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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
2
The author urges citizens to engage with U S political events without forming bitter factions. It stresses that voters should understand issues and evaluate national administrations while preserving other community values and avoiding division.
Readers find a slice of small town life with Jim Jones returning home to an unexpected bloodshed and Dr. Jesse Bushyhead enjoying a strong year yet unpaid as prominent visitors arrive to renew notes at the county seat.
An excerpt features Will Rogers praising the newspaper as a community blessing while noting elections near and the importance of readers engaging with a paper that may lack ads. It underscores civic participation and the value of local media.
The article discusses when to publish unflattering personal stories versus suppressing them. It argues editors must balance public interest with potential harm, guided by conscience and kindness, noting readers will forgive ethical decisions while scandal mongers demand exposure.
Washington reports official Veterans Administration figures challenge claims that the government spends more than 600 million annually on World War veterans. Analysts estimate current World War veteran relief costs fall well under 800 million, after separating pensions for other wars and civilian Civil Service items from the total 618 million. The breakdown excludes pensions from seven other wars, Civil Service, and Canal Zone retirement, leaving a smaller figure for World War veterans.
A short lively note describes the Black-capped Chickadee thriving in Iowa winters, its cheerful song chic-a-dee-dee, and its insect-based diet. The piece notes its year round presence, social behavior with Nut hatchers and Kinglets, feeding at suet holders, and detailed coloring of male and female birds.
The document details VA outlays and deductions, showing a net disbursement of 327,814,746.71 after removing non veteran related expenses and salaries. It then apportions costs among World War and other war veterans, with specific sums paid for compensation, widows and children, disabled veterans, and retirement pay, alongside miscellaneous items and housing costs.
Main Station reports sympathy from the community to Mrs Helen Garrsteen amid road blockages hindering mail service and the inability to send or receive parcels.
In Moravia neighborhood events Thursday and Tuesday, residents gathered at the Lloyd Beaty and Rollie Brown homes to pick walnut money and sew carpet rags. A valentine box was enjoyed. Attendees included Rollie and Lloyd Brown, Margaret Ann, Carol Derby, Ralph Davis, Harold Mason, and others. News notes cover callers, beef butchering, and weekend visits across Moravia and Albia.
Unionville Rev C W Kocher and Mrs Kocher rushed by auto to Minneapolis after being told Ear Teres, her father, was critically ill. They faced a rough trip with car trouble, extreme cold, and snow blocking roads, spending about 24 hours stranded during the journey.
A sequence of short items from Blakesburg and nearby towns details travel by residents to visit relatives, hospital updates, and local dinners. Supt. Cassill’s son returned from Milwaukee to be near his parents while Mrs. James Garner recovers after surgery at St Joseph hospital in Centerville. Mrs. Mary Keegan and Donald Cassill joined Mr. and Mrs. More for dinner.
An engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad recounts a severe bout of influenza that left him bedridden and fired by a doctor’s verdict of weakened heart and impaired eyesight. He credits World's Tonic with restoring his health, enabling his return to work and claiming lasting heart and eyesight improvement, with doctors yielding to his recovery.
Miss Elanor Wilson returned home after two weeks with Mrs. Hicks while Rex and son and Mr. and Mrs. Dukes hosted visitors. A Saturday street sighting featured a remarkable two bobbed bobsled carved from thick crossed runners and solid runners grooved to fit.
Appointment of 16 additional county home demonstration agents since September and plans for eight more by March will strengthen township organization and local leadership. Iowa has 42 agents for 63 counties and aims for 60 agents serving 74 counties by March 1 under state leader Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis. Bankhead-Jones funds enabled the expansion, boosting local leadership reach from 5,169 leaders guiding 41,079 women in follow-up meetings to larger figures in the rest of the state. Counties added since Sept 1 include Janpi er, Mahaska, Marion, Cass, Towa, Poweshiek, Lyon, Orceola, Butler, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickingon, Floyd, Mitchell, Fremont, Mills, Harrison, Monona, Henry, Jefferson, Ida, Suc, Des Moines, Lee, Carroll, Greene and Wright.
Seventy samples from 87 counties at the Iowa State College Seed Laboratory show an average germination of 88.9 percent. The range spans 22 to 98 percent with 1985 seed derived from threaded beans and late-field plants. Dr. Porter notes potential tolerance to higher moisture than corn. One late December sample germinated 85 percent at 22 percent moisture.
Albia theatre presents a busy run with Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea in Splendor on Feb 19 20, Edward Everett Horton in Her Master’s Voice and Gene Autry in Melody Trail on Feb 21 22, Rose Marie with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy on Feb 28 24, Mills in the Air on Feb 25, and Katherine Hepburn with Cary Grant in Sylvia Scarlett on Feb 26 27.
In the laboratory the speaker notes that the exact causes of low germination in soybeans cannot be determined from the data available. He suggests that low temperatures and high moisture content are believed to account for the greater part of the problem.
Coulson and nearby families met at various homes while workers opened roads after recent blockages. Ardis Callen and Garnet Mericle visited. Eloise Walter stayed with aunt O T Fogle for a class play. The Coulson school held a Valentine box party. teachers and pupils enjoyed ice cream. Robert Edward Hiatt, son of Ernest Hiatt, hospitalized with pneumonia. Families shared Sunday visits with the Jims and Walters. Albia visitors included Attorney C E Miller and John.
Mr and Mrs Milo Selby and family of Given Iowa traveled to attend the funeral of Geo E McCumber the father of Mrs Selby. The service was held on Wednesday at the local church with relatives and friends in attendance.
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