common to the period and highlights market readiness of hogs destined for sale.
A historical note explains how a congressman at large is chosen by the entire state rather than by a single district. The text discusses the division of states into districts by population and how a new census can alter the number of representatives.
A playful collection of wry maxims on love art and vanity. A pug mocks ugliness while a woman’s fickleness and constancy amuse. A bird in the hand meets danger with a knife and fork absent. A diver finds practical means to reach bottom truths.
An Indian scientist tests plant emotions with an instrument that records writing as marks and dots. He notes vegetables can show rapid emotions, which fade under potassium cyanide, heat stops the writing, and high temperatures push dots upward before stopping. Other scientists acknowledge a fine line separating animal and plant kingdoms.
Readable excerpts trace Harvard’s founding steps from 1636 request to 1642 commencement. Nine men formed the college’s first graduating class. Rev. John Harvard’s 3700-dollar bequest and 820-book library provided early library and building momentum. Johns Harvard died 1638 and building began.
A collection of quick snippets and witticisms featuring banter between actors, ball players, clerks, patrons, and society figures. The humor rides on puns and social observations, including references to smoking, patronage, and domestic life in a lightly ribbing tone.
Fragmentary text discusses reapportionment and political districts in the Congress. Mentions terms like CONETORAING and ELA, suggesting reelection issues and district redraws affecting representation. Content is incomplete and uncertain.
A reflective note on virtue linking hope faith and charity as guiding forces. The piece speaks of hopeful action, mortality, and love as paths to inner happiness and soul fulfillment.
Oskaloosa Iowa resident Mrs Lizzie Courtney credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with rapid relief from weakness and pains. The ad urges other women with displacements irregularities inflammation ulceration backache nerves or menopausal changes to try the root and herb medicine and seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
A terse chat quoted in the Boston Transcript shows a playful exchange where one person asks to visit their aunt this summer and the reply pivots to an insistence on visiting an uncle first.
An advertisement urges sufferers of kidney related back pain to seek quick relief with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims the remedy fights poisonous germs, has a long history, and is sold by reputable druggists with money back if ineffective.
A large undisclosed employer reports over six hundred returning veterans show 43 percent more efficient post service, 58 percent similar, and 5 percent less efficient. The firm notes greater work discipline, punctuality, and improved behavior among previously difficult employees.
A cultured Boston visitor in Richmond boasted of speaking six languages but none could prove it. She challenged a tall Southern man named Mr. Blank who replied he spoke three languages poor English fair Virginian and perfect Black person.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by acting through the blood to mucous surfaces. It offers $100 reward for any case not cured and invites doctors and druggists to provide testimonials and free literature from FE J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
Sir J B Robinson, the South African millionaire, recalls buying his first diamond in 1869 after a prospector demanded twenty goats as the price. He sent for a farm herd, paying $37.50 for twenty goats, securing the small diamond he had pursued.
A friend sees Jeanne playing with a bumblebee in water and notes the insect seems to enjoy life until Jeanne reveals the bee is dead. The vignette ends with a child’s edged remark on life and death.
A light hearted exchange of coupledom lines blends affection with shared banter as Mrs You and I speak of unity and companionship, while Mr You notes they never feel lonely in each other’s company.
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