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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
5
Local residents share Thanksgiving gatherings and weekend visits. Families from Pleasant Hill and nearby towns, including Fenton, Chadwick, Moore, Curtis, Callen, Woodcock, Dicks, Swift, Massman, and others, spent the holiday with relatives and friends across several households.
Mrs. Zell Wilson and son Ray spent Thanksgiving at George Darby's home. Henry Sytsma visited Grant Sincox's home, and Mrs. Grant Sincox called on John Winfield. The children are ill with whooping cough. Mr. and Mrs. L. Jones called at the scene.
The text records Thanksgiving gatherings and visits within the Johnson, Sincox, Caster, Van Dorin, and Anderson families. Ed Johnson, Mrs. Ed Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Sincox, and others are noted visiting relatives in Mora, Albia, and at parental homes, with a birth announced for Alex Johnson’s family.
Elbert Moore and Cass Hamilton families spent Thanksgiving at the Moore home. VanZante and Beaty families visited, school was out at Blue Front Thursday and Friday. Various local calls and visits noted among Patrick, Brown, Foster, Plant, and Jones households as grapefruit replaces sauerkraut juice as a breakfast tonic.
A long list of Thanksgiving gatherings and visits across the area. Families such as the Rineharts Free and Dicks plus Argo and Massman relatives shared dinners and celebrations at multiple homes in Moravia Chariton and nearby towns. A church oyster supper and Thanksgiving lecture drew 72 attendees with speakers and musical numbers.
A fragmentary report notes growing enthusiasm for touring the United States national parks, with emphasis on long trips and fewer billboards. A figure of $25,000 is mentioned in connection with a venture or payout, while other phrases reference farm work and local products.
Thanksgiving at the Cody Luse home included Mr and Mrs Doy Luse and children Mr and Mrs Jack Luse Mr and Mrs Bert Luse Mrs Doyle Luse and children Also Mrs Frank Ewing and daughter spent Sunday at the Tra Boshak home Guy McKern s and Kenneth Giadfelder s spent Thursday at the Clyde Gladfelder home Dorothy McKern visited cousin Maxine Gladfelder and attended school event Several from the area attended a program and box supper at Darby Glen Sufficool family and others shared meals at the Frank Ewing home Numerous others visited relatives and shared Thanksgiving meals at the Gladfelder and McDanel households and Bayer School activities noted.
Neighbors from Enon and surrounding areas enjoyed Thanksgiving Week visits and gatherings. Families such as Selby Faber Van Dorin Pence Winkleman and Gideon shared meals and travel to Albia and Kansas City while local workers assisted with farming and highway work. The county board surveyed territory for a potential highway change.
Dairy cows under the State Board of Control yielded 11 172 pounds annually from 796 cows. Secretary AL G Thurnburg notes this as a record, with an average of 117% pounds per cow, about three times the state average, indicating the impact of breeding and feeding programs.
The report notes the state farms produce over 10 000 pounds of milk yearly with feed costs around 7 cents per hundred pounds of milk, about 28 cents per pound of butterfat. It suggests this cost is lower than typical farms due to state feed purchases, though comparison to similar producers may show higher feed costs elsewhere.
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