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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1938
Page
7
Brompton Mrs Curtis Burton and daughter called at the M E Boardman home Friday afternoon. Several visitors called on or were entertained at local homes including Mr and Mrs M E Boardman and many friends. Moravia and nearby towns saw various calls, visits, and family outings during the weekend and Sunday afternoon gatherings.
Main Station reports 78 at Sunday School in Fairview and a planned Young Peoples class picnic at Lake Wapeilo next Sunday. The region buzzes with harvest activity as threshing machines begin. Social visits include Mrs Edna Johnson to Gladys Townsend and others at family homes and gatherings at Pearlie Boyer's, Delmar Espy, and the Hilton and Lloyd McDanel households.
Mr. Pleasant and Arch Herron with son James and Harold Taylor attended the Hatcher Players show in Moravia on Thursday evening. Dorothy and John R. Kenton also present.
Moravia Route 1 residents from Omaha and nearby families spent Sunday visiting relatives at the Clinton Albertson home near Albia. The gathering included the Watts, Davis, Van Zante, Hiatt, Derby, Mason, Harsh, and Main families. Additional help came from Gaylord Main, Eugene Main, and Don Pettibone during harvest. Several people attended Hatcher shows in Moravia.
Frogs and toads are described as brothers with distinctions. The frog must live near water while the toad enjoys more freedom due to storage capacity. One crawls, the other jumps, and some toads hatch eggs on their backs. Some frogs carry eggs on hind legs. There exist large monster frogs and toads, including an African variety reaching nine to ten inches that feeds on small animals.
The 1804 silver dollar remains among numismatic lore with a claimed 19,570 struck but only about 20 known. The Detroit Coin Club notes that at least 17 of these were coined after 1838 for collection purposes, shaping theories about its rarity.
An ancient Detroit ordinance allowed owners to erect hitching posts or rings in front of their lots. Posts must be firmly fixed inside the curb and measure four inches square, standing three to four feet high with the top not pointed.
Popular Mechanics notes that huge Tobriand spiders on the New Guinea coast weave extremely tough webs used as fishing bait by the Ashermen for centuries. Birds are trapped by the webs which are wound into balls and cast as lines. Any fish or dish that bites becomes entangled in the strands.
Alon Brett toiled all afternoon weeding onion rows beside a busy resurfacing road. He misses the chance with Rena after the steam roller’s arrival and the driver’s confident control of the giant machine.
Alan Brett edges toward independence by learning to drive a steam roller on the farm. Rena secretly longs for a ride and, joining him on the machine, defies Mr. Drake, choosing a night out at the movies over his authority. The ride ends with a tense exchange and quiet agreement between them.
After Rome surrendered to the French in 1444 Garibaldi addressed his troops in St Peter's Square urging sacrifice and loyalty. He warned of hunger thirst and hardship and called on Italians to follow him from the Lateran gate as four thousand locals joined.
Fragmentary text mentions Fifth Avenue in New York and various garbled names and phrases. It is not possible to extract a coherent event, date, or participants from the readable content.
A London Tit-Bits Magazine writer describes Eskimo beliefs that each person has two bodies the everyday form and a dream body active in sleep. He explains the Toonah or Angatuk heals by transmitting thoughts using a corded strand worn near the skin, with no medicine given and no fee charged.
Theodore of Corsica, once German adventurer Baron von Neuhof, fared to London in the mid eighteenth century. After rebellions and borrowings, he pawned the kingdom he had deserted to a syndicate of pawnbrokers, hoping not to return. He died in London, narrowly avoiding a pauper’s grave.
The American Museum of Natural History notes all mammals have two tooth sets. Milk teeth precede permanent teeth, with varying usefulness. Primates show a human like pattern where milk teeth last for a period before the permanent teeth erupt, especially the last molars.
The Chesapeake oyster banks, the world’s most valuable, supply about half the nation’s oysters yearly says the Washington Post. The bay, 200 miles long and 20 wide, earned the nickname American Venice for its many rivers. Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner aboard a ship in the bay during the Fort McHenry bombardment.
In the early railroading era rail costs were so high that only a few important lines were feasible. No one foresaw cheap steel or machines that lift and lay rails as trains roll, enabling continuous operation while saving rails.
The narrative describes Ferdinand de Soto as the first commander of the great fortress guarding Havana harbor. Damaged text mentions heavy chains stretched across La Puerta to Bl Murray, with gates on either side and a mechanism to raise or lower the barriers at will.
Attendance at Enon Bible School was 23. The Van Dorin family reunion gathered in Ottumwa next Sunday. Helping Hand club meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Edd Robinson. Threshing machines scheduled to start next week. Storistgo reunion attendees included Guy Roberts and family, Mrs. Clara Selby, J. T. VanDorin and Lea, Mrs. Eara Coltrain and Lucile, E. G. Hawk family, Lois and Carolyn Hawk, Coretta Cloyed and Betty Hiatt. R. A. Faber and family visited after Sunday School at A. Faber's place. Dallas Faber started work near Oskaloosa on Monday. Lowell VanDorin noted roasting ears for July 8. First dinner today. Kenneth Free and Dale attended Sunday School at Teonium and visited Haver Free. R. S. Faber, Dean, and Mary Jo were at Kenneth Free's on Tuesday.
Blue Front Mr. and Mrs. John Van Zante and Wilma were Knoxville callers Sunday. Elbert Moore and children were Sunday visitors at Jim Moore's. Lyle Jones joined others going to camp with the A. B. Christian Endeavor. Enid Long spent Sunday with Helen Hamilton. Raymond Williams and Ben Williams families hosted visitors. Van Long cut grain for several in the community while Wadsworth Boyer helped Ben Williams put up hay. Harry Hillman family visited Emma Woods and Henry Arthian. Gaylord, Eugene Main, Cass and Helen Hamilton aided Lloyd Brown's harvest. Circle met Wednesday with Mrs John Van Zante.
Omega Mr and Mrs Estel Lockman stay at Ray Lockman home to help while his wife recuperates in Ottumwa hospital. Reports note she is improving. Elmer Henderson and J R Lockman family hosts. Various visits by Huber, Houston, Lockman, Stocker families. Clifford Stocker works for Ed Robinson. Burdette Ward visits Burns family.
A long list of community activities includes Sunday School at Iconium M. E. 72 and Christian 40, visits from residents of Plano, Bloomfield, Albia, Red Oak, and Mystic. Dinners honor guests from Arizona and Canada, plus church group outings, prizes at a Galloping Tea, and notices of births, funerals, and travel reports from local families.
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