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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
4
Readable text incomplete. The item appears to reference a promotional offer for a Columbia bicycle with free extras. No clear names, dates, or locations are discernible.
Snippets of social satire and etiquette from a public discourse page. The bits mock gender norms, manners, and opinions on courtship, money, and status with pointed lines about women, men, and social behavior.
A nature essay argues that trees with irregular shapes and hardship teach character, then compares hard grown trees to resilient people. It notes vast forest product use last year for barrels and rails and cites production in Ohio and Indiana with rising outputs and national demand.
Local items report coal prices at M King and lard buyers at Maurice Meat Market paying 164 cents per pound. Orange City visitors include John Brink and Dr Oggél. Ben Heusinkveld returned from Sioux City after surgery. A boy weighed eleven pounds born to Will Bertram family. Maurice Reformed church purchased a new pulpit set for 5, golden oak mission style. Maurice and Sheldon area depots and rural routes face funding and road issues.
J G Emery was in Alton on business Tuesday. Dealy made a business trip to Paullina Tuesday. H H Vande Brake returned Friday from Pella. Busy cold widespread. Alvin Heusinkveld visited Lieton Monday. De Groot was a county seat visitor Tuesday. Moving picture shows on Tuesdays and Saturdays. John Wagenberg of Yakima visited this week. Family group photos encouraged at Maurice Studio. Rev Thrman and Mass Van Ulsberg were LeMars visitors Tuesday. Mrs Ben Den Dawn Wea ill improving. J W Miller sale postponed to December 7, then December 20. The moving pictures drew large crowds on Saturday and Tuesday evenings.
Public notice lists a seven room dwelling and two lots in Maurice for sale with contact to P A Moran. Also mentions enlargements from Maurice Studio photographs and found scoop shovel near Maurice. Minor local items note T Dykema’s illness and a moving picture event with Sioux Center residents, plus a school disruption incident and a local car incident with a fur overcoat damaged in a cutter overturn.
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