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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1911
Page
8
Sunday visits spread through Moravia Ottumwa Albia and Prairie City as revival meetings continue in Maine. Local families including Brown Callen Hiatt and Rose attended, with social events at Fairview club and chalked notes of hog sale in Moravia and a reading by Kermit Bose at Chapel Tagaday.
Alma McDane and family visited Sunday with John McDogel and others. Rather Foster and Luw Hiner spent Sunday evening with Velma Boshak. Rollo Carlson and several neighbors attended a gathering at Hosner Pond Saturday night. Gretchen Hobart and Doyle Lysa visited the Cody Luse home. Willie McDanel and children spent Sunday in the area.
Moravia High School held a declamatory contest at the Methodist church to select a speaker for sub-district competition. Pearl Chambers won first place and Verhal Boshak second, with Chambers advancing. Velma Boshak, Rolla Carleon, Naomi Johnson, and Helen Reich also placing in their categories. Rev C B Rayhill trained the contestants. Supt. Taylor handed out awards amid close markings by judges Lupt, Taylor, Miss Lingenfelder, and Miss McCurdy.
The Long-Luse-Wilson thoroughbred Poland China hog sale last Friday attracted strong bids. Total sales reached 1320 dollars with an average of about 38 dollars per head. J. P. James of Blakesburg sold the top sow at 51 dollars and Carl Davin of Moravia took the top gift at 40 dollars. R. W. Winsler hosted the sale at his poultry feed roof, Reed and Waughop acted as auctioneers, and breeders Mesarg, Wilson, Lobg, and Luse showcased quality stock.
A smooth grafter visited the Hiatt home and offered bed renovation. After inspecting the bed and producing worms, he quoted a price of a pound and gained twenty dollars in cash. He then departed for parts unknown, as the account allegedly totalled over 28 dollars. Miss Stella Scott attended a District Epworth League cabinet meeting in Ottumwa, while Corner Cafe promotes lunch service.
A damaged fragment mentions Center ais peenine and a prize related to wrappers. Dr Mary M Smith of Loe iglon is referenced. The text hints at a party with a prize and a date to be announced later. The Corner Cafe and a venue name appear among scattered details.
The seventh grade student Lowell DuVall died after a fatal accident. Relatives receive community sympathy as arrangements set for funeral at his grandfather William J. DeVall's home before Thursday service.
A fragmented notice mentions Ane Bee in a historic era and a loan or sale action. Readable parts indicate a transaction or loaned item tied to a local event, with names and places obscured. The brief hints at a sale or loan, urging further clarification from the public record.
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