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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1931
Page
1
Washington DC reports 1990 census shows 4.3 percent of people aged 10 and over illiterate. Illiteracy declined since 1920 and 1880, with total illiterates in 1930 at 4,293,749, down 46,156 from 1920. across states, decreases occurred in nearly all, and readings vary by state from Iowa at 0.8% to South Carolina at 14.9%.
Moravia Iowa council records show multiple resolutions and motions dated July 20 1931 through 1941 including plans and specifications for construction bids and improvements. officers G Broshar and W G Firkins appear as town clerk and mayor with roll call votes on various resolutions and adjournments.
A faulty medical ad claims Gas pain relief from Adierika washing out both upper and lower bowels. Mentions Mr and Mrs Coulson visiting, local funerals, threshers meals, and various small town notices including shopping, travel plans, and debt talk in a regional paper. Persistent ads urge readers to form the habit of reading union ads.
Local residents report visits and social calls across Brompton and nearby towns. Names include Misa Clella Jones Eva Boardman Misa Fern Thompson and many families. church services held Sunday. threshing days and hospitalities noted. several trips to Albia Ottumwa and Cuba with various relatives and neighbors.
Mr and Mrs 0 Bengon visited at the Gilland home Friday while Mr and Mrs Johnnie Irelen and Mrs Ella Lockman spent Sunday at Fred Coltrain s. Miller Weat Jr stayed overnight at Wim Tomlin s. W T Trelan visited L Albertson s Sunday afternoon. Several locals including Rosa Blumer family and Gerald Irelan joined calls at Tomlin s and Adams s. Sunday School met at ten o clock at the school house.
A long list of local residents visiting relatives and friends fills a Sunday and week with gatherings in Hiatt and surrounding towns. The piece notes numerous calls at homes in Centerville Udell Bloomfield and Fairfield along with health, travel, and family updates including births and a death in Alliance Ohio.
Unionville residents share travel and family news from Centerville to Wapello and Chillicothe. Relatives visit, move, and travel for work. chatauqua duties and local calls fill a busy social week with many names and small town connections.
Hazel College residents and families from Des Moines spent Saturday and Sunday visiting various local homes including the Grant Bincox, Henry Sytsma, Eph Wilson, Herman Johnson, and Grant Sincox households. Several Des Moines residents joined in extended weekend visits and calls.
Fairview residents hosted and visited over the weekend with numerous families. Lloyd Swasick spent Friday afternoon with Carl and Richard Proctor. Sunday guests at the Fred Coltrain home included Mr. and Mrs. John Trojan and Mrs. Ella Lockman. Several families attended gatherings at the Stocker, Drake, Cloyd, Irelan, and Fletcher homes, with greetings, ice cream, and cake observed. Clara Irelan of Moravia attended Clarence Trelan’s home Thursday afternoon.
West Point residents Miss Mildred McCloud spent Wednesday to Saturday with Lois and Davis Brown and the Rallie Brown family. Davis and Lois attended a band concert midweek while Dorothy Jeanne and Mrs Lloyd Brown joined trips to Cass Hamilton and Truxton Dicks homes. 4-H Club program drew Pearl Kelsey and others, and several families gathered Sunday at the Rollie Brown and Truxton Dicks households. Miss Lola Brown returned to Albia Monday after a weekend with her parents. The text notes farm work and local social visits alongside a stray line about national airways.
The Town of Moravia invites sealed proposals by 7:30 p.m. on August 10, 1984 for street construction, including seven streets with 12796 cubic yards of mine shale, bond and payment terms, bid security of 800 dollars, and completion by October 1991. The town reserves right to reject all bids and awards to the lowest responsible bidder. plans are on file in Moravia.
Moravia and nearby Centerville residents shared social visits and gatherings across a series of days. Mrs. George Hoyer and Gertie Boyer hosted and visited at multiple homes, with couples like Mr. and Mrs. Leon Burns and Carl Boyer attending showers, parties, and Sunday gatherings. Numerous families, including the Clark, Burns, Kaster, Whicker, Tomlin, and Jamison households, joined in Wednesday through Sunday activities, plus a new baby welcomed by Claude Wron care.
Blue Front Mrs Ben Williams watched a Moravia scene after Saturday afternoon. Pauline Williams Wanda Jones assisted Wilma VanZente in water tasks for threshers on Saturday. Harry Tinue and Mr Mrs M B Tinue called Friday at Cass Hamiltons. Ida Mangle spent Saturday with her parents Myra and Jeff Patrick. Enid Long visited Friday with Helen Hamilton. Stark Bros threshing in the vicinity this week.
Civels met Wednesday with Meal. Ben Jones Elick Main visited Sunday evening at John Plant's. Charlie Hough spent Sunday afternoon at Ed Delang's.
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