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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1930
Page
2
Moravia Union in Moravia Appanoose County Iowa lists second class mail status under the 1878 act. Editor and publisher H. K. Smith announces subscription rates: one year in advance six months three months and ad single copy six cents.
A civic appeal urges residents to keep town clean this fall and enhance nature's beauty by performing responsible actions to maintain attractive surroundings. The note stresses ease of cleanliness and community responsibility.
The passage urges sweeping away weeds and rubbish at once to foster civic pride. It notes visitors’ favorable impressions of a clean, orderly town and contrasts past fads such as corn meal mush, Youth’s Companion, Peck’s Bad Boy, and Mary Pickford era fashion.
Farmers in the area are busy pulling corn. Mr. and Mrs. Flick Main and family visited John Plants. The L. Brown family joined a surprise dinner at Haver Free's. Will Williams and Jim Moore attended Noah Kingery's sale last Thursday. Russell Gillaspie has been cutting corn this week.
Moravia High reports on football practice with 19 players remaining, coaching by Parish and Gullete, ahead of a Moulton Seconds game in Moravia. The issue also covers girls basketball season opener, Young Teacher's Club activities, a Girls' Athletic Association picnic, and grade news with new enrollments and a 58 attendance picnic.
The Journal ism Club met to plan broader student engagement while Senior Class officers and members discussed the class ring, colors, and dues. Junior Affairs and Sophomore and Freshman meetings set colors, flowers, and dues, with announcements on ring orders and a possible clock inscription.
The piece notes a cooler day allowing activity without constant yawns and mentions students arriving late or noisy in assembly. It describes students wearing multiple necklaces, loud footsteps, a bustling commercial room, and wind whistling through open windows. It ends with playful questions about punctuality and purse absence.
A humorous exchange from the sixth period shows a Junior not visiting in class and a Lophomore moving quietly, while students discuss romance needs at night, a quartet member sings, and family jokes surface. Dialogue includes Ernie Easter not flirting, Thelma Manin in English, and a flurry of quips from Cleo B Lloyd Vera B and Harry J about speech and silence.
A brief line records an unclear exchange in which a person asks, “Will you be my wife?” amid fragmented dialogue. The transcription lacks context, participants, or a clear outcome, leaving the courtship moment as a lone, puzzling note.
John Winfield and family with Mrs Newton moved to Waukee for the winter and plan to return in spring. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cohagen spent Sunday at M. M. Darby home. Roy Mancer of Albia visited relatives in Foster. Allan Railsback has assisted Dan Pollard the past week. Curtis Goudy and family moved near Ottumwa with coal mine work for the winter. Alex Johnson worked as Moravia shopper Friday. Oliver Adams and Mrs. Darby hosted Mrs. Anna Powers of Centerville for Sunday with Roy Darby accompanying them back to Centerville. Mrs. H D Darby and M. M. Darby shopped in Moravia Saturday. Mrs. Andrew Hyatt of Dallas visited Foster on Sunday.
Claudio Nicletta spent the weekend with home folks. Zell Wilson and his family helped make molasses at the Eph Wilson home during the past week.
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