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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
1
Moravia Union lists second class mail status at Moravia Iowa under act of Congress of March 1879. AK Smith is editor and publisher. Subscription options include one year, six months, and three months with single copy availability.
Moravia residents criticize council for inaction on roads while few participate when asked to support shale plans. Officials, though not perfect, are credited with effort beyond critics. Local suggestion leads to a plan to share streets at minimal cost, but many supporters have since withdrawn.
Moravia merchants advertise stores where customers can spend and save on a variety of standard quality merchandise. The copy emphasizes value and a broad assortment as a selling point for shoppers in the Moravia area.
A local message encourages careful economical shoppers in Moravia to trade with merchants who advertise in The Union and offer bargains weekly. The note claims advertised merchants provide the best value at low prices and invites readers to watch The Union for more bargains.
A prisoner in Massachusetts spent 43 years behind walls and, during a two hour transfer, enjoyed his first car ride, first ice cream cone, and his first sights of an airplane, a skyscraper, and an elevated train. He likely welcomed the calmer, familiar surroundings afterward.
A pretty girl received $8500 from jurors after a nose was broken in an accident. The piece notes other figures where individuals faced repeated blows and small cash losses, contrasting the large settlement with smaller, recurring losses.
A compact column opens with a grim epitaph about William Jay and a quip on right of way, followed by reflections on vanity and envy, a note about bills causing trouble, and a line announcing that school opens Monday September 2.
The Burlington Pig Crop Special Train, in cooperation with Iowa State College, will stop at Centerville for three hours on Saturday September 21 from 9 to 12. It features four exhibit cars on hog feeding breeding management sanitation and equipment. The educational program aims to expand practical hog production in southern Iowa where thousands of hogs were shipped by Burlington in 1928.
Jesse James and his band of outlaws will visit Moravia this Wednesday evening in the big tent on the south side of the square. Local citizens are warned it is a performance not a robbery as advertised promises a stellar show.
Iowa the heart of the corn belt with vast farms and rapid modernization. It highlights per capita wealth, farm values, auto ownership, telephone density, highway and rail mileage, and industrial growth. The piece notes two African missionary boys visiting Elliott and staying for schooling in the United States.
Hilton age 28 and Miss Anahel Clark spend time between summer school and home. Epworth League led by Owen Smith in Albig. Families Fern Humphrey Roberta Humphrey and others visit Moravia for dentel work and a quarterly conference. The Tibbetts Reunion at Geo Estrack home drew out of state guests the Aimsleys. U B Church event an Sunday guests include Spencer Humphrey and Clark family members.
Mr and Mrs Dave Caylor called at the Lee Tadlock home Tuesday. Families of Wood and Wood spent Wednesday at the Harlan Wood home southeast of Cincinnati. Others were in Centerville on business. Mary Elaine Clark visited Luther Weatherly. Frank Gibbs and son Ivan visited Wilbur Miller. Several in the area attended the Charles Harrison funeral at Miller.
The John Selby family toured Des Moines and visited the Knoxville fair. Faber and family assisted J. C. Lockman with hay harvest. I J Smith and Bill Giltner attended the Sherman Robinson sale near Blakesburg. Several visits and gatherings followed, with many relatives and neighbors dropping by homes from Moulton to Centerville.
District Court of Appanoose County Iowa announces a hearing on September 7 1924 for probate of Daniel Shonkwiler last will. Interested parties must appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Dated August 9 1929 Edmund Hanson clerk of district court. School opens Sept 2. buy supplies early. The Weatherman will help you finish the beat by Christmas.
A list of endurance record holders includes Jackson and O'Brine, the Smith Brothers, Doug and Mary, Romeo and Juliet, Haig and Haig, Ringling Brothers, McIntyre and Heath, Damon and Pythias, Van and Schenck, Gilbert and Sullivan. The note also mentions Chills and Fever, Mortgage and Loan, and cows roaming Moravis streets now calves do.
Lub bock Avalanche and Journal editor Charles A Guy lauds public welfare work as city builders. He says lending time and money to better the city benefits business and humanity, and that the greatest calling is leaving the world a bit better than found.
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