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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1926
Page
6
Judge David Wetterman of Miami Florida uses tiny motor vehicle models in night municipal court to reenact disputes. The wooden and plastic scale models depict the involved streets and scenes as evidence during several drawings presented in court.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for facial care and dandruff relief. It urges applying Ointment to the face and washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, promising improvements in complexions and relief for itching and rough hands.
A Montreal Family Herald line features a prisoner challenging his appointed lawyer, saying he’d be sorry if the young solicitor ever defended an innocent man. The wry remark targets the justice system and a rookie attorney.
An advertisement proclaims Dnare's Mentha Pepsin as a remedy for gas heaviness and distention, claiming it builds up the stomach for vigor and offers money back if no relief. The piece notes widespread dealer availability and cites thousands helped. It briefly mentions Scandinavian housewives using sea products in menus.
A Paris fashion correspondent notes fall openings favor ornate chapeaux over the utilitarian garconne style. Haute couture drives the shift as Reboux, Agnes, and other modistes show diverse velvet and felt hats with high crowns, braids, and embroidery, prompting a coordinated return to elaborate millinery.
The article describes crepe de chine scarfs with ornate borders and vivid flower motifs outlined in purplish blue, best in pastel shades for evening wear and suited to afternoon dress with various pin shapes. Pins feature rhinestones, onyx, chrysoprase, and crystals, including bird and animal motifs, with one large rosette of rhinestones. Sterling silver squares with enamel echo French prints and natural themes.
A frock of red crepe de chine features an unusual decoration of pearls sewn onto the fabric to mimic strands or a necklace, creating a jewelry-like effect.
A black crepe satin frock is enhanced with Georgette insets and embroidery in silver and blue. The description emphasizes delicate fabric contrast and decorative detailing.
A fragmented excerpt shows a terse exchange about fairness in sports or conflict, mentioning Wigwag and Borrowell. The lines hint at a moment of alleged unfairness and the stance that pursuing advantage over a downed opponent is improper.
Notice lists properties and inquiries from A W Jones of Carnegie Pennsylvania and Hilltop Farm Citronelle Mobile County Alabama. Offers 120 acres with a nine room house and fruit trees including pecans pears figs grapes and persimmons. Also mentions a booklet Story of Life and cautions against drugs.
A Buddhist mass was held at Kokoku temple in Tokyo by the Tokio Art Objects Dealers Association and ivory carvers to honor the spirits of elephants used for ivory. Fifteen prizes opened the service with Buddhist prayers and a monument to departed elephants was unveiled. The association president thanked elephants for providing materials and urged ivory artists and dealers to visit the monument as a shrine.
A night drive ends with a car stalled by water in the gasoline. Betty remains calm and says water in the tank will separate back into gasoline after sitting in the car for about an hour, a trick she claims has happened to her before.
A passerby in New Haven tells his daughter that they could not get mutton from the flock, joking about capers. The daughter replies that the lambs might provide the capers.
A humorous exchange questions a locomotive saying choo choo. Miss Cayenne notes no such expression, suggesting even trains can be misquoted in modern times.
Nevada contains more than 52,000,000 acres of government owned land, about 28 percent of the 186,000,000 acres of remaining public domain. The state features the largest stretch of unbroken unappropriated public lands in the nation out of its vast area.
Dilly questions Dally about living with hunger and deprivation. Dally replies he misunderstood and jokes about joining a religious brotherhood. Dilly clarifies she only meant keeping a certain weight.
A Boston Transcript quip contrasts a vacation’s cost with a homebound return. Emerson’s line about daily Doomsday frames a reflection on constant vigilance and learning from daily life.
A pithy aphorism notes marriage should seek wealth rather than a scheme to balance wrongs. It contrasts material alliance with calculating retribution. The remark implies prudence in choosing partners and lasting stability over spiteful gains.
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