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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
3
J. B. Sneed delivered the Memorial Address at Blakesburg on Saturday afternoon. The Legion Post of the city led the program with Lester Brain assisting the escort work and Speed ae.
A first group of gypsies arrived Monday about noon and operated in the business district. Several residents report they were cheated of varying sums, while Sheriff Wales reportedly captured the band at Bloomfield later that day. Also noted are visits by local residents to Minnesota and Iowa, plus a regional conference and a guest from Galesburg, Illinois.
An ad seeks customers to buy cream poultry and eggs while offering remedies for lice and mites for hens. It lists Revenge and Re gears lice powders Kurum Nutrena Chick Mash rolled oats flour and corn meal and invites customers to visit.
Rainy cool spell dominates the week as Moravia residents note visits from Albia Seymour Guthrie Center and Roland. Birth announced Elmer Eugene to Ensil Hiatt. multiple relatives travel for Decoration Day and family gatherings. Moravia State Bank gains fresh paint, and several residents attend ceremonies in nearby towns.
Resolved by Antiquity Lodge No. 252 A F and A M Moravian Iowa June 1 1981 to express sorrow and sympathy to the relatives and friends of Charles E. McCauley a longtime member and trusted Mason who spent much of his life away from the locality yet upheld his duties in his calling. A copy of these resolutions will be spread on the lodge minutes sent to his bereaved wife and family and forwarded to the Moravian Union. Committee members P K Norner J W Halden F W Blamenstock.
A tale from Montreat Family Herald shows two kings threatening war over a vague phrase. Misinterpretations about “a blue pig with a black tail, or else” lead to conflict until both sides clarify their meaning. The moral: many quarrels are as foolish as this war, over misread words.
In 1815 London first used gas illumination and early experiments spread to the United States. By 1828 the gas light movement reached New York City with the flat gaslight establishment, and by 1926 Broadway boasted 120 gas lamps from Bowery to Grand Street replacing 75 oil lamps, giving rise to the Great White Way.
An article notes that in the closing Civil War years shawls were common for men due to high tailor costs and scarce money. Most shawls were heavy wool in dark gray or brown, some striped or checked blue or green. Worn folded, shawls protected the neck and shoulders and replaced coats and mufflers. Men typically wore red flannels and sometimes chamois vests underneath.
Aalsmeer near Haarlem is described as a rural Venice for travelers a long straight village street flanked by canals on both sides with small swing bridges linking homes. The town is noted for its water surrounded houses and famed grotesquely shaped shrubs, alongside abundant flowers and fruit.
The terms dove and pigeon are largely synonymous but pigeon is broader in ordinary usage. Both cover domestic pigeons and wild species, though smaller Columba varieties are often called doves such as turtle dove mourning dove and ground dove to distinguish them from larger pigeon species.
A dog owned by Branney Gavel in Stamford, Conzi, sought warmth in a furnace ash pit. Live coals showered the animal as it retreated, yelping loudly. Firefighters arrived with hooks and rescued the dog, though it was slightly injured.
Mrs E G Schaefer and the School of Fine Arts Ottumwa presented a public piano recital at the Moravia Methodist Church on Tuesday evening June 2. Performers included Margaret Burton Hernadine Bishop Mary Eileen Blackman Jean Kathryn Broshar Doroth Nowles Richard Veach Beulah Bishop Susie Tarr Harriet Lea Main and others with readers and an usher crew. Also Beulah Lodge expressed sympathy for Wm J DuVall noting his fifty year Masonry and faith. a resolution to memorialize him was adopted and distributed to the family and published in the Moravia Union.
Halt af Aut Antiquity Lodge No 262 A F A M Moravia Iowa Tune 4 1931 We the members of Antiquity.
In a correction at Chi office the writer explains confusion over two anniversaries for Lyman and Lewis C. Main. It notes an incorrect age of 30 for one guest and 665 for another, apologizes, and suggests treating all three L. C. Mains as a single event to avoid future mix ups. The piece ends noting the tourist season has started.
Pleasant Hill residents list town and neighboring guests visiting various households over the weekend. Ed Miller and family hosted several visitors including Jack Murphy and Elbert Moore, while Otumwa and Des Moines travelers joined gatherings with Hammond Glasgow and Tarbell families. The piece closes with a note that spring flowers have bloomed beautifully this year.
A Portland Expresa quotation notes the modern criminal is more efficient than the past. It compares old and present crime lines, saying the old saying urged ransom while today criminals kill first and then take money.
FOR SALE The M Dodd farm of 270 acres three miles southeast of Moravia See C M McFatridge Referee Moravia Iowa FOR SALE Hereford bull Forrest Main CORN FOR SALE Yellow Northern No 2 67e per bushel delivered Tell Harold Long phone 119 18-Stp NATIVE LUMBER FOR SALE Fa 00 per hundred Milo Belby to FOR SALE Miller s Products Phone or see at home of Mrs Stella Carter 2010tp FOR SALE Coming 2 year old pure bred Shorthorn bull Wm Wiles FOR SALE Beshives and supers J P Coffin 20 21p
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