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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1926
Page
2
Church of Christ lists Sunday School at 10 A M and Communion at 11. Reports good attendance at aid activities and 20 at dinner with others visiting in the afternoon. Aid each Wednesday afternoon at the church. Christmas bazaar and supper planned for Saturday December 11. Watch for Hallowe'en supplies at Smith Drug Co.
G B Johnson was an Albin caller Saturday. Mrs Albert Brain was an Albin visitor Friday. Mrs A B Jordan visited friends in Albin Saturday. Mayor P K Harner was a Centerville caller Saturday. We have Masks and Hallowe en decorations. Smith Drug Co Mes CC Cullens and Missy Griffin were Albin callers Saturday. JD Minnia and J J Wicks were business cubas in Centerville Saturday. Mr and Mrs C E B Treker of Centerville were Moravian visitors Monday. Dwight Weatherly and Franc Buckingham were in Des Moines on business Monday. W Hancock of Ottumwa and Berry Halden and family of Albia were Sunday visitors at the J W Haklen home.
Moravia area notes report Kensington Club will present the play Poor Married Man at the High School Gym next week. Several small town events, visits, and reentries are listed including sales, visits to Albia and Moravia, a stork sale planned by JT Jubasan and W C DuVall, and updates on local families and church activities.
A noisy collage of headlines notes Navy Day on October 27 and the shift of sports attention to football while baseball fades. It mocks current political chatter, industry lines, and a weather map rumor as it hints at revived interest in ads and public notices, with whimsical lines about porky topics and a flagging press rhythm.
Auction notices list sales by auctioneers Hawk and Son Johnson Get 16 Clark Weatherly Wm Spencer P Gideon Harris Bros Bussey Oct 12 19 21 26 27. Local church notes cover a Roll Call for No 9 Sunday School with readings from former members and talks by J S McCord and G T Than now of Albia. Evening services filled. urge regular church attendance and a pistol talk on Better Respects for Law. Epworth League numbers exceed fifty. Rain postponed Wesley program. rescheduled for Sunday 9 30 Mexico topic. Moravia appointments include Sunday School superintendent installation and staff. Prayer Meeting tonight and quarterly conference Friday with Dr Keeney. W H M S meets next Wednesday at Mrs Base. Unit of W F M S to assemble at Centerville church Monday with returned missionary Mrs Cable.
H K Smith sworn as business manager submits ownership details for Moravia Union Moravia Iowa for October 1 1924. Publisher Smith Bros Moravia Iowa Editor H K Smith Moravia Iowa Managing Editor H K Smith Moravia Iowa Owner W A Smith and H K Smith Moravia Iowa Bondholders none.
Farm loans available with best terms by Chet Broshar. For sale buttermilk barrels and poultry house. Rooms for rent with furnace heat and meals if desired by Mrs E P Oehler. For sale hand picked apples and pears. Lost Jersey calf between Albia and Unionville. For sale 1954 Ford Sedan in good condition. Wanted Grimes Golden apples. For sale 20 inch Cole’s heater, lightly used. Tracy./
Clyde Callen started working for Robert Jennings Monday. The nine months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Warn Brandon of Ottumwa was laid to rest in Iconium cemetery Sunday afternoon. Short services were held at the grave. Edgar Breese accompanied Neal Nash to St. Louis with hogs. Jameay and Patrick Corbin were ballers in Iconium Monday. Adolph Guard is working for Clarence Vosburg. Dy. Harris of Mystic was a caller in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Day spent Sunday at the Mrs. Holman home. Leo Breese and George Hazelwood were callers in Mystic Monday. The Argo and McCord store has changed hands it is now run by McCord and Son. Clyde Callen spent Saturday night with Loy Free.
Mr and Mrs Claude Paris spent Monday at the Ray Coltrain home. Mrs Loran Alden visited at the W C Miller home. Feln Tadlock and David Caylor helped James Wood cut corn. The Wood and Caylor families attended the L A Wood sale. James Creech and Logan Simink brought home cattle from the Underwood sale. Sylvia Hart returned home after staying at the Lee Tadlock home for weeks.
Closing out sale planned by S P Gideon in late October with items including horses cattle and some registered stock. Moravia reports a forthcoming marriage of Geo Cathcart who has many friends there and wishes the couple a happy journey through life.
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