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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1932
Page
2
Miss Nadine Donovan led the meeting last Sunday on Prohibition. About 25 youths attended as part of ongoing series. Lorence Gardner will read this Sunday. A.B. Jordan is a patient in Kirksville hospital for a couple of weeks and improving. Mrs. Jordan visited over the weekend.
A compact round of visits and arrivals marks Moravia and nearby towns. Dale Caria spent the weekend in Mt Pleasant while G T Harn of Albia called on Moravia merchants. Numerous social visits include Mr and Mrs A Dowd in Blakesburg, J E Sharp and Mrs F A Reich in Albia, and Miss Marie Ochler at homecoming in Mt Pleasant. Local clubs and family gatherings note a 20th Century Club meeting, a birthday at N G Wilson home, and relatives visiting from Indianola and Des Moines. New radios and Atwater Kent displays headline local commerce, with several family events referenced across Centerville Unionville and Crawfordville.
Short local classifieds list rental notice in Mora via on pavement with possession November 1. plus help wanted for housework and radio repair services. Also items for sale including a walnut piano and wooden boxes, plus lost log chain between Mora via and Williams farm.
Milton may secure a small factory as L A Arnett reported at the town council meeting. Investigations consider buying the Vaughn garage in Milton for an Oskaloosa firm to establish a novelty maker the Law business. If brought to Milton, five to ten workers could be employed locally.
A. E. Andy Gump sustained a broken collar bone and multiple bruises after a piano loaded in a truck at Numa fell out and struck his chest. W. M. Lyon was away when the piano toppled. The event occurred Tuesday. Liggett ambulance transported Gump to Seymour, where Dr. A. E. Davis treated him.
Ruth and Mae Brandon visited at Lloyd Massman s on Monday. Mrs Dennie Fenton and Opal visited Vernon Fenton s on Wednesday. Mrs Frank Tarbell visited Gray Penfield s on Friday. Howard Skinner family moved in with Frank Chadwick for the winter. Dennie Fenton visited Elbert Moore s Friday. Gray Penfield s family and Jack visited at Jay Massman s on Sunday. Elbert Moore family visited Joe Albert son s in Albia on Sunday. Ed Miller called Friday at the D S Fenton home. Arlene Fenton visited Theda Tarbell Sunday afternoon. E O West of Centerville was a business visitor in Moravia Monday.
A local insurance ad emphasizes fire protection and urges readers to assess coverage before disaster. It warns that near losses heighten awareness and invites contact to review policies and ensure adequate protection tonight.
A jumbled local notice mentions Roston Argo with pleasant remarks at the news factory on Saturday. It references his father A J Ardand and payments for five yearly subscriptions, plus Mrs Hal Carter and various relatives in Des Moines and Marceline.
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