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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
8
A call for merchants and successful businessmen to study the general benefits of a disciplined method for managing income, building a reserve fund, and safeguarding it until it grows enough for investment. The notice touts lasting success through a regular system and invites investigation of advantages from using the Bank Account Plan.
The article emphasizes the rising importance of motor cars, noting 6,000,000 passenger cars in use and comparing automobile capacity and mileage to railroads. It highlights efficiency gains and shifts in social perception, with farmers relying on over two million autos daily.
Local Maurice items report Henry Fritz returning home, show attendance in LeMars, and upcoming chautauqua dates July 22 to 24. Streetscape work by O F Crowley, new sidewalks by J M Mieras, and a white goods sale at H J Warntjes. Farm crops suffer heat damage while corn and oats stay fair.
A local Chautauqua season is promoted with a full slate of programs by the United Chautauqua System. The prospectus highlights lectures by Dr. Lucian Follensbee and Hon. Has kil H. Dyar, performances by The College Girls and The Metropolitan Ladies Orchestra, and a closing music festival. Also included are social commentaries and cultural notes from the era.
A speaker argued that substituting motor cars would require 25 million vehicles and tie up 125,000,100 acres of farm land for feed, presenting numerous facts and figures to prove automoblility's vital economic value across human endeavors.
The cream station run by G. A. Tyler has been turned over to E. C. Cole who will do as well by all its patrons and give you the same courteous treatment as you have been getting. We will be open every day to take your cream from 7 p m until 11 p m except Sunday. Tests will be made Tuesdays and Fridays and payments will be made Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Farmers push for buttermilk to supplant alcohol as a national drink. They favor a ready alternative that matches pace and acceptance of spirits.
The comment notes persistent tensions and the impact on relations with Mexico. It mentions friendship and cooperation as a goal while acknowledging recurring issues and complexities in cross border affairs.
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