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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
3
A reflective piece by F A Walker contemplates obsolete battleships being scrapped and the sorrow of sailors who remember their glory. It contrasts emotional bonds with the cold logic of progress, urging steadfast hope and open sight to change while preserving core values.
A discussion of the phrase Miss Nancy as a gender cue traces to Mrs Anna Oldfield the actress who died in 1780. Her funeral attire drew attention for strict woolen burial laws and her lavish head dress and gloves, noted by contemporaries and referenced by Pope in Moral Essays.
Jessie Roberts Omen discusses women's rising role in American commerce. She notes women on boards of local chambers and national groups like the Woman's Chamber of Commerce in New York and the Woman's Association of Commerce in Chicago, urging broader female affiliate participation in trade bodies. The piece cites England's new university course in commerce open to women and highlights women's growing involvement in nearly all trade sectors with male support.
Chestnut dishes and preparation methods from Verree Meare include shelling tips and recipes. Dishes span soup Chestnut Soup to chestnuts en casserole and fried chestnut balls. Copyright 1921 Western Newspaper Union.
A Forestry Magazine note asks readers if a man has a porch that rots quickly and suggests preservative treatment to extend life as long as the house at a lower expense than replacement.
A Victoria regia leaf from South America bears a load of 100 pounds, proving remarkable buoyancy of this giant water lily.
A landlord defends allowing pets in his building saying some tenants own valuable animals, while the narrator quips about not admitting children due to potential distress to the pets. The exchange highlights humorous views on pet ownership and housing policy.
A fragmented set of lines contemplates humanity and unity, urging togetherness and mutual aid. It blends poetic phrases about You and They becoming We with stray notes about aviation, a fountain pen gift, and a joke about funding letters. The text shifts to a stray comment on a hydrogen thermometer as a scientific standard.
A collage of inventions and observations across realms from blotless fountain pens for drafters to two-row cultivators and novel meals from blue mussels in Denmark. Notes on religious coexistence in Heidelberg, tax protest by a former emperor, and Chinese almond cakes from peach kernels.
Miss Marion Hollins of New York holds the women’s national golf championship cup after winning the tournament at the Hollywood club in Deal New Jersey.
Michael Kalenin, president of the Russian soviet republic, speaks to peasants and soldiers during a provincial tour. A former farmer and tool maker, he has long been linked with Russia’s radical movement.
The Balkan states Albania Bulgaria Greece Montenegro Romania Serbia and Turkey are listed. Albania maintains an independent government at Tirana since September 2 1914. Monarchs include Borig III Bulgaria Constantine Greece Nicholas I Montenegro Ferdinand Romania and Mohammed VI Turkey. In December 1918 Serbia became part of the new Yugoslav state of Serbs Croats and Slovenes.
Not in Weather Bureau's sphere the science of the weather and the atmosphere is led meteorology and has little to do with astronomy. Yet the public confuses meteorologists with astronomers and asks for information about comets sunspots eclipses and the calendar.
The honey bee population in Australia is described as highly productive with the potential to produce tons of honey if market conditions made harvesting profitable.
The census of 1790 enumerated Vermont New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and the Southwest Territory now Tennessee Have High Blood Temperatures Most animals have higher food temperatures than prime while the temperature of birds runs higher yet.
A. L. Hodges 25 of Waterloo killed when struck by a falling tree during squirrel hunting. Various local incidents include legal cases, injuries at games, a teen missing, a man’s eye injury, and a fatal battery of tragedies across counties. Incendiary barn fire near Le Mars. hog diseases spreading in Boone and surrounding areas. court settlements awarded in Rock Island and Barnes City.
Chicago woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from surgery after doctors warned an operation was needed. She used 22 bottles and remained well, later recommending the remedy to her sisters and others.
A 2000 BC era city has been unearthed by Professor Elegen of the American Archaeological School in Athens. The ruins lie between Corinth and Mycenae in southern Greece, indicating a flourishing ancient settlement.
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