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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
2
Moravia Anton notes entry as second class mail matter at Moravia Iowa under federal act of March 3 1979. Editor and publisher H K Smith lists subscription rates for one year six months three months and single copy in advance.
A reflective piece on holy ground as life’s core priorities followed by a business vignette about W A Sheaffer of Ft Madison Iowa. Once a backroom fountain pen maker, he now employs a thousand people and runs a large factory. The text argues prosperous firms rely on advertising and that advertised goods lead sales.
Spending money locally strengthens trust among citizens and sparks progress and development. A community full of enthusiastic residents pursues prosperity by supporting local businesses, creating a feedback loop of growth and stability.
Mr and Mrs Elvin Stocker and children spent Sunday at the W Ire land home. Mr and Mrs C Benson and T J Ray were Sunday visitors at the M Gilliland home. Mr and Mrs Fred Caltrain and Mr and Mrs Walter Gideon visited Geo Mc Cumber. Lucille Coltrain spent Friday at the W Tomlin home and T J Taylor was a Sunday caller at the J J Taylor home. Versa Robb returned Friday from a trip to Des Moines. Tom Proctor and Sam passed thru Sunday afternoon. W Tomlin made a business trip to Centerville Saturday, Mrs Bet Adams spent Friday at the Gilliland home.
An old ad advises drinking three glasses of water before breakfast with a teaspoon of Adlerika per glass for relief in two hours and to stop gas. It claims Adlerika clears upper and lower bowels, removing old waste, with results in ten minutes. The piece notes Smith Drug Store and O C Smith and son. It also mentions a trip by Paul Smith and Ralph Davie to South Dakota to tend farming interests.
Mrs Anna Glasa of Dallas City Illinois reports suffering twenty five years with catarrh stomach trouble and neuritis. She says Konjola relieved the ailments banished catarrh ended indigestion and drove away neuralgia pains. Konjola sold at Smith Drug Store Moravia and by leading druggists in the region.
A dense list of community updates notes visits, school openings with teachers Beulah Hiatt and Berniece Scott, patterns of travel to Oskaloosa Fair, and local student departures. It records reunions at Centerville City Park, preacher Rev. Fix’s pending status, and the death of Mrs. Criddlehaugh in Udell with funeral details.
Community notes from Pleasant Hill describe enrollment at Moravia High School and local families enjoying a picnic. The piece lists visits, teaching assignments, travel to Centerville and Missouri, and neighbors helping with farming tasks while noting births and new arrivals.
Geo, Pence and Troy McKern of Rev and Mrs Frank Jacobs of Lincoln Rockford HI visited relatives here for a few days in Moravia last week.
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