18 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
1
The list includes Pony Boy Instrumental and 2. Music 3. Play 1. Music 4. Instrumental Music between Acts 5. Sociable Chorus In care of Mr. Benson Mr. Benson Dutch Jake.
The Maurice Times notes local items: P W Moir visited Alton on Tuesday, Merritt Hawkins worked in LeMars Saturday, Grandpa and Grandma Chapman visit Grant's family, Geo R Moir shipped hogs from Cannes to Sioux City for Wednesday's market, and F T Eason returned from Minnesota where he manages farming interests.
Railroad time card details trains north south east and west with numbers and times. Official directory lists county and city officers, supervisors, and post office hours with mail exchange rules and train mail details.
Synopsis outlines Act I in Fay-Iron mines where Major Fay and Maude Allen shelter Ella Fay and Jake Schneider. a missing five thousand and a sale trigger accusations. Act II follows Jake, Ella, Crinley, and Maude amid abductions, threats, and a rescue on a goose pond. Act III brings a vigilance committee, murders, shootings, and Maude's discovery of a brother in Harry, ending with Dutch Jake and a hopeful finale.
The month brings warm days and drying mud as farmers prepare for seeding and corn picking. A moving picture program features The Pied Piper of Hamelin and other titles, with free admission for children under twelve. A death in Kakunazoo from Bright's disease is noted. Home talent play and a basket social promise town entertainment to aid the public school, inviting all parents to stay and participate.
Mayor I P N Vos announces Maurice Iowa voters will elect a mayor treasurer assessor and five councilmen March 28 1910. Polls open eight A M to seven P M at Lynch Hall with judges George Van Pearsem P H Moran and Gerrit Brink and clerks J C Harrison and H M Mensink. Witness dated March 17 1910.
The town of Maurice nominated J. C. Emery for mayor though he protested that he was too busy and too progressive. Emery says dissatisfaction with Taft is widespread, reflecting local sentiment in the Sioux County Herald.
A scattered clump of odd statements notes a $15,000 cost to paint the Eiffel Tower, a Perrin laughter viewed as effeminate, Krance leading a one legged men organization, and a Kentucky trotter with a peculiar name Pot-oaaqo000-Pat-So's.
Ordinance No. 44 vacates the alley south of block twelve from Oak street to Pine street in Maurice Iowa. It becomes effective five days after the third publication in the Maurice Times. Mayor N. Wos and Clerk J. C. Harrison certify.
Ordinance 45 repeals Ordinance 34 fixing councilmen compensation in Maurice Iowa. It states each councilman shall receive one dollar for every regular meeting actually attended. The ordinance becomes effective after publication in the Maurice Times, with P. N. Vos as Mayor and J. C. Harrison as Clerk.
A short reflective note laments missed opportunities while recalling band boxes and music stands. The author contrasts sharp guilt with bass rum metaphors, noting the ease of gossip versus the difficulty of quelling tempers as time flows past.
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