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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1923
Page
8
A column extols sixty plus as a strong age in public life and private virtue. It argues experience from six decades brings wisdom, patience, and useful leadership, contrasting youth’s haste with sixty's steadiness and clarity. It celebrates sixty as an achievement and normal heritage.
Mrs Alma Jones home economist at Town State College demonstrated at the state fair that whole wheat flour improves rat growth. In the experiment six rats from one litter split into two groups, one fed white flour and the other whole wheat flour. After two months the white flour group weighed 143 grams while the whole wheat group weighed 220 grams.
Prof Mortensen of Iowa State College explains a method to produce firm butter with minimal moisture. Churn at proper temps for 40 to 60 minutes, wash until no butter milk remains, salt, and chill. Work in cool water between steps to keep firmness, then package in prints or blocks and brine in a salted solution.
Charley Hebbard took a minister friend to a golf course. After the preacher reached mid course he said he must give it up. Hebbard asked if he meant giving up golf. the reverend replied he must give up the ministry.
The report notes Senator Brook Hart is criticized for missing recognition in a target analogy. Uncle Ned urges rallying argument tuning for a statewide farmers debate slated for winter, signaling ongoing political discourse.
Household advice covers detecting alkali in soap by odor and hand sensations, improvised dishwashing with a wire basket, using a washing machine to free time for other chores, and maintaining tools. It offers tips on flavoring sauces, mirror placement, mattress covers, stirring sauces, pepper grinding at table, preserving hats, and storing cookies. It also includes kitchen layout, pillow cleaning, lamp wick care, tissue paper use, and converting furniture into a kitchen cabinet.
The passage seeks the source of wisdom and understanding not found in land or sea or precious gems. It declares wisdom beyond gold, jade, or Ophir, then asks where it lies while noting only God understands its path. The fear of the Lord is declared to be wisdom, with departing from evil as understanding.
The article contrasts political chaos with cosmic order, quoting a North American Review prompt on extra sessions and noting a preference for cosmos over Bucha in Iowa political discourse. It mentions movable hog houses from Ames Bulletin No. 162 as a practical note from the experiment station.
Jones county Iowa board approves W Appleby admission for four wards to Iowa Soldiers orphans home in Davenport and raises or grants several poor relief allowances. The board orders graveling of primary road 28 from Anamosa to Monticello and adopts primary road fund plans with a $390,000 pledge and financing via road certificates.
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