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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
1
The text compares telephone ownership in China with the United States, noting China would reach 100 million telephones at US per capita levels but currently has 75 million while the United States has 25 million.
A New York City man, John A. Perry, credits Carter's Little Liver Pills with stopping his bad breath and stomach troubles. He endorses them for sour stomach, constipation, headaches, and indigestion and notes their mild, gentle cleansing effect. Sold at drug stores.
In a playful jungle scene Ranny Rhino frets about poor eyesight until Polly Parrot points him to Cheerups who traveled from America. They journey past the Yellow River toward Cheerups home near Little, Brown & Co, eager for guidance and supper.
An article notes a lingering superstition where a group of up to nine girls strings acorns, burns them, and sleeps while reciting a charm to summon dreams of their future husbands. The rite links to tree worship and the oak as a revered ancestor god.
The name Una, meaning vamine, is discussed as Irish and linked to the one truth by Spenser. Una is identified with the queen of the fairies in Ortaend and appears in a tale of a soldier who is hospitable. The piece notes Una's modern use among Irish peasants, pronunciation as Oonagh, and its symbolism of purity and popularity with Tuesday and the number 1 as charms.
A speaker describes stepping aside to let a radiant light illuminate the path. Facing the light dispels the inner shadow that troubled the mind, leaving it behind forever. The verse reflects personal redemption through illumination.
A historical quote attributed to Bucon notes that discretion in speech matters as much as frequency and manner. Speaking agreeably to the person and situation surpasses mere cadence or polite phrasing in effective communication.
Tree surgery progress is described with professionals moving away from concrete and cement fillers toward a baked cork material pressed under high pressure for use in procedures. The article highlights innovation in material choices and potential benefits for tree care.
Jazzbo the visitor from Mars tours Seoptown with Daggs of the Chamber of Commerce. They marvel at a wide array of curious novelty items and oddities from a five and ten cent store, including cork water dishes and monkey training gear.
Herbert Hoover is hailed as a pivotal World War figure born in Iowa on August 10 1874. The piece details his mining background in the United States and Australia, relief work in Belgium, and role as U S food administrator improving distribution and curbing profiteering during wartime.
The fragment discusses a material replacing wood and its properties including permanence flexibility and promotion of quick healing through growth pressure, indicating a comparative observation on tissue substitute behavior.
Researchers estimate water content in fog by counting droplets. A dense fog near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland was measured at about 20 000 droplets per cubic foot, illustrating the large scale of quantities involved.
Scientists measure fog in a dense report and assume visibility of 100 feet. A fog block three feet wide six feet high and 100 feet long holds less than one seventh of a glass of liquid water. This water distributes into 60 billion drops.
A windmill for generating electric current for farms and a crop-drying plant was recently shown at Chester England.
Norfolk Nebraska reports Dr Richard J Tanner a Madison county physician once famed as Diamond Dick has been revealed as the sharpshooter during a local rodeo. Tanner demonstrated expert rifle and pistol shooting using old pearl handled revolvers and a rifle drawing applause and confounding the audience with bullseyes at various targets.
Sixteen year old Nick Cormoose entered the Royal Confectionery fridge in Millville New Jersey to snack on ice cream. The door closed trapping him inside for over two hours. He was found unconscious and nearly frozen but revived.
Washington report notes a Tokyo boy sent his entire monthly allowance of $1.50 to the American Red Cross for post quake relief. Jehan Barton Payne, chair of Tad Cross, praised the act as among the most remarkable instances of self denial and generosity heard of.
Mrs. Margaret Anderson, 67, travels from Sioux Falls to Marquette and beyond in search of Joe Anderson a World War I veteran who disappeared in Detroit on March 6 1924. He was once paroled after gassing injuries and may be using the name John E Johnson or living in Stevens Point Wisconsin.
French alchemists publish a full method claiming 125 parts silver and arsenic sulfide mix transformed at 1000°C to yield gold, with several chemists reportedly confirming results. German researchers fail to reproduce Miethe’s process, while Cavendish lab analysis says gold from mercury has normal density, challenging electrochemical claims.
The Flarman foundation reports loans granted on character grounds for study are well repaid. Over 40 percent of the $26,585 loaned in 1922 28 has been paid though only 20 percent was due by February 1 1925. No likely defaults are anticipated. Moderation is the best of rules.
Preliminary figures by Surgeon General Cumming indicate the first seven months of 1925 show a death rate below the five year trends. Health conditions were generally good and common diseases less destructive. diphtheria declined in the eight weeks since July. About 6,400 cases were reported versus 8,100 a year earlier.
Canada plans to expand the Welland Canal to 15 000 ton capacity with 820 foot locks enabling ocean steamers to reach Cleveland Chicago and Duluth from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. The project, already costing 50 million and with another 50 million planned by 1929, would allow vessels to navigate Niagara Falls era passage and spur broader inland shipping expansion.
Mrs. Wm Butts of Wellston Ohio says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased back and side pains that kept her from housework and caring for children. She notes improved strength after four years and plans to try Bloo Medicine for remaining thinness. She invites letters from other women seeking information.
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