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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
1
An old advertisement promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted 80 year old soothing substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric Teething Drops and S soothing syrups. It states the product contains no narcotics, bears the genuine signature, and is physician recommended.
A fragment notes a hotel clerk mentioning twenty five dollars and a lease while a guest asks if they get the hotel. The text is fragmentary and lacks a clear sequence or outcome.
Purity and safety claim for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root a vegetable herb based medicine used for kidney liver and bladder troubles. Advertises sample bottle offer for ten cents and states availability in two bottle sizes at drug stores with a sworn purity statement included.
Ole Olsen had been building an engine wiper and was coached for a fireman post with thrift advice. When questioned about eligibility he faced a curve and rushing express and replied I grab the off enn I grab the waste and de jump.
A fragmentary scene shows people dining on the sidewalk as a jovial group chats about passing goods. A pedestrian nods, while others remark that profiteers may seize the opportunity to obtain the product.
A humorous exchange shows a niece claiming she has ridden a real donkey while a fond uncle asks if she enjoys riding on his knees. The light moment captures playful family dialogue.
John Blake notes an uncommon sense claim by a modern poet who, while destitute, worked for the joy of work rather than money. He argues genius is recognized and rewarded when pursued honestly, urging patience for independence and warning against pretending to be a genius.
The essay advises perseverance in any field through all weather and fatigue. It urges focus on resolve, courtesy, and self control, noting that adversity is universal and can be overcome by rational thinking, patience, faith, and praise of God. It warns against envy, petty condemnation, and covetousness, urging encouragement of others.
A reflective piece extols perseverance and charity in the classroom and vocational work. It frames diligence as key to overcoming obstacles and achieving success, celebrating steady effort and moral resolve in youth and adults alike.
A poetic meditation on daily perfection and the beauty of ordinary days. It suggests most days hold quiet grace and color in earth and sky, even when sunlit hours mix with clouds. The verse invites readers to notice beauty around them and share it freely.
A fragment from a housewife’s guide describes Luncheon Bread with cooked wheat cereal, salt, brown sugar, shortening, milk, and a rising process, then raisins and nuts added before baking. A second recipe combines cold rolled rice with honey, shortening, egg yolk, water, pastry flour, baking powder, salt, and almond extract for a breadlike dish.
The column voices frustration that many people labeled as patient are actually too lazy to be anything else. The writer urges readers to reconsider quick judgments and reflect on effort versus perception.
The article traces the term pork barrel to early U S politics where lawmakers direct public funds to specific districts. It explains how such expenditures benefit certain areas at the treasury's expense, likening it to farmers in winter relying on salt pork. The piece cites the phrase’s emergence as a metaphor for targeted pork-barrel legislation.
A tiny button named Pearly Button longs for freedom then slips away during a yard wind. Swallowed by a rooster and recovered from the kitchen floor, it is sewn back onto the apron. The tale ends with Pearly Button content to stay firmly attached and cast as a fine button.
Loyalty to one’s boss is praised as a virtue and core duty in this McClure Syndicate meditation. The piece argues that standing by a leader shows sincerity and strengthens good in the world, despite mockery from others.
McClure Syndicate notes informal at home entertainments grow in popularity as simpler, cheaper social hospitality. Hostesses greet guests personally, ensure introductions, and make guests feel welcome, while cards and etiquette guide who is listed and when calls are made.
A Barrow hospital base surgeon testified at the inquest into the death of an eight year old boy. The child died from complications after a fall that cut the wrist. The surgeon cited three critical incidents of temporary resuscitation, with the third breathing failure deemed final.
A white goose on a Michigan farm keeps close to a herd of cattle, follows them everywhere, runs when they run and stays near them unless locked up. The bird shows an unusual attachment as it mirrors the cattle’s movements throughout the day. Curio: a pear wood pod carved as a pea pod sold for 525 dollars. The pod, about two and a half inches long, opens to reveal two Sixteenth-century scenes, Joseph and Potiphar’s wife on one side and the Judgment of Paris on the other.
A brief look at maritime and folk practices. In Norway a boat is rowed with a cock aboard to crow a corpse’s location and in Persia similar superstitions link cock crowing to guiding searchers. The note highlights curious regional beliefs without endorsing them.
A house master reads signs in a bird’s feet to gauge fate. If cold, it predicts death. if warm, it signals good fortune and a prosperous future for the household.
A Nature Magazine note describes coconut palms as busy trees with flowers and fruit in all stages of growth visible on the same tree. The observation highlights the plant’s continuous development from bloom to harvest.
The piece traces the Teutonic origins of the name Adelaide from Adile and Adela to modern forms Adano Adele and Adelaide. It notes noble estate meaning, royal use in Frankish and Teutonic lineages, cultural adaptations in French Italian and English usage, and quotes poetry references and the turquoise as Adelaide’s jewel. It mentions Friday as a lucky day and Tennyson’s poetic lines about Adeline.
A McClure Newspaper Syndicate poem urges faith in divine beneficence and a confident view of the future beyond earthly days. The speaker dismisses fear of oblivion and embraces "glad perenity" and God's care as years unfold after life.
A New Brunswick farmer raised a Barred Neck chicken with a chick bearing two beaks and three eyes on one head, center eye between beaks. In Shelburne County Nova Scotia a hen incubating eleven brownish eggs laid white eggs early in the week. Eleven chicks hatched and eight more white eggs remained in the nest.
A discussion of palm lines and mounts, explaining how fate lines from the wrist to the middle finger indicate a comedian’s need for luck and public favor. It describes heart and head lines, heart line endings, and how lines tending toward Mercury suggest wit and versatility for a successful performer.
The term cowboy first described Far West herdsmen and arose from British raiders and torturers who plundered the Hudson River during the occupation of New York. This origin note appears in a historical excerpt from the Mocivra Syndicate collection.
A mother explains to Jean and Jack that there are two kinds of doctors one who cures bodies and another who cares for souls. Jean argues Dr Dunkel treats shoes and asks if he is wonderful. The scene captures a child’s confusion and a parent’s teaching moment.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip explains a wife’s supposed pocket-dip joke. The sage says she irons and hangs trousers upside down to make money drop out, then notes the husband must share if he is not stingy.
A humorous exchange shows a caller noting the boss’s blindness and the office boy relaying that the boss hopes the condition is only temporary. The brief vignette captures a moment of workplace banter.
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