Moravia Greyhounds Lead Conference in Bounce
The Moravia Greyhounds defeated Corydon Friday night February 3 to run their conference record to four wins and zero losses. Corydon led 9 to 3 early, but Moravia’s defense tightened and they finished with 32 points while Corydon scored 27. The team heads toward two more conference games and two nonconference tilts, with Souila upcoming Friday.
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Moravia Greyhounds
Corydon
Battling Greyhounds
Greyhounds
Moravia
Meavis
Souilla
Mhsfourth
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Rural School News Showers Students Meet Busy Readings
Grace Luse reports in Showers school highlights that first graders Dallas Johnson and John Earl Ballanger started their first readers while second graders Pauline Broshard and Barbara Martin completed the third second grade reader. Attendance records show 64 absences among 14 pupils, over 99 percent attendance, with 22 pupils never absent or tardy. Doris Jean Luse has a perfect spelling record, others miss few words. Margaret and John Burton treated the school to cookies last week. Doris celebrates an eleventh birthday on February 8 with cards and a surprise party at last period. Fourth graders study fractions, sixth graders tackle compound numbers, and Ralph Pfannebecker studies compound interest as seventh graders progress.
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Doris Jean Luge
Margaret
John Burton
Daria Jean Luse
Doris
H Qur
Ralph Pfannebecker
Birthday gatherings and regional social notes in Albia area
A list of local greetings and visits across Albia Moravia and nearby on January 1st to 2nd includes Mrs Pence and Miss Coltrain birthdays at the Pence home, quilting and wood hauling at homes, upcoming visits to the Roberts and Neff households, and multiple calls by the Earnest McKay, Mary Main, and Winkleman families plus a Fairview Ezra Coltrain social.
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A. E. Pence
Albin
West Point Social Roundup Highlights and Calls
West Point residents share weekend visits with Albia and Moulton attendees. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brown and Rollis Brown hosted and visited neighbors. Haver boy named a new scholar earns a local note. Ruff Kuster saws wood, Oskaloosa kin visit, and Pearl Kelsey receives a call from O. G. Davis.
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Wels Brown
Albla
Claude Fulton
Rollis Brown
Weat Point
Haver
Ruff Kuster
Herman Sytsman
Oskaloosa
O. G. Davis Wen
Pearl Kelsey
Lloyd Brown
van Zante
Pearl Kolney
Gernatt Brown
Stop Taking Soda for Gas On Stomach
An old time drugstore note promotes Adlerika from Smith and Veach Drugists claiming it relieves gas and poor sleep by removing bowel poisons. It urges stopping soda to aid digestion and suggests a single dose for relief.
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Smith & Veach
Local Centerville Visits and Moravia News Update
Centerville business visitors Ray McCord Jas Black C 8 Nash H W Potts and Fred Cousina were seen in Centerville Monday. Weekend guests in Moravia included Mr. and Mrs. Pete Schreiner of Waterloo and Mr. and Mrs Emery Hiatt. Various local residents reported illness travel and gatherings including Mrs C C Cullera Miss Caroline Like and families of Beery Hiatt Erakine and Smith. The news notes community meetings Farm Bureau attendance and a run of domestic movements.
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Ray McCord
Centerville
Jas. Black
Nash
H. W. Potts
Pete Schreiner
Waterloo
Moravia
Fred Cousina
C.C. Cullera
Caroline Like
Conn
Iowa
Emery Hiatt
Fred Hiatt
J. D. Minnes
Jennia Robinson
Kirksville
Mra
J. H. Rice
Tolbert Moore
Des Moines
Lyle Beery
Standard Oil
Amy Wilson
Farm Bureau
Josephine Foster
Frank Selby
P. S. Hiatt
W. A. Smith
Albia
W. W. Tracy
Dons
Dale Caris
Myra
A. M. Patterson
Morayai
Donald Erakine
Muriel Dorety
Ottumwe
Frances Lucas
Mra. Erakine
Delmar Wilson
C.T. Slavin
Mary Johnson
J. W. Todd
A. B.hightahoe
Ottumwa
C. J. Pix
Agency
Fix
Roger
Oliver Miltenberger
Washington, D. C
Almast
Dean Turley
H. K. Smith
W. T. Smith
H. A. Smith
Methodiet Hospital
Herbert. Smith
Onisha
Nebr
Smith
Harps Through History and Innovations
The harp, oldest stringed instrument, traces back to biblical mentions of Jubal as inventor. Sebastian Erard's 1704 patent for a seven pedal harp and a 1808 patent for a seven pedal double action harp revolutionized tuning. Later nineteenth century improvements refined the instrument further.
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Wention
Jubal
Sebastian Erard
Erard
Monkeys Mimic Humans In Popular Culture
A fragmentary piece notes the likeness of monkeys to humans since early contact. It mentions apes imitating people and the phrase aping a person entering common usage. Also touches on movie industry using primate actors and ape characters.
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Mannorsoe
Declamatory Contest at Unionville February 10th
Unionville High School will host a declamatory contest on Friday night February 10 at the high school auditorium. Fifteen students compete while the girl club presents numbers and a merit program.
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Unionville High School
Canoe
Glen Club
Groundhog Weather Forecast Claim Prompts Skeptical Hope
The text asserts the groundhog told the truth about winter, expressing belief in six months of cold. It notes hope he won’t abandon the frigid spell early, reflecting a lighthearted seasonal superstition and public enthusiasm for Punxsutawney Phil style folklore.
Farewell social honors Powell family at Will Powell home
About 28 ladies and children gathered Thursday at the Will Powell home to bid farewell to the Powell family who have lived in the community for years. The note praises their neighborliness, hospitality, and willingness to help, calling the home a de facto free telephone relay station. The writers wish them luck and express lasting gratitude.
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Will Powell
Powell
Local Moravia Social and School Notice Roundup
Eighth grade exams were taken in Moravia last Thursday and Friday by Omega LaRue Thompson Fabry Stocker and Kenneth Coltrain. A Saturday afternoon visit touched Gomer Stocker home. Numerous residents visited Moravia Wednesday and Sunday with gatherings at Lucile Coltrain and Clara McCumber homes. Elmer Henderson spent Sunday at Tom Drake’s and Monday with his sister in Ballenger family circles.
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LaRue Thompson
Fabry Stocker
Kenneth Coltrain
Moravia
Miley Lockman
Gomer Stocker
Lawrence and
Burdette Ward
Clifford
Cleo Stocker
Enon
Fairview
Lucile Coltra
J. R. Lockman
Unionville
Fay
Leo Paxston
Elmer Henderson
Lucila Ballenger
Fairy Stocker
Clara McCumber
Tom Drake
Fred Coltrain
Geo. E. McCumber
H. & McCumber
Jim
Otis Ballenger
Luctta, Ballenger
G. E. McCumber
Jim McCumber
Billy Carter
Funeral attendance from Moravia and Garden Grove area
Mr and Mrs P D Schreiner and others from Moravia and Pacific Junction attended the funeral of Mrs Dr Chas Schreiner in Sigourney last Friday. The Progressive club met at Mrs Rollie McDonough home last Thursday with bridge, Mrs Theo Miller winning high score, and guests Mrs W C Main and Mrs Herbert Steinmeyer.
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Mra
P. Ds Schreiner
Howard Vans
J. Hy
Schreiner
Elizabeth Broshar
George Winaler
Paul Broshar
Pearl E. Broshay
Moravia
Henry Strohl
Garden Grove
Towa
Paul Strohl
Pacific Junction
Sigourney
Chas. Schreiner
Rollie McDonough
Theo Miller
W. C. Main
Centerville
Herbert Steinmeyer
Classified ads for sale and rent in Moravia period
Sale recleaned clover seed at low mood prices by Carl Cloyed. For rent 200 acres good pasture near Moravia call or see Ben Williams Moravia. For sale oil stove sideboard gas engine organ. Also have house to rent join S Campbell.
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Carl Cloyed
Moravia
Ben Williams
S. Campbell
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