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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
6
A humorous reminiscence reflecting on the Mayflower voyage and Plymouth Rock with antiquated tone. It contrasts Puritan voyage hardships with playful moral commentary about conscience and travel.
The speaker muses on the burdens of kingship and empires, contrasting the lure of power with the simple peace of sitting in the sun. He questions the joys of office while championing contentment in ordinary, sunlit moments. The piece reflects on leadership's weight and personal preference for quiet, sunny respite.
An exploration of how the term jitney emerged after the Mexican war as slang for low value and small change, then applied to five cent motorbus fares and later shortened to jitneys used in the United States urban slang.
A modest promoter replies to claims of brand new get rich quick schemes insisting the concepts are largely familiar yet presented with some fresh literary twist. The exchange frames a tension between novelty and tradition in promotional rhetoric.
A 1920 recipe excerpt from Wealenn Newenapar Union outlines Westphalia Balls Savory Eggs Parmesan Puffs and Tartare sauce. It features steps for making potato ham balls egg filled dishes with cream and mayonnaise, cheese spreads for sandwiches, and a hot tartare sauce to pair with boiled fish.
The burning tree leaves and stems are covered with stringing hairs, more virulent than nettles. Touching it causes a burning pain like hot iron, spreading to other parts of the body and lasting several days.
A brief dialogue on ambition and greatness, contrasting a grand dream with a sharper focus on personal drive. The excerpt hints at themes of time and self-importance through pointed quotation.
Last Night's Dreams explores the concept of dreaming that one is dreaming, citing Havelock and ancient philosophers. It notes dream literature spans Aristotle to Freud, with various psychological explanations and a mystic warning that dreaming of dreaming signals potential deceit and financial risk.
A humorous exchange shows a woman declaring her marriage standard while friends react with mock surprise. The lines reveal social expectations about suitors and personal ideals in a lighthearted exchange.
A flood of European migrants strains Ellis Island as 1 million from Italy and others seek the American dream. Overcrowded steerage, poor quarters, and unsanitary conditions spur an embargo and calls for extended facilities.
Centuries old ritual continues nightly as the yeoman porter with guards locks the gates of the Tower. A varlet carries the keys and the sentry asks who comes there. The porter answers King George's keys. The ceremony ends with God Save the King and the Last Post.
The Chicago report outlines Anna L. Fisher once a New York socialite now a key adviser to Feisal in Damascus. She resigned from the Red Cross to work among Arabs and plans to aid the reconstruction of a new Arab kingdom. She urges Arab women to adopt native fashions and supports local textile production.
The U S population center has moved east eight miles from Bloomington Indiana to a point six to eight miles east of Bloomington. Ten years ago it stood eight miles east of Bloomington. Twenty years ago it was near Columbus Indiana marking the first eastward drift in U S history.
In Rio Janeiro Brazil a debate erupted after a $10 U S bank note appeared with the imprint First National Bank of Brazil Ind Some deputies believed Brazil in the United States shows colonial confusion Deputy Ferraz noted American plate exchanges while others urged Brazil to spell its name correctly with an Sa The minister of finance had ordered currency printed in Brazil to bear the proper name Braz il Ancient Itoruns used gold dust for hair powder.
A $100 opal ring lost by Goshen rural mail carrier Frank Hope during an Elks club social gathering five years ago has been found. Workmen uncovered the ring in an alley while preparing for pavement work, a jeweler identified it as Hope’s property, and the ring was not damaged.
San Francisco authorities arrested sixteen men and four women in a narcotics sweep ordered by Chief D. A. White. Police seized several thousand dollars worth of drugs, citing the drug habit as a spreading menace now that prohibition is elective.
The lesson outlines Jesus teaching from the Sermon on the Mount, describing the Beatitudes and the character of subjects in the kingdom. It covers poverty of spirit, mourning, meekness, hunger for righteousness, mercy, purity, peace, and endurance under persecution, plus the laws exceeding those of the scribes and Pharisees.
The text reflects on faith as inner experience over worldly conditions. It quotes Paul on counting gains as loss for Christ and affirms the soul finding consolation in Almighty consecration and divine love through Jesus Christ.
A religious exhortation urges believers to remember God is present at seashore mountains and hometown churches. It warns against the devil’s insinuations, calls for steadfast prayer and Bible reading in all seasons, and encourages regular attendance at worship wherever possible.
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