Signs of Spring Amid Winter Weather and Local Happenings
The piece notes early spring signs in Moravia with blooming crocuses tulips and daffodils despite lingering snow. It mentions the Weach Drug Store window removal and Rolands grocery display changes improving light. Moravia's snowplow clears streets, and the fire department reports a successful minstrel show raising about 250 with 30 expenses. A local education grad jokes about loyalty tests in politics and a reminder of rising national debt.
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Weach Drug Store
Moravia
Grace Methodist Church Moravia Services March 13 22
Grace Methodist Church Moravia Iowa lists evening services from March 13 to 22 starting at 7 46 led by Pastor John Grenfell Jr. The notice provides schedule for the church activities across the two week period.
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Grace Methodist Church
Moravia, Iowa
Local residents attend dinners and visits across towns
Hiattsville and neighboring communities record a flurry of Sunday visits and weekly gatherings. Dooleys Daniels and others attend quarterly Unionville conference while visiting Kin with Tometich and Edith. Various locals visit hospitals, farms, and homes in Ottumwa Jerom and Jerome area, with multiple families listed across Otha Fenton, Mark Allen, Hiatt, Ponsetto, Heckman, and Cridlebaugh households. A note ends with a tip about certified seed blue tag verification.
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Virgil Dooley
Evelyn Daniels
Unionville
Town
John Tométich
Edith
Otha Fenton
Gokieen
Mark Allen
Iconium
Guy Hiatt
Ottumwa
Roscoe Halley
DeWayne
Lloyd Rose
Bill A
Don Pettibone
Doris Hampton
Miers
Paul Cridlebaugh
Hazel Sanders
Udell News Roundup From Udell Iowa Area
Udell community notes detail visits and gatherings at the homes of Spring Moore Henshaw and other locals. Residents travel to Des Moines for state basketball and open house events at Udell School while care and health updates for neighbors are shared.
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Brethren
Francis
Joe Moore
Lora Sue
Jean Spring
Alice Spring
Myrtle Wilkingon
Harry Dukes
Ora Powell
Dukes
Centerville Association of Commerce
Udell School
Edd Gothridge
Tri Cities
Ben Glasgow
Adell
Walter Curl
Joe Price
Guy Streepys
Pete Howard
Nettie Orr
Fairview
Udell
Lester Murdys
Dean
Deer
Moravia
Lucille’ Matthews
Burlington
Glenn Matthews Home
Radio Broadcasts Highlight Marjorie Sandifer Work
Marjorie Sandifer, a freshman in Home Economics at Ames, had her creative writing piece Chores read on WOT Friday February 13 at 3 p m. The work, by daughters of C R Sandifer, was chosen for the station program due to excellence in her college English course.
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Marjorie Sandifer
C. R. Sandifer
WOT
Marjorie
Ames
Winter rat control tips from Iowa State expert
Harold Gunderson, extension entomologist at Iowa State College, notes winter is ideal for rat reduction as populations concentrate. He says a pound of warfarin bait can kill more rats now than during other times of the year.
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Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Moravia School Days Remembered by Local Writer
The Moravia editor prints a reader letter recalling early town life and Moravian heritage. The note honors Supt Goeldner and Prof K W Stoke, describes rural enrollment efforts, and vivid memories of 1890s classroom routines and town scenes along with a brief friction from peers.
Reminiscences of School Days and Early Years
Autobiographical reflections recount a bus trip to an athletic meet in Moulton and a train delay. The narrator recalls classmates including Blanche Boyd Stella Main and Harry Sharp, a strict superintendent, and varied teachers such as Prof Harwood and Prof Stoke. Stories cover sports, discipline, and a stint teaching rural school for $20 a month.
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Moulton
U. S
Blaine Horn
IIT John
Cyrus Hall
Milwaukee
Blanche Boyd
Stella Main
John Dodd
Wm. Baldwin
Arthur Hall
Harry Sharp
Leo Reich
J. W
Prof
Harwood
Stoke
Naomi Dodd
Josie Jones
Harve Tuttle
Jimmie Hoskingon
Ralph Tuttle
Jimmie
Ralph
Early guidance on farm pests and poultry care
Extension agronomists at Iowa State College advise spraying or dusting cattle with DDT to control lice and storing purchased peat safely from dampness and pests. They urge early nitrogen fertilizer purchases. Causes of cannibalism in poultry include overcrowding, poor diet, and excessive light. FOR SALE printing services offered by The Moravia Union.
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Iowa State College
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