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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
1
The piece notes strained wells around the park and a well near the south side that barely supplies two grade rooms. It mentions more wells faltering, not drying up completely, and longing for cloudy rainy days. The U S Department of Commerce will survey March asking about incomes migration and family characteristics along with employment data.
A family and a longtime familia figure around the post office years past mourn the loss of Rusty the tie dog who has lived with the Morgans for years. Rusty, credited with near human intelligence, declined as health worsened over recent months, went blind, and died at an estimated 15 years old as the garden season neared its peak with tulips sprouting and oats being sown.
New Hope Church group meeting notes report elected officers for the year including president Evelyn Daniels and vice president Edith Hiatt. Social and visiting details mention numerous local residents visiting homes, dinners, and events, concluding with notice of the death of Sylvia Millemon’s daughter in New York.
Proceedings list numerous payrolls seeding funds and labor costs. Items include hospital service insurance payments, Treas Hargis withholdings, maintenance road funds and condemned property awards. Notable names: Hargis, Mincks, Centerville Nat. Bank, Farmers Co-Op Ex. and Centerville Municipal Water.
A fragmented 1920s style expense record lists diesel fuel, oil, equipment, and repairs from Morris Jacke Motors, Oehler Bros. Oil Co., and Ottumwa Bridges & Construction. It shows numerous workers paid for labor including LeRoy Abbott, Jess Bright, Russell Bright, and many others, with totals and withholdings. The page records insurance, payroll, and miscellaneous charges totaling hundreds of dollars.
A farm testimonial from Dallas Center Iowa and Dexter Iowa praising the Occo feeding program begun in 1953. It notes lower feed cost per 100 pounds of pork gain, absence of sickness, and improved cattle and hog performance using Occo-Trate Occo Mineral Vita min Occo-Lab Yeast and related products. Credit to service man Wm A Scar of Dexter.
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