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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
4
Sioux City reports seventeen relatives contest the $10 000 estate of Edwin P. Holmes who died in December after severing family ties. His lack of a will and children prompts kinship claims traced by census records and old photos.
Madison County citizens meet at the Court House and form petitions to place a $1,200,000 primary road bond proposition before voters. Plans include paving No. 2 from the Adair County line to Warren County and No. 16 south of Winter, with gravel spur to Macksburg, aiming to improve county roads amid 1929 context.
A string of visitors and residents sharing news from Moravia Centerville Albia and nearby towns includes N R Ward Allen Hiatt F L Roseberry Gerald Hunter Maudetta Walden and others visiting or staying with relatives. Summers plans involve Alma Keemer Caralyn Miller and Aurea Blumenstock joining relatives in Dayton Washington and Washington D C while local clubs and families host gatherings and celebrations.
Washington signals new two thirds size currency to cut change time and expenses. The note hints at scarce funds and jokes about preferring easy money while urging tidying up and clearing clutter.
Two new laws governing dairy and breeding cattle imports become effective July 4 in Iowa. All imported cattle must be retested for tuberculosis 60 to 90 days after arrival unless from accredited herds or those with two clean tests under the area plan. Imported cattle must also pass the agglutination test for contagious abortion. The state maintains its tuberculosis area plan while counties progress toward accreditation.
Pauline Townsend returned home Friday after a week with her grandparent Willie McDanel and family. Various families including Stockwell Gladfelder Hiner and McDanel clans visited relatives, shared weekends at Glen Sufficool and Gladfelder homes, and shopped in Centerville.
Iowa agricultural statistics report a drop in farm automobile numbers for the first time in ten years, reversing a post 1925 surge. The shift aligns with urban counties, harsher winter roads, and the era’s economic changes, hinting at broader prosperity or caution among farmers as 1930 approaches. Weather and Crop Bureau notes January 1 totals, with effects from heavy snows and poor roads likely trimming fleets.
Betty Lou Hughes five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Hughes of Seattle is a singer pianist and dancer with three years on stage. Her mother Edna Kohler is a former Leon resident and Betty Lou has composed several pieces.
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