19 Nov 1909
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
1
The Maurice Times edited by J. F. Van Gorkom is issued every Friday with second class mail status at Maurice Indiana. Subscriptions are $1.25 per year if paid in advance and $1.50 if not.
Railroad time card lists arrivals and departures for G N R and Western lines with eastbound and westbound passenger trains and freight schedules. Included are local officials and supervisors from Sioux Center Orange City and surrounding area plus regulation hours and mail exchange notes.
A young married couple near Maurice appears in the local paper with their wedding account. On the reverse, an advertisement touts Grape Nuts benefits for young mothers and infants.
A garbled list covers goats in Ireland Spain Japan and Egypt with numbers on savings deposits, power plants, missionaries, sugar refining, and ancient artifacts. It mentions New York municipal expenses, a saltwater well in Ohio, and various technological notes from clock pendulums to electric dryers.
A Treton Ledger column jokes about editor Willis and a joke on his best girl. Local reports describe a near fire at Henry Hy ink’s furniture store caused by a gasoline lamp incident and a safe escape. Other notes cover Dr. Hirzinga’s new Rock Valley hospital and an LeMars marriage of Miss Kelen Peeks to Ed Knippels, with train riding mishap details aboard a Maurice to LeMars journey.
Local notes report Marshal Noble's house nearing completion. First snow of the season appeared Monday Nov 15. Surveyor Held of Hawarden surveyed the Catholic Cemetery. Thomas King visited Maurice then returned to Yankton. J E Note received 3105 in city funds tied to the defunct Maurice State Bank. Infant child of Mr and Mrs John Binnun died Saturday evening with funeral at Catholic Church.
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Rabbi Tobias Sehaufarber denounces child labor as a modern slavery, likening it to antebellum racism and warning it harms growth and education. He urges emancipation of children through schooling, referencing Lincoln and a call for action in the 20th century.
Two Duroc Jersey pigs available for sale including a spring pig and another about one year old. The ad notes the two red hogs are offered together.
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