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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
2
A long critique on unity of color in women's dress argues white shirt waists and black hats disrupt harmony with colored garments. It urges combining black white and gray through accessories, notes value and texture, and contrasts scatterdom with studied color schemes while praising decorative art. It also previews forthcoming pieces on color value and line.
The author argues graft cannot be erased by palliatives or laws and calls for radical reform in education to expose flawed views of government. Graft arises under any regime and persists unless widespread trust in true democracy is rebuilt, with citizens united to elect honest candidates and reject special privileges.
A fragment of wood from the Na talie, the vessel Napoleon used to escape Elba, is presented to Secretary Bonaparte by Edward A. Sherman. The ship later sailed to the Pacific coast and was bought by the Mexican government as a coast guardship. In 1844 off Monterey a gale wrecked the Natalie while the crew was ashore at a ball.
A London Lancet lead discusses a prehistoric Egyptian practice where bones are disassembled and reassembled in sand. M Moret links ritual texts and temple rites to these early funerary methods, suggesting a memory of older, non mummification burial habits influencing later reverence for the mummified body.
A Philadelphia Press quip centers on a mother rebuking a boy for crude language while the son defends Kipling, prompting the mother to banish the writer from his company.
Johnny tells his mother he skipped school on purpose and admits the truancy. The Boston Transcript records the exchange with emotions marking the moment of confession.
A robin on the thorn amid frost and snow signals the coming of spring in a grand, brave pose. In a Washington Star tale, a young wife and her professional husband navigate a comical furniture swindle starring a piano lamp, a landlady, and a moving van, ending with an unfurnished flat and new beginnings.
A young professional couple renting a furnished uptown house from a club landlady find their hospitality ends when she requests their Beethoven and Mozart busts and later their leather couch for her rooms. She persuades the wife to surrender the busts and couch, asserting the husband’s consent.
A tall southern merchant in a wide brimmed hat is bumped from an automobile horn incident. Spectators warn him, a lawyer notes the car number, and the Kentuckian explains his hand on his hip pocket is due to a smashed flask of Kentucky bourbon. He laments the lost whisky more than the crash.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer argues federal judges earn far less than many private lawyers and warns against making public offices attractive for salary alone. It laments long-standing pay gaps as a foundation of government and urges preservation of judiciary integrity over lucre.
A survey of unusual and neglected fruits seen in New York markets. Prickly pears and pine cones are described with tasting tips. figs tastey jams are noted. lingonberries are imported for sauce. elderberries and huckleberries are highlighted for jams and breakfast dishes. peach and watermelon parings are used for preserves and leather.
The Nebraska State Journal cites concerns that Western populations including English and Americans are shrinking in stature due to nourishment. It notes Dr Anna Shaw warning of a trend and cites a Brockton shoe maker observing reduced demand for larger men’s sizes as a predictor of future height stagnation in a century.
Scientific American warns about adulterated leather weighted with glucose and barium that can pass weight tests. Treated leather absorbs moisture freely and may remain damp, causing feet perspiration to damage the inner sole and render footwear dangerous.
Exchange shows Kittie-Paul complimenting a woman as the prettiest seen, and Bessie-Oh recalls a similar remark from a year ago. The quip plays on evolving preferences and playful vanity in a lightheartedStray Stories moment.
Mrs. Ness, one of four sworn female constables in England, retires from Scarborough after seven years in which she had 768 prisoners in her charge.
The article notes that natural hot springs in Europe and the U S government at Hot Springs Arkansas show therapeutic value despite low mineral content. It suggests radioactivity, via argon and helium, may explain superior effects and that treatment should occur near the source when radioactivity is highest.
The author recounts how coffee spread via the Turks and tea entered Europe with varied methods. He notes that tea was not brewed the Chinese way and that early Europeans experimented with boiling, then settled on a sweet milk infusion. A Portugal trip inspired grinding tea to powder for infusion, mirroring coffee grinding, yielding tea as good or better.
A friend sought Mark Twain’s view on a matter and got no reply after two letters. After a third note with a sheet of paper and a two-cent stamp, Twain sent back a postal ecard reading Paper and stamp received. Please send envelope. Boston Herald.
The Russian foot soldier carries over 68 pounds, the heaviest burden among European armies. French and British troops bear around 62 pounds, German soldiers about 61 pounds, Swiss 59, while Austrian and Italian armies carry roughly 47 and 48 pounds respectively.
Des Moines Register and Leader reports from the district clerk license records that 153 couples wed in June, making it the most marriage rich month in years. The data highlight a notable surge in nuptials within the state.
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