Community announcements from Moravia and surrounds
Moravia area residents and visitors are listed with movement notes including Moravia opening of a bank on April 24, various Ottumwa Centerville and Mason City visits, guests at F H Schreiner home, farm moves east of town, Sunday gatherings with Rev F C Scott family, and neighbors like Misses Maxine and Haileye Tisue visiting their Centerville relatives. Other items mention Gamble paint specials and local visits to Lincoln Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia Bank
Forrest Simmons
Ottumwa
John Chambers
Centerville
Mornvia
Dale Schreiner
F. H. Schreiner
Lawrence Wrens
Donald Reich
Stella Reich
Z. E. Sharp
Cecil Creech
Mallard
W. S. Creech
Carl Johnson
Delta
Chas
L. Ellis
Floyd
Vernon Scott
F. C. Scott
Wm. Laws
Marsh Dukes
Moravia
J. B. Sneed
Keith Mace
Mason City
Maxine
Haileye Tisue
Gus Tisue
F. H. Coulson
Gamble
Don Carr
Lincoln
Nebr
Carr
J. H. Schreiner
Fred Hammond
Classified Wants and Sales Notice
Classified items list requests for plowing and discing by W E Hiatt. Also sale offers including yellow hung seed corn dc per ear shelled 3.00 per bushel by Walter Gideon Marta via Mo ravia. Furniture repairing and upholstery work offered by J P Coffin. 16 month old registered Hereford bull and some 1936 hay for sale by Forrest Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Hiatt
Walter Gideon
Moravia
Forrest Main
Community Social Roundup In Albia Area
Local residents including Mr and Mrs Ben Jones Helen Hamilton and Enid Long joined neighbors at Chance Lavely’s for Sunday. Frugal seed oats sale noted with W L Hicks. Visits and shoppers spanned Albia Jefferson Hill Adams and Des Moines areas with families and friends calling on kin and attending sales and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Jones
Chance Lavely's
Helen Hamilton
Enid
W. L. Hicks
Fred Callen
Marve Lockman’s
Ray Lemaster
Albia
Plants
Leslie
Ben Williams
Harry Hill
Man’s
Jeff Patrick
Dess Funkhouser
Famly
John VanZante
Jim Moore
Harvey
Cass Hamilton
Bert Williams
Local Social Notes Span Visits Births and Travel
Warsaw Illinois guests share family news including the birth of a baby daughter to Wendell and Mrs. Roberts in San Diego and visits from Chas Cooper of Roundup Montana with Lester Brain family. The report notes Mrs. Slavin’s hospital progress and social club activity with May plans.
John Deere Plow That Scoured The Prairie Soil
A century ago in Grand Detour Illinois a blacksmith named John Deere solved the scour problem crippling settlers by forging a bright steel plow from a discarded millsaw blade. His one piece share and moldboard transformed prairie farming and launched the John Deere company still celebrating its 100th anniversary of that breakthrough in 1837.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleghenies
John Deere
Grand Detour
Illinois
Lewis Crandall
West
Moravia and Centerville Social Roundup Report
Saturday gatherings in Moravia Centerville and Unionville feature residents trading visits visiting relatives and neighbors. Several families including Rumley Foster Rumley Smithers and Walker are noted with illnesses trips to doctors and hospital stays. several residents also hosted callers and taught in Centerville.
Iowa Crop Report Shows Record Low April Corn Stocks
April 1 stocks of corn on Iowa farms total 45.7 million bushels, the lowest April level since records began. Oats on farms stand at 63.2 million, down from last year, with wheat prospects steady at 88 percent of normal. The report notes uneven distribution due to drought and forecasts a 1937 harvest of 16.9 million bushels with a large 1936 winter wheat crop and high acreage planted last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economica
Leslie M. Carl
Grouth
Iowa
Local social notices from Ottumwa area families
Brompton J T Clarkson spent a few days in Des Moines last week. Clifton Boardman visited Friday night with Donald Darby. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Stafford and daughter of Des Moines spent last week at the O S Miller home. Dorothy Boardman practiced teaching at Brompton school. Barbara Burton at the Franklin school last week. Mrs Cary McCoy visited her sister Mrs John Peck Saturday. Ellis Robinson and family of Ottumwa spent Sunday at the Ed Robinson home. Alex Colling and wife of Albia called on W F Boardman Tuesday. Roy Fisher and wife were in Albia Saturday. G Lincox and Kenneth Johnson called at the Herman Johnson home Friday. Mrs Lloyd Stafford and children spent the week end at the O S Miller home. Mrs Cary McCoy and son spent Sunday at the W J Anderson home. Mrs Ralph McCoy of Davenport visited at the J J Smith home over the week end. Eva Boardman of Ottumwa spent the week end at the M E Boardman home. J T Clarkson and wife entertained relatives from Albia Sunday. Russell Gillespie and son Jerry called at the J E Robinson home Sunday morning. E F Boardman and daughters were Sunday visitors at the W C Bivin home in Moravia. Mrs O S Miller called on Mrs Trene Stafford Tuesday afternoon. Mrs J T Clarkson and Mrs Gladys Stocker visited with Mrs M A Boardman Friday afternoon. Geo Reid was a business caller in Moravia recently. W F Boardman, who has been a patient in the Albia hospital, was brought to the home of his son M E Boardman where he is recuperating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziegler
Warsaw
Ill
Oren Gould
Wendell Roberts
San Diego
Calif
Berry Halden
Maudetta
Chariton
B. 5
Staley
Centerville
W. W. Halden
Cynthia Taylor
Des Moines
J. J. Taylor
Zula Taylor
Chas. Cooper
Roundup
Montana
Lester Brain
Cooper
Brain
C. T. Slavin
Ottumwa
Effie Gollaher
Zell Callen
Belle Baker
Udell
J. J. Hicks
Erskine
Laura Baker
Minnie Estes
Chicago
Sacramento
New Bridge
San Francisco
Old Mexico
Imperial Valley
Tennessee
J. T. Clarkson
Clifton Boardman
Donald Darby
Leo Stafford
Roy Fisher
Albia
G. Lincox
Kenneth Johnson
Herman Johnson
Lloyd Stafford
O. S. Miller
Cary McCoy
W. J. Anderson
Ralph McCoy
Davenport
J. J. Smith
Eva Boardman
Ottum
Gladys Stocker
Indians Ceded Second Purchase In 1837
In fall 1837 Sauk and Fox delegates traveled to Washington to negotiate a treaty with the Great White Father. Keokuk led the delegation with Black Hawk, Appanoose, Kiskkekozh, Wapelle y, and Poweshitk among the chiefs. The pact ceded about 1,256,000 acres west of the Black Hawk Purchase, known as the Second Purchase, per a March 1987 article by Rev. Willim J. Petersen in The Falimpnent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Keokuk
Black Hawk
Appanoose
Kiskkekozh
Wapelley
Poweshitk
Re. Willim J. Petersen
Todey
Ee Tnd Eorhers
Payette
Davis
Understanding Owa Children and Early Native Settlement
A historic survey recounts the Owa area including Cedar Rapids Iowa City Marion Independence Fairfield and the Amana colonies. It notes the 0utlay of 377000 to tribes for land and annuities and describes government plans to use the funds for trust, labor, mills, and goods. It also covers Sauk and Fox visits to Boston and a war dance on Boston Common amid gifts to warriors and women. It then shifts to learning from movies, detailing how children learn from cinema, including potential distortions when misrepresented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Lowa City
Marion
Independence
Fairfield
Amana
United States
Boston
State House
Edward Everett
Movies as powerful learning tools for children
The article discusses how movies influence learning in children, noting that both correct and incorrect facts are absorbed. The impact varies with activity type and setting, with sports, crime, and fighting remembered best when emotional and familiar. It calls parents and teachers to ensure quality films, sponsored by the Iowa Child Welfare Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Child Welfare Station
University of Iowa
Iowa History Week plans announced for 1987
The State Historical Society of Iowa and the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs designate the week of April 1987 as Iowa History Week with the theme Iowa in 1837. The Palimpsest March issue features five articles on town land surveys Washington negotiations Burlington's first capitol and the Miners Bank of Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Historical Society of Iowa
Lewa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Commonwealth
Palimpsest
State Historical Society
William J. Petersen
J. A. Swisher
Petersen
Washington, D. C
Marie Haefner
Burlington
Ruth A. Gallaher
Miners’ Bank
Dubuque
Iowa History Week Broadcast Schedule Announced
WSUL will air Iowa History Week programs presented by State Historical Society staff. On Monday April 19 1937 from 3 00 to 3 30 PM the program Iowa History Week Marches On features Dr Ruth A Gallaher and Dr William J Petersen discussing the past present and future of Iowa History Week. Tuesday April 20 from 3 16 to 3 30 PM Dr W J Petersen speaks on Land of Promise. Wednesday April 21 from 4 30 to 4 45 PM Dr J A Swisher describes surveying in 1837 in a talk With Rod and Chain and The Second Purchase is the subject of Dr W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSUL
Iowa History Week
State Historical Society
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Ruth A. Gallaher
William J. Petersen
Towa
W. J. Petersen
J. A. Swisher
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. P. Coffin
Q. A. Burton
W. A. Johnson
E. L. Main
Gardner Hatchery Moravia
Hilbert Roberts
H. G. Broshar & Son
Mississippi Valley
Ddell
Tom Hiatt
Glen Clancy
Billy
Jack
Calvin
Laverne
Bonnie Lee Rumley
Earl Foster
Earnest
Donar Sumlers
Dorothy
St. Joseph Hospital
Harry Rumley
Unionville
Earnest Foster
Walter Boys
Burnie Lee
Bonnie Lee
Jess Walker
Cleo
Juan
Center- He
Harry Runley
And
Lee
Will Moffatt
Fluy Bily
Puromy Dood
Edi Rundey
Eeama Mithesjo
Eernest Buster
Brompton
China
Jor
Historical Society
Chet Broshar
Ae Me As
Harvey Jalap
Gabe Johnson
Walter Scott
Veach Drug Store
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