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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
4
Mrs Geo Van Peursem and family announce a Monday wedding and invite attendance at a big auction sale at Vanden next Saturday offering bargains in groceries shoes percal es and wear all items in the store to go at Schreuer who has been visiting at Park. Also notes Osland and Vander Broek family health and local visits with Otlie Vander Broek ill with lagrippe.
The item notes John Hoekstra and Minnie VanPearsem wed at the VanPearsem home with about 430 invited guests. Henry DeJong hosts a birthday gathering for Mr. DeJong. A sale on ladies sweaters runs from three to three fifty priced at two twenty five. A St John Lutheran meeting is planned at Louis Fecken Cay Orton’s home.
Local advertises a closing out sale at Van denBrinks with drastic discounts on shoes and a last day event on Saturday. Mentions owners Henry VanPerrsem Gerrit Kutken and others, plus visits by residents from Maurice and Orange City and a wedding attendee Minnie Hemstra.
The Maurice 3 team defeated Hull 33 to 25 in a well contested game played last Thursday evening. A large crowd attended with the Maurice band performing and the contest described as a good clean game despite a rough moment in the first half when a fight broke out and a new period began.
An ad-like snippet promises relief from head cold and catarrh by applying Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils. It claims the antiseptic cream penetrates nasal passages, soothes inflamed mucous membranes, and provides instant relief from headaches and stuffed-up sensations.
Fragmentary prose jumbles topics from fashion to politics and war, noting strange phrases about a new “stent typewriter” and chaos. It touches on price of living, Arabia forming a kingdom, editors’ fashion notes, and a submarine fear, all in a disordered, surreal mosaic.
Officials identify two main problems affecting livestock operations. They note potential waste risks and unspecified regulatory gaps while examining current practices and oversight.
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