04 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1910
Page
1
The Maurice Times weekly issued Fridays lists J. F. van Gorkom as publisher. It is entered as second class matter at the Maurice Indiana post office under the 1879 act. Subscriptions are $1.25 per year in advance or $1.50 otherwise.
Schedule lists trains for G N R and C N W R roads with Nos 82 161 578 and 2 4 93 indicating passenger and freight times. Local officials include Treasurer H H Mckee Auditor H T Paske Recorder John Jongewaard Sheriff P R Schaap Supt of Schools F I Fuller County Attorney J W Hospers and others. city officers listed with mayor clerk treasurer and council. Post Office hours are 7:80 a m to 8:30 p m with mails closed 80 minutes before train departures.
At a schoolhouse meeting near Craig about seventy men attended and nearly one hundred shares were pledged to form a cooperative to install an elevator. Ireton associates proposed merging Ireton and Craig firms but no action yet pending committee report. Chair Onno Croon and secretary Ed Johnson were elected with a committee to study the plan.
A barnyard tale contrasts two hens one who cackles to advertise and one who does not. The owner discovers the cackle free eggs but cuts off the quiet hen for not embracing modern marketing. The parable suggests urging sellers to advertise rather than remain silent.
Miss Grace Moir visits relatives near Mason City this week. Dick Frericks moved to Scholten farm south of Orange City. W Whitehead of Missouri works summer at Enterprise Stockyards. Don Lartog moved household goods to farm near Orange City. Grant Chapman cuts lumber to enlarge his sheep barns. John Van Roekel family attended Kuiken Vander Stoep wedding. John Kuborn moved to a farm near Akron. A Mellema to occupy Browse place next year. Wm Page packed car goods and left for Omene N D. Mrs Page and children to visit relatives before joining new home.
The Secretary of the Navy signed a contract for a concrete wireless station tower in Washington. The structure will be 656 feet tall with a base diameter of 50 feet and a top diameter of eight feet, forming a prominent aerospace communications landmark.
Having sold out, all persons knowing themselves indebted to, or having claims against the undersigned, are requested to come in and settle at once. 4% interest.
Ledger style balance sheet for the Sioux County Savings Bank Maurice Iowa dated February 16 1910 lists assets including discounts cash on hand and drafts with several named banks and liabilities such as capital stock deposits and surplus. Cashier P N Vos swears the report to be true before Justice P H Moran on February 21 1910.
A stitched dialogue features Mrs Simpson and Mrs Sampson discussing home life and a baby, with neighbors Morton Bobbs and Dobbs weighing in on personalities. A stray note mentions Miss Byrd and a comic line about rat and hat weights. A suggested skywear idea imagines a life sky skirt made from strong umbrella fabric to act as a parachute.
The piece argues that machinery has displaced vast numbers of workers across the United States. It cites seed potato planting, threshing, shelling corn, cotton gin, coal loading, tobacco planting, and boot making as areas where machines cut labor needs dramatically, with reports of 600 workers replaced by 4 and similar efficiency gains.
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