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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1953
Page
1
Ray Ramblin warns Moravia readers about slick footed door salesmen last week. The piece urges homemakers to send such canvassers away and warns of deceptive lines and pressure tactics used to push magazines or gadgets. It emphasizes that legitimate local firms offer safer options and advises reliance on trusted local sellers.
A Moravia area column reports on a corn yield contest in Appanoose county where Burdette Ward’s field showed near ninety bushels per acre but was ruled ineligible due to irregular field dimensions. The piece also notes community social events, visits, and a death, with Local residents attending gatherings and church activities.
Local ladies served supper for the Albia Rotary at the semmium Methodist church while visitors arrived from several nearby homes. The column lists a string of Sunday visits, family gatherings, Farm Bureau meeting attendance, and travel to Moravia and Centerville, with multiple households sharing illnesses and birthdays. It notes a death of Mrs. Rose Gillaspie and travels to Gary Indiana for relatives.
Attendance at Fairview church and a flurry of visits fill the week as families including Veach McDanel and Gladfelder circle Lyndon McDanel Cody Luse home and nearby households. The Colorado to Kansas City move overlaps with gatherings at the Benz and Gladfelder households, while Hoover and Keater Gladfelder share weekend hospitality.
Mrs. R. L. Lucas and family spent weekends with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Long and family visited John Horstman several evenings last week to see Maude McDonald who is quite ill.
In Appanoose County Iowa the District Court in probate published notice that Carl W. Derby has been appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Algin Derby deceased. Creditors are warned to pay or present claims as required by law and the administrator is to oversee allowance and payment. Dated November 10 1953. Hugh W. Lundy Albia Iowa attorney for the estate.
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