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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
8
A poem contrasts the polluted city streets with a distant clean shore. It laments heat and pestilence tormenting urban children while imagining a brighter, verdant haven beyond the walls. It pleads to open doors and invite the children to a peaceful, music filled place away from pollution.
The article explains hair is dead tissue except for the root and emphasizes scalp care over hair. It recommends weekly washing with tar or sulphur soap, avoiding hair foods, drying with a hot towel, and using a mix of grain alcohol and castor oil to restore gloss if hair is dry. It notes gray hair and baldness are not curable, and persistent hair loss may signal disease needing a physician.
A humorous meditation on baby naming traditions and the quirks of parental choice. The essay explores how families select names, the influence of ancestors and religious texts, and the challenge of avoiding repeats among many siblings. It ends noting Benjamin Franklin as a counterexample.
A Spartan tale notes Lycurgus spared vengeance when a youth blinded by the people faced punishment. He educated the young man and publicly presented him in the theater, declaring he received him full of violence and insolence and returned him restored in his right mind.
The article surveys dream omens for various trees noting oak signals prosperity and long life, pine warns of trouble in Switzerland, elder is favorable, fir best, alder evil, cypress and yew unfavorable, lime predicts voyages, maple and palm bring success and marriage, elm strong choice with fir as rival, and cites scientific dream investigators as split on the topic.
A fragment from a 1920 Western Newspaper Union column shares recipe ideas and serving suggestions. It mentions custard pie with black walnut, cottage cheese sandwiches, molded fondant treats, coconut variations, an almond omelet with maple syrup, and angel cake balls for entertaining.
A Chicago Tribune clip recalls Billy, a neighbor boy, who jokes that he went baldhead after a sale for 20 cents. The incident, witnessed by the narrator Alice, captures a child’s playful remark about a recent haircut.
The first equestrian statue in the United States was General Jackson's statue in Washington, erected in 1858.
Armed sailors and guards guard New York Custom House after a bomb explosion in Wall Street. They stop a man and inspect a bag he carries as part of enhanced security measures.
A collage of observations covers topics from smoking allowed on Long Island beaches to marriage symbols in Carpathia, gender motto debates in Maryland, and political reforms in Czecho-Slovakia. It notes medieval dress colors, olive waste in Moroccan kilns, Argentina’s seventh-son godfather custom, Malabar’s toyed monkeys, and rail links to Rome.
Mrs. Win A. Coffey of New York argues that teaching birds to sing requires weeks of training. Using an automatic organ, Mrs. Williams trains hundreds of songsters daily, highlighting a popular field for women’s labor.
Sergt. Morris Fisher of the United States Marine Corps is named champion rifleman of the world after a sequence of record setting victories. He is hailed as the wizard of the gun for his performance in recent meets.
A jumble of curiosities and anecdotes from a historic era. It touches on unusual prints on clothing, a cow incident, a sailor’s death with a horseshoe print, social quips about widows and arranged marriages, new safety gloves for machinists, a boy named Billy with a silk suit, and a note on yellow’s perceived warmth effect.
In a reflective piece the author argues for belief in a Creator and intelligent design, cites Romans 3 25 and 2 Corinthians 5 20 to frame salvation in Christ, urges readers to accept Jesus as Saviour, and to confess him publicly as Lord.
Tryon Edwards reflects on holy wifehood as a disciplined Christian life. The passage contrasts worldly trials with divine truth and duty, urging steadfast faith and marital virtue as guiding principles.
A reflective quotation about human capability and will, contrasting self-reliance with limits on relying on others. It references W. Rum boldt and Laywater, noting generosity and justice as virtuous traits.
A literary remark decries hatred as a vice of narrow minds feeding tyrannies with feigned pretexts. The quotation echoes disdain for bigotry and the justification of oppression.
The best teacher is necessity and common sense. Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard but plays the game with the one before it, as attributed to Wendell Phillips.
A quoted admonition frames sin as a root mistake with the blunt epitaph Thou fool. The line, attributed to A Muclyren, presents a stark moral warning on wrongdoing.
A cryptic line notes love and loyalty, saying what is mine remains mine and what is my friend’s secret is not mine, highlighting trust and possession in a concise, period voice. The quotation by Sir P. Sainey frames personal devotion against shared confidences and affection.
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