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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
6
In Town District Court of Appanoose County the April 1928 term is noted with Edith Wilson as plaintiff. A line about cheerfulness and fading gloom suggests a break in tone, but the fragment provides no actionable details and no clear outcome or parties beyond Edith Wilson.
A mixed dispatch from Washta to California notes Mrs. Nellie Smith, 93, unbeatable at checkers against Samuel Elser, 92, of Pierson. Togab oats and Velvet barley show strong farmer interest in trials. A Shooting scare by firecrackers ends with no injuries. Marshalltown injects a rabies quarantine after a dog’s positive test. Boone reports a $16,000 damages suit from a kick accident. Council Bluffs tragedy as a 72-year-old dies in a dynamite accident. Des Moines gossip spotlights new state secretary Smith. Ballast of railway modernization shown with gasoline motor cars replacing steam. Fairfield legend of feral corn pride in California. Wild turkeys spotted near Willisea.
The article notes a fierce scramble among automakers to offer cars at low prices led by Chevrolet and Ford each likely to sell near a million cars annually. It emphasizes nationwide dealer networks and heavy advertising driving sales, warning that underpublicized models lose trust. It also mentions St Patrick's Day March 17, March weather, Senator Curtis’s raceable candidate, brakes and safety, and women pursuing beauty treatments as signs of progress.
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