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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
4
A brief notice shows subscription pricing with 82.00 dollar rate in U.S. currency for readers in Canada. Details about dates or additional terms are not clear from the readable text.
A chaotic world scene and relief sought by the public are discussed amid praise for stock and wheat markets. The piece notes Liberty bond values rising above par and cites a $4 278 premium for a wedding tax, while criticizing Democratic and Republican actions and the League of Nations debate.
A fragmented local notice outlines resolutions honoring the sudden removal of a sister and lists members including Miss Leoving Hall Mrs Leonard Pree and Mr Alvin Hall as part of a committee. The text references Zion Bethe Naudies' Aid and a vacancy within the organization.
The fragment references store hours, repairs, and bids for improvements. It mentions Thompson, Pew and an osteopathic physician Dr FLA Turtler. An ad offers money to loan on farm land at low rates by H. C. Johnson & Son and Dr J Gochenour, a dentist, in Monticello.
A rambling account of a bankers meeting with comic asides about drivers, prizes, fish dinners, and a dam site. The piece quotes jokes about bankers and islands and describes attendees like John Duffey and Wendell Grissmer in humorous, playful terms.
A fragmented clipping references bankers tools not used by banks with stray mentions of addresses, names like Bert Van Voorst Milt Mertz Clarence Downey and John Smith. It hints at discussions of fraudulent practices and time usage before nine and after nine with numbers like eight percent and fighting percent by a machinery firm.
Mrs. Harriet Eckhart aged eighty three died Monday afternoon at the Bresee home on Hallead street after a brief illness. She had lived with her daughter Mrs. B W Bresee since her husband’s death. Survived by children Hubert Eckhart Delphi Mrs B W Bresee Mon teed Mrs Anna Keith Mrs A Gathu Wo OH Eckhart Jo Eckhart and Mrs Pildscod Covington Oklahoma. The body was taken to Peoria for funeral services and interment. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at Gor Tuneral home in Peoria.
Bond quota details list four issues with accrued interest and dates from June to December. First issue shows $1,989,190,300. second $3,807,864,200. third $80,804,175,148,700. fourth $988,958,506,567. Totals and dates run June to February, with several figures and denominations.
A Nantes-like notice discusses Dickens character Krook from Bleak House a cash desk owner who dies of spontaneous combustion and is cited as inspiration for the novel chapter. Legal blanks for sale at the Herald.
Delphi Commandery No 40 Knights Templar held Ascension Day services at the Presbyterian church in Delphi. The service featured processional hymns, prayers, a sermon by Harold T. Wilson, and a large turnout. The commandery serves Delphi Monticello Monon and Rensselaer, the only one between Frankfort and Hammond.
A survey of animal behavior describes the hog nosed snake feigning death when alarmed and the Australian dingo dog mimicking a lifeless pose during capture. It also recounts a French caterpillar parade observed as marching lines of caterpillars moving to a new feeding ground. Carbon monoxide poisoning risks are warned by the Bureau of Mines, with notes on sources and dangers in homes and workplaces. A Canadian professor notes flower color patterns across seasons, highlighting white flowers in spring and stronger autumn hues. Get your typewriter ribbons and supplies at the Herald office.
Andrew Wiese of Reynolds died after taking a small amount of a rare drug Tartar Imetie at his brother in law Theodore Enz’s home in Monticello. Enz fell ill from the same dose. Wiese, 42, had suffered months from disease and leaves a widow, six children, and his mother Mrs. William Wiese. Funeral held in Reynolds.
The text notes that dietary protein supplies only a fraction of essential amino acids and that some proteins lack certain acids. It states peanuts can supplement cereal diets, whether as meal or press cake fed to animals, or with wheat flour to improve bread protein.
A humorous exchange about restless ages between a father and son. A line mocks a stout woman advertising for a domestic role, referencing a newspaper ad and literary aside with playful tone.
The listing details Kather ine MacDonald in The Infidel and Snub Potlard comedy on Wednesday. Thursday features Niles Welch and others in The Spend and Laughing Gas. Harold Lloyd in a two reel marriage comedy and Anne of the Little Limokey on Friday and Saturday. The week continues with God's Crucible from Ralph Connor and Beware of Boarders on Tuesday. Marshall Neilan presents Bits of Life on June 13 and 14 with fourteen stars. a highly worthwhile feature.
Wednesday June 14 features Herbert Rawlinson in The Millionaire and Happy Birthdays. Saturday June 17 Buck Jones stars in Western Speed along with a light comedy.
Leonardo da Vinci argues literature should stem from natural probity rather than learned skill. He notes praise should go to the man of integrity even if uneducated, rather than to the skilled writer lacking probity.
Billy objects to being called darling lamb by a family friend for his baby brother Leigh. The woman insists it is an endearing term while the misunderstanding unsettles the child and triggers a note in the Herald.
Reach's Store announces seasonable merchandise now moving with February buys at 12 to 13 cents per pound. Men and boys items priced from 50 cents to 1.80. ladies knit gauze unions, vests, drawers, and cambric gowns in varied prices. Also invites attention to ginghams, percales, voiles, organdies and general stock display. A second notice explains White County Indiana bond issue for Michael Reacek road in Union Township with a proposed debt of 48000 dollars at five percent interest and a hearing date pending for taxpayers appeal by June 9, 1922.
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