31 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
1
The Maurice Times is issued every Friday with J F Van Gorkom as publisher. It notes post office classification under the 1879 act and lists annual subscription rates of $1.25 in advance or $1.50 otherwise.
Train schedules for GN and C&NW lines show departures in early morning and late evening with freight and passenger services listed. County officials, local notices, school milestones, church decisions, and community items accompany a report including photo studio promos and weather notes.
Miss Mary and Anna Siege spent Christmas at the parental home. Henry Den Hartog has had a cold the past week. Miss Sadie Meyer of Sioux Center visits with Henrietta Kots. Merritt Hawkins and sister spent Sunday at the Join Chew hall home. Miss Sittler returned to the Henry Siege home Monday. Grant Chapman harvesting ice this week. Win Page delivering corn at the Enterprise Stock Farm. Route No 1 mail delivery heavy. carrier’s sleigh broke down. Miss Fanny Ten Naple of Soo Center pleasant caller on Tuesday.
A fragmentary note mentions Mic and Mis Teo Morin in an unclear scene about a vanished or veiled event. Limited readable terms hint at a tense moment, with no concrete names, places, or dates clearly established in the surviving text.
A historical note describes fur rug making and mounting, detailing rug construction from hides and taxidermy, with focus on polar bear rugs praised for size and glossy white fur. It mentions heads fashioned from papier mache and facial lifelike accuracy, and notes the rarity and value driven by whiteness and room display.
After a Tuesday crowd in Struble watched a moving picture show, two would be thieves were seen pulling a sled. Jim McDonald and Mike Gengle chased the villains for a mile but failed to catch them. The pursuing boys then vented their anger on the town crowd.
The article describes fires kept burning for years in various regions and stories. It notes Parsee custom to keep a sacred fire alive, Eskimo fires and Lapland flames carried by ships, and an inn in Osmotherly with a century of continuous fire. It mentions Sicilian vendetta and a Palermo trial where a kitchen was kept lit for five years.
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