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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
7
A merchant promptly responded to the brightest student in the flags, recognizing achievement and signaling support for academic excellence.
A fragmented ad mentions Seminole branded canisters priced at 1.00 and 1 200 with a request to write Denison Coffee Co Chicago for a souvenir and dealer name. It notes a single merchant per town and references a Seminole canister can for sale.
A trimmed cartoon caption questions fashion trends with a joking exchange about extremes. The dialogue parodies style cycles and features a judge’s quip on restraint in dress.
A City College of New York sophomore, George Edward Peplla, was found sitting by an elm on Seventh Avenue near 128th Street in a puddle at dawn. He wore eleven yards of red ribbon and repeatedly spat into a cuspidor while an alarm clock chimed, as Tau Delta Phi members supervised a prank for initiation. Patrolman Hartwig intervened as officials described the act as disorderly conduct.
Minneapolis residents report Charley Wing, a Chinese laundry owner, playing a two-string fiddle at midnight to two in the morning outside his shop on Franklin Avenue and Fifteenth Street. Neighbors describe his haunting bamboo instrument with snakeskin and a makeshift bow as both a local soundtrack and a nighttime disturbance.
The piece argues free land and cheap acreage lure settlers, noting Western Canada offers 160 acre homesteads at low prices with yields of 32 to 60 bushels per acre for wheat and high crop value, while U S lands rise in price. It cites Nebraska and Iowa examples and urges Canadian government agents for information.
In Tacony Philadelphia a Baptist church on Disston and Hagerman streets is completed as the world’s only edifice built from worn-out grindstones. Pastor Rev George W Tryon led the effort, securing stones by personal sacrifice, with Castor using hip boots to recover buried grindstones and finish the building for the growing congregation.
In a Woolworth building apartment once leased by former Yucatan governor Abel Argumedo, Deputy Sinnott uncovered a large bale of Mexican paper money. An expert valued the notes at 80 000 to 90 000 dollars, with Mexican value near 500 000 dollars. The bills varied in quality and origin, some nearly worthless.
A fragmented note reflects frustration with finding a residence as the search for good luck continues. The text hints at difficulty locating a correct address, framing the quest as a public, everyday challenge.
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