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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
10
Holiday greetings announce a sale on men and boys suits and overcoats ranging from 3.50 to 25 dollars. Curlee suits priced from 15 dollars onward. Sik dress goods and taffeta offered, with Mesaline patterns 0.50 to 1.50 per yard. Prices emphasize affordable gifts and fabrics.
Advertises genuine White Table Linen sold by the yard at one dollar fifty cents. Mentions families may buy for home use and dinner settings. No specific store or date provided.
The notice advertises inexpensive gloves for rough work at 10 cents to 2 dollars for dress gloves and standard quality that will wear well. Handkerchiefs for the whole family range from 5 to 35 cents.
A government slogan "Business as Usual" promotes supply of essentials at fair prices. An advertiser declares it is their business to meet all needs at lower cash prices to help buyers during hard times. It urges customers to inquire for unavailable items and warns against cheap gifts, inviting scrutiny of stock to assist families.
The message states we will discontinue buying futures and require cash payment for any purchases. The Food Commission fixed a maximum price, removing profitability for hoarding. Costs of business have risen, so we switch to a strict cash basis of six pounds. Merchants nationwide are adopting cash terms to gain customer approval.
The notice lists hand painted chinaware caps military brushes safety razors in leather cases slippers men's ties in fancy boxes toys and games jewelry toilet sets and extra fancy apples priced 2 25 to 2 75 per box along with mince meat cranberries and all essentials for Christmas dinner.
Sioux City area column records week long movements of residents and visitors including Henry Meyers and John Mieras on the sick list. Orange City and LeMars trips noted with tonsil removals and familial visits. Cold weather, rail worries, and charity drives for the poor appear with small pox cases and WCTU meeting shifts.
Fred Siegé Maurice R 1 Herman DeKirasy finished putting in a furnace at Perkins residence De Wilde of Twin Brooks Dak is working at the John Rog hair place Paul Patterson assistant cashier in the bank spent Sunday at the Geo Hatley home in Orange City
Company informs creditors to vettied outstanding balances before March 2 1918 as it shifts to a cash basis. Heusiiaveld Mere.Co. seeks prompt payment and claims all balances are due by the specified date.
Daven from Grange City visited Tuesday night as he assists the business in four towns and oversees holiday furniture buying and display. A few cases of staal ROE remain in town and country. Prof Renkey’s daughter fell ill this week prompting the Board of Health to close the school.
Geo W Schultz who ran a barber shop in Maurice now takes over the Maurice Hotel from P Vander Wicken for one year. He is in Sioux City this week buying equipment and will assume next week. A first class barber shop will open in the hotel. Vander Wicken and wife will move to a farm after years in hotel business.
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