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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
10
Des Moines reports a 38 inch coal vein discovered on the state farm near Knoxville. The board of control plans sinking a shaft to develop a mine to supply coal for the brick tile plant and other state institutions. Rail spur already serves the farm and output may aid winter operations and Woodward projects.
Guidance warns that a severe sprain may exceed a simple break and offers home care steps. It advises cold water baths, alternating hot water if possible, a sling for ankle injuries, carrying the person if needed, and avoiding tight bandaging that restricts blood flow.
Mrs. Gerard Leigh formerly Helen Goudy, a Chicago society figure, recently gave birth to a son. Captain Leigh, her husband, serves at the front with his regiment the First Life Guards.
The Irish Industrial Journal outlines a large water power plan in Ireland combining two powerhouses on the Shannon and Erne with £1.5 million in capital. The Shannon drainage covers 6,000 square miles with 1,320,000 cubic feet per minute at 40 feet head, about 60,000 horsepower year round. Storage reservoirs would use Loughsberg Rea and Allen with further dams and dredging below falls. Transmission lines would reach Dublin Cork Waterford Kilkenny and other centers.
The article emphasizes immediate care for sprains and warns against attempting treatment beyond first aid. It stresses not to manipulate the injured area and to apply proper basic remedies.
A quarrel over new dances alleging temperance benefits is noted. Critics claim such dances drive people to drink, while proponents defend their artistry and social value amid public discourse on behavior and morality.
The piece argues humor arises from incongruity between dignity and vulgarity and notes how suffering heightens comic sense. It cites examples from literature and a grim Englishman who poisoned himself, illustrating irony as others remain oblivious while he faces imminent death.
In France patriotism runs high as people see a tricolored star on the horizon and mistake Venus for signs of victory. Prosaic astronomers note the star’s spectral colors near the horizon, a common misidentification. The tale recalls past moments when Venus was linked to Napoleon and later to imagined Zeppelins, with Sirius also cited in some regions.
A New York World account chronicles the death of Bill Snyder the monkey at Central Park Zoo from acute indigestion. The piece compares his overeating to human gluttony and suggests the dietetic moral applies to mankind in emphasizing that many die from overeating rather than starvation.
Mr Justice Avery rules that in wartime the king may commandeer premises and land without compensation. The argument extends to gold and silver across the dominions, claiming mines with noble metals attractors, making entire mines royal property. The note cites Britain’s last year output around £80,000,000 in precious metals.
Harvard forms a standing faculty committee to collect failed freshman and sophomore writing pieces. The panel will require erroneous exam work to be revised with added English study, aiming to curb slovenliness and enforce discipline.
A rugged speaker jokes that being chronically sour has one edge his relatives stop hosting basket picnics for his benefit. The quip frames a humorous social jab about family gatherings and personal temperament.
The sermon outlines five steps seen in the healing of a woman: need and helplessness, approach to Jesus, personal touch, immediate healing, and public confession. It stresses salvation comes when one contacts Jesus personally by faith and confesses openly, contrasting church or ministers with Christ as the sole healer.
Moody argues that true fault finding starts at home and that denouncing sin should not equal hatred of the sinner. He warns against prejudice masking judgment and urges avoiding anger toward those with differing opinions, noting the sin, not the sinner, can be opposed. Ohio State Journal.
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