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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
3
An article urges improved care for laying flocks as egg prices rise. It cites J H McAdams of Purina, recommends warm dry housing, good ventilation, and avoiding overcrowding with 8% to 4 square feet per bird. Clean nesting material and consistent feeding are emphasized to maximize production and profits.
Douglas Salem B r rt notes fifteen degrees below zero with a sharp north wind. Local residents recall milder temperatures elsewhere in January. News includes moves, visits, and illnesses such as Amos Bailey’s passing in Ottumwa and Robert Campbell’s illness in Udell. Fox hunting continues with Will Horstman claiming four foxes this winter. Family visits span several households including Walker, Fenton, and White families, with various weekend gatherings and neighborly updates. Kay reports have been seen.
Miller Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Osa Wood's home for quilting. Rev. Frank Smith filled his regular appointment at Miller church. no evening service due to weather. Miss Fae McCurdy joined Lee Tadlock pew and visited Floyd Wood's home. Mrs. Cecil Tadlock and Lorene stayed at Mrs. Caroline Hart's home. Funeral attendance included Mrs. Susie Irelan in Drakesville. Miller Baptist Sunday School officers named for the coming year with Eva Miller as Superintendent and Frederick Koehler as Assistant Superintendent.
Blue Front Wilms Van Zante spent Sunday with Wanda Jones. Louisa Jones visited Thursday afternoon with Ethel Hamilton. Evelyn Stauber visited Saturday with Wilma Van Zante. Several men attended the RB.BE. Johnson gate. Virgil Johnson sawed wood in this vicinity last week. Jim Moore was calling in Moravia one day last week. Van Long's were Centerville callers one day last week.
Mrs Henry Sytama and Mrs E G Sincox hosted a small gathering Saturday at the Grant Sincox residence. Clair Peet and others attended as neighbors and friends shared news and pie. Johnson called briefly during the visit.
Ernest Leighton, a university man, falls for Jennie-Lou Truesdale after visiting Denby women’s clubs. Her charming dumbness and his obsession with books complicate the courtship, ending when a visiting guest praises Jennie-Lou’s academic success. He deserts then returns, confessing love and proposing in their home.
The thimble’s history spans Egypt and Rome with patterns found in ancient ruins. Dutch inventor John Lofting produced the first machine-made thimbles in 1893 in Holland, initially in silver and gold for the affluent. Later cheaper metals broadened use, while the English called them thumb bells for their shape and thumb wear.
A fragmentary historic note explains the exclamation Eureka as Archimedes bath experiment to test gold purity. It recounts how the Syracusan philosopher realized a body displaces water when submerged, using the crown and overflow to gauge alloy content. The tale concludes with Archimedes shouting Eureka and rushing to verify the finding.
A New York Herald Tribune writer notes sunspots vary from tiny to streaks up to 100000 miles long. The average spot during peak activity would be as large as Earth imagined as a projectile. Sun spots appear black on photographs due to their cooler temperature, about 3000 degrees absolute, with surrounding areas hotter.
Tularemia was found in wild rabbits near Tulare California, with few cases in other animals. Ticks and lice spread the disease among rabbits and livestock, and to humans through handling infected carcasses. Man cases arise from wood tick and deer fly transmission.
Fragmentary text suggests ancient Greek gold beaters produced gold leaf thinner than a human hair. Reference to gold leaf adorning a mummy case appears, indicating specialized metalwork skills and ceremonial use in antiquity.
A historical chart note explains the relation between corn production and hog slaughter under Federal Inspection. It cites three heavy slaughter periods in 1923-24, 1928-29, and 1933-34 tied to big corn crops from 1926, 1938, and 1932. It states one percent change in corn yields roughly follows with one percent change in hog slaughter and weight marketed.
Unionville PTA met Monday at the school auditorium with ten ladies performing Waiting for the Stump Hollow Train. Agnes Hull depots agent and Ruth Allender as a deaf old lady drew applause while Mabel Robb and Mary Keegan impressed as a poet and local reporter respectively. Other cast members included Della Harrington, Luemma Ransom, Helen Mott, Agnes More, Margaret and Eleanor Wilson. the Wilson twins headed to Hollywood. The evening featured lively scenes and strong performances from all.
A local note of weekly events: Monday brought cold wave impact at Kinser Valley Well and honoree Clark. Family visits, sales attendance, wood sawing, corn hog money, veal calves bought for Des Moines market, and Sunday dinner gatherings mark the community's activity across Darby and Wilson families with recurring names like G R Darby and Zell Wilson.
The government will buy a quota of 60 000 head of cattle in Iowa's 31 emergency drought counties. Rex Beresford of the Iowa Extension Service announced that application blanks have been mailed to every farmer in each drought county. Farmers who wish to sell cattle will complete the forms and file them with the county agricultural drought directors.
Mrs Nellie Haines of Red Oak called on Mr and Mrs W N Hayer Saturday Miss Dorothy Lockman with Miss Susie Terr from Moravia visited through Tuesday They missed Monday school in Mone due to Harry Jennings visiting Des Moines over the weekend Centerville visitors included Mr and Mrs Jess Gladfelder and Mrs Ray McCord with Edward Ice cream and Phos to enjoy the party were Chas and
Iowa State College farm crops men warn that Johnson grass hay shipped from the South to drouth areas in Iowa could plant the weed in the state. If established it may rival quack grass and contaminate soil with seed for many years. The federal government sold the hay after relief use and other southern hays may carry the weed.
Notice to livestock producers announces new rates for hogs and cattle at 30 cents per hundredweight and Chicago checks at 40 cents per 200 hundredweight. Features include free pickup for shipments over a thousand pounds and insured feed. Weekly market visits and direct phone contact 1112R.
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