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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1934
Page
2
Sunday School meets at 10 p m with Mrs Birdie Main as superintendent Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 80 o'clock at the home of Mrs Birdie Main Ladies Aid each Wednesday afternoon.
The United Brethren Church schedules Sunday School at 10 a.m. under superintendent M. A. Johnson. Morning worship is at 11, Young Peoples at 6:20, and Evening worship at 7:30. Revival services run each evening at 8 o'clock. World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the M. E. church. Pastor W. T. Boaton invites participation.
The Methodist Episcopal Church schedules Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 11 o'clock led by the pastor. Epworth League devotional meets at 4:30 p.m. Dorothe Darby leads. Revival meetings at United Brethren Church cause Sunday evening services to be dismissed. A union service Friday at 1:30 p.m. sponsored by missionary societies. Wealey Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. and worship at 9:30 a.m. led by Pastor J. C. Behrens.
Local notes report Joe Lynn seriously ill at his Moravia home with frequent visitor updates from Centerville Eldon and Des Moines. Community members, church services, and a week-end mix of visits, sickness, and social events fill the weekly column, including a concerted call for family and friends to attend Lenten services and Sunday School activities at Iconium.
Last Sunday features services on relations between parents and children and League activities. Lenten services Thursday evening. Ladies Aid all day Thursday at Mrs. Marie Besco’s home. Banquet for Fathers and Sons planned. Youth declamatory contest on peace seeks Grace Spain and James Calhoun. Telemium League and Ep sworthy League linked events. Next Sunday February 18 invites Icon ium, Fairview to Hilton after services. Minister W Zerbe invites all without a church home.
Sally arrives at a ballroom and beads attract attention after a string of pearls breaks. A mysterious young man hints beads may be worth a fortune but Sally chooses love over wealth, inviting him to Sunday supper as Jim wrestles with his feelings.
A messy OCR fragment notes a New York inventor credited to Plimpton Io with roller skate invention, while a 1819 French innovator is also mentioned. The text blends garbled phrases and dates around early skating history without clear events or outcomes.
Publicity figure Randy recalls Avon Clair a famed Broadway star who vanished after a publicized scandal. A son’s desperate bid to recover her with a ransom linked to a theater world where fame and folly mingle. Avon Clair, once married and a mother, resurfaces in a tale of publicity and past love.
The Montreal Herald explains cricket grew from stool-ball where bowlers aimed at a stool behind the bat and players later added stick wickets. Early bats resembled cudgels and scores were tallied by notches on sticks, before standardizing two sets of stumps and fuller wicket rules.
Snakes do not truly dance to pipes as claimed by some snake charmers. The reptile’s head and body movements are limited and do not vary with loud high pitched sounds. Low pitched noises even drum beats disturb them less, due to their limited hearing.
The termite queen grows from a small size as the colony expands and food becomes abundant. She can feed entirely by workers and has been observed producing eggs at up to 94,400 per day, enabling rapid colony damage after establishment. Termites feed on wood and digest cellulose with digestive secretions aiding cellulose breakdown.
The article recounts the origin of steeplechase racing in 18th century Ireland. It notes an early race circa 1762 from the church at Buttevant to Leger, four and a half miles distant, with hedges to jump. The term steeplechase was first used in 1808 by Irish fox hunters racing toward a distant church steeple, shaping the sport’s modern form.
The source explains gold forms in quartz veins and must be mined deep underground. It notes major North American producers including California’s valleys, Grass Valley, the Homestake mine in South Dakota, and Ontario mines, with much ore remaining buried and eroded from its original source.
Fragmented text describes ancient burial rites and a disturbed scene. References to robed figures, burial practice, and a person named Una appear in garbled wording. No clear event date or location is discernible from the readable fragments.
Notice to qualified electors of Moravia Iowa Appanoose county of a biennial town election to be held at the Moravia town hall on Monday March 26 1934. Officers to be elected include Mayor Treasurer Assessor five Councilmen for two years. Polls open at eight in the morning and close at eight in the evening. Dated Moravia Iowa February 19 1934. Wm Gardner Mayor A G Broshar Clerk February 16-22.
A 1928 to 1982 overview from the Town State Department of Health shows heart disease as the leading death cause, with 41,785 deaths over the period and continuous yearly increases since 1923 except 1091. It notes 9,403 and 6,181 deaths in 1928 and 1982, highlights city-level heart disease shares, and urges public health measures including prevention, medical care access, and sanitation improvements.
A fragmentary description notes the Peterskirchiets perched a quarter mile above an old town on the River Ine, claiming it is the oldest church in the Inn Valley. It mentions nearby Axsnhofe in the Bavarian Alps, located about half a mile higher up, as part of the surrounding landscape.
Neighbors held a farewell gathering for the Herman Stern family Wednesday night with light refreshments and visiting, while several locals visited friends and families on various evenings and weekends, including Lola Davis staying with Ednis Burns and multiple visits to the Lloyd Brown home.
The report lists local attendees at Bible School and community visits. Clella Jones and Kenneth Free contributed songs. A farewell gathering for Maurice and Mrs. Lillard involved games and refreshments. Numerous visits span Unionville Mo and nearby homes with names like Faber Lincox Hawk and others appearing among Sunday activities.
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