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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
2
Moravia prepares for Independence Day while residents report visits across Iowa. Maxine Jones spent Sunday with Doris VanDorin, and many townsfolk traveled to Des Moines Centerville Moulton and Morning Sun. A LegionAuxiliary joint meeting is scheduled for June 25 and a new baby daughter Mable Maxine is welcomed.
A garbled items page blends quotes and street chatter with names and local updates. John Chambers travels through Moravia, Drake University student Clyde Wilson returns home after passing state bar exams, and social notes cover the Progressive Club with bridge results and visits among local families.
Classified items include farm loan offers by Chet Broghur, a watchman sale by Watkins Dealer L. C. Hamilton in Albia EK, and a John Deere riding cultivator for sale by W. H. Powell. Also listed are Hereford yearling bulls from Forest Main, a found purse notice, a stray animal report, a lost small purse near Salem Cemetery with reward, and contact details for Tubuson and Mys. Mary Hint.
A 1924 article recalls a grant of 200 dollars and a town of land to General Lafayette for his Revolutionary War services. The land, about 28,028.50 acres in what is now Tillihiassee, was approved under presidential authority and patent issued July 4, 1825. Links to Dolaney ste Keo land selection and failed colonization schemes are noted, with ownership passing after Lafayette’s death to many individuals.
Chinese pirates are less bloodthirsty than popular stories suggest. Some government officials began as pirates, facing social detriment later. A report recounts a ransom incident near Honan where a college boat was captured, ransom refused, and those aboard were returned days after.
A man in a Therry avenue bowling alley tells of a six month lie to his wife who plans to confront him about his Saturday night bowling. A bystander dismisses the fear with a coy remark about his wife’s knowledge of the situation.
A fragment discusses a Keystone A book titled Key Men about industry. It claims no man becomes key without industry and questions if the reader is a key man. The piece contrasts the average man who merely gets by with the key man who can do something a little better and aims for wealth through industrious effort.
A Chicago wife lost her life in a lunch related incident and telegraphed to Maine parents that her husband “subp walked in an antwadbie Weeldcot” this morning, claiming loss by insurance. The piece notes rising business aptitude among women and confidence in the loge of commerce.
In a cluttered basement, a hard of hearing boy named Arthur and his mother clashed over chores. Arthur, busy hanging clothes, claimed he hadn’t heard his mother, then confessed he hadn’t heard clearly as she warned him to stop sweeping.
Community workers clear and burn waste brush in a controlled area to lower fire risk. Local groups advise removing dead trees and trimming cherry, birch, and other brush to prevent flare ups and protect nearby woods.
An ordinance establishes Brandon Avenue speed limits in Moravia Iowa with suburban twenty five mile per hour, residential twenty five, business fifteen zones. It sets penalties up to twenty five dollars and five days imprisonment for violations and repeals conflicting ordinances. The ordinance names Chester Broshar as mayor and E D Carter as clerk.
Charles Fix of Moravia was among thirty nine to receive a sweater for his work in the Iowa Wesleyan college band at Iowa Wesleyan recently. The sweater is white with a purple Wt and lyre on the front.
The text surveys varied methods of disposing of the dead, from ancient Egyptian embalmings to Judean tombs and Greek cremations. It notes Christian cremation's rise, non-Christian practices, and the 19th century formation of first cremation societies amid health and sanitary debates.
A crowded station scene shows a young couple greeting each other in a public embrace as train arrivals shift. An onlooker suggests the affectionate moment is an elaborate display of public petting while the couple tears away with the next incoming train.
Moravia notes recall how Main Street shaped life from Lincoln to Ford era. Sunday gatherings at A C VanDorin home feature Bettis and Jean of Albia. Moravia residents Milas Vernal A Boshak leaves for Cedar Falls. Mary Hiatt Iri McCloud and others share family visits and birthday meals at Ray McCloud home.
Mr and Mrs A D Darby and Mr and Mrs Willard Cohagen visited M M Darby home Sunday. Edgar Wilson visited Moravia Saturday. Zell Wilson worked roads Monday and later joined George Darby and family shopping in Moravia. Durward Foster and children stayed with her parents J J Anderson and Able Huff. Robt L Tarr updated interior of Farmers and Merchants Bank with storage cabinets and improved offices.
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