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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1930
Page
6
Fragmented humorous snippets span topics from a dramatic rescue to marriage wills and a police remark. Notable lines include a man pushed into water, a wife’s binding will, and a joke about half the road for women drivers. The text blends fables, jokes, and quips with unclear source context.
The piece paints coral shapes resembling plants trees and various vegetation with fans pipe organs and other curious forms. It notes wader water inhabitants emerge from crevices while brilliantly colored fish and starfish move about, detailing the starfish as pretty though predatory and capable of smothering shellfish such as oysters when attacked, then retreating.
An Australian earthworm rumor claims specimens from four to six feet, with one reported nine feet, described in Nature. The account notes clever leaf-dragging behavior, greenish translucent eggs, and quips about whether such giants would fear any animal.
The piece links hell to gheol and notes possible roots of the words cell and cellar from the same root. It mentions three Bible terms translated as hell: gheel, hades, and gehenna, the latter tied to a valley near Jerusalem symbolizing abandoned hope.
A dialogue shows Schmul and Levy debating wealth and daughters with Levy favoring twelve daughters over a million. The exchange ends with an odd note about granting home merchants a break.
Ancient Paria Haas site along a river, once a Gaul stronghold named Eutella, features a ship shaped hill and Rue da la Colombe. Romans built a temple. Notre Dame rose centuries later, with Sainte Chapelle, the hospital God’s Mansion, and Charlemagne era prominence marking French history.
A Boston Globe writer notes Japan’s early isolation and Western comparisons spurred by myths about milk making nations tall. Officials allegedly drank milk to raise stature as they studied Western ways, yet after a decisive victory over Russia the height issue faded from concern.
A New Jersey commuter shared his umbrella with a neighbor during a rain commute. At the terminal in New York he handed the umbrella to the conductor, explaining a 10 cent umbrella check fee. The neighbor jokes about his habit of telling Scotch stories.
A Halle Germany professor Meinecke reportedly created a brilliant electric light using glass tubes and artificial air. An 1830s London New Monthly Magazine account claims the professor envisioned lighting entire cities with one electrifying machine at low cost, noting further improvements.
A Boston Herald note discusses Longfellow's verse on youth, arguing the refrain was borrowed from an older ballad about a boy's will. It claims youth's thoughts mold a man, describing early adulthood as a tower of confidence and arrogance before maturity.
The governor of the state visited an insane hospital and, after receiving a message to call his office on an important matter, snapped at the operator asking if they knew who he was. The operator replied they may not know him but know where he is, highlighting a blunt exchange.
A garbled travel sketch extols Rio de Janeiro as a sublime, endlessly beautiful harbor city. It praises the bay’s scale, color, and nautical allure, claiming vast anchorage for global navies and vast horizons that outshine expectations.
A Philadelphia paper from a century ago prints a fiery letter condemning a plan for Sunday evening lectures in a theater. It denounces a female attendee and calls the event a threat to religious devotion and social order, praising local restraint and urging citizens to deny the disturbance.
A family tours a new home with Joan ten and her mother. They note rooms prepared for younger members and colorful nursery art on the walls. Joan asks to claim Rowend's room but is told the front room is for her. Joan mentions studying fractions and asks about the goats on the wall papers.
A confusing explanation defines a sleeper as a person who sleeps a sleeper as a carriage on the railway and a block that carries the sleeper on which the sleeper runs while the sleeper sleeps The reply claims the sleeper wakes only when the sleeper is struck and the sleeper over the sleeper finally ends sleep
The Partebat cave in the Guadalupe mountains is noted for its thousands of bats. Each evening the mammals exit through a large natural opening, forming a steady stream for hours before returning, sometimes blocking chimneys with their numbers.
A farmer arrives in New York and, after confusion locating Park Avenue, drives heedlessly, attracting an irate policeman. The incident unfolds with the driver’s frantic questions about where to park and the city’s puzzled response.
A grandmother’s Rhode Island flock of red hens was praised during a fort visit. Four-year-old Maelo asked, “Mother, why don’t you get some Low-Down Red hens?”
Ezra Coltrain and family visited George Darby. Zell Wilson attended Children’s Day in Wesley. Neighbors shopped at Albin’s Trade Day. Wilson began haying with help from his father and brother. Donald Darby visited Ralph Davis. Madison returned from Racine to Foster with Andrew. Fred Tillmont checked on saw mill business. Mrs Sarsh Headley and Mrs Anderson connected after an ankle injury. Everett Anderson dined with J J Anderson. George Darby’s daughter Dorothea visited Mrs Curtis Gowdy and children. Curtis Gowdy helps Edward Robinson. Ivan Handley visiting his mother in Foster. Sincox family at Grant Sincox home. Wilson family and Edward Robinson with Edgar Wilson. M. M. Darby family shopped at Albis. Iyyin Sincox and family shopped Saturday. Curtis Gowdy family at Rex No. 5 parental Gowdy home in Rex No. 5. Alex Foster works on the paying crew near Hilton. Jarley Smith family visited Grant Sincox.
Terman Johnson and family were Wednesday callers at the parental Grant Lincox home. Mrs George Darby and Dorthen spent Friday afternoon with Mrs Curtis Gowdy. Sunday visitors at Willie Van Darin home were Mr Ander son and family of Albin and Cy Jones and family. Mr and Mrs Henry Van Weelden of Albion visited the Henry Sytsma and Katrena on Wednesday. Herman Johnson and family and E G Sincox and family visited the Grant Sincox home Sunday. Evening callers were Hurley Smith and family and John Scott. KR Wilson and family spent Sunday at Zell Wilson home.
Friday evening the Frank Mancar family spent time at Ed Johnson's home. Curuis Gowdy and family visited Mrs. Gowdy in Redfield on Sunday. E G Lincox Grant Lincox and Willie Van Dorin and Sylvan called at J Lockman’s home Friday. Zall Wilson family called on Eph Wilson Tuesday. Carl Cloyed and family spent Sunday at George Cloyed’s home with Clell Mavie Gustaf Harvey Charlene. Mr and Mrs Berle Beaty and family Rosalie Margaret Marilyn. Mr and Mrs Bert Rinehart and sons Junior Gerald. Mr and Mrs Pearl Kelsey Mrs Howard Teater and daughter Carlota. Mrs Harold Huff and sons Eugene Clair Ronald Mia Bert Adams and sons Troy Roy Amy Mable John Floyd Dorothy Hiner Leta Murphy.
Relatives of Verta Hiner from Lincoln Nebraska gathered June 16 at Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kelsey’s home for a shared meal and social hours. Attendees included D. FB Winer of Iconium, Rosa Beaty and family, Geo. Hinny and children, and many others from Centerville, Numa, and surrounding areas.
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