From Ox Teams to Tractors A Nebraska Tale
A photographer recalls Nebraska farming changing from ox plows and threshing circles to tractor plows and large grain yields. He contrasts old travel times and church life with modern communication, noting new church projects in Moravia and urging community involvement. The piece weaves memories of rural life, technology, and faith, inviting readers to reflect on progress and civic duty.
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Nebraska
Circle
Iowa
Man from Kansas Builds Wealth in Judith Basin
A Kansas native, J. Dickson of Coffee Creek Montana, thrives in Judith Basin after arriving with nothing. He now owns 800 acres plus 400 more, crops yield 18 bushels wheat, 40 bushels oats, alfalfa, 300 bushels potatoes, and a diverse garden. He raises cattle hogs turkeys chickens and horses, earns a $30 cream check monthly, and prefers the country’s generosity and climate. For more details contact Agricultural Agent H F Hunter in Chicago.
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J. Dickson
Coffee Creek
Montana
Judith Basin
Dickson
Kansas
Chester
Rhode Island
H. F. Hunter
St. P. Railway
Union Station
Chicago
Ilinois
Miller and RF Attendees at Kingery Site and Local Visits
Community members from Miller and nearby areas gathered Monday at the Kingery site for a well attended meeting with refreshments. A string of visits and errands followed, including Centerville shopping, Unionville calls, and farm movements among the Caylor, Weatherly, Tadlock, Paris, and Strunk families.
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Kingery
Miller
Aaron Campbell
Teddie
Centerville
Luther Weatherly
David Cayler
Lee Tadlock
Unionville
Frank Gibbs
Wm. Caylor Farm
E. E. Gordon
Elsie
James Wood
Loren Alden
W. C. Miller
Dwight Weatherly
Miss McDanel
Lee Tadiork
Claud Paris
Ray Coltrain
Community Notes and Obituaries from Moravia Area
Local residents welcome new families including Mr and Mrs Amos Darby and daughter Alvin Rouse and Bernice Darby. Moravia High School mourns Miss Deena Reich with funeral held Saturday in Albia. Emma McGinnis dies at home in Albia after active church service. Ernest Merty dies at home in Albia after moving from the community. Burial and funeral plans pending or held in Albia area.
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Cox
Amos Darby
Ferne Humphrey
Moravia High School
Deena Reich
Ladies Aid
Tom Smith
Rochester
Mian
Hilton School
Bondy
Alvin Rouse
Bernice Darby
Mrz. Hackett
Marie Clark
Aurtley Callen
Ferne
Roberta
Claude Humphrey
Moravia
Emma McGinnis
Albia
Aid
Elbert B
Maude Williams
Perdew
Ernest Merty
Albis
Free Home Builders and Furnishers Annual Show
The Armory Building in Centerville hosts the Free Home Builders and Furnishers Annual Show on March 11 and 12 inviting the public to attend this event.
Local Social Roundup and Shifts Across Town
ICONIUM residents hosted and visited Elbit Argo and family. Centerville and Algie Dethy home guests. several families moving to new farms from Griffineville to Ben Allem, Patrick Carhin, Alta Gard, Brand area, Hen sley firm, and Maine Station. Deena Reich funeral attended. Oska moun trips and Moravia horse show noted. Loy Free shower gifts. J R McFatridge Cedar Rapids birth George Everett. Vosburgh school education talk continues in atticless fireproof building. Stansberry leaves for Cedar Rapids. Council meeting deliberations on vital issues with firm personal certainties.
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Ned Argo
Leo Beaty
Tflarry Brown
Josephine Huey
Rory McLaniel
Centerville
Orrin Callen
Algie Dethy
Burg
Beryl Beaty
Griffineville
Ben Allem
Loy Free
Patrick Carhin
Bert Sheldon
Alta Gard
Roy Lemaster
Brand
Jesa
Hensley
Bert Worsburgn
Maine Station
Deena Reich
B. F. Whitehead
Oskamoun
Ray Miller
Scontum
Horse Ashe
Moravia
Vosburgh
F. Stansberry
Cedar Rapids
Jews Council
Hedge College Weekend Socials and Local Visits
Mrs Bill Wilson and Mrs Forrest Main with children joined the Dutch DuVall family for the weekend. Des Moines trip by Fred Rea and family. Roy DuVall A H Freudenthal from Wyoming Anova and Dutch DuVall with others at John Johnson home for Saturday supper. Ice cream and cake served. Sunday visits to Hedge College and O G Davis home. Local social and church group activities noted with multiple households visiting, hosting, and hosting duties.
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Bill Wilson
Forrest Main
Dutch DuVall
Fred Rea
Des Moines
Roy DuVall
A. H. Freudenthal
Wyoming
Anova DuVall
John Johnson
Burke Wilson
Guss Luse
Richard
Dutch DuVvall
H. A. StuffMlebeam
Unionville
Trene Fix
Vivien Wilson
Ralph Davis
LaVerne Davis
Verlin Selby
Hedge College
Robert Luse
Guns Luse
Vivien and
Bourke Wilson
Pearl
Bert Turner
Saiita Club
O. G. Davis
Weekend Visitors and Shoppers in Moravia
Mr and Mrs Zell Wilson visited Gent Cloved home on Sunday. Howard Johnson called on Edwin Sincox. Oscar VanDorin’s family visited Willie VanDorin’s home Monday. J L Jones, Herman Johnson, Fred Hrain, and Alex Johnson visited Grant Sincox Wednesday. George Darby shopped in Moravia Monday. H C Canter and Arthur Lewis shopped in Moravia Saturday. Willie VanDorin family were Moravia callers Thursday.
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Zell Wilson
Gent Cloved
Howard Johnson
Edwin Sincox
Oscar VanDorln
Willie VanDorjn
Grant Sincox
J. L. Jones
Herman Johnson
Fred Hrain
Alex Johnson
George Darby
Moravia
H.C. Canter
Arthur ‘Lewis
Willie VanDorin
Two Comets Discovered In One Day In 1920s Sky
Reston Mass reports a new comet found by Dr J Comas Solà at Barcelona and Neujmin’s comet rediscovered by Dr G Neujmin at Elmels. Both appear the same day, in Cetus and Leo, respectively, with Comas Solà’s comet near fourteenth magnitude and visible with a small telescope.
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G. Neujmin
Elmels
Mussia
Unctor Neujmin
Thia
Neujmin
Leo the Lion
Talnter Thas ComasSoth
France May Sell Prison Island of Man in Iron Mask
A plan to turn Ste. Marguerite island off Cannes into a model winter resort faces protests as investors and foreign capital seek to acquire the site famed as the prison of the Man in the Iron Mask for ten years. The question of his true identity remains disputed while voters debate the state’s offer and its impact on the Riviera.
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France
Wrenen Gaverhinet
Ot I the
Iynel Wataganiam
Beltieh
Rivera
Ste. Marguerite
Cannes Bay
Dumas
Rain-Making Machinery Built in Leningrad Factory
A rain making factory is under construction in Leningrad after the Leningrad Meteorological Institute dispatched a team to the Transcaucasian farming station of Gansi for experiments in rain production. Reports of brilliant success prompted broader testing in the Mugap steppe and Central Asia though details of the methodology and machinery remain undisclosed.
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Leningrad
Leningrad Menerative Institate
Gansi
Thia
Central Asia
360 Pound Snake Captured After Prolonged Chase
A massive boa was captured in Matto Grome and brought to the Bio de Janeiro geological garden by Ignacio Nasci gnento after a chase lasting over a year. The quest aimed to seize the largest snake ever seen there with the snake reportedly weighing around What follows outlines the prolonged pursuit and the careful handling by the team.
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Bio de Janeiro
Matto Grome
Ignacio Auguste Nascignento
Nasccimento
Separated Couple in New York to Support Spouse
In New York, Toowas Binaville Jr. and his wife have separated. Binaville, wealthy and in ill temper, states he will not be responsible for her care, but will provide $1000 a month. She previously served as his father’s secretary.
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South Side
Square
Chicago
New York
Dan Pollard
Mor~avia
Toowas BP
Binaville, Jr
milHong
Cebu
Hts
Adierika Promises Digestive Relief From Gas and Bloating
A letter signed RB. C. Miller endorses Adierika claiming it removes gas and relieves a full bloated stomach. The product is said to aid digestion, induce sleep, and expel waste matter, with Smith Drag Co as the seller.
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Adierika
Thad
RB. C
Miller
Smith Drag Co
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Moravia Oil CO
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W. C. Biven
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Loren Alden Han
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David Caylor
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Lenore
Robert
Bettie Lou
B. M. Strunk
Bruce Jones
Sheldon
Caylor
Cloud Paris
Claud Paria
Logan Strunk
Charley Coffin
Grant Tadlock
John Tadlock
Floyd Wood
Mr. Tadlock
A. 8. Creech
Miller Sunday School
Armory Building
Iconium
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Burke
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Gusa Luse
BE. F. Wilson
Earl Bruin
Merle Weatherly
Guas Luse
T. J. Meyer
Comat and Gendetic Survey
Washington Easel
Guvdette
Columbia River
MR. Miller
Albia, Iowa
Lowa Southern
U. Preferred
W. A. Brooks
Optometrist
Italy
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