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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1927
Page
2
Easter Dyes are featured at Smith Drug Co. Mrs J W Alberts stopped by Centerville on Friday. Mrs C A Turner visited Albia on Thursday afternoon. Mrs John Veach spent Thursday in Centerville. Jim Sherrard from Plano was a business visitor in Moravia on Thursday.
Jewelry and Diamonds announces a fresh shipment of diamonds and women and men's fancy wrist watches. Perfect for graduation gifts and other occasions. Visit to view pieces and choose a present.
F W Dotson advertises Fancy California Sunkist lemons two dozen for 45 cents and highlights special prices on leather gloves and candy.
Des Moines weekend visitors included Mrs Mary Clester and Mrs Beryle Selby while C E McGrew of Udell attended in Moravia. J S McCord visited Lucerne with her parents over the weekend. John Fulton returned from Iowa Wesleyan College for spring vacation as Ernest Temple and family visited in Rockford Illinois. Local clubs met with hostesses Mrs Earl Brain and Mrs W A Smith. Bradley Ingals appeared in The Goose Hanga High show, and barber Bern Sheehy moved his family to Leach property north of the A and B Church. R J Atkins returned from Cedar Rapids after a strenuous road trip with Irene Bergeson and family.
Fred Rea makes a business trip to Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Helms of Des Moines visit Moravia. E T C Club meets at Mrs Flossie Tarr's. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woodward welcome a baby girl Ella Jean born Saturday April 9. W d Wood of Millsboro visits family. Miss Dorothy Reich spends Easter at home. Alma Keemer touring with Iowa Wesleyan Girls Glee Club. John Irwin helps care for ill father. Lon Jones suffers pneumonia again. Gnetia Lingle earns high honors at Des Moines West High. Bivin and Dowd families celebrate birthdays at W C Bivin home.
A dense classified page lists farm loans offered by Chet Broshar, various farms advertise baby chicks Leghorn eggs and setting services, sheep sale and shearing by Huff, Hereford bulls and a corn planter, kitchen cupboard sets, Shropshire ewes with lambs, and other farm items for sale or rent including potatoes and Timothy seed. Local repair services also noted for sewing machines and a Moravia April date.
A short social note urges corner homeowners to keep sidewalks clear and walkways neat as spring arrives. It calls for neighborliness and civic spirit to avoid eye sores from pedestrian paths and suggests pedestrians bear the cost of sidewalk upkeep.
A Blakesburg editorial urges kindness to editors warning against provoking them. It cautions that rough treatment may rebound on the offender with consequences, and jokes about Providence not sparing the unkind, noting the value of friends in the press and reporting rooms. The note references Rhoda in a stage production.
A collage of quips about Easter, spring, and current affairs. The text riffs on weather, fashion, politics, radio, and china maps, noting Easter millinery costs a fraction of gas for cars and musing on editors and reporters in a light, newspaper-voice style.
More than 100 million rabbit skins are used annually in the country, mostly turned into sealskin coats to warm wearers through July and August. Ronald Murdoch, a character played by Curtis Tomlin in The Goose Hangs High, reflects on the homecoming.
Moravia officials say they want residents who will settle, invest, and contribute to the town. They reject casual arrivals and speculators seen in Weepth Nevada, urging people who will make homes and root themselves in the community to enrich Moravia.
Sylvia Hart called at the Logan Strunk home. Will Swalm and his mother stayed a few days at the John Talock home. Frank and Ivan Gibb called at the Wilbur Miller home. Luther Weatherly had his house printed. Gomer Stacker called at the Ray Coltrain home. Mrs. McMurry went to Moravia to care for the Hopkins home. Mrs. Claud Paris sick with a severe cold. Mrs. Levi Swaith very ill with pneumonia at her daughter’s home with nurse Misa Wilt. Flora and Faith Hanes visited relatives for the weekend.
Monday weather forecast shows clouds with sun breaks as farmers plan sowing. Local residents Geneva Selman Eva Boardman Frances Chedister Clarence Wilson Bill Wilson and wife purchase a Chevrolet coach. Mrs John Stocker and Mra Cary McCoy with Clea visit Oskaloosa friends. Howard Robinson trades car for a used Ford roadster at Huber-Glover. Leta Tubaugh visits family as Inez Stocker helps with house work.
Alma Davis returned home after a week with relatives in Newton. Clelia McCoy and mother shopped in Centerville on Wednesday. Bill Wilson and wife visited the Dutch DuVall home and Moravia business shoppers. Herman Johnson and family were guests at Grant Lincox's home. Mary Stafford, Paul and August Stafford of Des Moines spent Thursday with Mrs. Mary Chedister in Blakesburg. Sade Cloyd and Rex visited the Roy Elswick home near Moravia.
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