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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1929
Page
5
Tracy returns Friday with a fair team seeking an upset over Moravia, who sit at 2 wins and 4 losses. Referee Sanderson of Penn College will likely officiate as Moravia aims to finish the season strong. GC.N urges fans to back the players from the sideline and boost morale.
A student essay urges loyalty to the school stressing that a strong school is vital for the future. It argues fundraising and attendance are essential, and cooperation by students supports athletic events and overall school success.
The Moravian High School student body honored Paul Clark, the Napoleon of the Ivories now living in Centerville, during convocation. Clark has played for major Chicago operas before vitaphones reduced his positions and plans to offer piano lessons from a studio to be set up at the A. W. Kincade home on Wabash Avenue. His initial pieces drew loud applause and included Merryleaf Rag Narcisses Stars And Stripes Forever and Pagan Love Song.
The A B C Clut reports a rise in members from last year with seven new initiates on Tuesday evening November 5. New members include Phillis Lemaster Genevieve Carter Thelma Main Wanda Nicholson Rubye Whitehead Maxine Tucker and Miss Shepard pioneer. The home economics club convenes biweekly on Fridays for a twenty minute session. Officers: Leona Easter president Reba Callen vice president Maurine Smith secretary Norma Lee Firkins treasurer.
The A B C Club met in the gym during the eighth period with Seniors in charge. Genevieve Donovan spoke on formal costumes and described a five part discussion on origins and styles.
A fragment describes Madge Hough giving a talk on historical costumes with a demonstration of gowns suitable for formal wear, highlighting period attire and fashion presentation.
A reader quiz lists ten questions on topics from colonial Indians to Rome and modern events. Items ask about popcorn before Europeans, pedestrian walking rules in the United States, letters spoken by an old woman, the fall of Rome, stock drops, the Siam national anthem, pricing puzzles, the General Pact for Renunciation of War, credit transactions, and a recent New York mayoral election.
Twenty pupils are in the second grade with teacher Miss Mildred Tarr reporting perfect attendance for part of the week. On Wednesday November 6 two visitors dropped by, Mrs. Von Tracy and Mrs. Merril Johnson, A. CG, 33.
A fragmentary reminiscence lists song titles and lyrics between Lois Davis Maurine Smith Helen McCrory Duke Swaim Forrest Lagle Clella Jones Juanita Smith and George Kingery. The item evokes a social moment with many quoted phrases and familiar tunes.
Veril Lagle performs When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Robin Along while Mary Low offers Bye Bye Blackbird. Raymond Perry warns Lucille not to pet Angry as Too Many Parties and Lets Sit On The Back Porch drift by. Ernie Kanter tells Lucille Burke You Had Ought To Know I’m The Lonesomest Boy In Town Without You Dear and if You Don’t Love Me I’ll go Valencia or Bar celony. After Thelma Main, Junior Mason says Show Me The Way Fo Go Home I’ve Got Those Dangerous Blues. Harold Mason, rolling call, plans to go Way Down On The Swanee River with I’ve Got Those Alcoholic Blues and a Girl That I Know.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists several individuals with varied descriptors such as Norma Ler Firkins and Eliza beth Sneed, Ermie Easter with yellow hair, Eva Bourdinar as a flirt, Bonita Laglea Swede, Lola Davis and June Tisue in heels, Nadine Donovan in a formal gown, Forrest Lagle, Karl Lynch the organist, and Josephine Foster in a library setting, plus initials E. B. The tone resembles a social or personal column fragment from a historical paper.
A quirky collage of humorous lines and misreadings from a school or community page. It features banter among students and locals, jokes about reading speed, a near mishap with a high voltage wire, car and gas gags, Will Rogers quips, and a playful, chaotic sports moment.
Health hint describes a poisoning treatment using sulphate of zinc and a glass of water, urging rapid administration and calling a physician, followed by vomiting to be induced.
Fragmentary note urges mental activity and growth while warning against stagnation as the path to decline. It references a festive Christmas theme and includes a caution not to harm birds. The legibility is limited and several phrases resemble garbled OCR.
Aldous Hussey argues in Vanity Fair that authority requires both outstanding talent and external prestige. He notes talent alone fails without recognition, while prestige without talent lacks substance, and that modern publicity can elevate any public figure to authority.
In American Indians Not Wanderers by Nature, the Bureau of American Ethnology argues that many tribes maintained fixed regional lands. It notes boundaries were well understood and traditionally transmitted, with disputed intertribal zones often causing wars rather than constant mobility.
Nathaniel Parker wished to withdraw from Park Street Congregational Church in Boston but faced excommunication. Granville Hicka reports in the American Mercury that Parker’s withdrawal arose from rebellion rather than doctrinal dispute, he later sought solace in the theater and attempted marriage with a religiously committed fiancée.
The earliest saws were not metal blade tools with integrated teeth but wooden cores with inserted teeth. Teeth varied by material, including flint, volcanic glass, shell, or shark teeth, and across cultures jaws or jaws-like forms inspired saw designs.
North side household reels as David, age three, parades profanity from Lorion s garishly cegep ing Deg gene. Elders puzzled by origin while grandma recalls old lessons and a pretend missing dog echoes through the scene. Indianepolia News
A young man downtown says he is not sick but getting old at thirty‑seven. He explains his thirty‑seven year old daughter caused the scene after an event the night before as he prepared to entertain adults, while his wife kept watch and urged him to proceed with his routine for the weekly features.
A fragmented plea hints at Wall Street pressures and domestic work in a chaotic setting. The speaker seeks wallpaper and home papers amid uncertain times, reflecting familiar urban strain and daily tasks. Local voices echo a call for stability and practical solutions.
Mrs Bertha Luse visited with her sister Mrs Clyde Gladfelder on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Raymond Veach of Rockford Illinois welcomed a baby boy Wednesday morning weighing six pounds. Families from Gladfelder Veach McDanel Luse and related households shared meals visits and sewing at several homes during the weekend and early this week. It notes a wedding motif with the line its a pay as you enter matrimony.
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