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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1938
Page
6
A National Geographic education piece explains how wasps and hornets hunt, nest, and raise young. It details cicada killers stalking cicadas, then shifts to caterpillar wasps that paralyze larvae to stock burrows, describing burrow construction, prey capture, and egg laying in precise steps.
A retrospective traces golf from a cow pasture start in 1888 to a billion-dollar industry with 6000 courses. It covers growth from 10-a-year dues to public links, rubber core balls, and a surge in popularity by 1900 and after World War I, noting employment and investment tied to golf across America.
The baseball world ponders if Gabby Hartnett can repeat Charley Grimm’s midseason turnaround and steer the Cubs to a pennant. He inherits a 5 game deficit behind the Pirates, with talent gaps and Dizzy Dean’s absence noted as key obstacles along with front office interference.
Statistical notes claim 10 percent of the 2,000,000 U.S. golfers break a consistent score. Concessionaires report more peanut sales when the home team leads. Iowa coach Ian Tubbs analyzes Hawkeye players via spring-game motion pictures, checking movements daily. Man Mountain Dean sheds 37 pounds to 240. Cy Young leaves Paoli farm to greet at a Boston hotel.
The letter discusses aerial speed and safety making cross country major league travel feasible. It envisions a Pacific coast base with Los Angeles and San Francisco as strong candidates, suggesting a rapid West Coast expansion with two big league clubs and Westward teams. The text cites notable aviation interest and regional newspaper references.
Washington columnist notes Thurman Arnold as trust buster questions wage cuts and suspends disbelief about corporate surplus. McDonald urges a Great Lakes to ocean waterway via an all American route, urging American barge canal expansion to beat St. Lawrence. An excerpt on Manon and Marguerite tells of Armand and the Lady of the Camellias with death and letters.
A review notes how Dumas's Camille and Manon inspired later film adaptations like Traviata. It recalls Dumas recounting buying Marguerite Gautier’s possessions after her sale and a mysterious visitor named Armand Duval. The piece reflects on bookish stories moving to cinema.
Alexander Dumas, the natural son of the noted novelist, was raised by a seamstress mother. He gained a wide education and faced taunts in childhood. A reformer at heart, his works shared didactic aims, drawing the elder Dumas to scold him for moralizing.
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