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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
1
Local items report Bowen purchases a Reo touring car and several residents visiting nearby towns. Entries note band suits selection in Le Mars, family visits in Sioux City and Hospers, school changes, and a primary room appointment. A Sabbath observance meeting is planned with Rev Dickens as reader and conveyance arranged.
The annual stockholders meeting of the Farmers Elevator will be held on Saturday June 17 at 2:00 PM in the town hall. Mr Willard Myers of Chicago will address the meeting and is regarded as an excellent speaker on cooperation west of Chicago. All are urged to attend to ensure a glorious success. Yeohin Linmnan, Pres.
The text promotes health advice and energy ideas, claiming to help readers recover well being. It mentions a monthly Peach magazine edited by Dr RB Daniels and offers a dubious subscription with a teaser list and a dubious offer.
Maurice and Grand Rapids resident William Van Beynu m died Wednesday at age 83 from anemia due to old age. He helped start a general store with Gerret Bolks, later joining Mensink, then sold out to Duven. He served as councilman and school director and remained active in church affairs.
The passage extols Iowa as the beautiful land between the Mississippi and Missouri. It praises the season, nature’s colors, and agricultural promise with idyllic imagery of woods, fields, orchards, and livestock. It emphasizes prosperity, industry, and contentment in the Garden.
A 1916 notice from Iowa Cooperative Extension invites members to a series of alfalfa and soil use campaigns hosted by the Sioux County Farm Improvement Association with George Dunlop as the county agent. The announcement promotes a day-long program each week, requests attendees bring lunch baskets, and invites all interested to spend the day.
Congressman Steele, chair of the subcommittee, presents a survey of hog cholera and argues the Agriculture Committee backed a bill to regulate serum production. He cites department and farmer support, aiming to prevent sale of impure serums and toxins and to curb patent medicine influence. The measure wins favorable committee reports.
A five day automobile tour is set for Tuesday June 20 with hourly blocks from 8:00 A M to 8:00 P M including 12 sessions across West Branch Sherman M3 Nassau Center and Sioux Rock area. Participants listed include R W Steele B C Farr ing Joseph Bensen T W Searle Vy Abpey J W Kaar and others.
In a New York Sun interview, Anne Forsythe describes policing as a big field with male officers generally kind and supportive yet not highly intelligent. She portrays police work as physical and duty driven, while policewomen focus on welfare, social service, and guarding against vice, addressing diverse family and community issues.
An item notes a claim that a party once showed interest in a concern that might not fail entirely as it seemingly drifts downward. The wording hints at a skeptical view of its long term success.
Notice to Maurice citizens prohibits keeping stock on streets and alleys as Ordinance No. 25 forbids grazing in town. By order of the Town Council dated June 7, 1916, Mayor Geo. L. Biskarp.
A London Gazette notice states annexation of the Gilbert and Ellice groups was by native wish. It notes 16 Gilbert and 9 Ellice islands covering 166 miles with about 30 000 people. The islands, declared British protectorates in 1892, are coral atolls settled by Polynesian natives friendly to missionaries. Discovery credited to John Brion in 1765.
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