Births and visits fill week in Centerville area
Mrs. Doyle McDanel and Toph Myr welcome a baby son born Friday January 28. Fontelle Gearheart visits Centerville grandmother Mrs Cap Temple. 20th Century Club hosts guests at Dr C T Slavin home. Ona Farnell of Spokane presents birthday cake to Mrs Day Temple from Purity Bakery. Edith Macey visits M S Harris home. Little Jean Shirley Albert has measles. Lon Jones recovers from pneumonia. W L Hicks and relatives celebrate H R Hicks 65th birthday in Unionville. Mrs O J Fix travels to Des Moines for visit and notes Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson meetings.
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Myr
Doyle McDanel
Therm
Fontelle Gearheart
Centerville
Cap Temple
20Th Century Club
Dr. C. T. Slavin
Ona Farnell
Spokane
Wash
O. J. Fix
Des Moines
Aimee Semple McPherson
Personal notes and notices from Centerville and Moravia
Local briefs report Mrs. Reich and Mrs. Winslet visiting Centerville, Moravia shipments and movements of families, Etta Halden gaining broadcasting prominence despite unverified sources, the Mains returning from Madison for Mrs. Arthur Main’s illness, Funkhouser family moving to a Moravia farm, neighbors attending Mrs. M. B. Harris funeral, Elder York to move into the Christian church parsonage amid illness delays, and surrounding community updates from Mystic Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Halden
Elder York
Christian Church
York
Mystic Sentinel
Classified ads farm loans and sales in Moravia Iowa
Classified notices list farm loan terms from Chet Broshar Moravia Iowa. Items include sale of a house with five lots in a splendid Moravia location, a work horse with 200 bushels of corn, an Oliver typewriter No 5 with case, a telephone, and an exclusive auto tire sales territory with a $300 monthly salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Wars
Moravia
Iowa
C. B. Evans
Stpe
Oliver Typewriter
Albert Brain
Postal card rate rollback argued by representatives
The House debates restoring postal card rates to one cent after a two cent increase. Officials concede the two-cent law cost the Post Office about eight million dollars yearly as usage fell and sealed letters did not compensate, showing higher prices do not always raise profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Post Office Department
Federal Roads Build 10,000 Miles in a Year
Over the past year nearly 10,000 miles of federal roads were constructed, bringing the total to about 56,000 miles. The federal road system spurs state and county projects and demonstrates effective construction methods through Bureau of Roads experimentation, aiding adaptation to various localities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Roads
Many Inventions And Political Advice For Farmers
Farmers hear politicians offer advice, some sound and many bunk. By now farmers should discern useful guidance from rhetoric and political fluff.
February in a World of Short News and Quips
A collage of notes on February themes from fashion and rail deals to poetry, TV airings, and public figures. Highlights include references to the Southern Pacific, Ford’s growth, Chaplin, Valentine shopping, and Mrs. Helen Turley singing on WJZ New York with ties to Moravia and Olive Miltenberger’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
St. Valentine's Day
Southern Pacific
Charley Chaplin
Jaywalker
Moscow
Washinton Atill Hives
Helen Turley
Moravia
WJZ
New York
Epsy Organ Co
Turley
Olive Miltenberger
Ferrel Albert
Salt Longevity Questioned As Massive U S Deposits Cited
Reading across sources notes a vast Cuenca basin claim and large New York salt deposit, arguing salt could outlast human consumption for thousands of years. The piece traces ancient salt use, global demand, and the German belief in salt under soil as wealth, plus Michigan and New York as leading U S producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Cuenca
Renadar
Kansas
Oklahomia
Texas
New Mexico
China
Central
Afslea
Seaboard
Daiwa
Gaigela
Michigan
New York
Oslo
Louisiana
Iese
Athough
Walt Fe
Enane
Evers
Qing
Thousands of Rats Invade California Rice Farms
In California Glenn and Colusa counties farmers report a severe rats infestation across rice fields. State agriculture official Nurmi Bitin distributes bait packages while urging coordinated action to curb the rodent surge impacting crops and poultry operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Glenn
Culdsa
Piper
Maida of
Role Ghiel
Nurmi Bitin
al Willams
Buu
Lwaben
Also Mentioned on This Page
McFatridge & Coulson Fire Insurance
Lealer Nances
St of the
Edith Macey
Albia
Jean Shirley Albert
Lon Jones
W. L. Hicks
J.J. Hicks
Harry Pabst
Minnie Hicks
Unionville
H. R. Hicks
Nellog
Foren
Swift
Alexander
P. S
Centervile
F. A. Reich
Geo. Winslet
Hal Wanghop
Centterville
Moravia Catlere
M. P. Main
Madison
Wis
Arthur Main
BR. J. Funkhouser
Ruf
Harry Woodward
Funkhouser
F. A. Bayer
Grant Appt
Fankaser
Mra
M. B. Harris
Lee Lauer
Queen City
Elmer Munsell
Fred Miller
Nave Hawkins
John Veenstra
Ouskatonsa
Floyd Burns
Clara Cobbs
Lovilla
Jennie Marker
Rhoda Miller
Emma Searcy
May Searcy
Harper
Chet, Broshar
Milesiung Rubber Company
Liverpool
Ohio
Chet Broshar General Insurance
Greenebaum
Uncle Sam
Ford
Florida
Vermont
Coolidge
N. R. Ward
Betsy’s
Red
Sargent
W. C. Bivin
Moravia Oil CO
Oehler Bros
W.C. Bivin
Ethel
McAninch
H. S. Auditorium
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