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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1927
Page
2
Moravia residents share visits and travel notes from Des Moines to Cedar Falls. A Moravia Community Orchestra provided music at the Iconium Homecoming. The Von Tracys prepared for a California trip while neighbors hosted social gatherings for Mrs Walter Martin of Melstone and other locals.
Classifieds list farm loans from Chet Broshar, a rental for Von Tracy House on Wabash Ave via A. W. Kincade Itpd, sale or exchange of a registered yearling Duroc boar by Fred Coltrane, stall rentals by J. H. McCauley, home opportunities via R. O. Willard in Des Moines, and livestock including six two year old bucks and assorted ewes from Geo. Ballew in Moulton Iowa.
Centerville Lowegian reports miners allied with the United Mine Workers of America and supporters gathered along the Mystic road near the Winifred mine. About 100 men and 100 women and children sang, cheered, and carried UMWA banners as pickets formed and marched through Mystic. Police and District 15 officials observed. no violence occurred.
A Moravia newspaper note highlights Lady Linda, a Arkansas hen, laying 142 eggs in 142 consecutive days. The item playfully praises steady productivity and party line quips about hens and humans. It mentions a cosmetic appointment ad and visits by Rev C B Rayhill and family from Keota Iowa.
A Blakesbury Excelsior editor faces a joke over a dressed chicken sent to a Moravia Union editor to settle a dispute. The gag spreads across several papers, drawing notoriety rather than malice. The writers joke the joke is on Editor Raymond and offer one ice cream soda as payment.
A World tally shows 851 miles of electrified railways, with the United States at 1621 miles amounting to about 28 percent. The list excludes street and interurban lines, and highlights major U.S. routes and their electrification. The Milwaukee Road leads, at roughly four times the next line and about one ninth of total global rail electrification.
A chaotic snippet from a local page mentions tourism, politics, aviation, and farm life. It notes heavy tourist traffic, remarks on monarchy and family, jokes about passing the buck, and references to Henry Ford, Hogg, and a Legion slogan. It also includes social notes about Roy Callen and Moravia residents at homecoming.
The Iowa State Fair opens in Des Moines with assurances of surpassing attendance records. More than 1,000 livestock entries, 22,000 in premium prizes, and a 40 acre machinery show plus a 10 model motor display mark a vast expo. The program features concerts, races, fireworks, horse shows, and a large women’s fair across two buildings, with 250 carloads of exhibits arriving before August 26.
Dex Moines reports the 1827 Iowa State Fair from August 24 to September 2 will feature the huge fireworks show The Fall of Troy. The production centers on Helen of Sparta and Paris with the wooden horse entry and Troy’s destruction. It requires city walls and buildings to be rebuilt daily, uses many tons of fireworks and about 600 actors.
Jacob Caster spends a few days with his son B C Caster. Herman Jehyson and family visit the Grant Lincox home. Henry Sytama and family visit the Herman Sytama home. Willie VanDorin and family shop in Albia Saturday afternoon. C A VanDorin and family of Moravia and Carl Bettis and family of Centerville visit the Willie VanDorin home. Erwin Sincox and family dine at Harold Davis home in Moravia.
George Darby and twins Dorothy and Dorald called at the Andy Hiatt home Monday. Visitors to Grant Lincox’s home included Eva and Vern Lewis and others. Mrs J L Jones visits Centerville. Chauncey Depew, 93, credits longevity to enjoying life. President Coolidge’s Black Hills arrival notes mention 2600 gallons of data.
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