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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
5
Rev E T McNally will report at Ft Snelting Minneapolis for officer reserve training. John VanGorkum will report for service at Columbus Ohio after attending edh wl at Holland Michigan.
Notice explains rising paper costs and impending war tax prompting readers to renew subscriptions at $1.50. It mentions sending expiration notices and the impact on bread and butter. While traveling to Orange City, the reporter passed the Dan Doherty residence, described as resembling a small village, but could not stop.
The notice announces a Sunday School convention to be held in Maurice Iowa on Monday and Tuesday May 28 29 1917 led by Rev RD Dotwstra president with C E Johnson secretary treasurer Tawarden Iowa and Hospers as hosts and organizers.
Monday evening and Tuesday sessions outline devotional services and multiple addresses on Sunday school relation to church, home, nation, and Christ. Speakers include Walter Hutton, Rev. A Haverkamp, Rev. C W Heady, Rev G M Fulcomey, Sey H Rolenbrander, with offerings and family acknowledgments noted for county and state work.
James Kool and Pert Den Oaden appear on the sick list while visitors pass through Sioux City and Orange City. Local residents and callers include Jaze Riepma, Gerrit Roghair, Kittie DeKraay, Henry DeJong, and John Brower. A band concert is announced for Saturday evening and a birth reports a boy born to Dick Schaller on May 10.
Local shoppers, including Mr and Mrs Wu DeJong and Mrs Geo VanPeursem Sr, visit Le Mars while others attend a circus and a dance with about fifty couples. Community news covers visiting relatives, nurses, farm work, a wolf sighting, car ownership, baseball contract, obituaries, and local exchanges among residents of Sioux Center, Orange City, Merrill, LeMars, and Hawarden.
Wm. Weis formerly of Struble now of Volin S Dakota was badly injured when a car crash occurred near Tony Tampen's farm after a Sunday visit. He suffered a broken rug a broken shoulder bone and a fractured skull while his wife and four children escaped with lesser injuries.
John Linnan and G A Tyler toured the Maurice j district with the Ford special to the Sioux County Poor Farm. Mr and Mrs Stermburg and 28 inmates live there under five years of management by Stermburg. The facility shows improvements, clean buildings, own electric light, elevator, fire safety features, and a motto of cleanliness. Ministers provide practical religious care. local residents note farm products and livestock health, while observers reflect on better times and the county's care for the poor and insane.
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