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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
8
Poem celebrates time for simple pleasures like song books sunsets and flowers. The speaker thanks God for moments of rest that allow helping others on their path through kindness and shared cheer.
A digest of Frederick Greenwood’s dream theory compares mystics and empiricists, noting dreams as prophecy when mental faculties rise in harmony. It contrasts dream signs like ham and bacon, tests of pluck for couples, and the social pressure to join higher circles through money and appearances.
The piece traces camouflage from its French slang roots to English military usage and broad concealment meanings. It cites Gideon’s 300 lights as deception, Macbeth’s tree branches, and Native American body paint as early adaptive coloration cues.
A disjointed passage discusses trying to stretch $2,000 in income against a $5,000 expense account. It hints at a newly married man facing monthly bills, little room for gasoline, and the idea that muscular strength to sign pink promissory notes could own an automobile.
A 1920 Western Newspaper Union item lists Spiced Cranberries with ingredients for two quarts of cranberries vinegar water sugar cinnamon cloves allspice and a 45 minute cook. Cocoa Doughnuts recipe follows with eggs sugar melted butter flour cocoa baking powder cinnamon salt and frying then rolling in powdered sugar.
A Birmingham Age-Herald blurb notes a court dispute where a woman claims her husband’s kissing proved obsessive. The exchange highlights tension over affection levels and social expectations in marriage.
A Boston Transcript note comments that flattery proves ineffective without vanity backing it, highlighting a witty connection between charm and self-regard in commentary.
Nonsensical wartime era style chant dominates a fragmentary piece with phrases about hints and candy. The odd interjection mocks authority and ends with a jumble referencing soda mints and a reversed name.
Arthur Thibeadeau, dubbed the world’s greatest globe trotter, departed Paris aiming to cover the globe on a bid for 100000 dollars. He has logged 104 miles on foot and 88000 miles on water with 26000 miles remaining as of January 1, 1925.
Contents cover Laura Kimball in Boston marriage to two shoe factories a home and two cars. Pompeii ruins reveal bronze lanterns. Miss Mary Hall travels cape to Cairo in 1905. Japanese etiquette on fans and cut flowers. Ames College offers tractor operation course. Des Moines women form chamber of commerce. Chicago suburb plant employs 5000 women. Guadeloupe to build 118 mile electric railway. Bermuda onion seeds from Canary Islands. Isinglass called kanten in Japan from seaweed. Barbados fights malaria with Millions fish. Para state plant fiber for paper. Child labor trends rise in west but fall in Pennsylvania. Rubber growers seek ideas and prizes.
A fragment notes a rare Dutch-style winery in the United States located near Klein. The piece mentions picturesque surroundings and questions who knows this ring, with unclear details about the site and age of the winery.
The piece notes women in the Dull Villages of South Carolina continue working despite marriage norms and independence pushes. It cites a 1,000,016 population with 8,000 to 20,000 workers, a $75,000,000 mis value, and a large weekly payroll, reflecting limited battlefield of wartime labor.
A flawed tale attributed to John D. Rockefeller recounts a New York reporter quoting him on thrift. In a rural church supper a man bleeds and a parson uses a two cent stamp to stop the cut, while the squire adds a one cent stamp to his own penny, sparking a moral about savings.
A 14 carat gold ring found on an Amoeri can soldier buried in France is sent to the War Department. The jeweler or anyone who recognizes it should contact the Quartermaster General Cemeteries Division Washington to aid in definite identification and return to relatives.
Four year old Amelia pulled three goldfish from a bowl and laid them on the library table. Her grandmother found them later, remarking on the misbehavior while Amelia calmly defended herself claiming she is cute.
A party of tourists climbs a half-ruined tower and jokes about its spiral structure. The heaviest man in the group jokes that the scene is a perfect specimen, while another member remarks in mock seriousness about the spiral ascent.
A distressed speaker asks a doctor about hope for their poor uncle. The doctor replies that there is some hope for the uncle but none for the speaker.
An aged remark from a fortune teller hints at a future public appearance and farewell address. The exchange suggests a public hanging as a possibility, with observers showing sorrow and attention as events unfold.
A fragmentary OCR passage mentions a morning event, a mother figure, and a strange metal reflector described as brass. Details are garbled, with references to Watery beginnings and a person named Metertonis appearing in an unclear context.
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