Local Happenings in Moravia and Surroundings
Local notes report ill at home for R. R. Pennington and by illness elsewhere. Many residents visit relatives in Centerville Des Moines Ottumwa Ames and Des Moines. Visitors include Miss Madeline Houser Miss Harriett Main and Miss Marie Callen. Several trips to Iowa City Madrid Millard and Shenandoah noted with family gatherings and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Pennington
Wm. Laws
Centerville
H. R. Longnecker
T. 4
Luse
Marwell
Gus Luse
Madeline Houser
Genterville
Opal Main
Allen Hiatt
Des Moines
Kenneth Barghahn
Grinnell
Louise Oehler
Jerry Winsler
Fanchen Winslet
Ames
William Donahoo
Winterset
Hazel Dowd
Ottumwa
Edna
Helen Dowd
Harriett Lee Main
Troy
A. C. Main
Myrth Hudgens
Sam Hudgens
Marie Callen
Town State College
Zell Callen
Lester Brain
Annie Brain
Albert Brain
Earl Brain
Hedrick
Paul Broshar
Waterloo
Carl Black
Joan
Sigourney
C. A. Turner
Alice Showers
Ventura
Calif
W. F. Houser
John Sharp
Jerry
Houser
Ted Garner
Unionville
W. C. Tisue
Quentin Hudson
Peoria
Wekend
Floyd Cowell
Harry Dissinger
Janet
Jean
Joyce
Bouton
Iowa
Fred Blumenstock
C. H. Wallis
el Paso
Texas
Moravia
Frank Swaim
W.J. P. Creech
Hankameir
Cora Creech
H. A. Smith
Mitchellville
W. F. Horner
Bollers
M. McFatridge
C. C. Coulson
Gardner Hatchery Expands to Meet Rising Demand
Gardner and Mrs. Gardner announce plans to expand their hatchery to supply high grade chicks next year. They criticize cheap sickly chicks from some hatcheries and pledge improved service at a price only slightly higher than fly by night operators. They thank customers for past support and promise better standards and reliable deliveries.
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Gardner
Moraine Town Council Proceedings September–November 1937
The Moraine town council records three meetings from Sept 13 to Nov 8 1937 with minutes read and approved. Treasurers reports list balances across General Highway Light Fire Cemetery and other funds. Bills for labor supplies gas and maintenance are approved. tax sales and property bids proceed with multiple motions and lists of purchasers and condemned buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Hiner
J. H. Schreiner
Matt Parrott & Sons
Scott Tucker
O. D. DuVall
Qehler Bros
Chas, Johnson
L. C. Main
Morgan Filling Station
Ee Hiatt
C. Coulson
Laude Sharp
S. A. Co
D. Veach
P. K. Horner
D. K. Orelup
Billy
Claude Sharp
Dayton Dotson
Floyd Long
Metro
Moravia Union
Bill Laws
Lee Hiatt
John Horstman
J. D. Vesch
W. L. Palmer
Harry Wales
S. U. Co
Oehler Bros
Preston Hiatt
C. C. Coulson
General Moravia Union
V. W. Tracy
Turner & Son
Gus Pfannebecker
Specia Police
Ee Curtis Burton
U. Co
Christian Aid
J. D. Veach
J. W. Edgerly & Co
Long Cafe
Claude K. Sharp
iMorgan Filling Station
Town Hall
Inter
Chas. Miller
Gdn
Winsler
Veach
Bessie M. Kingery
Schreiner
Yea
Firkins
Jaay
Morgan
Yex
G. D. Morgan
Wm. Lawa
Amour Produce
School Board
Samy
M. H. Johnson
Giba
Mra L
Iconium M E Aid Notes Progress At Ladies Event
Iconium M E Aid No 2 of the Ladies Aid served on Allinche Thursday Nov 4 to 48 members and friends. The devotional program honoring Armistice Day was led by Mayme Callen. Quilts work is progressing rapidly and the group received a 34425 check from A Thompson for husking 20 acres of corn on Oct 26, aiding church and community effort.
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M. E
Ladies Aid
Iconium
Allinche
Mayme] Callen
A. Thompson
Local social notes from Hedge College area near Albia
Sunday visits and gatherings fill the Albia area as families like the Mangles, McDanel, Cloyed, Luse, Wilson, Davis, Parish, and others are seen at homes and Farm Bureau events. Husking contest attendees from the vicinity include G E Luse and family, John Johnson, and E F Wilson in Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Mangle
Ernest Mangle
Albia
Gaylord McDanel
Harold Davis
John
James Wilson
Dick Johnson
Lois
Carolyn Hawk
Gerald Brogdlar
Carl Cloyed
Oskaloosa
G. E. Luse
John Johnson
E. F. Wilson
T. J. Luse
Ted Wilson
Mildred
Daphen
F. W. Wright
Bertha Luse
Mary Johnson
Maggie Davis
Mae Luse
Dora Wilson
Phyllis McDanel
Farm Bureau
Gladys Parcel
Larry Dean Bishop
Patty
Edna Mae
Jimmie Luse
Dorothy Davis
Edna Dyphon
Larry
FE. F. Wilson
Mondey
Settlement action on insurance clean up of lots
Board of Health convened as reports were received and adjourned. D Ki Grelup, town clerk, noted settlement terms and immediate cleanup of lots by insurance companies. The record lists adjournment and attendance with names and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ag Eswneil
P. K. Horner
D K Grelup
Board of Health
D. Ki Grelup
Anniversary gathering at Laws home honors Misses Dinsmore and Laws
Honor Chas Laws celebrated the Misses Alice Dinsmore and Jeszadine Laws birthday anniversary Tuesday evening at the Laws home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Whicker and son Bobby Desa, Mr. and Mrs. Catie Whicker and children Orman Max Oneita, Vesta Oehler and granddaughter Joyce Martin, Mrs. Sarah Sandy, Cresta and Loran Cory, John Merlin and Phyllis Laws, Leola Marie Davis, and Reverta Edna Mae. Gifts were given and popcorn and candy refreshments were served late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Dinsmore
Jeszadine Laws
Laws
Johnny Whicker
Bobby Desa
Catie Whicker
Orman
Max
Oneita
Mis
Vesta Oehler
Joyce Martin
Sarah Sandy
Cresta
Loran
Cory
John
Merlin
Phyllis Lawa
Leola Marie Davis
Chas
Nensadine
Reverta
Edna Mae
Card Of Thanks To Local Fire Departments
Emmet Scott expresses gratitude to Moravia and Albia Fire Departments and all others who assisted in fighting last Wednesday's fire, noting that their efforts prevented ruins of his store and conveying deep appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Albia
Emmet Scott
Appreciation for fire department and neighbors after house fire
Mr and Mrs Lew Hiner thank Moravia Co Operative Marketing Association workers and D L Strunk with C Jones for three loads of livestock shipped to St Louis Market after a fire on Wednesday. The message credits fire department and helpers for saving their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Lew Hiner
Pasture Key For Growing Fall Pigs Says Expert
Ja L Anderson of the Animal Husbandry Department at Iowa State College urges keeping fall pigs on good pasture and away from old contaminated hog lots or diseased yards. Movable houses can work if properly built, with dry, warm, well ventilated quarters for young pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ja. L. Anderson
Animal Husbandry Department
Lows State College
Anderson Wreen
Fall pig feeding tips and ration ideas from old guide
Start the fall pigs on feed as soon as possible using a tested mixture of 20 pounds ground oats 25 pounds wheat middlings 25 pounds tankage 20 pounds linseed or soybean meal 6 pounds alfalfa meal and 4 pounds mineral feed. Self feed with shelled corn. Skim milk or buttermilk speeds growth and lowers cost.
Negro Spirituale Born in Earliest Slave Era
A Montreal Herald view traces early slave era spirituals in the Gulf South as raw communal songs born of danger and faith. It notes a shift by 1870 with Jubilee Singers harmonizing and modernizing the tunes, diminishing their personal, childlike essence.
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Gulf States
South
Montreal Herald
Eating Reveals Character Through Knife and Fork
A London Answers Magazine writer argues eating speed and style reveal personality. Quick eaters are lively and ambitious, sometimes unreliable. slow eaters plod steadily, content with routine, with few notable traits.
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London Answers
The Bastille Palace and Its Destruction Recalled
A historical sketch notes the Bastille as a French royal palace built in 1349 later serving as a state prison for high profile detainees. It describes unjust confinement by royal whim, the 1789 mob attack, and the transfer of the outer door key by Lafayette to Washington, with the relic kept at Mount Vernon.
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Bastile
France
Charles V
Lafayette
General Washington
Mount Vernon
Rhododendron as State Flower Across Regions
The rhododendron is noted as the state flower of Washington and as a symbol for West Virginia. It grows across the Pacific Coast, Atlantic seaboard, central states, and the South Central region east of the Mississippi. The species origin is traced to the Orient with many varieties in China, while cultivated forms in America show white, pink, and rose-purple blossoms.
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Washington
Alea
West Virginia
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Central States
South Central States
Missiasipgi River
Orient
Ching
Kinser Valley residents visit and help at Grandma Darby
Kinser Valley neighbors provide aid and visits around Grandma Darby including Darby relatives from Albia Ottumwa and Springfield. Grant Sincox saw wood with Kinser Valley men while Dr Slavin tended Grandma Darby and other families stopped by to visit and share meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. R. Darby
Zell Wilson
Grant Sincox
Dr. Slavin
Grandma Darby
Erwin Sincox
Ezra Lockman
Colorado
Ray Darby
Aliia
Sawicky
Springfield
Sarah Darby
Mr. Hindman
Albia
Bert Mack
Charley Anderson
Ottumwa
N. G. Wilson
Frank Wilson
LeRoy Wilson
George
Donald Darby
Des Moines
Morravia
Harry Pelton
Owa Health Girl Champs Eat Sleep and Live Right
A survey of Towa's hundred healthiest farm girls shows nightly eight to ten hours sleep and early bedtimes. Daily tasks include milking cows feeding chickens washing the separator and helping with meals and school lunches. They spend three to four hours daily in the country air and meals feature bread and butter potatoes meat and vegetables plus onions spinach and common greens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Early Farm Seed Testing A Valuable Precaution
R H Porter head of the Seed Laboratory at Town State College says early seed testing helps farmers learn germination quality and replace poor viability. It also speeds lab reports on seed analyses and discourages delays before planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Porter
Town State College
Porter
Seed testing advice for farmers and sample timing
The Iowa State College Seed Laboratory notes a flood of samples during planting seasons and urges timely testing. It says testing is most valuable when done early, especially for small grains and legumes, and seed may be sent to the Ames laboratory or through local county agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Seed Laboratory
Iowa State College Laboratory
Ames
Iowa
Classified Rentals and Sales Notice Group
Classified entries list a five room house for rent with potential part-time help from D E Bishop, several sale items including an iron kettle boiler cross-cut saw grindstone from Mrs F A Reich, purebred Durac spring boars over 200 pounds plus a yearling Durac boat from Hellyer Bros five miles west of Moravia, a wood sawing job wanted for Keith Roberts and two four year old black mares worked on machinery from J J Selby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Bishop
F. A. Reich
Durac
Hellyer Bros
Moravia
Keith Roberts
J. J. Selby
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Chugwater
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Long
J. F. Powell
A. H. Crocker
Madrid
St. Joseph Hospital
Freddie
May Grable
Ruth Ashmore
Shenandoah
Ruth, Hart
Council Bluffs
Eunice Sissen
Farmington
Clara Johnson
Chas. Johnson
E. T. C. Club
James Whitcomb Riley
Charles Blackman
M. K. Blackman
Charles
Town City
Sedalia
Shaffer Pen Company
Fort Madison
George Winsler
Chester Broshar
von Tracy
Paul Coffin
George Firkins
Pearl Broshar
Louise Smith
John Temple
University Hospital
Veach Drug Store
The
Moraine Town Council
Iconium M. E. Aid Notes
Hedge College
Kinser Valley
OWA Health Girl Champs
Carlson Bros. Furs
Ottumwa, Iowa
Chet Broshar
Ramalaa
Bes
Gooch
Grocer Today
Ward's Grocery
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