29 Jul 1910
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
1
The Maurice Times records its Friday issue, editors J F van Gorkom and the publisher, with post office entry as second class matter in Maurice Indiana. Subscriptions cost $1.25 yearly paid in advance, or $1.50 if not prepaid.
Rail traffic figures list north and southbound passenger and freight trains with daily and selective run days. The document also presents a long official directory of county and city officers, including supervisors, mayor, clerks, treasurer, and post office regulations with mail exchange times.
Miss Pearl Lake visits the Maher home in LeMars and Mrs Murphy and Agnes plan Yankton travel. The Van Puurseim cows died in a Monday storm while Elslamp supplied gear for harvesters. Funeral services for W Pease are noted along with Ward Vos and Mrs Vos Idaho trip report. A road vacation proposal for Sherman and Reading townships is set for September 13 1910 with public claims deadline.
A group of four men at a restaurant display conspicuous wealth in their bill of fare and money. One counts a cash roll of 140, another 215, a third 300, while the fourth offers to lend all they need. Waiters carry the man from the table into the cold air. We will recover.
An editorial style passage argues for more fish as beef prices rise and meat supply struggles. It notes the ocean cannot be monopolized by slaughtering industries and hints at ongoing dietary shifts. A separate anecdote features a mother asking about car trouble and a girl revealing an engagement.
The text cites British brewers using 63,000,000 hops pads last year and states that almost two thirds of world petroleum is produced by the United States. It notes electrical power used in mining, Korean rail ties from Japan, gold recovery from mint soot, Rotterdam streetcars with first aid kits, Nome Alaska as a northern hub, radium production lab in London, and a 1909 corn crop valued at 1.72 billion dollars.
The annual appropriation for White House maintenance this year totals 277 225 dollars covering telephone service automobiles housekeeping conservatory care printing lighting and misc items. Expenditures avoid the Roosevelt lower years 160 000 but exceed other years due to repairs and additions. The overall cost including the President’s salary and clerical help slightly tops the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina’s budget and is described as lavish for the period.
A collection of quick facts including advertisements in 1652, Romania’s 6 million population with 30 thousand blind, indentured labor in Borneo, a dwarf tree patch near Hamburg, a 7 thousand member Anti-Cigarette League vowing to 21, UK agricultural employment figures through 1881 to 1901, U.S. mineral oil exports, Mrs. Russell Sage philanthropic offer tied to Bible Society fund drive, Nebraska clubwomen pushing school library funding, and Germany’s defense costs and labor impacts.
A collection of disjointed lines and character sketches. The passages include casual remarks about a dollar bill, blues, air travel, a gown, escape by boat, flags, a timid passenger asking about robberies on trains, a conductor noting occasional thefts, reflections on wealth and desire, and snippets about a boiler foundry foreman Joyce Smith.
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