Beggar Reflects on Credit That Hurts His Means
Passer-by offers help while the beggar laments his rise from debt as he asks for charity. The exchange capsulates a stark moment of urban poverty and economic strain in the city.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
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!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1923
Page
7
Fuzzy cigar pun and bridge party antics headline
A Louisville Courier Journal page item notes a pun about a cigar named Always-Folled by a manufacturer. In a separate anecdote a husband questions a bridge party disagreement as a guest threatens to walk out, while his wife tries to calm matters amid borrowed chairs and tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville - Courier- Journal
Hubby
Louisville Courier-Journal
Children Cry for Astoria
Advertisement for Fletcher's Castoria claims 30 years of use to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea in babies and children and to aid digestion and sleep with a genuine signature on the label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Odds of divorce rise with marriage trend in UK quotes
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a conversation about divorce rates tying marriage frequency to outcomes. It notes that eighteen universities operate across Great Britain and Ireland, highlighting higher education presence amid the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Great Britain and Ireland
The Supreme Qualification by Rev John C Page text analysis
The speaker argues the supreme qualification for Christians is being filled with the Holy Spirit, yielding to God, and living a Spirit-led life. Indwelling in believers is common, but infilling empowers service and witness, producing virtues like faith, joy, peace, and forbearance. The message urges surrender to God as the path to fullness and continual blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
God
Abraham
Isaac
Modern corn crib design protects harvest and labor savings
The article describes a Standard type corn crib and granary 26 feet by 380 feet with a concrete foundation and center driveway. It highlights a power elevator, belt conveyor to a cupola spout, five cribs, and grain bins above, emphasizing weather protection and ventilation to prevent spoilage and rodent access.
Farm Crib Savings Angles with Corn Crop Protection
The USDA notes 20 dollars annual per rat to feed and the corn crop suffers millions in damage yearly. A modern crib reduces weather and pest losses, lowers insurance, and cuts labor by combining storage and feeding areas with a concrete floor and walls. A feeding platform extension aids hogs, while the building’s design blocks rats and weather. A New York optometrist proposes an eye exercise device using a ball on a bent rod to stimulate all eye muscles to correct nearsightedness farsightedness and astigmatism through targeted movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Radford
Hils
William A. Bradford
Prairie Avenue
Chien
Joe
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Theatrical quip about Indians in the crowd
A punchline from a theater audience exchange features a girl asking when the Indians appear and the mother replying none are in the show. The girl retorts that men in the front row must have scalped them.
Testimony Under Pressure Across Centuries
Albert Lovell reviews how courts have historically tested truthfulness of young witnesses. He cites 17th century Lord Jeffries and recent cases in Connecticut New Hampshire and Alabama where religious belief or moral sense influenced whether a child could testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Alabama
Warmer Hicks
Quotations on morality and ambition from Southey and Hare
An editorial pair discusses the paradox of necessary evil alongside moral goodness. Southey argues evil is unnecessary while Hare notes quick ascent in life outpacing fragile materials like dust and feathers.
Be just and fear not in service to country and God
A moral compass quotation emphasizes justice and fearlessness in duty. The line urges dedication to country God and truth as guiding ends.
Fragmented Quotes Across Authors and Works
A collage of quotation fragments from Edwards Stevenson Sweetman Burke and others. Phrases touch on humility cynicism justice curiosity and human emotion, attributed to various writers in a rough, damaged text.
Professor’s Test Trims Conceited Student
A caustic professor challenged a conceited student named Mr Junkins. He asked for a visiting card and told him to write down all he knows to bring back the next day, using the assignment to reveal the student’s ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junkins
Londres outrage sparks Talmage thunder rumor
In London Talmage preached amid an alleged attack on Gladstone by a woman with a gingernut. Porritt notes a promised American thunder that failed to appear as the New York Herald later referenced Gladstone with a quip. A separate sharp note mentions a motor lifeboat powered by 150 horsepower engines for 1600 aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. de Witt Talmage
London
Gladstone
Arthur Porritt
Tabnidge
America
Erate
Atlantic
TC Wrtel
Porritt
New York Herald
Gladstone Tule
England
Strange Experience and Lost Handkerchief Lesson
A person recalls lending a friend $80 held in a handkerchief sewn inside a dress. After an hour at the post office they found the handkerchief with $50 lost when the pin came loose. The incident yields a lesson about misfortune and vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Alabama Mayor Endorses Tanlac After Illness Struggle
Judge G. W. Thomason mayor of Tarrant City Alabama publicizes his recovery from chronic indigestion and nervous exhaustion after taking Tanlac saying the tonic made him feel ten years younger. He credits the medicine with restoring appetite sleep and office productivity. Tanlac is sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Thomason
Tarrant City
Alabama
Judge Thomason
Many Women Avoid Operations and Health Remedies
An old feature promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women with non surgical ailments. Letters claim relief and avoided operations, citing patients from Wilson North Carolina and Akron Ohio. The ad urges readers to request a free private text on women’s ailments and to write to Lynn Massachusetts. A short comic anecdote about a man boasting of a college dinner dance concludes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E
Pinkham
Akron
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
R. G. Westover
Grant Street
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lynn
Massachusetts
California Inventor Adapts River Ferry for Water Pump
A California inventor uses an old river ferryboat principle to pump water from a stream. Two 14 foot sweeps with 16 vertical paddles form a frame that pivots and reverses angle, driven by current, delivering about 86 gallons per minute from shore attached pumping unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
More the Merrier in New York Mock Interview
Dialogue fragment shows a speaker explaining teaching a son to drive and resisting car desire at night. The joke turns on city life, with a punchline about mutual patronage among New York residents and a high population estimate.
Belle Isle's rocky shore and historic sieges
Belle Isle lies ten miles from Brittany shore with dangerous seas and rough passage. The Bay of Biscay has long terrified mariners due to tides currents and reefs. Ancient Druids left rock remains, Romans used it as a frontier, and Napoleon began fortifications before plans were unfinished. John Dumas recounts The Three Musketeers and recalls an early, forceful warning speech urging action rather than delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Isle
Bay of Biscay
Brittany
Belle
France
Napoleon
Bellesle
John Dumas
All Women Readers urged kidney health remedy Swamp Root
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble and may not suspect it. The ad cites back pain headaches nervousness and low ambition as possible kidney related issues and claims Swamp Root from Kilmer & Co restores kidney health. Send ten cents for a sample bottle by parcel post. medium and large bottles sold at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilhner
Haunted hotel dreams and mosquito vigil in room 14
A grieving widow at a summer hotel fears a haunting after her husband’s death. She wakes to raps on the wall and wonders if her late spouse returns. A man in room 14 explains the noises as residents killing mosquitoes with slippers.
One Thing He Could Do
A narrator muses on spring stirring childhood memories of meadows brooks and lambs before confessing a contrasting urge to escape to a restaurant for a simple lamb dish. The rambling monologue blends rustic images with a desire for indulgence and freedom.
Twin sister mystery cited in Courier Journal note
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal mentions a twin sister living in California for twenty years. The text notes surprise about appearance and age, with informal dialogue indicating a personal, family focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Louisville Courier-Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Think Tank of the World
Jaterman
Waterman’s Foren
Waterman Dealers
L. E. Waterman Company
Broadway
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
New Haven Register
Anite
Windsor Magazine
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Superior
Flint
Mich
Superior
Baie ‘Bu
Superior Light Delivery
Mim
Mooney
U.S
Craft Dept
Crystal Lake
Ill
Tha
Astoria
John C. Page
Moody Bible Institute
Ruskin
Lord Jeffries
Lady Lisle
Heaven
Connecticut
Iberty
Albert Lovell
Southey
Jonathan Edwards
R. L. Stevenson
Sweetman
Burke
Sttars Edward
Wilson, N. C
John
Canada
Broughton
W. Adams Mt
MacLachlan
Jhl Guild
Avinp
DB. C
HRERY
C.H. Brery CO
Michigan Ave
Tanglefoot
Grocery and Druggista
W. Thum CO
Efmics
Indianapolis News
Mr. Lankester
Hall
J. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
ACI Platts
Pasky Devils
Quietus
Owl Chemical Who
Terre Haute
Ind
Search the Monticello Express Today with a Free Trial
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.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Monticello Express?
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!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.