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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1928
Page
6
Georgia star Tyrus Raymond Cobb hints this will be his last pro season after 24 years in the big leagues. He plans to explore possibilities, visit family, and use his saved earnings while weighing retirement and a social life away from the game.
The speaker notes a leading Georgian figure could pursue any path, even Congress, if favored by his circle. He observes candidates under “the hands of their friends” being urged to defer, while noting a shift in social norms with shorter skirts and golf knickers reflecting changing fashion and attitudes.
A string of social calls and family visits filled the weekend as residents dropped by grandparents, neighbors, and friends. Names include Daphne and Willie McDanel, Glen Sufficool, Clyde and Kenneth Gladfelder, Pearl Hiner, Bobby Foster, and others visiting homes in Rathbun Fairfield and Rockford. John Coolidge remarks hint at youthful ambition about starting from the bottom.
Dwight Powell leaves for northern state to husk corn this fall. Eva B Hellyer visits with sister and relatives. Box supper at New Hope Friday night. Scott Tucker stays with Lloyd Rose. Mrs. W. H. Powell returns from Rockford Illinois. Kenneth Francia Powell noted as young son. Utterbacks enjoy Sunday dinner in Moravia. Elmer Thomas sick with mumps. Will Laws helps apply stucco to a poultry house. Coulson family visits near Albia. Bayard Neff and Jones relations visit Eldon. Wood, Doyle McDanes visit with McDane family. Robert Wayne of Unionville and Weatherly of Mars visit M. E. McDane. J. C. Neff returns from Omaha-Council Bluffs motor trip. J. F. Chambers visitors include Miss Waugh and Miss Dahl. Chas Darrah, Gerald Hunter, and Cham bers family visit Centerville.
Miller W N Miller visited Moulton on business as Mrs Luther Weatherly and Merle went to Centerville. Floyd Wood joined a family trip from Bloomfield visiting Muscatine and Iowa City then Fairfield and Washington. They toured KTNT radio station Weed Park and Weed Park and noted corn and wheat fields, pumpkins, melons, peppers, and a rainy Muscatine. They returned home by six. Political talk and litter critique follow with comments on local voters and cleanup habits.
G. E. Luse family began an extended trip to South Dakota Tuesday with Henry Sytama. Dorothy Davia spent last week in town at Clell Davia home. Vivien Wilson attended Wesleyan Homecoming in St Pleasant Saturday. Missouri visitors Mrs H Coulson Mrs Chas Johnson and Ruby visited BR Wilson home Friday.
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