06 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1911
Page
1
A fragmentary OCR item shows times and notes on westbound trains with unclear context and partial timetable details. The readable data include morning and evening minutes and scattered letters, indicating a transit schedule snippet from a historical page.
Official directory lists county officers including Treasurer GW McBee Auditor Recorder John Jongewaard Clerk of Courts C G Reiniger Sheriff P x Schaap Supt of Schools F E Muller County Attorney J W Hospers Surveyor C N Sawyer Coroner Dr A C Jongewaard Representative G Klay Orange City and Supervisors Wm Dealy Chairman M B Smith A Van der Meide Wm Shimp M McNally.
Local items report new goods at Warntjes including blankets and comforts, McKibbin caps, a carload of winter apples at 4.00 to 4.50 per barrel, and Miss Minnie Heusinkveld resuming studies at Morningside College. Maurice Studio photos praised. Wm. Mieras recovering. Duiken buys Baker residence and plans citizenship. Lectures by Arthur and Gringle announced for January 19 with a refund offer if unsatisfied. Further notices to follow.
A collage of aphorisms and maxims praising virtue, kindness, and character. Writings from Emerson, Twain, Pascal, Marcus Aurelius, and others urge self-improvement, living up to one’s best nature, and serving others as a measure of true merit.
A box like utensil with crossed knife blades cuts potato chips with one press to keep fingers clean. A Philadelphia inventor patents a drop latch fender for trolley rails. A half horsepower electric motor powers an air pump for inflating auto tires. An aerial torpedo to reach wrecked ships is described by a Swedish officer. English opticians perfect a periscope mounted globe view for eight miles. A combine sun dial and compass for aviators uses a lucite dial with shadow indicating course.
A Scribner's essay praises German cities for foresight and efficiency. It describes how planners enlarge city boundaries to control development, linking industry zones to housing and green spaces, with examples like Nusgeldorf, Cologne, and Frankfurt. It notes topography, wind, and transport in shaping industrial and residential districts.
A distorted text fragment lists several personal names and vague locations, lacking clear events or dates to frame a coherent news item or notice. Names include Reginald Bret Jimry Dex and references to Philadelphia and Reoaid veal terms appear garbled.
A collage of jumbled phrases and jokes references fragments about dog bites, phonograph dealers, a man with a long head, carpet damage, praying, burning money, New Year’s resolutions, and a misquote about giving versus receiving. The text reads like idiosyncratic snippets from a crowd or column.
The excerpt lists varied economic items including egg exports, health claims from lager nails, flour usage shifts in Germany, train delays in Scotland due to wind, Florida road improvements, pine leaf cover, a March 31, 19 Siam metal trade value, and metal manufacture totals excluding machinery. It also references life insurance growth in Japan, and Mesopotamian prospects tied to west Bee works and a $2,560 cup.
The southern states aid Black workers benefit from labor opportunities and reduced racial strife in politics. Booker T Washington argues the South offers better odds for Black laborers, with easier access to work, credit, and social relations compared to the North. He cites Mississippi politics and Governor Vardaman, noting improved race relations locally and a move toward peaceful coexistence.
Fine farm for sale on terms near Akron four miles east of Wesville. Price twenty dollars per acre. Possession given March 1. Struble Struble, LeMars, Iowa.
At a New York station Lieutenant Conlon spots a man wearing several coats and layers. After removing one outerwear and revealing more garments, officers detain him as a suspicious person. The man claims to be Hermin Papfe, 21, of 30 East Lath Street, with investigators suspecting a clothing theft scheme.
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