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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
7
A humorous critique traces the rise of the $16 hog after European conflict, noting how high prices shift consumer habits from meat to vegetarian choices. It laments past cheap pork, recalls lean pork chops, and contrasts farmer profits with business anxiety over prices and market power.
A historical note traces the term doughboy from colonial bread cakes to Revolutionary War slang and Civil War revival, explaining why American infantrymen were called doughboys in World War I and beyond.
Dreams of swimming are linked to atavistic echoes from primal sea life. Freud notes they reflect childhood impressions and are typically pleasant. Mystic guidance says clear water and easy swimming portend favorable omen, reconciliation with an estranged friend, and success in love or business if the head stays above water.
The account notes German prisoners of war struggling to speak English with Allied soldiers, joking about their aim to master the language and the broader wartime context. It portrays language attempts as a quirk of captivity amid a tense period.
A Detroit Free Press exchange shows a husband and wife debating chores with humor about dishwashing versus snow shoveling. The quip highlights household duties and gendered expectations in a light local column style.
An evocative meditation on how sound and silence shape nature and mood. The desert, sea, and forest are described as altered by distant noises and subtle whispers, guiding the poet to value unalarmist sound. A brief, fragmentary note closes with a manor tale about a well-to-do woman in a house.
A collection of brief statements covers linguistic roots, public notice boards, tool maintenance, Dead Sea salt projections, Shanghai power costs, Chinese factory output versus the US, a new nitroglycerin substitute sengite, cord operated transom devices, an ink bottle delivering one drop, an undetachable umbrella ring, a Chinese geological survey on coal longevity, Poland’s salt abundance, and a Przemysl Handel article estimating salt reserves at 10 billion tons.
Washington woman Miss Mittie Burch, a former Red Cross overseas worker, is chosen to pose for a life size miniature canteen girl in the Red Cross canteen at Tssoudun France. Aviators nationwide funded the model to honor the canteen service abroad. The completed eight foot long piece will join the Red Cross national headquarters museum in Washington.
Mrs Clemmine Kihs White of New York was ordained after 16 years guiding the West Side mission. Fourteen clergymen voted unanimously, with a rigorous examination on experience faith and call to the ministry.
A rounded mandrel curing process yields a pliable rubber mat with an imperceptible curl that makes it cling to bathroom floors and similar surfaces. Fine corrugations give a soft feel and the surface resists scrubbing and cleansing, making it sanitary and suitable for carpet protection in doorways and under furniture.
A reader recalls travel mishaps culminating in a fall on the front steps. She sits up, rubs a hurt hand, and quips that she seems to be out of bad luck for the day amid Northern Mexican coast line notes.
A quoted warning warns against entering a spelling bee unprepared, noting dire consequences. The speaker cautions about facing a hornet's nest implying intense scrutiny and pressure during competition. The language hints at school discipline and competitive tension within the event.
A cartoon-style exchange shows a blonde asking why ads target only blondes and a dairy owner replying he runs a dairy. The humor centers on the idea that yellow hair in butter would be less conspicuous, parodying marketing bias.
A chaotic spread reports: Mrs. Autchinson of Springdale near Towa City faces death after a car crash. Mrs. Tawra Morling, 67, dies in Chicago hospital awaiting treatment. Numerous injuries and arrests follow a series of crashes, a jail stay for Minma Potenma in Marion, and a federal case against Albert Conrad.
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