19 Jul 1917
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
1
Maurice shows a healthy financial condition with about 800 dollars in the treasury. When the town passed to current administrators it carried a several hundred dollar debt. Tax levels compare favorably with neighboring towns and officials are praised for businesslike management.
A two weeks series of meetings in the county demonstrates Cold Pack canning of vegetables and fruits. A Home Economics Extension specialist from Ames will supervise lectures and live demonstrations to show how perishable products can be saved for months. Sessions run July 24 to July 28 in Maurice Orange City and Ireton with no admission charge.
Maurice Iowa town council adopts ordinance declaring any hall inviting public dances or for profit as a public dance hall. It bans operation, imposes up to a 100 dollar fine with possible jail time up to thirty days, and takes effect after passage and publication. Attested by John M. Mieras and Geo H Elskamp on July 11 1917.
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A speech to the New York State Bankers Association argues thrift as the driver of large war bond subscriptions. It notes England’s first war loan drew 100000 subscribers while America’s 1917 Victory Loan used eight million subscribers and predicts Liberty Bonds will attract even more as the nation supports soldiers in Europe.
The piece notes that moderate work with regular rest boosts efficiency, while continuous overtime lowers output as seen at Bethlehem steel and in English munitions. It warns that worry from rush work worsens effects, urging calm amid global feverishness. Harold De Jong and Ellsworth De Jong visited Orange City Tuesday evening.
Queal & Company of Maurice led by manager C C Smith serves the Northwest with lumber. Prices rose from about 39 to 40 per thousand feet. Smith, with nine years in the firm, oversees big business while maintaining community ties.
Local residents and visitors are listed with travels to and from Orange City, Sioux City, Hawarden, and LeMars. Highlights include Mrs Henry Roland, Miss Gertie Brink, John Levering, Jake Riepma, Dr. and Mrs H D Oggie, Prof Wilmers, Amy Schalekamp, and several families visiting relatives or staying with friends.
John Vander Ploeg, a popular and efficient cashier at Sioux County Savings Bank, was jolted awake when a S C train near Cherokee wrecked. One person was killed and forty injured in the crash. Vander Ploeg escaped uninjured apart from being shaken, and plans to continue his vacation.
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