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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
1
The Maurice Times announces weekly publication by editor J. F. van Gorkom with Maurice IN as the office base. It lists subscription rates of 1.25 per year in advance or 1.50 otherwise and notes second class mail matter status under federal law.
The paper announces a missed issue because of sickness and notes some items are stale as a result. It apologizes and explains the delay affected timely reporting and publication schedules.
Government explorers have brought hull-less oats and hull-less barley from China, a tall-stem cabbage, trellised gourds, a blue raspberry from India, peppers from tropical America, a Japanese reed for mats, a lattice watermelon from Roumania, a wine-colored Chinese berry, a walnut with a thin shell, and new Carioe archipelago potatoes. Bamboos are being grown in Chico California experimental gardens for groves and future industrial use in the south. The note urges awareness of bamboo’s uses and potential domestic manufacturing benefits.
W J McDonald and Jos Douglas visited in Sioux City on Wednesday. Ice packing has begun. An oyster supper is planned next Thursday to support a good cause. Edmund Flynn of Sioux City visited the Crowley home. Caps for men and boys are sold by John Vanden Brink. A carload of winter apples is sold at Mesdames KK H and H De Jong. Mrs J F Van Gorkom and children visited Orange City. Rev Schideler of Sioux City preached at the American Reformed church. Maurice Studio photos come highly recommended. Geo Vander Brake welcomes a baby girl. Dr Foster, formerly practicing here, was hospitalized in Chicago after a quarrel with his wife. Miss Amy Schalekamp of Orange City visited the H De Jong home. Sioux County Savings Bank offers calendars. A family group photo at Maurice Studio is encouraged. Best wishes for a merry Christmas and happy New Year. H M Mensink attended a Dakota Classics session in Orange City. Roberts-Trune Vaudeville Co. begins a Maurice show every evening next week. Widespread illness reported. doctors busy. Oyster supper moved from Lynch hall to Moran building pool hall.
A finely improved half section six miles south of Akron and four miles east of Westfield is offered for sale on buyer friendly terms. Price set at 120.00 dollars per acre with possession available March 1. Struble and Struble, LaMars, Iowa.
A society column notes wealthy women such as Mrs. Gould Mrs. Mackay and Mrs. Vanderbilt spend vast sums on photographs Each year New York photographers earn from portraits for gowns hats jewels and wedding images Estimates place Mrs Goulds photography bills between 9000 and 10000 last year and Marjorie Goulds wedding photos cost over 1000
A notice advertises for sale a quantity of good slough hay offered by P Niemantsverdriet.
A critique of clumsy OCR and proofing in large newspapers noting garbled Ottawa dates and misread names. It cites the New York Herald sample about the governor general and Countess Grey at Rideau Hall, illustrating how "fed copy" and proofing errors distort events and people in major dailies.
A dentist recalls using extreme fake advertising to bill strangers for dental work. One target, H. S. Green, confronts the bill for his wife’s supposed treatment, exposes the ruse, and the dentist must admit responsibility and perform costly corrections. The episode ends with payment of $15 and a need to fix the work.
The undersigned will sell by public auction at the courthouse in Orange City on December 17 at 7 per acre. The pasture joins the townsite of Maurice on the southeast.
The boss asks Tommy about his weight gain after months on the job. Tommy replies he has gained about four pounds, counting nickels earned.
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