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Newspaper

Moravia Union

Location

Moravia, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1930

Page

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Radio spending tops a billion in 1929 year

The era saw radio expenditure exceed one billion dollars in 1929 while widespread listening remained limited. Industry observers note vast potential as broadcast networks expand and consumer access grows.

M H S News Basket and Grade Highlights

Freshmen held a class party February 13 in the school music room with committees for Refreshment Entertainment Invitation and sponsor Miss Griffin present. Juniors practiced for the play College Cut-ups in a boarding house setting near Lexington. Grade news notes visitors pupil movements drawings health work and Valentine exchanges while Commercial Work class reports rapid progress and a senior average of 42 words per minute with minor errors.

Nooze Economica Lexington Tuttle Keemer Richard Hiswick Albia Redman Jessona Vallentine Stanfield Donald Elawick Ernest Garnet W. M. Gardner Parent Teachers Association John Fletcher College A.C. M

Mary Coffin and Wonetta Hiatt Study Amid Typing Clatter

In a brief exchange, Mary Coffin questions study focus with a roommate typing nearby, while Wonetta Hiatt replies she can read a chapter between keyboard clicks, illustrating distractions and focus strategies.

Mary Coffin Wonetta Hiatt

Fletcher College Quartet Delights School Assembly

The John Fletcher College quartet entertained grade children and staff in the morning assembly. Mr. Baarts hosted, introducing quartet members Smith Young Zook and Finnell. They performed a sequence including Get Away from This Corn Field Water Boy Mosquitos and My Lady Love with a closing piece I Want My Life to Tell.

Fletcher College John Fletcher College Cornfield Zook Mr. Baarts Levinsky L, Vv. C

Valentine Tea a Success by Home Making Class

The advanced Home making class hosted a Valentine Tea for mothers on Friday afternoon from 9 30 to 5 o clock. Faculty members and the freshman and eighth grade home making classes attended. Music in the next room played softly as 42 guests were entertained with dainty sandwiches cookies candies nuts tea and coffee. We were glad to have so many guests and hope they enjoyed it as well.

Valentine N.D

Madge Hough and Arlene Dodd Exchange Tense Words

A fragment shows Madge Hough asking Arlene Dodd to sit while Dodd refuses due to a stiff neck and a frown being described as having no cash value. The dialogue hints at a conflict or social tension.

Madge Hough Arlene Dodd

Girls Athletic Association enrolls thirty four MIS students

Thirty four MIS girls are enrolled in the Girls Athletic Association with more to join upon request. Planned activities include basketball, track, tennis, hiking, horse back riding and bicycle riding. Members who have engaged in these activities should report to Norman Lee Firkins, Leona Waster, Elizabeth Smith, or Helen Main to receive points.

Girls Athletic Association Norman Lee Fir

February Reflections and School Life Moments

A collage of classroom anecdotes notes February births, student habits, and spring signals. Entries mention Lucile Hauk and Elizabeth Sneed, tardiness, valentines, and a request from Miss Ellis about outside reading. A brief dialogue references meeting at the library at seven with Vern Boshak.

Lucile Hauk Library Noorden Slavin Doris Free Lucille Coltrain Elizabeth Sneed Allen Mason Glee Clubs Miss Ellis

Scattersburg Neighbors Share Visits and Calls

Mrs Walter Gideon spent Monday with her mother Mrs Geo McCumber. Mr and Mrs Versal Robb were Unionville callers Monday morning. Mell Adams were visiting relatives Thursday. Wm Tomlin and T A Robb made a business trip to Centerville Thursday. Hosea Gilland and Quiller Adams Moravia callers Wednesday. Mrs T A Robb visited at the T Fletcher home Monday. Mrs E M Coltrain was no caller Thursday morning. Mr and Mrs Johnnie Whicker and Bobby Dean visited the Robb home Thursday. Miss Zula Taylor spent Friday at the M Gilland home. Daniel Fullerton called at the C A Adams home Thursday evening. J W Lockmans were Sunday callers at the C Adams home. Mr and Mrs Raymond Lockman and children spent Sunday at the W Trelan home. Curtis Tomlin spent Saturday night and Sunday at the W Tomlin home. Versal Robb delivered hogs at Blakesburg Saturday for H Gilland. Marsh Drake passed through Sunday evening en route home from Moravia.

Walter Gideon Geo. McCumber Versal Robb Unionville Mell Adams Wm, Tomlin T. A. Robb Centerville C. A. Adams Johnnie Whicker Bobby Dean Robb Zula Taylor M. Gilland Daniel Fullerton C.A. Adams J. W. Lockman C. Adams Raymond Lockman W. Trelan Curtis Tomlin W. Tomlin Blakesburg H. Gilland Marsh Drake Shame Moravia

Local social notes from Enon cy area details visits

Mrs A E Pence visited the I J Smith home last Tuesday. Mrs W M Giltner has been sick but improving. Loren and Arch Thompson called in Albig. Wendell and Berdell Roberts visited Rudolph Pence. Cy Jones visited J J Smith Wednesday. Mr and Mrs J S Faber and son Dean traded in Moravia. Mrs Ralph McCoy of Davenport visited J J Smith over weekend. Allie Pence and Rudolph Pence with Cy Jones attended Power Farming Day in Morning. Walter Gideon delivered hogs for Cy Jones on Wednesday morning. Bill Giltner traded with J Smith in Albin.

A. E. Pence I. J. Smith W. M. Giltner Loren Arch Thompson Albig Wendell Berdell Roberts Rudolph Pence Cy Jones J. J. Smith J. S

Hope Abandoned Then Konjola Restored Health

Mrs Anna Clark of Sioux City testifies Konjola cured three years of digestive and kidney issues after other remedies failed. She reports relief from indigestion and regular bowels and kidneys, with swelling and back pain resolved. Konjola is sold at Smith Drug Store Moravia and by many local druggists.

Konjola Anna Clark Prairie Street Sioux City Moravia Smith Drug Store

Justice Holmes Keeps Working at Ninety? Still Active

At eighty nine, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes remains prolific and sharp, defying age with steady productivity. Mrs. Herbert Hoover earns praise as an exceptional cook, highlighted for her culinary skill and steady refinement.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Unionville Route 3 Social Notes and Visits

Unionville Route 3 reports multiple visits and gatherings. Burdett Cox served as Unionville caller on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Will Houser visited at the Charney Coffin home Friday evening. Harry Rumley and family visited his father Ed Rumley and butchered a hog. Kimmo Bay residents hosted Alin Albertson Alvin Foster John Foster Terry Albertson and families. Beulah Hiatt spent the weekend with relatives in Moravia. Tom Kingery injured by a horse last week and unable to go out. Tom Ivitt did business in Hightsville Saturday. Neighbors surprised Lenna Hart and daughter Sylvia with a wood gathering at their home Tuesday morning. Miller Aid provided dinner. attendees included Will Miller James Wood Claudius McGrew Logan Strunk Carl Coffin Fredrick Koehler Grand Paris Claud Sharp Bertett Cox Lee Tadlock Will Waites Wilber Miller. Ladies present included Mrs Carry Koehler Iva Steunk Bertha Miller Minnie Moffat Maude Goffin Cecil Tadlock Lenna and Sylvia Hart Martha and Wilen Paxston Lenora Paris and children Eva Miller Loraine Tadlock Emma Ray. Lee Moffat was sick Wednesday and missed school. Mr and Mrs Charley Coffin visited Addie Harrison in Union.

Burdett Cox Unionvill Will Houser Charney Coffin Home Harry Rumley Calvin and LaVerne Bonnie Lee Ed. Rumley Kimmo Bay Alin Albertson Alvin John Foster Terry Albertson Ruby Susie Beulah Hiatt Moravia Tom Kingery Tom Ivitt Hightsville Lenna Hart Sylvia Miller Will Miller James Wood Claudius McGrew Logan Strunk Carl Coffin Fredrick Koehler Grand Paris Claud Sharp Bertett Cox Lee Tadlock Will Waites Wilber Miller Carry Koehler Iva Steunk Bertha Miller Minnie Moffat Maude Goffin Cecil Tadlock Lenna Sylvia Hart Martha Wilen Paxston Lenora Paris Eva Miller

Unionville names and visitors in town report

John Selman of Unionville installed a radio for Harry Rumley Ed Rumley and Tom Hiatt. Unionville business callers listed Zeela Alma Lavera Elisha and Alvin Albertson. Miss Mary Coffin, visiting Moravia high school friends, spent the weekend at home. 1930 will be a prosperous year for newspaper advertisers.

Ville John Selman Unionville Harry Rumley Rumley Tom Hiatt Zeela Alma Lavera Elisha Alvin Albertson Mary Coffin Moravia

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