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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1921
Page
1
An essay by F A Walker notes Americans are wasteful and prone to extravagant living, especially the newly rich. It urges time and money conservation, high thinking, hard work, and thrift to secure a robust body and soul, sound finances, and old age security.
Poem speaks to a couple’s enduring romance urging the husband to declare his love again. It contrasts old flame with new passions and notes time deepens commitment while urging open expression. The verse recalls shared years and the steady, quiet affection that endures.
The piece argues that success in business demands discipline over pleasure, emphasizing rest, healthy habits, and physical fitness. It warns against distractions, notes the grind of every job, and urges that persistent, high quality work leads to advancement and security.
A Louisville Courier Journal note explains proper plural forms for spoonful cupful and armful. The unit is the spoonful not the spoon when describing amount. Two filled spoons count as spoons full. pouring into a cup yields two spoon fuls.
Life is a voyage says a poetic line from the book urging steady hand through life’s winds. The verse emphasizes keeping course during tempests and not letting go, attributed to T. C. Williams.
Fruits differ in nutrient content with bananas dates figs prunes and grapes noted for high sugar. Apples lemons and oranges supply potash salts and acids while berries like strawberries raspberries gooseberries and cherries contain multiple acids such as citric and malic acids.
A farmer mother shares basic candy making steps for children to enjoy with a flock of youngsters. The recipe outlines butterscotch and molasses candy with brown sugar water butter soda flavoring salt and cooling steps. The method emphasizes hands on activity and simple ingredients.
A historical note traces the guillotine’s origins from Achmitt and Louis to Guilotine, detailing adoption by the French Assembly in 1792 and the device’s notoriety forged by name rather than invention. It notes Pelissier’s beheading and Guillotine’s death in 1814, amid public fame he did not seek.
A recipe describes combining butter milk sugar and molasses with chocolate for a brittle candy. After boiling, walnuts and vanilla are stirred in before turning into a buttered pan and cutting into square pieces. Each piece is wrapped in paraffin paper for storage.
Trotzky in L Humanite interview details the creation of a multi army Soviet force of five million with small war councils, relying on czarist officers and local soviets. He recounts early 1918 decrees, volunteer service, brutal discipline, and bold operations including a destroyer raid on Kazan to gain confidence against White forces.
Mme. Marchal wins the Aix les Bains beauty prize of 15 000 francs amid a French flower fete. The text then shifts to a Russian perspective on postwar organization, mobilization, and the authority of army commissars during the 1919 turmoil and Cossack uprising.
A sensational report from Constantinople describes a new winged bedbug breed spreading through hotels and homes. The pests allegedly bite through nets, swarm in ceilings, and disturb both Turkish and Greek soldiers, with countermeasures like a rubber blanket noted by a correspondent.
Of 180 Sinn Fein members of Parliament, 112 have been imprisoned once, 78 twice, 18 four times, 8 five times, 3 seven times, and 2 eight times. Fifteen have been sentenced to death. All were released under the Irish truce. A divorce in New Zealand can be granted after a Cree year separation.
Washington reports census data showing over 8 million women and girls employed nationwide. Projections suggest 2 million more women entering jobs as economy recovers, reshaping industry and commerce with new skills learned during wartime staffing shortages. About 500,000 former workers have left payrolls since last year.
Hon. William G. McAdoo and Mrs. McAdoo visited the Kanahwahke Lake camps in August during a full dress inspection of the scouts. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Barron Collier led the invitation with other council members as 2,300 boys attended the summer camps and total camp attendance neared 18,000.
A lone Scout troop in Tind Washington offered to repair the citys wooden sidewalks at a nominal price. The mayor approved the plan praising the boys thrift and enterprise and arranged for the work to proceed.
In Makawao a lively mounted troop of boy scouts features Portuguese Japanese and Hawaiian lads. They enjoy horse back riding and ride rear mounted. Scoutmaster praises their riding and watchers see them race along mountain roads at full gallop standing straight in the saddle.
Representatives of the Washington Boy Scout band who played on inauguration day last March were guests of the United States Navy at Hampton Roads.
A brief item notes a collection titled The Sharp Ones Wayaside Tales and hints at its theme of biting reflections from self. The line about bitter words suggests a literary or humorous column tone.
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a trusted laxative for infants and children, claiming a teaspoonful clears constipation and sickness overnight. It urges mothers to insist on the genuine product and notes the daily usefulness of the syrup.
The notice claims thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble without knowing it. It links kidney health to overall well being and cites Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy. It offers a sample bottle for ten cents by mail and sale of larger bottles at drug stores.
In a dialogue exchange the old lady questions the conductor about a request, while he mentions water. The conversation shifts to California where more than 40,000 acres are planted in olives, signaling agricultural prominence in the state.
A sales pitch asserts beauty comes from health not cosmetics. It claims drains pains and nervousness ruin skin and that Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription makes sick women well and well women fair. Sends 10 cents for a package from Dr. Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY.
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