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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
3
The State Department of Health warns vacationers to identify poison ivy in woods and shrubs. Three leaf clusters with green berries mark the plant. Prompt washing with soap and water or rubbing alcohol can abort dermatitis. ferric chloride solution offers pre and post exposure protection. Money makes the car go.
A sprawling Moravia notes column lists visits and travels by residents and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smith, Jack Clark, and the Sharp family. Multiple Midwest stops are noted from Des Moines to Rockford to Casper to Eldon with mentions of concerts, rain saving crops, and a special sale at Selby Hat Shoppe.
Mrs touches on stomach gas and sleepless years, claiming one spoonful of Adlex relieves gas and bloating, allowing eating and sleep. The ad from Smith Drug Store promises arching aches and removal of old waste matter, urging tried remedies to be surprised. Winning love sets are nothing new to Helen Wills.
Mrs. Tom Hiatt stays with Abe Powers family near Centerville as mother dies. Numerous Hiatt and related families visit and assist with threshing and meals. The death of Mrs. Barret at Kellerton Christian Church is reported with funeral arrangements. Homecoming at Wesley Chapel next Sunday invites all for an all day service and baskets.
By Order of Committee at Hazel College several Moravia residents are listed visiting and socializing. Names include Mr and Mrs W T VanDorin Alec Johnson Herman Johnson Forrest Main Ed Johnson O A Johnson Arthur in Wyoming and others. Several callers frequent the VanDorin and Sincox homes while weekend chores and car work are noted.
The item notes that some readers send the paper as a present to friends elsewhere. It describes the gift as welcome, lasting for a year, and not expensive.
A mistress asks how memory is kept. the housemaid Sarah shares a rule: do not strain memory by recalling every past instruction. Rest assured, she says, if you treat memory kindly it will stay fresh and serve you well for ever.
The piece notes financial bears and bulls in Wall Street alongside Spain and a new farm board decision. It mentions a Legge stand and bargain hunters studying summer deals while implying a clash of red menace and yellow peril to cancel each other.
The piece discusses Arabic numerals as Hindu origins, their introduction to Spain by Arabs near the end of the tenth century, early knowledge by Madus in the sixth century, and their later spread to England in the fourteenth century. It notes limited use until printing and that accounts remained in off Roman numerals until the sixteenth century. It also briefly comments on modern travel and cooling efforts this time of year.
A party who took $25 from a Turner Service Station desk is identified. If the money is returned at once no further action or comment will be made.
A damaged line appears to note an auction or sale listing on Tuesday and Saturday involving VanDorin and Son with unclear terms. The fragment lacks full details on action, date, location, or participants.
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