This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 33 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
1
The government issues a mailbox emblem for rural subscribers to the Fourth Liberty Loan. Six million labels will be distributed via district committees to loan subscribers so the window card from prior campaigns remains hidden from country roads. The emblem is planned as an important identifier for rural residents.
The article explains sugar as a food and flavor linked to energy for the body. It lists common sugars glucose fructose lactose and maltose, notes sucrose as the common sugar from beets or cane, and shows how digestion converts these into glucose and fructose. It also mentions alternative sweeteners and their similar food value.
The Food Administration urges farmers to test threshing quality using a straw blower and canvas test during the weighing gauge. A loss of 1 percent triggers a second test and possible corrective steps. If no improvement, county threshing committees may stop operations to prevent waste.
The New York Medical Journal lauds mental hygiene in the army as a historic innovation. It notes the Surgeon General established a large, modern system to detect and treat mental disturbances among soldiers during wartime, drawing on English and French wartime experience.
The total wheat production in France this year is estimated at 50 million quintals 183.5 million bushels an increase of over 25 percent from last year according to the Intransigeant.
An excerpt from a vintage cookbook extols luxury and health risks of indulgence. It describes making French and mayonnaise dressings using corn oil as a substitute, with step by step mixing, egg yolk, salt, sugar, mustard, lemon juice, and oil, plus a salad featuring apples bananas dates celery and lettuce nests with sweetbreads and almonds. It adds a coconut cream preparation and notes on serving.
The New York World notes postwar interest in raising the Lusitania. The wreck holds an estimated 14 million dollars in treasure including 2 million in gold and valuables, another 2 million in jewelry, and 5 million in negotiable securities among other items.
A compilation of aphorisms and quotes on virtue manners and vigilance. Notable lines include keep thy spirit pure by virtue and be what friends think you are. The piths caution against bigotry and urge eternal vigilance as a price of liberty.
A concise meditation on power and virtue arguing that high station should accompany greater restraint and responsibility, warning that pride weakens character more than any external obstacle.
A marine engineer Carl J. Lindquist designs a near surface salvage vessel to recover the sunken Lusitania lying on the St George's channel seabed at 270 feet. The system uses a mobile hull with extended reach, searchlight, underwater rod, and four massive pontoons to lift the ship and repair its hull. The concept highlights salvage of other depths offshore Havre and Dutch coast wrecks with multi million cargoes.
Poem about choosing calm over worry. Encourages tempering sorrow with faith and resilience. Offers hope that not every future day will be sad and urges folding away fears to stay glad in coming years.
Gen Horatio Gates Gibson oldest living West Point graduate, veteran of Mexican Civil and Indian wars, celebrated his 91st birthday in good health. Attending were Aztec Club members including Gibson president, with historic ties to Vera Cruz and Mexico City campaigns under Gen Winfield Scott.
The quote asserts that kindness governs behavior more effectively than policy and that politeness builds trust with the timid and fosters merit, arguing social virtue over forceful rhetoric.
The U S bronze powder industry consumes about 6 million pounds yearly with 35 percent formerly imported from Germany. German producers controlled pricing for years, but bronze powder is now made in America. Over 200 grades exist varying in color and texture.
A humorous exchange notes Miss Prim wearing only half mourning for her brother. The punchline reveals he was only half her brother, playing on terms of kinship and etiquette.
Digest of amendments to the Espionage Act declares disloyal acts toward the flag and military, with penalties up to a $10,000 fine and 20 years in prison. Blocking Liberty bond sales, obstructing recruitment, displaying the enemy flag, or aiding opposing nations at war all face similar penalties. Approved May 16 by the president. violations are subject to investigation.
The U S Bureau of Mines in Washington is requisitioning dogs and cats from Baltimore shelters and households. About 15 dogs a week are collected from the city shelter on Covington Street, with 112 dogs taken six weeks earlier. Cats are increasingly desired, especially fat tabbies, while kittens are unwanted. Shipping costs are paid by the government, and sick or maimed animals are killed.
Bruce Smith once Notre Dame captain in 1911 is now a Seattle shipbuilder leading plans for shipyard elevens to play soldier and sailor teams this fall. Tad Jones joins in as they recruit former college and high school stars from Northwest yards, anticipating scrappy games across Pacific Northwest venues.
A collage of old time gags and quips circulated as humorous exchanges. The snippets parody recruitment in a Scottish regiment, a Boston lawyer and judge partnership, a reception exchange, and a jab at evolution theory and air travel reports.
In a heated exchange the man protests love has vanished and accuses the woman of flirting to provoke rival Jack. The woman retorts she would choose a better-looking man if she sought vanity, spotlighting romantic tensions.
The article explains range fattening as economical and outlines crate feeding in protected buildings using cornmeal flour meat scraps bran and buttermilk for early market birds. It notes crate feeding costs are higher and best suited when local markets require supply.
Swedish physicians have perfected a cellulose wound dressing made in thin sheets from chemical wood pulp, resembling tissue paper in texture and application.
The American Pharmaceutical association notes a rapid rise in growing herbs for medicine and industry driven by wartime demand and new air and castor oil needs. Japan leads in plant cultivation and exports castor beans and insect powder as research and government programs push botanical farming.
American Medal of Honor described as the rarest and most prestigious decoration. Details include the five pointed star insignia with Minerva medallion, the United States of America inscription, oak leaves, and Valor motto. Army wear the blue silk 18 star device. Navy use a red white and blue bow knot.
In western Persia observers note a herd of white camels standing not more than five feet tall. The compact animals draw attention for their unusual color and small size within Desert herds.
Protective foods include Brussels sprouts cabbage cauliflower celery collards milk onions spinach Swiss chard. A daily inclusion helps ensure mineral intake. Also notes meals: Welsh rarebit and buttered beets at lunch. dinner features pan fried perch creamed potatoes scalloped onions and brown Betty with cream. California irrigation data covers 39,352 farms over 2,664,104 acres.
A compact aphorism on humility and success. It argues that constant welcome at home signals broader acceptance, while true achievement is doing right when needed. It also notes that determination helps one prove critics wrong by delivering timely, valued results.
The United States bought the Danish West Indies now called the Virgin Islands from Denmark. The treaty terms said German vessels in the islands’ harbors could not be commandeered if the U.S. enters war with Germany.
Mrs D M Alters of R R 4 Oregon Indiana, who raises six hundred chickens yearly, describes severe organic trouble and prolonged illness but credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health allowing her to work again. She endorses the remedy and invites others with similar complaints to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts based on their 40 years of experience.
An advertisement warns that kidney trouble harms mental state and daily vigor for both men and women. It recommends Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as the kidney medicine, available at druggists in various sizes. A sample bottle and pamphlet can be obtained by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co. with a ten cent enclosure.
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness arises from inflamed mucous surfaces and can be cured only by a constitutional remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medicine allegedly works through the bloodstream to restore the Eustachian tube, with a $100 promise for any curable case and circulars free from L J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
A pregnant wife awaits a proposal as a man arrives to discuss costs for papering the dining room and kitchen. The husband enters the scene and the involved party states he cannot cover the work for less than $15. The tense moment unfolds in a parlor setting from the Indianapolis News.
A brief, reflective fragment contrasts fishing as exercise with imagination, suggesting a wary view of progress and growth through a dialogic exchange. The lines imply a tension between practical activity and imaginative sustenance in daily life.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.