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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1936
Page
2
Frank D. Fitzgerald criticizes federal relief controls and paternalistic officials. He argues taxpayers are being shut out after funding is provided and urges downsizing government to restore accountability and awareness of public dollars.
In a two column headline article the Grinnell Register notes several local businesses leaving town including Malcom Hardware and the surrounding press. The piece urges a belated awakening to meet the needs of the community and prevent further departures.
A reflection on the peril facing rural weeklies, arguing a community’s advertising health and readership sustain its paper. The piece stresses the newspaper as a thermometer of local business and spirit, warning that if Malcom’s paper perishes the town may follow.
Route two Sel experiences heavy mowing and blocked passage as crews work nearby. Residents report loud noise and limited access during daytime hours.
The passage lists numerous weekend visits and social gatherings among local residents. Gustaf and Harvey Coulson stayed with aunt Mrs. Howard Teater and family. Betty Jean and Dickie Brown visited Harry Le e masters. Russell Brown and others spent time at their home. Floyd and Ferrel Purvis were at Eli Hiatt’s home. A quilting bee was hosted by Mrs. J. W. Nicholson with attendees including Mrs. Allie Taylor Mrs. Nellie Stack Mrs. Bernice Coulson Mrs. Essie Purvis Mrs. Georgia Pangburn Enid and Marjorie Smith.
Whittier and Sante Fe Springs were battered by a severe storm, with mud floods and gales damaging homes, streets, and utilities. The southeastern neighborhoods suffered the most, while electrical and structural damage occurred across multiple districts. Rain totals reached 9.55 inches for the storm period, with debris clogging drains and property losses mounting.
February 27 and 28 show Sylvia Scarlet with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in a double feature. Preston Foster and Jane Wyatt star in Were You Man? and Powder Smoke with all Western cas.
Severe weather tore through the area damaging orange and Averno trees at the Techeppe ranch. Pepper trees were blown down on Gunn Road, and Walnut groves on Mulberry Street suffered extensive breakage and uprooting. The F. N. Velazy ranch and nearby areas also reported serious tree damage.
Mrs James Long and Gerald with Mrs Carlyle Long were Albia shoppers last Wednesday J J Allem and J K Long recently improved at home after two weeks illness Cecil Parcel children sick with colds Jess Smith and Cecil Parcel were Moravia shoppers Saturday M R McCoy visited Albia Saturday Everett Mosier and family from Ot tumwa visited J J Allem’s home Sunday Gerald Long attended the Dale Perry sale Friday Jess Smith spent Sunday with Oliver Elswick and E F Wilson Don Hayes spent Sunday with Carlyle Long Marvin Hertford visited Jr Smith Ruth Long spent the weekend at home
Pleasant Grove residents share moving help for the Callen family, visits by Wilsons and Lockmans, and attendance at the Nesh-Perry sale. Moravia shopping, weather delays from the blizzard, and coal deliveries to town are noted. Helen Main finishes training and begins work in Centerville. A coop dinner at the Woodwards and bobsled outing for Wilma Robb mark a rare open day after road blockages.
Mrs Jim at Mypravia and Mrs Caag Hamilton with daughter Helen dine at Lloyd Browns. Evelyn Stauber visits Wilma Ven y. Cas Hamilton and Jess Fulkhouser attend gatherings with neighbors. Billie Enid Leng and Pauline Willaggs appear in the local social circuit as residents plan visits and Friday evening activities.
A freight train on a fogbound trestle derails as tough muttered plans turn deadly. Donland dies between couplings while Phillips survives but is blinded by guilt and gunfire signals. The narrator accuses Toughlin of sabotage as the river looms below and a fatal fall follows.
Iowa State College extension agricultural engineers run machinery repair and adjustment schools with an average attendance above 86 farmers. Attendees report strong interest in cutting power use and costs, and demonstrations cover plow adjustments and multiple hitch methods. Schools have been held in Cass, Winneshiek, Worth, Tama, Jasper, Iowa and Mahaska counties, with more sessions planned in Keokuk, Washington, Montgomery, Guthrie, Lucas, Warren, and others.
Salem residents including Mr and Mrs Guy McKern and Dorothy Mrs Newton Long and Jean and Mrs Hannah Gladfelder visited Clyde Gladfelder’s home. Edward McCord and Kenneth Johnson joined Dell Hellyer and others for Sunday calls. Dell Hellyer ill with a cold and Arthur McKern is doing chores.
Robert Jennings reports Mrs Jennings has recovered from a siege of the mumps. Several people from this vicinity attended the Nash and Party sale on Friday. Due to bad roads and weather no news has been available for the last two weeks.
A new flax growing program joins the Iowa 4-H boys club for 1936. Eligibility covers ages 14 to 20 on Jan 1 1936. Each member will plant at least two acres with wilt resistant varieties, track soil, planting date, yields and costs for three prior years, and report details. Awards include 210 from Spencer Kellogg and Sons and a 25 trophy at the 1936 short course.
C. T. Foglesong was absent from his duties at the Success Barber Supply on Friday due to illness, according to a brief public notice in local records.
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