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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
4
Schedule snippets list east and west bound passenger and freight trains with daily or weekly patterns. Mentions No. 22 25 31 162 lines and times from 7:45 am to 5 pm. Agent H Cartson identified.
Printed notice states second class matter at the post office in Town under an 1875 act. Subscription is 1.50 per year in advance. Display rates on front page 20c, other positions 15c per inch. Local advertising 10c per line, regular type, 15c per line for Black Face type.
A Scots viewpoint highlights versatility yet warns many claim to master all trades and often stumble. The column attributes caution to men in Edinburgh noting a common bias toward overconfidence and clumsy missteps.
The text argues that rural areas prefer prominent men with strong presence, while smaller souls find little space in the countryside. It reflects a view of leadership favoring size and authority in country life.
A fragmentary daily note hints at a meditation on tomorrow being distant from today. The lines evoke reflection on time, dreaming, and the elusive near future.
Local notices list multiple for sale items including old newspapers for cleaning, cabbage plants by Peter Van Peursem Maurice Iowa, loads of wild hay by Henry Van Peursera Maurice Iowa, and small stacks of hay. Also listed are a cow expected to be fresh in June and miscellaneous hardware like a sister knife switch with 60 amp fuses plus wiring and a jump cord. Call the Times Office for details.
A list of used printing presses and devices offered for sale including a 16 inch paper cutter a 2 page E P Co press a pearl job press on iron stand a Washington hand press and a Horton mailer with prices. All items claimed in first class shape and priced to go.
A kaleidoscope of observations on alcohol, politics, and war era attitudes. It notes Peru’s turmoil, calls for Allied unity, jokes about women and men, and snippets on figures like Henry Ford and Jesse James. It mentions war weary Europeans seeking America, Turkey as a puzzle, and odd moral quips about priests and churches.
The publisher urges delinquent subscribers to call or remit owed amounts, citing high costs to maintain the plant and to fund the move from Aberdeen South Dakota. The note appeals for prompt payment and frames support as a neighborly duty.
In 1918 eighty six per cent of business failures were due to personal causes such as incompetence ignorance neglect. If you are not making money the chances are it is your own fault.
The 2nd Division claims it suffered more major casualties and captured more prisoners and artillery than any other unit. It also advanced farther, received more replacements, and ranked second in machine gun captures.
A crude editorial urges the U S government to align the Pure Food Commission while accusing Standard Oil Co of preemptive moves by adulterating oils in a bid to gain advantage at a peace conference era.
Fragmentary notes describe Bolshevik enemies celebrating. Mention Lenine and Trotsky, a steamer chosen without wireless, and Germans reading Clemenceau’s replies with interest. Vivid imagery contrasts work, danger, and political conflict.
A report states the British government is owed 4.26 billion dollars by the United States and that if the U S government received the funds now it could retire a large portion of the Liberty Loan.
The report claims Lenine offers an armistice to Admiral Kolchak seeking peace terms. It adds Bolsheviks are said to be abandoning Petrograd and retreating toward rocky areas as cut throats are implied in resistance.
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