26 Sep 1918
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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
1
A community event announces a new lecture course starting Wednesday October 2 1918 at Towns Hall. Four young women will perform and four more numbers are planned across winter months. Tickets are 2.60 for the season, 1.00 for under 32, and free for under five. Invites early attendance and reserved seating by Prof. Renkes or Rev. Vanderbeek.
President Wilson pleads for a generous Liberty Loan to fund the war effort. Sioux County aims for 2 800 000 with a 13 percent assessment. Maurice targets 97 150 as part of national financing. Local officials report community resolve to back Maurice boys and aid victory. Gerrt Brisk returns from Colorado with asthma. Henry Kots announces a baby boy. The piece notes a male-dominated birth trend this month.
The 1918 Iowa Dakota Conference of the Woman's Missionary Union met in Maurice Iowa on October 4 with devotional sessions led by Rev Vanderbaek and Rev B Muilenburg. Speakers included Miss Ann Berkenpas and Mrs Te Paske, with reports on resolutions and church activities and a cradle ball presentation.
A reflective piece recalls anti minority mistreatment of clergy during wartime Liberty Loan events. It notes volunteers posing as ministers, humor about identity checks, and a suggestion to enlist for altered appearances as wartime morale rises. Falcomer of Aston offers a prayer for the next Liberty Loan as Americans vow to support the war effort.
Mrs Hop welcomed a baby boy last Sunday morning. Both mother and infant are reported as doing fine. A rumor of Mrs Hop’s illness was denied by Mrs Kamstra of Orange City where Mrs Hop is staying while Andrew is away. A telegram was sent east to inform the father.
The note urges saving fruit pits for gas mask manufacture by the Gas Defense Division of the U S Army and delivering them to the Red Cross Unit. It also condemns penny gambling among youth and urges Sunday schools to pledge to stop the pastime in wartime warning readers of dangerous temptations.
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