Winter weather and community notes in small town column
Real winter grips the area with near zero temps and light snow covering ice. Local residents Frank Fulton and Cyrus Jones visit, while family news includes Mr. VanDorin improving and Rex 5 trip for Cort Goudy. A sleighing party, readings by Eff Wilson, and a festive gathering with meals and neighbor visits fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fulton
Willie VanDorin
Reg Darby
VanDorin
Cyrus Jones
Urbana City
Geo. R. Darby
Mr. Hester
Charles Anderson
Foster
Roy ‘T. Darby
Geo. Darby
Leslie Glover
Blakesburg
Zell Wilson
Dorter
Leroy
Eft Wilson
Curt Goudy
Goudy
Cort Goudy
Rex
A. C. Stafford
Paul
Grandpa
Maj Darby
Earl Brain
Darby Twins
Sytsma Girle
Johnson Boys
Faye King
Erwin Sincox
Anna Brain
Vivien Wileon
Eff Wilson
Eff
Earl
Main Station Community Notes From a Week of Visits
There was no school at Calif ornia last week due to teacher Earl Boyer’s illness. Willie McDanet Daphne Lloyd visited Barney DeBoyle home. Bob Suffienol and Delmar Hiner visited Showers school. Mrs Dick Morrison and daughter visited Cody Luse home. Mrs Raymond Beach and children left for Rockford Illinois for work. Raymond employed there. Sarah Beach visited Daphne McDanes. Margery Main visited sister Inez DeBoyle with grandmother Luse. Meta Luse spent Sunday with her parents. Clyde Gladfelder and Pearl Hiner visited Ira Boshak. Kenneth, Jesse, Clyde, and Frank Gladfelder visited Cave Gladfelder. Guna Luse spent Sunday with Cody Luse. Daphne McDanel spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Inez DeBoyle. Daphne McDanel spent Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Earl Boyer
Willie McDanet
Daphne
Lloyd
Barney DeBoyle
Bob Suffienol
Delmar Hiner
Dick Morrison
Bertha Luse
Cody Luse
Raymond Beach
Rockford
Raymond
Sarah Beach
Daphne McDanes
Margery Main
Inez DeBoyle
Luse
Meta Luse
Clyde Gladfelders
Pearl Hiners
Ira Boshak
Kenneth
Jesse Gladfelders
Clyde
Frank Gladfelders
Cave Gladfelder
Guna Luses
Cody Luses
Daphne MecDanel
Inez DeBaule
Daphne McDanel
J. F. Chambers
Centerville
Theo, Thompson
Theo. Miller
Francis
R. C. Wilson
Cyril McDanel
Dwight Weatherly
M. B. McDanes
Riley Callen
Daniel Glick
Gus Histt
Moravia
Lloyd Rose
Kermit Rose
O. J. Fix
John Thomas
Homer -Minnicka
Barret Coffin
Udell
W. H. Powell
Ladies Aid
Doug Turner
Clara
Clara Hintt
Sunday Socials Touch Many Local Homes
Em Miller and James Wood visited John Knight home Sunday morning. Rev Hale spent Sunday after church at W N Miller home. George Stevens called on John Knight in the afternoon. William Wales family visited Earl Hiatt and later Dave Caylor. Wales helped Hiatt haul on Monday. George Brain and son Floyd visited Bruce Jones home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood
John Knight
Rev. Hale
W. N. Miller
George Stevens
Mr. Snd
William Wales
Earl Hintt
Floyd Wood
Dave Caylor
Earl Hiatt
George Brain
Floyd
Bruce Jones
Marriages and Local Social Notes From Franklin Township
Franklin Township residents report a wedding of Misa Maxine Scott of Melrose to Mr. John Repp of Albia on January 19 in Albia. Community members, visitors, and family rumor mill fill a page with names like Argo, McFatridge, Sytema, Turner, and Stansberry, plus routines of school, work, and ice in Moravia and Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Poin
J. D
Hon- Eoe Argo
Fred Argo
Jake Firkins
Frank Argo
Argo
Marjorie
Earl McFatridge
H. F. McFatridge
Frances Stansberry
Rubye Rennels
John Moffatt
Albis
Roscoe Argo
Lester Way
Bogan Moravia
Hugh McFatridge
Mystic
Bill McFatridge
Albia
Moravia
Herman Sytema
Marjorie McFatridge
J. D. Sheldon
Pleasant Hill Social Roundup Notes
Pleasant Hill residents and visitors are listed in a Sunday round of calls and visits. Elbert Moore and others visited Chadwick and Clark homes while Mayme Callen stays with Viola Clark and children during Mr. Clark’s absence. Families including Argo, Dicks, Penfield, Tarbell, Callen, and Murphy shared Sunday visits and weekend travel among Moravia New Sharon and local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Penfield
Centerville
Elbert
Moore
Frank Chadwick
Clover Leaf Club
Viola Clark
Harold Argo
Charley Tarbell
Moravia
Elbert Moore
Dorothy Murphy
Cap Dicks
L. H. Clark
New Sharon
Harold Clark
Mayme Callen
Mr. Clark
Jack Murphy
Harold Fenton
F. M. Chadwick
Gilbert Callen
W. H. Callen
Clyde Dicks
Jay Argo
Earl Swift
Thelma
Mra
Ned Argo
Mrs
Harry | Brown
Pleasant area social notes and local calls
My and Mrs Merle Clark and family of Albia spent Sunday at Joe Clark's home. Ed DeLong was after in Albia Saturday. Harry Robinson and Ada Robinson spent Sunday at Homer Brown's. Orrin Callen and Will Callen hosted visitors Wednesday and Thursday. Charles Brown visited Homer Brown Sunday afternoon. Orrin Callen and Harry Robinson were Moravia callers Saturday. Wayne Clark called in Albia Sunday evening. The column also notes talks and tires as small talk topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Clark
Albia
Joe Clark
Ed DeLong
Harry Robinson
Ada Robinson
Homer Brown
Orrin Callen
Will Callen
Charles Brown
Wayne Clark
Centerville Visitors and Local News Roundup
Mr. and Mrs J F Chambers and many local families shared Sunday visits and churchlike social rounds across Centerville Moravia and Udell. Public sale drew big crowds, milk cows sold high, and the Ladies Aid planned a February meeting. a charivari honored Mr and Mrs Dwight Powell following their wedding.
Adlerika claims real cleaning for stomach and bowels
An advertisement recounts a testimonial for Adlerika claiming immediate relief from gas and sour stomach after twenty years of indigestion. It suggests Adlerika cleans both upper and lower bowels by removing old waste matter, and promotes its use for constipation with Smith Drug Company as the distributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlerika
John B. Hardy
ROTH
Smith Drug Company
Moravia social notes and county travels
Moravia residents visited and hosted friends from nearby towns. Charlie Foster and sons Dayne and Wayne shopped in Moravia while Cass Hamilton hauled corn from Tadlock Bros. Ben and Mrs Jones traveled to Kirksville with J. W. Jones. Several locals visited Monday and Sunday gatherings, with coal and wheat hauls noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Foster
Dayne
Wayne
Cass Hamilton
Tadlock Bros
Ben Jones
Kirksville
J. W. Jones
Jeff Pattick
Charlie Hough
John VanZante
Cags Hamilton
Jim Moore
van Long
Moravia
Duff Mine
Mrs
Lloyd Brown
Wanda
Donald
Lyle Jones
Mrs. Jones
Kirkaville
Brill Talks to His Mule Over the Hill Plowing
A rustic speaker laments farm hardships as a man argues a mule may unfairly share his labor and wealth. He parodies social inequality, notes mortgage burdens, and jokes the mule’s limited political power compared to his own. The verse ends with a sharp critique of exploitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electhopper
Bill
Muly
Gol
Granny
Yancy Builder
Colds Cause Most Absences, Officer Says
A Public Health Service officer notes that bad colds account for 54 percent of workers’ absences across industries. He adds the issue is poor sneezing etiquette, an art people must learn through careful practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Service
How Nice To Be U P Vice President Auto Paid In Cash
A light editorial note muses on Senator Curtis becoming Vice President and receiving a new automobile paid in cash, noting campaign publicity and the era of onroom radio tuning. It mentions office seekers in a swirl and Congress planning a short session with a long agenda, reflecting political climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ss FF
Kinser Valley
Em Miller Ee
Franklin Township
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant
Hiattsville
Dwight Powell
Fairview Church
Unionville
Powell
Meda Wagner
Cynthia Hiatt
Wesley Chapel
J. Fix
Alta Rose
Elia Burton
Florence Hiatt
Gertie Boyer
EB. F. Tucker
Coffin
Fix
Grandma Hiatt
The
Family
Amerca
General Motors
Taka Hollister
Smith
Drug Co
Paul Broshar
N. R. Ward
West End
Stark & Hiatt
Turner & Son
Stete
D. K. Orelup
Farmers’ & Merchants Savings Bank
Fee Syicen
Smith Drug Store
Brill
U. P
Congresa
Coats
Albia, Iowa
Newson
Tews
Eis
Bunton
Piraburgh
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Wear
Cincinnati
KLZ
Denver
Salt Lake City
Toronto
Wox
St. Luis
Ginase
Oehler Bros
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!