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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
5
The annual Stafford reunion occurred on Sunday October 19 at the Archie Thompson residence, gathering former residents and family members for a commemorative event.
Mrs J L Black visited relatives in Moulton last week. Bert Turner stayed with friends in Waterloo. Miss Hazel Dowd visits Ottumwa. Dr and Mrs T R Castles of Albia were guests in Moravia. Mrs Lyte Berry and daughter visited Paclawood relatives. Mrs Carl Black weekend guest of Alma Keemer in Toledo. John Potter of Morning Sun visited. Narry McGrory family spent weekend with Ottumwa relatives. F H Buckmaster sold cattle in Ottumwa. Forvast Hiatt and children from Knoxville visited the E L Main home. Joe McCrory and family from Ottumwa visited his mother. Dean McCrory of Des Moines came for a weekend with his parents. Flower pots advertised by Smith Drug Store. Jimmie Townsend and family of Kansas City were weekend guests of Mrs A N Patterson. Mrs Donald Cobler and son visited the Dotson home. Carl Bettis and family of Albia visited A O VanDorin. Mrs VanDorin improving. G T Harn and Mrs Jennie Matken of Albia attended S S Carter funeral. Bros from near Melrose visited Fred Coltrain and bought two Angua calves. Berry Halden and Maudetta of Chariton visited. Helen Reich of Iowa City and Dorothy Reich of Morning Sun visited the Reich home. Horton Potts and Guss Luse with families visited the John Matherly family at Rathbun. Gomer Stocker and family and Laura Matherly visited the Matherly family at Rathbun.
A short piece by Charles Hall Grandgent explores definitions and language through a grandmother and granddaughter exchange. It ponders genius versus dictionary usage, notes the term grandful, and humorously contrasts man and boy with spankable status shaping social equality.
Alicia Patterson in Liberty describes a Nicaraguan settlement where murder is casual and fear of death is low. The article notes natives are mixed Indigenous and cites rampant poverty, revolver use, and a brutal view of life with men dying young and work scarce.
A 1937 Montreal piece recalls the Cariboo rush through British Columbia with depictions of riverine trade, Hudson's Bay forts becoming towns, and James Douglas guiding order among thousands of settlers and Indigenous people. The text links colonial expansion to the rise of governors and provincial governance.
Naturalixed Tay Pay O'Connor called at the White House during the Wilson era to pay respects. He praised Washington's city, worried about summer heat, and toured a clothing store with Secretary Yumulty who outfitted him in a Pubic Beach suit. He walked down Pennsylvania Avenue admiring his new attire with price tags still visible.
Molly travels from America to London for Wimbledon finals but loses a seat to a stranger who returns it after a brief ruse. She meets Lady Sybel Howe and Lord Howe, falls in love, and the couple’s future plans unfold as reporters chase their story. A South American tale of luck with a hanging rope is noted as folklore.
Elizabeth Blackwell, a Geneva Medical College graduate in 1849, became the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. She and sister Emily founded in New York the Infirmary for Women and Children in 1853, the first institution run solely by women. She later aided further advances in medical education in the US and England.
The terms Whig and Tory arose in England around 1679 during the debate over excluding James the Duke of York from the succession. Whig linked to cattle thieves and Scottish Presbyterians, later signaling Presbyterianism and rebellion. Tory, an Irish term for a Papist outlaw defender of James's hereditary claim despite Catholic faith. The labels became party badges through the 19th century.
A torn page fragment from a will by Dr. Charles A. Gallagher may be worth $10000 if presented in Marietta Ohio probate court. The court holds the remaining fragment until the two pieces join perfectly proving ownership as legatee. Present evidence before 10:55.
A heroic Scottish tale recalls a woman fending off a famished wolf as she returned with food for her family. She wrapped a cloth around her wrist, fought with a knife, and killed the animal without injury to herself, amid claims Glen Mor rinton or nearby locales as the kill site.
An American Legion Auxiliary membership drive runs from now until November 6. Eligible members should have their dollar ready when the committee calls.
Mrs. T E Stafford has relocated from her Brompton-area farm to Moravia and now resides in the Castle property on the southeast corner of the square.
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