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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
2
A collage of bite sized quips from various papers jokes about cars, power, money and society. It notes autos curb horse theft and parodies domestic life while mixing satirical lines on affluence diplomacy and urban living with cartoonish jokes about home ownership and safety. The items resemble a syndicated humor page.
Fly spray at Smith Drug Store. Mrs A B Jordan visiting relatives in Barney Iowa. Grant Tadlock welcome baby boy born Sunday July 13. Raymond Angel visiting uncle Chas Pabst in Moravia. Nadine Soule guest of relatives in Centerville. J A Bradley and John Dale la Moravia on business. Opal Johnson visiting parents Mr and Mrs Gabe Johnson. Mrs Gerald Hunter visiting Blakesburg. Gardner families visiting Rosehill. Winsler and daughters visiting Donerville. Lester Jones to sell household goods in Moravia. Neal Burton and daughter from Richland visiting here. Tadlocks visit Grant Tadlock’s new grandson born July 18. Mrs Clifford Lovell and children to Rockford Ill. Mrs Rev A M Smith visiting sons W A and H K Smith. Hoskinsons of Riverside return home after visit. Anna Brain of Moravia and Sidney Helma of Des Moines in Chicago on trip. Hal Carter and family from Casey visiting Moravian home. Hal with State Highway Commission. Dwight Glick and Claude Swaim back from Rockford NJ. Hall Swarm stays. Lee Tadlock and daughter Lorene at Tadlock home. Afternoon visitors include Coulson granddaughter Elpie Phillips Mary Wills Levi Swaim and Tadrock. Mrs A G Broshar hosted bridge for Mrs Fi Selby Handy of Hollywood with four tables. Jos Burrows of Aurora Nebr visiting Hiattaville area. Burrows last lived here 65 years ago. many old friends greet him.
Hiattsville residents attended gatherings at Seymour and Moravia homes with relatives from Blakesburg and Washington DC. Local paving progresses from Theo Miller place toward Chariton bridge, with crews finishing shoulders and preparing to pave across bridges while planning northward work from Blakesburg toward the county line.
A forecaster debunks rural weather sayings tied to moon phases and groundhog lore. The piece notes many historically held beliefs about a vertical new moon predicting dry weather and a crescent tilted for rain, but Weather Bureau records contradict these notions.
A string of social visits and family gatherings fills the Moravia region as residents attend dinners, church events, and numerous visits with friends and relatives. Notable mentions include John Sutterland of Chicago visiting his sister in Moravia and several households hosting or traveling for Sunday and Monday activities.
A Chinese boy operating a private Shanghai switchboard vents frustration at telephone service. He claims the system causes fights and anger, noting everyone has a phone and schools and shops rely on it. He questions loving everybody when phones spark conflict and suggests living without telephones.
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