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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1926
Page
4
Classified ads priced per line six cents each with inclusive cards of thanks and resolutions of respect. Reading notices listed per line and poetry per line. Display advertising rates available on application.
Local youths attended a program at Brompton School Friday evening led by Miss Florence Terrel. Several couples and families visited relatives in Moravia and Albia during the weekend.
L. M. Clark, a farmer for over twenty years, outlines his platform. He proposes financing primary road improvements through automobile license and gasoline taxes, transferring township roads to the county for upkeep, increasing gasoline tax for secondary road work, and repeal of township road and drag levies. He invites consultation with any resident of Appanope County.
Unionville social news highlights Mrs. Gertrude Davis entertaining as guest speaker with Mrs. Lloyd Ransom leading. Ottumwa visitor Mrs. Richardson attends. District Conference in Eddyville. teachers’ institute at Centerville. Local families travel to Orchard and New Boston. Rev J E Ward expands pigeon breeding to 100 birds. Visits from Ottumwa residents and locals, with farming, nut gathering, and wedding anniversary news.
Hiattsville reports Rev. O J Fix and family spent Sunday after church services at the Tucker home. Miss Opal Cullen visited relatives Sunday. Miss Bernice Scott also spent Sunday with home folks.
Miss Orphin McDanel and Gus Hiatt visited Centerville businesses last Saturday. The farmer bought a new touring car. Emil Hiatt called at the J. Hiatt home Sunday. Joy Tucker now works in a Rockford Illinois factory. The Meadows home hosted several callers including Mrs Lide Hiatt and Mrs Harry Burton with baby Doris Nadine. The Cridlebaughs of Adel visited the L A Hiatt home Sunday. Mr H W Chambers accompanied them home for care. Marshall Darby and wife of Foster bought Plymouth Rock cockerels. Mrs Meadows was seen in Union. E F Tucker spent Sunday at the Meadows home. Lloyd Luse and child visited the McDane home with Ten and Mr and Mrs Daniel Glick. Ruth Scott had tonsils removed at Centerville hospital and was improving. Rev 0 J Fix began Revigall Meetings at Wesley Tuesday night. A masquerade party at the M E McDanel home honored the Wesley Young People class, about 20 attendees with most wearing masks. The event featured refreshments and lively antics. Most clubs attended except two or three.
Democratic candidate Clyde L. Erskine seeks a second term as Apanoose County treasurer. He touts two years of economical, businesslike service and asks voters to reelect him on November 2, 1926, pledging fair dealing and improved service.
Carl Hendinson of Buck Grove recounts severe leg pain in 1920 that left him immobile and facing amputation. After failed treatments in Bloomfield and Mayo Bros Rochester efforts, he credits Dr Atkins and a local tent clinic manned by Henry Asmins for relief within days, enabling him to walk and resume field work. Christmas lies nine weeks away.
The article credits John Wycliffe’s early English Bible work and William Tyndale as key figures in producing the modern English Bible. It recounts Wycliffe’s 14th century rendering and its limited influence, then highlights Tyndale’s purpose and method in translating New Testament Greek into English, alongside his London appeal for support.
Dr. Raymond Pearl at Johns Hopkins creates bottle universes with fruit flies and limited food to model population growth. He shows a half-plot milk bottle reaches a saturation point at 5,200,000,000 humans, then levels off. Geological estimates place humans at roughly 600,000 years to saturation.
The history shows 17 Haitian presidents ousted by revolution, two murdered, several died in office under suspicions, one perished in an explosion, another poisoned, and one killed in violence. US intervention in 1914 aimed to establish orderly government, with the 27th election passing without revolution or murder and Marines helping maintain stability so a president can complete terms in peace.
Delivery planes in the Alpe Austrigus region attempted to airlift supplies to a hard to reach alpine hut near Kuebtal. Materials and even beer were jettisoned while parachute slings kept sacks afloat. one Tyrol plane crash landed on pine trees, injuring the pilot and damaging the craft before it was dismantled and carried down.
The Journal of Comparative Psychology reports on 500 overheard talks across Columbus Oslo and public venues. Business dominates at 40 percent, sports and amusements 35, conversations among men 12. Women topics total 15 percent. Warnings include casual chatter on weather and clothing. no graphic details.
A garbled OCR style item depicts a convention scene involving a saleswoman and a secretary of labor figure. The text mentions electric companies, salesmen, and a housewife, with a sensational line about a jar of cleaner and a crude action, but the passage is fragmented and difficult to parse for concrete facts.
S G Boyles appeals to Apanoose County voters for a second term as County Supervisor. He stresses fair-minded leadership, no favors, and business efficiency, noting he was born on a farm he owns and will use sound judgment to conserve taxpayer interests if reelected on November 2, 1926.
A testimonial from W. H. Fletcher praises Adterika for relieving years of constipation and gas so fruit can be eaten again. The notice promises removal of old waste material and a return to normal appetite, endorsed by Smith Drug Co.
The community records numerous Sunday journeys and weekday calls. Families including Easter, Townsend, McDanel, Luse, Ballanger and others visit relatives at homes in Rathbun Forbush Centerville and nearby farms. Names like Frank Gladfelder Anna Kincade Gus Pfannbecker Cody Luse Harle Clark B. H. Boyer appear in the scattered notes.
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