Moravia Town Council approves bills and budget move
Moravia Iowa city council meets on February 6 1933. Bills are read and approved after a claims committee review. Street light rates are discussed with a partial reduction offered by I S U Co. A transfer of 100 from General Fund to Fire Fund is approved. meeting adjourns with no further business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Iowa
Wm. Gardner
C. O. Jones
F. W. Blumenstock
F. P. Hawk
C. C. Cullers
Drag Doyle Luse
Hall Emmett Ectts
Hell
John Veach
Hawk
Jones
Motino
Moora
Bentzinger
Appanoosa County
A. G. Broshar
Stock Company Fire Insurance
Stock Company
Reliable Stock Fire
Teonium Charge Scouts Win Rural Certification Award
The three churches of Teonium Charge earned the Standard Rural Certificate for a second year in a row for consistent Sunday School attendance, Epworth League, weeknight services, and active scout and community programs across 20 square miles. Across Appanoose and Monroe counties 15 scout troops exist with six earning the 1932 Hoover Award, showcasing broad youth and church involvement in a tenacious rural district.
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T Tonium
Iowa State College
Ames
Epworth League
Hilton
Fairview
Iconium
Appanoose
Monroe
President Hoover
Centerville
Albin
Tcontum
Teonlum
Ottumwa
Local Social Roundup From Unionville and Nearby Homes
Hedge College mentions Rollie Carter and family visiting Unionville during Sunday while Gaylord McDanel’s family spent Monday at the Jones home. Mr and Mrs Jeff Patrick spent Sunday afternoon at the U S Man home. R C Wilson and family and Zell Wilson with the Cloyed children were Sunday visitors at Eph Wilson’s home. Bess Hayes visited Helen Corster Monday night. Harold Davis and family called at O G Davis’s home Tuesday afternoon.
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Rollie Carter
Unionville
Gaylord McDanel
Parental Jones
Jeff Patrick
U. S
R.C. Wilson
Zell Wil
Eph Wilson
Bess Hayes
Helen Corster
Harold Davis
0. G. Davis
Local Socials Detail Benton County Visits
Bert Luse and wife spent Tuesday evening at Dick Morrison's home. T. J. and G. E. Luse families visited Horton Potts on Sunday. Vivien Wright spent Tuesday at Jen Smith's. James Long and Don Hayes hosted visitors Tuesday afternoon. Geo Cloyed visited Rollie Carter's home Tuesday. Eph Wilson hosted Helen and Billy Saturday evening. John Robinson and daughter Marie of Corydon called at Eph Wilson's Saturday afternoon. Emma Robinson returned home with them after visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Luse
Dick Morrison
T. J
G. E. Luse
Horton Potts
Vivien Wright
Jen Smith
James Long
Don Hayes
Geo. Cloyed
Rollie Carter
Helen
Billy
Eph Wilson
John Robinson
Marie Jof Corydon
Emma Robinson
Local notices from Moravia area residents and events
Community notes list visits and funerals across Moravia Centerville Unionville and nearby towns. Residents mentioned include Oehler Albia Staley Hicks Carter Hazard Behrens Zerbo Bancroft and several local families. A meeting on stewardship chaired by Dow Bancroft and a 20th Century club luncheon honored Mrs. Brain precede the Brain move to Farson March first.
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Mary Hazard
Ralph Hazard
R. J. Hazard
Tama
Iowa
Wailes
Moravia
J. F. Albert
A. G. Broshar
V. W. Tracy
Geo. ‘Winaler
G. M. Reynolds
Egbert
Missouri
Mr. Reynolds
E. L. Main
R. C. Rose
Clara Schoech
Blakenburg
Pearl Wood
Unionville
Luella Hudgens
J. J. Hicks
J. C. Behrens
J. W.zerbo
Centerville
E. Dow Bancroft
Urbana
Ohio
Mra
C. C. Schember
Pekin
C. H. Radonich
Sacramento
California
A. R. Wharton
Calif
Jimmy Townsend
Kansas City
Merritt Townsend
Ottumwa
A. N. Patterson
Cheater Broshar
Progressive Club
Albert
Jhyle Beery
von Tracy
Herbert Steinmeyer
Caroline Luke
Kathryn Whitehill
20Th Century Club
Earl Brain
Brain
Farson
Lows
Venice City Built on Alpine Debris and Lagoon Shores
The description explains Venice’s origin from Alpine debris carried by rivers, forming mud banks that became shorelines. It notes lagoon formation from freshwater influx and tidal inflow, and explains how Venice rests on marshy mud stabilized only by artificial pile driving for buildings.
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Venice
Adrigde
Maelyea
Hyer
Mitsui Family Pioneers Japanese Banking Empire
The Mitsui lineage, dating over 250 years, built a finance empire. Takatosh Mitsul started as a pawn broker, then a money exchange, expanding to Surugacho Kyoto and Osaka. By 1872 five Mitsui youths studied in the United States, aiding the first national bank in Japan in 1877 and the first private bank in 1876.
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Mitavia
Rank &E
Mitsul
Takatosh
Mitsui
Hiya
Honcho
Surugacho
Kyoto
Osaka
Bjiten
Te Head
Pacific Crab Shows Evolution on Pacific Coral Islands
A large land visiting crab demonstrates evolution from a shelled hermit life to a reef and shore existence. It spends most time on land, digs burrows in sand, can breathe with an altered upper chamber, and still lays eggs in water. Its diet includes coconuts and it climbs trees when ground food runs scarce.
Brief Assyrian Greatness in Ancient Furniture Styles
The text critiques Assyrian furniture as heavy and dull, dominated by kingly grandeur and scenes of vengeance. It notes heavy Tin decorations with punishments of enemies and slave-backed imagery, reflecting brutal aesthetics. It contrasts a brief era with Greek influence fading as Assyrian greatness declined.
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Agayrian
Ahadowe
Absyrian
Grestneus
Early American Glass Making and Key Foundries
The piece traces American glass making from 1608 Jamestown to widespread 18th century production. It notes the large factories in New Jersey, Stiegel in Mannheim, Pitkin Glass at Manchester, Conn., and other short lived enterprises, highlighting that glass manufacture was rarely lucrative in early America.
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America
Jamestownp
Wistara
South Jersey
Stiegel'a
Mannheim
Pitkin Qlass
Manchester
Conn
Sevan Seas' Definition Col. G. &. Guriut
In his research on Ptolemy's Geography of Eastern Asia Colonel Ge traces the term Seven Seas to Indian and Chinese lore. The work lists seven seas described around regions from the Sunda archipelago to southern China, including seas of milk curds and whey and other named bodies of water.
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Sevan
Col
G. &. Guriut
Eastern
Asia
Gerin
Tada
Butina
Malay Peninsula
Sunda Archipelago
Elam
Cambodia
China
Bea
Orthern
Bfongolta
Speed Records For Early Typing And Telegraphy Dominate News
The article notes rapid recording rates with typewriters reaching 245 words per minute and shorthand at 230 wpm on court testimony. Telegraphy speeds are reported up to 830 words per minute with wireless telegraphy around 180 miles a second. Automatic devices push average Morse speeds to 500 600 wpm or more.
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Aborthand
Monastery Founded After Lost Wedding Veil Saga
A tale from the Detroit News attributes the founding of Klosterneuburg and its cathedral to King Leopold II of Ostmark later Austria. After his wife lost a wedding veil on a balcony wind, he vowed to build a monastery if prayers were answered. The veil was found promptly, laborers toiled 29 years, and Klosterneuburg's structures were completed in 1189, with Leopold dying six weeks later.
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Leopold II
Ost- Mark
Hédome Oesterretch
Austria
Klosterneuburg
Datroit News
Heaven
Augustine Tionks
Laborora
Leopold
Dogs on duty and crime fighting canines across eras
The article surveys dogs used for smuggling and detection abroad and at home, noting covert pack waterproof cargo, stealth at shore, and arrests. It cites Ballce dogs and amateur detectives, plus a tale of a thief’s capture after a dog’s alert. It also mentions dogs rescuing youths and Zachary Taylor's spelling mishaps amid battle accounts.
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Spain
Ballce
Zachary Taylor
Santa Anna
Buena Vista
United States
Early American Furniture Highlights Hepplewhite and Sheraton
Early American furniture from the Hepplewhite and Sheraton periods compares favorably with English work of the same era. While not matching noble English luxury, American pieces show less provincial crudity and often exhibit balance and elegance in form. The best examples appear from New England, New York, and Maryland.
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America
England
New Mayland
New York
Maryland
Fragmented Musings on Life and Jenny Lind Beds
A fragmented text mixes reflections on leisure and art with a quip about pursuing a good time. It references Aldous Hurley and an odd note on mid-19th century beds named after Jenny Lind, describing imperfect variants and flashy appearances in localities.
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Aldous Hurley
Jenny Lind
Beda
Visiting friends and family share weekend calls
Fuller Misa Vernie stayed with her brother Cecil Parcel while Ruth Long visited Helen Carter. John Allem and Cecil Parcel were callers in Centerville Saturday. Richard Hudgens was absent from school last week. Ralph Blumer visited Chas. James on Sunday afternoon. Junior Smith spent Sunday afternoon with Bruce Hayes. Mr. Smith and Mr. Moffatt from Ottumwa visited Arthur Donovan Sunday. Edna Dyphon stayed at J. J. Allem home last week due to cold weather. Win Kaarter and Mrs. Ralph Blamer called at Cecil Parcel home Sunday afternoon. Win Kaster visited Jers Smith Monday afternoon. Drew Goodale and baby were Sunday evening visitors at Cert Pareel home.
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Misa Vernie Parcel
Cecil Parcel
Ruth Long
Helen Carter
Win Kaeter
John Allem
Cecil
Parcel
Centerville
Richard Hudgens
Ralph Blumer
Chas. James
Junior Smith
Bruce Hayes
Smith
Mr. Moffatt
Ottumwa
Arthur Donovan
Edna Dyphon
J. J. Allem
Win Kaarter
Ralph Blamer
Win Kaster
Jers Smith
Drew Goodale
Baby
Cert Pareel
Moving Day Rumors and Local Tea Party News
Community notes from Kinser Valley report moving day approaching with few changes in town. Local workers fill ice house with 8 to 9 inches of clear ice. A Valentine tea for For tre school mothers runs 1:30 to 4. Everett Anderson and family visit. Darby and Wilson families in Albia and about coal hauled for Elmora school from the Robinson mine area.
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M. M. Darby
H. M. Smith
Morris Boardman
Jimmie van Dorin
Fortre
Everett Anderson
John Harrison
Geo. Darby
Darby Twins
Albia
M. E
James van Dorin
Co-Operative Nale
Zell Wilson
Edgar Wilson
Sarah Hoadley
Clarence Wilson
Sister in California Seriously Ill. Hicks Confined at Home
Mrs. J. H. Rice reports her sister Mrs. Sue Retch in California is seriously ill. J. J. Hicks has been confined to his home with illness for a week, a departure from his usual health and activity that friends in town have noticed and missed.
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J. H. Rice
Sue Retch
California
J.J. Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Classified sale ad for hedge posts and gate posts
Hedge posts, name and foot suitable for gate or corner posts. J. Luse &8on. Btp.
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J. Luse
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Troy
Wederal
US Co
January
Lew Hiner
Moravia Union
Funkhouser
Isbor
Curtis Burton
Oehler Bros
Oil & Gas
W. C. Bivin
Teonium
Scout
Hedge College
Turner & Son Funeral Directors
Moravia High School
Rle Coulson
John Johnson
Wilma VanZante
Pediocks
Rockpiles
Sumner
Dunbar
Farmer
Heflin
Lorence Gardner
Kine Beatty Tucker
Fania Wissler
Aslens Dodd
Wanda Jones
Doise
Irene Perry
Dorothy Wilson
Kehoe's
Lane
Parker
Milady
Millaery & Maxcellery
Gardatts
Johnny
McBrida Tring Bean
Craven
Vesta Oehler
Dr. Norman
J.B. Sneed
Moulton
Staley
W. L. Hicks
Chicago
Hal Carter
1Allen Hi
W. R. Morrison
J. O. Behrens
Methodist Church
Kinser Valley
Royal Am
Chiles Age
Blackberries
Prunes
Rite-Way Grocery
Ezra Coltrain
Clarence Dowdlip
Chet Broshar
Mencing At
Wiwell
John Smithburg Mangle & Waughop
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