Moravia Union masthead and subscription note
Moravia Union appears as a late 19th century newspaper masthead with second class mail status at Moravia Appanoose County Iowa. It lists editor and publisher M. K. Smith and notes a Thursday publication and subscription rates for one year six months three months and single copy, though the rates are partially cut off.
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Ffloravia Union
Moravia
Appanoose County
Iowa
Congress
M. K. Smith
Why worry when outcome is clear in every state
A Red Lion Pennsylvania newspaper joke frames life as a chain of binary outcomes. If you are successful or not, health good or sick, fate good or bad after death, then worry vanishes. The quip concludes that even hell offers busy social duties that leave no worry.
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Heaven
Red Lion
Sun
Fight for business in Bloomfield urged amid hard times
A Bloomfield Democrat editorial warns against defeatist sentiment among merchants across Monroe and Davis counties. It urges proactive sales and advertising, cites a successful blanket sale in Albi, and argues towns that fight for business will remain vibrant trading centers while passive towns fade.
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Bloomfield Democrat
Bloomfield
Albi
Monroe ‘County
Monroe County
Davis County
Fsg
Unionville Hearts Celebrate Christmas in Moravia Area
Readable fragments describe Christmas dinners and visits across Unionville and nearby towns. Families including Tomlinson, Morrison, Underwood, Wilcox, Rowe, and Hammett gather for meals, church events, and a funeral arrangement in Lovilla. Local officials and residents extend holiday greetings and note travel between Moravia Ottumwa Centerville Des Moines.
Christmas gatherings fill Main Station area with visitors
Stated from Main Station local notes, families and friends hosted Christmas events at homes and schools. Many names appear visiting relatives and neighbors, including McDanel, Hiner, Luse, Sufficool, and Rose families. One wedding anniversary observed at the farm, while Bettie Hiner faces illness and a hospital visit follows. Charles Newman’s death prompts travel for W R Rose.
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Santa Claus
Boyer
Caliornia
Daphne McDsnel
Esther Hiner
Shirley Townsend
Guy
Ryman
Lyndon McDanel
Lloyd McDanel
Bert
Coy Luse
Daphne McDanel
Mack Luge
Jess
Clyde
Kenneth
Frank Gladfelder
Guy Mr Kern
Roy Hiatt
Dave Gladfelder
Ted Broshar
Lew Hiner
Carl Tomlin
Rolla
Robert Foster
J. P. ‘Poster
Pearl Hiner
Chris Bogart
Bettie Hiner
Russell Main
John
Harry Wales
Jackson Luse
Clyde Gladfelder
Rymah McDanel
Chilren
Ora Sufficool
V. W. Bunn
Willie McDanel
Ryman McDanel, Sr
Ottumwa
Moravia and Centerville visitors share holidays
A flurry of Moravia and Centerville visits marked the week with Mr. and Mrs. Irelan, Bracket and family, Lige Albert, Tomlin families, Whicker family, Elmer Lockman group, and Robb household members gathering. The Sesttersburg school hosted a Thursday program praised for good turnout despite poor roads. Myrtha Proctor taught. J. W. Lockman and others joined kin in Moravia last week. Several attended Mrs. Hammond’s funeral in Moravia on Sunday.
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Frank Maneer
Leo Flattery
Albis
Sarah Hoadley
Curtis Goudy
Ottumwa
Harry DuVall
Little Bear
Wyoming
Willie van Dorin
Jimmie van Dorin
Moravia
Andy Madison
Foster
Elmora
Foster School
George Darby
Albia
Wilbur
Willard Cloyed
Zell Wilson
John Robinson
Curtis Robinson
Gooree Darby
Leonard Johnson
Chicago
Donald
Dorothea Darby
John Simmers
W. T. Irelan
Centerville
George Bracket
Lige Albertson
Carl Tomlin
Mildred Tomlin
W. Tomlin’s
Johnnie Whicker
T. A. Robbs
Elmer Lockman
Versal Robb
Gerald Irelan
T. A. Robb
Sesttersburg
Myrtha Proctor
J. W. Lockman
W. T. Ivelan
C. A. Adams
Mary Hammond
Christmas Dinner and Visiting In Pleasant Area
MT PLEASANT Mr and Mrs CG Delong and others enjoyed Christmas dinner and a school Christmas tree program at Fairview. Several families including Woodcock and Hartsook shared gatherings. Rex Brown from Shenandoah visited his mother Stella Brown. Osa Callen visited Moravia and Oskaloosa relatives.
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B. G. Hankins
Moravia
Rowe
Wilcox
Louilia
Hankins
Ladies Aid
H. L. Dukes
E. A. Powers
Ruth
Altender
Lucille Ellis
Dukes
Dorotha
M. FE
Davenport
Smith-Giltner
Dorothy
Wilma Boardman
W. C. Bivin
Vena Leach
Hrene | Haley
K. C. Bates
M. E. Boardman
W. F. Boardman
E. F. Boardman
Josie Sell
Geneva Selman
Qian
Norman Tomlinson
CG. Delong
Charley Hough
Besco
H. C. Besco
Fairview School
A. F. Woodcock
Gilbert Woodcock
Earl Woodcock
Chester Woodcock
Ralph Woodcock
Naomin
Ray Woodcock
Frances
Violet
Rex Brown
Shenandoah
Stella Brown
J. E. Callen
Osa
Roy Callen
Cecil Hartsook
Orin Callen
Osa Callen
Alvin Gratt
Oskaloosa
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Sneal
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Towa
C. M. Tomlin
Ralph
Irene Tomlin
Nellie Garrigan
John Tomlin
Wayne Morrison
Ann Howe
Dick Morrison
Floyd Horniday
Betty Jane
Margaret Ann Quinn
Orie Carr
Allerton
F. A. Miller
CG. I. Harrison
Frank
Vern Ahrens
Dumont
Lawrence Tweedy
Des Moines
A. Tweedy
P. P. Hinote
Oakville
Noah Smith
Jene
Eugene Whicker
Pier
Iona
Hart Whicker
Clifford Boyer
Town Wesleyan
Dwight Ball
Kermit Crawley
Parsons
Dorotha Dukes
Sully
Ruth Crawley
Sarah Underwood
Stella Herman
Mra
Dave Caylor
Fred Hammond
Sanyer
Paul Weltch
Charles City
Fred Vermilyea
J.D. Miller
Hig
Amanda Miller
Pearl Alden
Russell Selix
Bloomfeld
Walter Selix
Margaret
J. F. Selix
W. E. More
Mary E. More
Edward Hammett
Moulton
Mott Sawyers
A. L. Lyon Thome
E. A. Morrison
Sang
Huth Stanley
A. B. Stanley
Ruth Warren
Altoona
R. R, Rowe
C. R. Rowe
Charles Emerson
Chillicothe
John Waters
Fred Rowe
William and
Oswald Rowe
Kansas City
Rev
Lovilla
Fanny Wilcox
New York City
M. E. Church
Lovilia
Kinser Valley
W.C. Bivin
Purina
Milo Foster
Roscoe C
Wales
C. C. Waughop
Claude Henneman
Brompton
Harold Leach
W. R. Rose
Dora
Tina
Charles Newman
Paul Stafford
C. S. Miller
Ralph McCoy
Nowles
Carlson Brothers Keyburg
Herman W. Carlaon
Mt, Pleasant
Harold Clark
Carol Jean
Everett Gillagpie
Adda Robinson
Harry Robinson
Roe McCrory
Frank Swaim Moravia
Towa Funeral Directing
J. W. Irwin
Grover Day
Darbyville
Florence M. Weathers Evangelist
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