23 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
1
The bulletin warns a new influenza outbreak is likely this year though not as severe as last winter. It urges local and state health boards to prepare, stresses preparedness over cures, and notes transmission via infected utensils and contact.
A writer contrasts Shantung’s thirty million people with Illinois size, noting waste, luxury for a few, and widespread poverty. The Yellow River floods yearly, with dikes failing to lift living standards, while Tsing-Tao looms as a gleaming port and resort in a stark social divide.
A historical note claims the diving bell originated with spiders long before human engineers. The spider’s abdomen traps air beneath its body, forming a bubble that allows underwater breathing as it moves. The text also mentions spiders spending winter with young and the naiads guarding themselves with thousands of microstructures.
A compact aphorism about effort and mindset. It argues that persistent work outpaces complaint and that a closed mind delays progress. It warns against folly and notes that true wit serves defense rather than offense.
A well known Parisian said he defied weather for years by drinking a camphor solution as a substitute for clothing. He claimed the remedy worked in both winter and summer.
The quote frames improvement as the result of proactive effort versus stagnation. It contrasts progress driven by concrete deeds with decline observed by those who do nothing, urging personal responsibility and initiative.
A reflective local piece notes how a single person’s influence alters many lives. The narrative explores the ripple effects of choices on families and neighbors, emphasizing interconnected fates and the subtle power of everyday actions.
Brig Gen Samter J Rockenbach testified before the Senate Military Committee on tank effectiveness. He said average tank life in battle was 47 days and cited heavy early losses in the Argonne. He noted initial US tank acquisition in 1917 and that only six of many shells hit tanks in the final stages.
The Atlantic division reports 8,000,000 women and girls participated in Red Cross work during the war. Over two years ending April 30 relief workers produced 3875,174,825 surgical dressings garments and comforts valued at 98,184,859. New York New Jersey and Connecticut contributed 77,859,004 items worth 15,597,428. The drive seeks 1,000,000 new members for 1920 during Armistice Day observance.
A poem about a lonely tower dweller who frees a frightened bird by opening a window. Sunlight and a summer scent transform the dreary scene as the bird sings and leaves dance, leading to a vow that the window will remain open forever.
An agricultural explorer spent six years in China studying bamboo for edible shoots and potential U S cultivation. He notes Chinese varieties yield tender sprouts with crisp flavor and that California and southern groves already produce comparable results. He cites a ready market among Chinese communities and restaurant demand, with Americans warming to the product.
A New York physician has invented a device that indicates flight direction, compass points, and the angle from perpendicular at which an aircraft travels.
A page from a vintage cookbook by Meer Maze Weil offers traditional kitchen directions. It includes bacon baked with herbs and white sauce, rabbit, venison, and duck preparations with pork lard and currant sides, plus notes on timing and browning.
The text provides fragmented cooking steps describing cutting a bird into pieces for serving. It mentions one large onion and Currut gneit four tablespoonfuls of cepin and browning vegetables, then adds a note about seasoning the meat. The OCR is garbled with several misspellings and partial phrases.
Fragment describes sleeping with windows open and a sudden bitterly cold night. Mentions a garment worn by people only at night, implying a scene of sparse clothing and exposure.
The Currency Williams Comptrailer report shows 161 bank charters granted with $15,475,000 capital and approvals of $31,088,000. An increase in capital was approved for 235 banks, and 244 applications remain under consideration.
A Massachusetts inventor builds a single blade propeller for motor boats that oscillates like a fish tail or an oar in sculling, offering a new propulsion idea.
European scientist says linoleum on floor kills bacteria brought in on shoes, claiming linseed oil in linoleum helps the effect. In a separate item, Wilford Stolberg of Belleville discovers a lost dime after loading 50 tons of coal, then shovels again before finding the coin.
The article states the American bison has been saved from extinction, with nearly 3,000 buffaloes in captivity and about 70 running wild in the United States, plus over 3,000 in captivity and 500 in the wild in Canada. The herd was around 1,000 when protections began, and more than 900 calves were born in 1917.
Report notes that practically all loading of ships in Japan is performed by women dock laborers, highlighting a gendered division of labor in maritime work.
In Japan individuals may own the surface of the land and its products, but all mineral deposits beneath the ground are owned by the government, limiting private rights to subterranean resources.
A simple cleaning method uses lemon pieces and a small amount of water. Shake the mixture in the bottle for one minute and rinse to restore clarity.
Telegraph girls at the London General Post Office now number over six thousand five hundred. St Pauls Cathedral height matches the days in a year. In Sweden pubs close on Saturday with savings banks open until midnight. Prewar government securities holders in Britain were 440000. now over 20000000. The former German emperor’s Berlin palace once employed 500 housemaids and 1500 liveried footmen.
Sorgty Troy Mock, said to be the tallest man in the A E F, has returned to Anthony Kansas after two years in the army. Enlisting in spring 1917 he was 6 feet 7 inches tall and 186 pounds. Discharged at 6 feet 4 1/2 inches and 200 pounds he served with the Twenty fourth aero squadron.
Poultry experts outline common head and throat ailments in fowls such as colds and catarrh, with symptoms like nasal discharge and rapid breathing. Prevention focuses on healthy breeding and isolating infected birds, plus a cayenne seasoned diet or a tonic blend of gentian, ginger, saltpeter, and iron sulfate mixed into dry mash.
Scientific American farming methods are being introduced in Crete and Greece through an agricultural survey conducted by the American Red Cross. Major C. G. Hopkins of the Illinois agricultural department directs the effort with Lieut. G. J. Bouyuocos, a Greek educated in America and former instructor at Michigan agricultural college.
The article notes some birds living very long lives, including gray parrots reaching 90, ravens said to reach 100, and geese known to 40. Domestic fowl can live longer with pets, while old pet hens may remain 10 to 12 years even after ceasing laying.
A motivational note stresses that success requires full personal effort from individuals. It argues the price of success is the whole person and urges exertion to attain one's highest potential.
Excavations at Pompeii reveal a perfectly preserved thermopolium, a Roman public house, in the Street of Abundance. A long row of wine jars suggests the vintner was pouring wine when the catastrophe struck, offering a vivid glimpse into ancient life.
Advertisements in French newspapers offer sale of battlefields and ruins claimed to be untouched since fierce fighting. Sellers promise sites remain as left by opposing armies, with guarantees of authenticity.
A Popular Science Monthly note claims about 10 000 matches are scratched every second in the United States with 5 percent used by smokers to light pipes and cigarettes. It estimates 213 750 workers delay 15 seconds per lighting, valuing lost minutes at about 64 128 dollars an hour and noting annual costs from stray fires at 250 million dollars.
A historical note traces how fingers ruled dining before forks appeared in seventeenth century England. Napkins served as towels and became essential, with Italian Renaissance influence refining table use and preserving the napkin as a staple today.
County agents and a government crop estimator report St Joseph County Indiana as the nation's largest mint producer with two thirds of U S mint grown in Indiana. During the summer 8425 acres yielded a record crop with mint selling up to 6 25 per pound near Nappanee.
In a string of blithe quips and witticisms, editors present humorous remarks about wealth and social roles. The Grabcoins struggle with appearances and staff turnover while a train of banter touches on domestic labor, fashion, and everyday mishaps.
The passage describes timid, retiring people who hesitate to act and prefer balancing tasks. It argues they gradually drift into routine clerkships, becoming paralyzed in routines from which they struggle to escape.
Figures verified by American Red Cross workers show 6 000 of 85 000 Serbian children sent with the army in 1915 survived the retreat. Most returned home to discover they were orphans and Red Cross aims to aid through establishing orphanages and similar institutions. Concrete replaces steel in water softening tanks with notable success.
An excellent substitute for celluloid in making surgical and orthopaedic appliances and artificial arms, also as a covering for artificial legs, is cer.
In a humorous town exchange Mr. Rufiek notes side whiskers are in fashion again as girls wear them over their ears. Heights of Luxury reveals a WHI diamond necklace gift to his wife while a jab about Tom’s Sunday fried chicken adds local chatter.
A clerk explains audience chairs are for callers while an esthetic observer questions movie close ups. A witty exchange follows about appreciating actors and the boy’s wish to see Lonefellow’s house and Plymouth Rock, noting their locations as distant.
The text describes a glue and muslin material that matches results from a celluloid acetone and calcium chloride process at lower cost. It is light, strong, nonflammable, and yields an excellent finish, with moisture resistance when varnished.
Dialogue captures a moment of humor as an elder offers a cigar and the other man refuses, prompting a sharp retort about giving up cigars. The exchange highlights wit and intergenerational banter in a brief, punchy line.
A historical note questions the tale of South American monkeys forming living bridges across streams. Erasmus E. Gudger cites Padre Acosta 1539 as origin, with Humboldt and museum researchers arguing the myth arose from misinterpreted monkey procession on a hanging vine or ravine.
A theatergoer recalls the critical moment when the hero hesitated as the heroine waited. The suspense led the spectator to shout Kiss her you boob, spoiling the final seconds of the performance for the writer.
An Englishman in Naples contrasts Vesuvius with American bravado. A Yank replies that Niagara Falls would be tamed quickly if needed, joking about extinguishing the falls in five minutes.
In custody, a man defies a getaway plan mockingly asking to outwit the sheriff. He responds to a taunt that this is no film, underscoring a failed attempt and an arrest likely following.
A humorous exchange on budgeting cites a young wife urged to keep a budget to govern expenditures while another remarks they already have one by paying what they can and owing the rest. The dialogue reflects practical thrift and informal debt handling.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for irritated baby skin including Cuticura Soap for baths Cuticura Ointment for relief and Cuticura Talcum for fragrance and dryness. The copy emphasizes a soothing routine using the trio as indispensable.
A dialogue on sending a daughter to cooking school. The father objects, saying he wants her to grow into a kind, helpful and courteous lady rather than be tempted by arrogance he associates with modern cooks.
A landlord drops by Mrs Flanagan to announce a rent raise. She responds with cheerful defiance saying she could raise it herself, in a humorous dialogue from Harper's Magazine.
The Chicago Daily News describes Koreans as superior to Japanese and Chinese in heart and culture, noting balanced spirituality and eagerness for ethical knowledge. It praises their economy as equal to America and highlights both men and women as refined and reticent.
Harry Leon Wilson refuses to write for The Highbrow Monthly, a monthly publication loved by readers of refined circles. He explains that although the magazine grants prestige to contributors, it does not provide sufficient pay for his work.
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