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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1922

Page

8

Uncommon Sense on Work and Reward

The passage argues that meaningful rewards come from hard work not luck or ease. It contrasts easy vacations and sympathy with the need to actually do and supervise work, noting successful writers and performers endure long hours and effort. It asserts that few good jobs exist because they demand the hardest work to obtain and keep, and that genius must work as hard as mediocrity to succeed.

I Ask Not Wealth But Strength To Help Others

Poem expresses a humble wish for health strength and grace to aid family and others. The speaker seeks honest worth, daily comfort for loved ones, and the ability to ease sorrow and lift those downcast. The final idea recalls a final verdict of well done.

Remark on effort and persistence in pursuit of goals

John Blaka asserts that diligent effort must be paired with sustained hard thinking to achieve uncommon aims. He warns that intense work meets stiff competition, though many who commit to both disciplines still succeed.

Mottier's Cook Book Inspires Reflective Youthful Mirth

The passage describes morning beams guiding childhood and noon day protection from folly, while evening clouds offer deeper knowledge and nobler prime. It notes the calm passing of life's seasons and hints at those blessed to see storm clouds turn to silver lining.

Morning Herald

Women's Gowns More Elaborate and Fashion Notes

A fashion column describes elaborate late summer gowns with organdies and cotton crepes. It highlights hand embroidery, color pairing of deep blues with white, medallions of embroidered motifs, and waist emphasis with velvet ribbons.

New York Times

Ways to wake minds before life’s last shore

A reflective essay urges readers to awaken, plan early, and pursue independent effort. It emphasizes starting in youth, digging and pruning personal work, and seeking guidance from elders to realize lasting success before old age.

McClure Newspaper Syndicate

Toa and Washington Ward Wag Jag Sparks Uneasy Exchange

A brief exchange shows a man asking about a father’s worth, provoking shock and a heated retort. The dialogue captures a tense moment likely set in a political or social milieu, hinting at power, status, and propriety concerns.

Toa Father Washington and Jefferson

National Parks Ranked by Size in the United States

Yellowstone leads the nation as the largest national park at 33 000 square miles followed by Yosemite at 1512 square miles Sequoia in California at 250 square miles and Mount Rainier among the notable preserves in the west with significant area measured in square miles.

Yellowstone Park Yosemite Sequoia California Mt. Rainier

Pecuniary Roots Behind Language Clues In A Mutton Stew

A word quiz explains that pecuniary originally ties to sheep from Latin pecunia and pecus. The piece traces how wealth was measured by flocks of sheep in Rome and how the term shifted meaning to money in English. It notes a restaurant calling a dish pecuniary stew would be an etymological misdirection rather than literal currency in the dish.

Wheeler Syndicate, Inc

Vivid Colors for Evening Wear in Cape Style Wraps

Describes evening wraps in cape style made of velvet with brights and metal brocades and fur trimming. Notes full length Persian coats with wide sleeves, gowns draped in Roman toga lines, irregular skirt lengths, sleeveless bodices, and varied decollete styles. Highlights blues, coral, purples, jade, and white crystal-embroidered crepe satin.

Order of Royal

Dresses of Ratine and Cross-Barred Rating Dresses

Cross barred rating dresses and separate skirts are widely worn with slip on sweaters matching the bay color. The outfits feature ratine fabric and color coordinated layers, reflecting current fashion notes and styling details.

Ratine

Broad Slices of World News and Inventions Across 1910s Topics

A collection of brief observations and notes on science, industry, and culture. Topics include high speed cyclone motion, road scrapers for trucks, Arctic sea freezing patterns, sky color by dust scattering, Dartmouth honorary degree for Dorothy Canfield, wireless plant stations, Des Moines club house project, Broadway cable networks with thousands of wires, no new domestic animals in 2000 years, powerful electromagnets, Henry VIII era dice, collectors of pitchers, precision chronometers, Bulgarian school labor in curriculum, San Marino army expansion, a waterproof gun shell for shipwrecks, Argentine moths in quarries, and the term thunderbolt as meteorite or dangerous lightning.

Michigan Norway Dorothy Canfield Y Wisher Vermont Dartmouth College Eastern Corporation Pittsburgh Cleveland Women's Club of Des Moines Broadway New York City England Henry VIII Ella M. ‘Wellman Augusta Maine Bulgaria San Marino Argentina

Young Teddy Prods Navy Policy On White House Steps

The article describes a young Roosevelt on the White House steps insisting to Secretary Weeks how the situation stood, signaling a shift from his father’s cautious policy. The scene captures a rising figure questioning established naval strategy and the administration’s stance.

Navy T Roosevelt Young Peddy White House Weeks

Elmer Wins National Archery Title at Coopertown Meet

Dr. Robert P. Elmer of Wayne Pennsylvania claimed the National Archery Association title at the forty-second annual meeting in Coopertown New York and also won the National championship with a score exceeding 1 000. He received the Robin Hood trophy presented by Douglas Fairbanks.

Robert P. Elmer Wayne, Pa Douglas Fairbanks Nat National Archery Association Cooperstown N.Y Elmer

Sparrow hawk claims monster guard in Ukiah turkeys

Mrs. H QO Dutcher observed a sparrow hawk swoop near hundreds of running turkeys and found the hawk holding a monster guard in its jaws. The guardian measures 1744 inches. Ukiah Press.

California H. QO. Dutcher Ukiah Press

International Cotton Congress Planned in October

An international cotton congress bringing together all branches of the cotton industry is planned to be held in Itlo de Janeiro in October.

Itlo de Janeiro

Caution in Humor Says Senator Sorghum

A quotation shows Senator Sorghum arguing that a statesman should not cultivate humor as constituents might seek jokes instead of looking to leadership, warning against encouraging public laughter. The exchange frames a debate on seriousness in politics and voter expectations.

Sorghum

Cured Her Notion of Blame Cited in Letter

A brief thrifted quote from the New Liven Register notes a conversation where one party claims Alice stopped sharing her troubles after being told she bore responsibility for them. The exchange highlights shifting blame and personal accountability.

Alice

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