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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1931
Page
2
Public notices invite a U B Ladies Thanksgiving Dinner menu and M E Men’s Bazaar and Supper on November 19. The column lists villagers visiting Centerville Albia Moulton Indianola and Des Moines with family gatherings and travels. Social events include rock parties Kensington Club dinners, farm bureau meetings, and Wesleyan homecoming activities.
Classified list includes sales of building tile breeding ewes cattle and hogs farm equipment a cart for sale a livestock sale notice estray sheep license plate and missing pocketbook with reward furniture repair services plus contact names and locations from Moravia Centerville and local union office readers can contact sellers or claim notices for lost items
The Slav peoples uphold religious customs deeply during Turkish rule, with Bulgarians preserving many practices. Clergy perform ceremonies for marriages births and deaths and blessed rites mark the start of buildings, streets, or factories with crosses and wreaths until completion. In villages priests increasingly bless land and pray for rain and harvest.
The Trappist reform began at La Trappe in 1602 under Armand Jean le Bossu de Rance. It aimed to restore monastery discipline and spread quickly to major European houses and three American abbeys La Trappe Gethsemane Kentucky New Mallory near Dubuque Cumberland Maryland.
In a small South German palace, Nicholas II enjoyed tranquil life safe from Russian plots. In Hesse he felt secure and free as a private gentleman by Darm stream, while traveling slowly to Darmstadt to Frankfurt to buy ties and gloves in the street.
Fortune Magazine notes Lloyds marine policy has changed little in 150 years. The opening line once read In the name of God Amen and now reads Be it inow hat, highlighting the policy’s contradictions. An English judge joked the document would seem lunatic today, yet it remains famed for its humor and complexity.
In northern Africa large vineyards adopt machine-age methods for spraying vines. Previously many natives carried copper dust cylinders by hand with pack mules or motor carts. Now ground work uses a large metal apparatus that scatters poison dust via compressed air, increasing wine yield per acre.
Hiattville area residents engage in threshing, husking and visits at several homes including the McDanels, Hiatts, and Derbys. A death by suicide casts a somber mood as John Foster dies by hanging amid reports of declining health. Dr. Orelup and son Don travel to Iowa City for a plaster coat, while humor centers on Dr Yankum’s dental mishap.
Chris Bogart and Jess Hiner witnessed the state corn husking contest near Nevada Iowa last week and report that the contestants sure can throw those nubbins. Richard Sneed and Miss Ahalid Baker of Searshoro were Saturday callers with friends in Moravia en route to Moulton to spend Sunday with his parents and grandparents. Misa Elzabeth Sneed accompanied them to Moulton.
Oscar Etchison of Greenfield Illinois was a guest last week with his sister Mrs Fred Hiatt and family. He recently attended the American Legion Convention at Detroit and finished his vacation with a visit to Moravia. Mr Etchison is employed with the Illinois Highway Commission as patrolman.
Mr. Kemp of Sedalia Missouri says he suffered for years and tried many remedies before Cox's Formula relieved him. He urges anyone troubled with stomach trouble and general run down condition to buy a bottle today and use it regularly to see real results. For sale by Smith Drug Store.
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