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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
1
Editor THE MAURICE TIMES J. F. VAN GORKOM and Publisher issue weekly on Friday. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office Maurice Ta under March 3 1879 act. Subscription 1.25 yearly if prepaid 1.50 otherwise.
Train schedules for C&N WLRR and rail lines show north south and east west times including passenger and freight numbers with daily patterns. Official directory lists county and city officers including mayor, clerk, treasurer, sheriff, schools superintendent and state representatives with hours for the post office and mail closure rules.
Maurice Iowa residents describe travels to Idaho Falls and Alaska-Yukon Exposition, with Father McNally visiting, and G W Orton planning move to Holland Minnesota. The piece notes Maurice as a growing railway town in Sioux County with multiple businesses, shipments, and optimistic prospects, and ends with a continuation note.
Duven Bros asks all indebted parties to arrange settlements at once due to extensive business and large bills to pay. They urge prompt payment of both small and large accounts to avoid further action.
Ardabanin reports 1250.88 ounces of gold and 489 ounces of silver valued at 26272 dollars last year. India exports tea worth 34381496 dollars for the year to March 81. France plans fifty planes for coast guard, while Norway hay is cured on racks and a new cable links Germany and Brazil. The conservation commission studies sawdust as timber scarcity grows. A British shipbuilder focuses on deep draught ships with bow rudders for shallow water. Berlin tests miniature electric trains in tunnels for soil transport. A Union Pacific electrician outfits a locomotive with wireless telegraphy for dispatch. A French linguist notes ancient Greeks valued drinking-water sterilization. Rome allocates four million dollars for an electric plant with distant generating apparatus and overhead wires. Graphite production values cited for 1907 and higher demand noted.
The text presents Billings’ quirky reflections on philosophy, virtue, vice, luck, talent, bigotry, and reason. It muses that heart guides the wife and head the husband, success outlasting good or bad luck, luxury as falling into law, and talent thriving where genius fades. It contrasts honesty with bigotry and notes courage and comfort along life’s journey.
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