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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
2
Local residents and visitors frequent Centerville Moravia and nearby towns over the weekend and week. Names include Lee Hiatt Hudgens Pabst Brains Bain Hurliman Creech and many others. Several appearances mark social visits, dinners, funerals, school events and club gatherings.
General Sherman sent a Savannah dispatch dated December 22 to President Lincoln, offering Savannah as a Christmas gift with 150 heavy guns, ammunition, and about 25,000 bales of cotton. Authorities differ on whether Sherman telegraphed the message, noting he had arranged fleet communications prior to his arrival.
The article notes salt’s deep ties to civilization from early history. It mentions Egyptian use to preserve food about two thousand years ago and Roman soldiers receiving salt as pay, linking the word salary to salt. An ancient custom recalls a man after breaking bread and eating with others.
An oblique report describes a ship traversing a canal with a steel hull, noting the water level and the vessel’s securing measures. The fragment hints at obstacles and the vessel’s progress while emphasizing the canal’s limits on passage and the importance of tides.
A traveler named Van Dorff, with his party, leaves Union Station aboard a limited. Tom Pritchard claims his brother in law is in the smoker during the trip. Van Dorff steps to the observation platform for a cigar as the conductor asks for his ticket en route to Banff.
On a crowded train car a fluctuating party encounters heat and humor as Mr. Van Dorf pretends to be on a lengthy tour with a party. A curious stranger probes his group, while a smiling woman at the opposite table observes. The scene crescendos with tense misdirection about tickets and companions, revealing social miscommunications aboard a Canadian route.
A North Coast Ireland formation known as the Giant's Causeway near Portrush features roughly forty thousand basalt columns. Geologists link it to Staffa's basalt during the Tertiary period. Columns range 15 to 36 feet in height with pentagonal and hexagonal cross sections, appearing mathematically carved and water tight. The site stands as a natural wonder with erosion preserving dramatic cliffs. The accompanying notes list local social visits and gatherings in Centerville and Des Moines area, mentioning various residents and their weekend plans.
Not much happening on Boyer Ridge this week except mud and wishes for colder weather. Mrs Harvey Hiatt of Oneida visited with relatives and friends Thursday evening last week. Most neighbors attended the funeral of Uncle Jack Lane at Main Fairview Church Sunday afternoon, with Mr and Mrs John Clark in attendance.
A family visit sequence from Chisago Illinois shows Forbush relatives staying at James Easter’s home and nearby relatives, with Mrs. BP A Boyer and Clara Morriach joining a Corydon sale. Olin Foater's family shared Sunday dinner with her parents, Charley and Mary Platt hosted guests, and Nahey Jo Moffitt celebrated her first birthday with grandparents Roy Scott and F E Moffit in attendance.
The Franklin Willing Workers club gathered Wednesday January 4 to quilt and embroider tea towels. Officers were elected with Essie Purvis president, Mary McFatridge vice president, and Clara Brown secretary treasurer. Next meeting set with Mrs Freda Swift on January 18.
Mrs. Lloyd Beckal of Haat Pleasant Plains attended the funeral of Jack Luge here Sunday. Beckal made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Lua for about eight years.
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