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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
6
A Folger McKinsey poem from the Baltimore Sun offers reassurance that clouds and gloom are temporary. It urges faith, hope, and love as sunlight returns, bringing beauty and renewed purpose to life and community.
A sketched dialogue notes prisoners praising their warden for comfort and leisure. They hint at limited freedoms, suggesting weekends with friends or relatives may be allowed in the future.
A dialogue between a young woman urging subscriptions for foreign missions and a capitalist who quips about selling a patented illuminator to brighten African jungles like Coney Island, mocking charitable rhetoric with commercial zeal.
A dialogue reflects a man named Dubhwaite who rejects greed yet desires sufficient wealth to hire a private physician who would golf with him daily and allow playful competition to enjoy life without risking the physician’s job. The exchange highlights mild humor about wealth and social status.
A humorous stage snippet features a photographer joking about not knowing the gum brand used by a mysterious assistant after six months. Monte Cristo proclaims ownership as the curtain falls, while a spectator in the gallery calls out Uncle Sam.
A wartime feature notes that in Europe more than 60,000 personnel are in daily aerial combat or recon above the continent, with the figure rising and a possible 100,000 by war’s end. It recalls early aviation milestones and the rapid adoption of air power.
The Tamalpais narrow gauge railroad in California twists eight miles of track with a longest 418 foot tangent. It features five loops and two knot-like twists to reach 90 feet elevation, ending about half a mile higher than the start with no steep grades.
Advice on poultry care notes separate housing for turkeys to avoid disease from chickens and head lice control with lard. Geese are hardy and require less shelter. Improve growth with loose soil forage, varied feeds like bread crumbs milk and oats. Avoid fad farming, keep small flocks in roomy coops, thin overcrowded runs, and provide clean, fresh feed to prevent digestion issues.
A historical note traces potential revival of wooden clogs for the poor as leather prices rise amid possible war disruptions. It describes clogs’ use in Lancashire and Holland, their worn appearance over footwear, and the social implications of shoe scarcity.
A German invention called the invisible pipe allows front line smoking without revealing position. The rubberized device uses an applewood bowl, perforated fittings, and a retractable filling slide to emit a smoke-free vapor and collect nicotine and moisture in a cup.
The article argues that trees stay about 45 degrees Fahrenheit, cooling air like ice in a pitcher. Municipal experts urge planting trees in tenement districts to lower heat and purify air, potentially reducing summer heat illnesses and child mortality.
An eighty year old woman operates a large 2000 acre farm near Marion Ohio, overseeing field work and management activities.
A kitchen excerpt lists Roast Lamb on Toast with buttered toast, a grape gelatin dessert, simple onion bacon dressing, an apple pie twist, and Sally Lunns. Instructions cover chopping, frying, gelatin, baking, and rising dough with yeast, eggs, milk, and butter.
A Portland Oregonian note recalls a tradition of leaving clogs on the porch before entering church, preserving cleanliness and reverence within the sanctuary.
A St Louis Post Dispatch quote portrays a critic who says the town editor teachers and people are wrong and vows to block growth and public improvements. He claims to form a group to force change by law and prefers a somber, joyless worldview.
A hurried Englishman at the general post office learns he can travel by parcel post for three pence per mile. A messenger boy guides him, handing a printed slip listing "Article required to be delivered" and a parcel description to his destination.
In the New York Medical Journal Drs. Lewis Fisher and Isalac H. Jones claim seasickness is an ear phenomenon. They note the static labyrinth in the ear canal is disturbed by unfamiliar boat movement and that seasickness can be induced by cold ear stimulation.
A simple horseradish sauce method mixes mustard with vinegar salt and pepper. Break in two egg yolks and beat, then whisk in olive oil until thick, finally stirring in a tablespoon of grated horseradish.
Chicago University announces a new program adding military science to its curriculum. The change expands curriculum offerings, aligning with student and academic needs while building broader leadership and discipline training across departments.
Corporations handling large sums by phone are adopting reforms that replace the simple hello with a two step response. Operators announce the bureau or office first, then the individual’s name. This shift reflects a move toward formalized, efficient communication.
The article extols the microscope as the greatest tool for saving human life tracing its origins to antiquity and noting its role in revealing bacteria. It describes the ongoing battle between bacteria and humanity, with scientists seeking cures and immunity while diseases like typhoid and tuberculosis illustrate the stakes.
A long sports column mocks Doc White and Cicotte for their performances against the Yankees, noting White’s lingering hoodoo for New York and Cleotte’s rebound. The piece links varied players’ fates with teams, then shifts to a list of new inventions from cameras for pigeons to aircraft message devices, life preserver aids, hair guards, and aluminum cookware with interchangeable handles.
A brief line notes a nickel cylinder designed to keep a woman’s hands warm in a muff. The snippet hints at a small, novel device likely sold as a winter accessory and reflecting period ingenuity in personal comfort items.
The piece highlights Iroquois developed talents with Nellie Patterson Gansworth winning a Philadelphia scholarship in arts and crafts. Mohawk dancer Miss Deer has wowed European royalty and earned medals, Oskenontan pursues grand opera in New York, and the American Indian Concert Band led by Onondaga David Russell Hill toured major German and Austrian cities.
A historical note describes Northern Queensland children playing with improvised tops and fish spears as a playful, practical pastime. It highlights native techniques, use of kirra kul tree gourds for tops, and the instinctive joy of play, contrasted with later European influences.
Christian Werald notes the competitor from France secured several gold medals at tournaments held in his homeland. The achievements highlight strong domestic performance across events.
A device capable of consuming both hard and soft coal dust and cinders formed as railroad waste has been perfected and fitted to a leading consolidation locomotive of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, marking a significant innovation in air and waste management on American rails.
A frightened speaker recalls a father’s blunt rule that from a specific date every meal eaten at home would cost a quarter. The remark is cited as a pivotal financial nudge that prompted the speaker to leave home and pursue business, shaping his career.
Dr James J Hogan of San Francisco has developed a gel based fluid combining gelatin sodium chloride and water that acts as temporary blood in transfusions. The solution solidifies in glass tubes and dissolves as natural blood forms, with no reported harm in hundreds of uses. Doctor Fagan traveled abroad to promote the method and teach German and British surgeons.
The Annie Laurie of the Dumfries area was a real 1682 born girl who lived near Maxwelton. She died and was buried in Dunscore churchyard, with a sweetheart named Mr. Douglas who penned a song about her. Lordly Lady Jean Scott later adapted the tune, and her last will rests in a local institution.
In a compact observed riff an old man asserts knowledge yet feigns wisdom Cordelia contends policemen seek trouble women feel unworthy of husbands and an epitaph celebrates a bartender with a smile for everybody
A wooden top mounted with gum spins between players palms. Some experts make the top seem to sleep as it revolves, drawing smiles from the onlookers.
The article notes that mirrors are scarce in Japan and the public lacks familiarity with glass as in the Occident. Early railways had passengers pressing heads against windows mistaken for empty frames while posters warned that solid glass existed behind them. Wealthier Japanese own a single mirror, but often without quicksilver backing. Cut glass and glass cups are nearly unknown.
Portescue notes in the Saturday Evening Post that France’s army cuisine surpasses that of other nations. He asserts French cooks were skilled before soldiers, and their stews satisfy hunger in plentiful, appetizing quantities unlike American cooks.
A couple's engagement provokes family concern as one partner awaits the other’s consent and adds tension to their public acknowledgment.
A devotional meditation on Romans 8 28 urging Christians to trust that unseen experiences do serve a purpose. The piece cites John the Baptist Daniel and Stephen to illustrate hidden good behind hardship and encourages prayer faith and reliance on God for peace that passes understanding until full understanding comes.
A devotional urging readers to live for God not for earthly concerns. It asks to think of the life eternally reserved before God and to begin henceforth to live and love him with all the heart.
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