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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1928
Page
4
Trustees of Chariton township and Taylor township call meetings on February 6 1928 to receive sealed bids for township road work. Bids accepted by 7 pm or 1 30 pm with option to bid for east and west halves or whole township. The boards reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
Bids will be received for road work in Monroa township until 1 o clock February 6 at the Hilton Farm Bureau Hall. Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Eur E. Rouse, Clerk Albia, Iowa.
Reports from several cities claim beef costs are high while farmers do not receive full value. Yet observers note livestock producers may finally earn a fair profit, possibly higher, as careful studies predict a favorable trend for farmers and stockmen.
The M E Meeting in Unionville draws growth and preaching by Rev M D Cox from Keosauqua with many attendees. Families and residents, including Proctor, Senger, McGrew, Hopking, Morrison, and Hart, appear in social updates, visits, new births, travel, and a hospital mission abroad.
Maple Grove residents share weekend visits with neighbors and relatives. Students enroll in school while various households report gatherings, travels, and local sales. In Burlington, mourning the removal of Moehn beer machinery bound for Mexico and South Africa, unease grows about beer production. Sioux City captures a German immigrant wedding and Des Moines notes a major fire loss tally at the New Year.
Barrst Coffin has been ill with pneumonia risk but is recovering. Anna Purvis has recovered from illness. Several families share Sunday meals and visits, including Tucker and Hiatt households. Coffin team works on ice. a farewell surprise party for the McDowell family marks their move to J E Sharp farm.
A readable survey of Hazel College area social visits around Albia Moravia and nearby towns. The piece lists Sunday calls visits at Anderson Sincox and Jones homes and other neighbors plus a note on Marie Sytama shopping in Moravia and Henry Sytama. It also mentions former Senator William Groveweg and Fritz Bermhardt as long time pinochle players at the Council Bluffs Elks club. Greene town officials along the Shell Rock river plan to curb pollution from Mason City factories. Massena Woodman camp marks a 30 year charter anniversary. Iowa City police arrest 43 drivers in a parking ordinance enforcement campaign.
A fragment notes that the 1928 state and national landscape will be of unquestionable intensity, signaling heightened political and social anticipation.
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