Church News and Otterbein Guild Activities
Bible School at 9 45 a m with Murrel H Johnson superintendent Morning worship at 11 a m Junior Otterbein Guild meets at 6 20 p m Mrs Chas Coffin sponsor Br Christian Endeavor at 7 p m Topic How Should We Use Sunday Evening services at 7 80 Otterbein Guild Girls meet Monday evening at Mrs Margaret Callen home Leader Deloris Main Ladies Aid all day Wednesday at Mrs Hoskingen Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 led by class leader Forest Main Woman s Missionary Association meets at Mrs Frank Mann home Leader Miss Maile Waughop All members urged to attend Pastor Geo H Suenkel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Murrel H. Johnson
Otterbein Guild
Chas
Coffin
Spon. Br
Christian Endeavor
Margaret Callen
Deloris Main
Ladies’ Aid
Church of Christ Bible School Service and Elections
The Church of Christ invites members to attend Bible School at 10 a.m. with a spring election of officers and teachers during the service. Worship and Communion at 6:30 p.m. and Evening Worship at 7:30. Robert Seath, minister.
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Bible School
Plvins
M. E. Church Notes and Schedule Update
The M E Church invites all with a warm welcome and lists Sunday School at 0 45 p m Worship at 11 a m Epworth League at 6 30 p m and at 7 30 p m The missionary meeting was postponed to Thursday April 14 at the parsonage with Mrs Hankins Werley preaches at 9 30 a m Sunday School at 10 30 a m B G Hankins pastor
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Epworth
Hankins
Werley
G. Hankins
Iconium Sunday School Notes and Scout Meeting Hint
Iconium Circuit Jconium lists Sunday School at 10 a m with Ralph Turner as superintendent. Charles Younker led a notable Young People's meeting last Sunday evening. Boy Scouts are slated to meet next.
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Jconium
Ralph Turner
Charles Younker
Boy Scouts
Church Events and Meetings Across area Churches
Sunday and midweek services listed with times, plus state and county Sunday School conventions. Epworth League sessions led by Velma Whicker and a “Why We Have a Church” theme. A third Community Father and Son banquet is noted along with a large April Community night lifting Farm Bureau participation. J W Zerbe, minister.
Epworth League Meeting and Sub-District Trip Planned
Lawrence Gardner led the Epworth League in a session on Looking Toward the General Conference with about 30 attendees. Leona Easter will lead the next meeting. A large delegation is set to travel to Cincinnati Friday night for a sub-district gathering. members urged to report car availability to the League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gardner
Leona Easter
League
Cincinnati
Follow-Up Meeting of Union Township Farm Bureau Ladies
Union township Farm Bureau ladies met on March 30 with Mrs. KR L Hart for an all day session. Mary Jones led with Sylvia Hiatt, teaching Modern Trends in Bread Making New Methods in Meat Cooking and Balancing Minerals. Attendees included Mrs. Arthur Stanley Unionville Pearl Morrison Mary Jones Pearl Alden Frederick Koehler and son David Earl Les Tadlock D L Strunk Jas Wood R L Hart and Sylvia Hiatt. Epworth Leaguers plan to attend the Moravia M FE sub district convention in Cincinnati Friday evening where Rev Hawkins and Rev Zerbe will speak three 10 minute talks.
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Union Township Farm Bureau
KR. L. Hart
Mary Jones
Sylvia Hiatt
Arthur Stanley
Unionville
Pearl Morrison
Pearl Alden
Frederick Koehler
David Earl
Les Tadlock
D. L. Strunk
Jas, Wood
R. L. Hart
Epworth
Moravia
Pretty Face Sparks a Windy Family Trail
In a tense land dispute, Tom Lanier confronts timber cutter Hawks on Lanier land. Tom sneaks through rough woods to overtake Hawks, meets Hawks’ daughter Sarah by a spring, and shares a brief, shy exchange. He promises to return Sunday, leaving his father with renewed resolve and a plan to handle the land conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tige Mason
John Hawks
Mason
Lanier
Tom Lanier
Hawke
Milam
Satterfield
Ine
Tom
Tlonter
Eso Tom
Scatterfield
Tom Sarah Hawks
Mr. Banks
John Sawke
Dad
Sarah Hawks
Creanville
Greenville
Satterfield’s Mill
Martie’s Cross Roads
Sarah
Lanter
Howe
Famity
Museum Reveals Bronze Age Relics From Tepe Gawra Exhibit
The University of Pennsylvania Museum showcases over 800 artifacts from Tepe Gawra dated to the early Bronze Age. Highlights include a small copper frying pan, a cylinder seal, an alabaster animal figure, a painted elay chalice circa 8000 B C, and a stone palette. Dr Ephraim A. Spalser notes striking preservation and modernistic design cues in goat and ibex seals.
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American Museum
Gete
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Tepe Gawra
Menopotamia
Bat
Ephraim A. Spalser
Spelser
Tepa Gawra
Spelling Fight Over Pittsburgh City Name Ends
The Geographic Board, final authority on U S geographical spellings, agreed in 1911 to change Pittsburgh from Pittsburg to the modern Pittsburgh. The case began in 1891 with initial Pittsburg spelling and faced strong local opposition before reverting to the current form citing the original borough seat date of 1704.
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Federal Department
United States Geographic Board
United States Post Office Department
Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
Geographic Board
Pitts Burgh
Mone Rose Legend From German Tradition
Legend explains a mass raised rose cradle formed from a rosa leaf and twig as an angel’s shelter for the newborn, symbolizing God’s power and love. The tale recounts the angel’s sorrow at human sin, his rest beneath the rosa, and the enduring token of love he left for humanity.
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Cvens
Electric Pipeless Organ Invention by Capt Ranger
Electric pipeless organ proposed by Capt Richard Ranger of oceanic radiophotograph fame. It uses alternate tone generators and amplifiers triggered by standard pipe organ keys, with groups controlled by motors to produce sounds through speakers.
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Richard Ranger
Trie Oceanic Radiophotograph Fame
Early Fire Insurance Origins In America
The text traces fire insurance from the Great Fire of London to its spread in the United States. It notes 10 firms formed in the late 1600s and early 1700s, some enduring today. The Philadelphia Contributionship established April 18, 1752, as the first US fire insurer, modeled after London’s Hunding Hood.
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London
United States
Philadelphia
Hunding Hood
Mysterious exchange at downtown sale unsettles Ted and family
In a fragmented downtown scene, Ted accompanies his mother and sister to a sale. A stranger asks about the sister’s age, Ted replies he does not know, prompting the mother to question aloud about the sister’s age amid the conversation.
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Ted
Rend
Saleawan
Local Happenings in Moravia and Surrounding Areas
Visitors and residents frequent Moravia and nearby towns with many entries from Des Moines Ottumwa Centerville and Unionville. Notable names include Harry Townsend J B Sneed Anna Potts Wayne Evans Kathleen Black Alma Keemer and Frank Selby among others. Socials church gatherings school events and real estate activity color the week with travel to Barner Mexico and Lincoln referenced. Local club meetings and a stag party at Theo Miller's mark community life and spring preparations.
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Harry Townsend
Moravia
J. B. Sneed
Moulton
Anna Potts
Albia
John Irwin
Lowell
Pleasant
B. G. Hawkins
Centerville
Wm. Barnes
Melcher
Town
Keith Reich
Des. Moines
Wayne Evans
Seymour
Howard Evans
Harry Blount
Des Moines
J. W. Hughes
EB. A. Caylor
Unionville
W. A. Smith
Swaim’s
Tho
Twentieth Century Club
Lottis
Des
Mfines
Helen Fisher
Toledo
Towa
S. A. Fisher
Elizabeth Broshar
Garden Grove
Laws
Bonita Lagle
Helen McCrory
Soath
Church of Christ
Christian Endeavor
A. B. Jordan
Barney
Foland
D. D. Pollard
Frank Selby
Winnie McIntyre
Deg +Moines
McCrory
Daphne
Darlas Pennington
Haralda
Suenkel
Marshalltown
United Brethren Church
Peterson
Venture
Hulse
Louilla
C. L. Callen
Scomurf
Opkaloosa
Iconium
Theo Miller
Classified ads list items from farming to services
Various small ads seek cemetery lettering, Timothy seed, milk delivery, residence sale Moravia, two week old chicks, brown turkeys, baled hay, De Laval Cream Separator, corn on Jona Skinner farm, White Rock eggs, used digging equipment, old Jenny Fuel mill, portable mill service and tankage pricing. Contact details: 2417, 688, Dr Castles, Albia, John Laithburg, Mrs M G Girland, Mrs Louise Gehler, John VanZante, Ed McCrory, etc.
Hiattsville Farmers Harvest Pata Crop Update
Hiattsville residents report farmers busy with pata crop while community members attend religious services Ailing Mrs Hiatt shows mild improvement as neighbors note visits from Daniels of Moulton and relatives from Moravia The Moravia hoya band gave a lively evening at Hiattsville drawing a large crowd with Philby Johnson Harper Walden among performers
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B. G. Hawking
Wesley
D. M. Gladfelder
Mra. Hiatt
C. Neff
Mr. Daniels
Moulton
J. B. Yorager
Tra Yorager
Orville Burton
Parantel
F. W. Neff
Blakesburg
McDanel
Ernest Johnson
Charlene
Hlakeeburg
J. M. Tucker
Max Martin
Alfred Carlson
J. A. Hiatt
Moravia
Hiattsville
Moravia Hoya
Histtavillle
Philby
Johnson
Jordan
Harper
Walden
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Church News
Geo. H. Suenkel
Robert Seath
M. E. Church Notes
Shenandoah
Epworth League Institute
Fairview
Pearl Hiner
Epworth League
Misa Velma Whicker
Farm Bureau
J. W. Zerbe
Oes Sal McClure
Cynu Berviva
Briardale
Qady Luce
Sofia Stanfield
Tressie King
John William
Clef Lovell
C. C. Cullers
Mexico
Jesse
J. L. McCrory
Fairfield
Hall J
Forrest Lagle
National Magazine Company
Lincoln
Nebraska
Main
Melvin
Rockford, al
aAlbla iGranite Co
Atp
Timothy
Jones & McDanel
H. Johnson
Square
Dr. Castles
Iowa
Dtp
Gardner Hatchery
M. G. Girland
John Laithburg
Ttp
Jona Skinner
A. G. Turner
Louise Qehler
Albert Tein
John VanZante
W. G. Lagle
Chet Broshar
Turner & Son
Miller Drug
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