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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
5
The passage praises orderly kept streets as a city’s face and soul. It contrasts honest, clean streets with mean or morally varied roads, warning that replacing trees with commercial signs harms beauty and civic character.
Passent No 6 No 24 FREIGH No 23 No 25 No 3 FREIGHT No 23 10:15 a m PREIGHT DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY No 578 North Bound 10:15 a m No 577 South Bound 2:15 p m FP H Carson Agent
Ottawa Horticultural Society and Ottawa playgrounds association push for peace memorial parks in major Canadian cities. Parks would honor the wartime spirit, promote unselfishness, and serve as centers for peace celebrations with yearly memorial tablets recording peace benefits.
Architecture as asset and art. Simplicity in composition paired with splendid proportions and harmonious relation to the whole. A house’s scale and character matter as much in small homes as in grand ones. Good judgment in design brings joy and life.
The article notes global lead pencil output reaching nearly two thousand million annually. Half of it uses American grown cedar. The United States alone manufactures about 750 million pencils yearly, over eight per person in the country.
Quote from Cotton on governance stresses that law and military power must balance to preserve liberty. It asserts laws without force lose discipline while arms without law yield slavery.
A fragmentary note describes the old Spanish peso called a daklar or pieces of eight used along the Eurasian Main in pirate days. The piece is said to be divided into eight reales with values noted, reflecting historical currency concepts.
Maurice Times lists editor Edward C. Cole and announces second class mailing as of August 4 1911. Subscription rate is 1.50 annually in advance. Advertising rates include 20c per inch on the front page 15c for other positions and 10c per line for local ads with 15c per line for Black Face type.
Classified notes from The Times Mautice Iowa offer slate knife switch with fuse plugs and related electrical gear, a 16 inch paper cutter and printing presses, a Horton mailer, and a Washington hand press. A horse blanket found on the road near John Brink place is awaiting owner claim with ad payment.
An advertisement lists thousands of South Dakota farms for sale at about 28.75 dollars per acre with totals shown. A Maurice Iowa election shows 82 to 49 for good roads and Orange City 3 to 1. Local business leaders urged highway changes to connect Hawarden and Sinage City, noting the current road misses both towns.
Washington reports broad agreement on railroad restoration with private operation as the aim. Plans favor government safeguards, private investment, and large systems, while warning against overregulation and guarantees that could curb efficiency. Senator Cummins notes consensus on core principles and bipartisan support for a stable, market-driven transition.
The piece critiques stamps and press funding noting paid subscriptions and advertising sustain printing. It questions reformers and morals while contrasting hard work with others who enjoy ease, urging awareness of root causes and economic strain.
Distinct surprise greets claims that copies of the peace treaty were in the hands of Wall Street manipulators. Senator Hitchcock moved for inquiry, urged to the limit, as the State Department says treaties in New York were stolen. Senator Lodge accuses agents close to the President of supplying the copies. Await the inquiry.
The North Carolina governor proclaimed laborers may unionize and cooperate, affirming each worker’s right to work with or without a union. The stance, supported by the paper, invokes state force to uphold these principles as just and proper for leaders nationwide.
The article traces the banjo’s origin from America through African and Indian influences and suggests the name derives from banya. It also offers a simple door finisher using glue dissolved in water to create a smooth varnishlike surface.
An exploration of estimated vocabularies for the average person and notable authors. It cites figures for Shakespeare 15 000 to 24 000 words Milton 13 000 and biblical Hebrew Greek words 8674 and 6674 respectively, noting root words and inflections.
Clergyman voices concern that much time is wasted on playing cards. The bridge-playing parishioner agrees the delays in shuffling dealing or choosing cards are exasperating.
John Crowley and Leroy Crowley traveled to Algone on business Monday. Can O'Hare has been confined to his home for a few days with tonsillitis.
Improved and unimproved farms in Hughes Sully Hyde and Southern Potter Counties South Dakota priced from 28 75 per acre. Thousands of farms listed in our office. Call Jock and Callin for the large list. One third down balance time to suit purchaser six percent. Expenses paid if you purchase. We show you the land free of charge. Dakota Land Co E C Cole General Agent for Sioux County Iowa.
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