Moravia Community News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Local notes detail visits from Alden, Centerville, Des Moines and Des Moines area residents. Town events include Fall Festival planning, church services, club meetings, birthdays, and a large rural mail carriers district gathering in Bloomfield with a full program and basket lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Cummins
J. F. Gray
Melcher
Crowder
Town City
Mr. Crail
D. E. Bishop
Lillie Martin
Ney Sth
Bloomfield
Constitution Week Observed by Tconium Charge
The Tconium Charge marks Constitution Week with a program at Fairview church featuring community singing, music by Misa Caroline Luke Mia Dale Caris and Mrs. Fred Blumenatock, and an address by Rev. H. G. Hawkins of Moravia. Teachers and children from nearby schools attended. Other programs are planned at Hilton and Iconium churches with Scouts and invited speaker George Milani of Centerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tconim
Fairview Church
Misa Caroline
Luke
Mia
Dale Caris
Fred Blumenatock
8. G. Hawkins
Moravia
Hilton
Iconium
George Milani
Centerville
Praise for Federal Refinance Corporation as nation’s savior
From The New London Journal praising the Federal Refinance Corporation as the greatest legislation since 1929. It argues the measure saved banks and the economy, providing employment and a path to normalcy despite critics claiming aid favored banks and corporations over ordinary people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London Journal
Federal
Congress
Evolution by inner urge and orthogenesis debate
A fragmentary discussion on Henry Fairfield Osborn's notion of evolution by an inner urge and orthogenesis versus natural selection, noting horse toe reduction, alleged straight-line trends, abortive fossils, and questions why evolution proceeds in some lines and not others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fairfield Osborn
National Academy of Sciences
Yale
Professor Oghorn
Osborn
America
New York's earliest roadhouse advertised in 1780
An 23 May 1780 New York Packet advertisement for Tal lage Hall, owned by Isaac Ledyard, describes an elegant venue on Haerlent'Aeighte' offering lodging and dining for townsfolk and travelers. The Octagon room suits turtle parties with seasonal fruits and berries, and servants, stables, and pasture are noted. The Ny Sun reports the claims of prompt service, generous fare, and refined social options.
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New York
Twan Tide
New York Packet
Tallage Hall
Haerlent’Aeighte
Isaac Ledyard
Pardea
Nquors
New York Sun
Old Lighthouse Cape Florida Nehthouse History
The Cape Florida Lighthouse was built 1825 26 by the federal government and not of Spanish origin. It suffered destruction by Indians in July 1886 and was rebuilt in 1847 48 after demolition of the old tower. The lighting apparatus was destroyed in 1841 by lawless persons and relit in April 1868, finally discontinued in June 1878 when Fowey Rock light began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Florida
Jumble of Dinner Room Laugh Turns on Absent Minded Alva Blank
A household dinner sparks a joke about the absent minded Alva Blank. A club rummage sale story leads to a comic misunderstanding as Misa Blank is linked to a pair of wet stockings left drying then misplaced, prompting light amusement at the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Blank
Misa
New York
Citizenship status under the U S constitution cited
The Constitution notes that United States citizenship and state citizenship can be distinct. A District of Columbia resident may be a US citizen but not a state citizen, and it is possible to be a state citizen without US citizenship, though authorities disagree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
United States
District of Columbia
Fragmented quotes on age and knowledge across generations
A garbled dialogue features a five year old declaring he knows everything, a twenty year old claiming worth in his trade, a thirty five year old admitting limited true knowledge, and a sixty year old reflecting on learning. The text is a damaged excerpt illustrating shifting self-perceptions of wisdom with age.
Rural School News Showers Opens With 12 Pupils
Grace Life reports Shovels school opened Monday August 29 with 12 pupils enrolled. Grades listed: 1st Dallag Johnson John Earl Ballenger 2nd Barhears Martin Pauline Broshar 4th Mary Francis Broshar Codyne Joy Luge Carl Luge John Edward Broshar 6th Tleta Luge Doris Jean Luse Mary Eva Walesth Carl Pfannebecker. Pupils in lower grades work Silent Reading and Number Work. 4th grade has books in Silent Reading Health. Upper grades use earth workbook. 4th graders finished Dog Booklets with breed pictures. All pupils have perfect attendance. Doris Jean Luse Editor.
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Showers School
Dallag Johnson
John Earl Ballenger
Barhears Martin
Pauline Broshar
Mary Francis Broshar
Codyne Joy Luge
Carl Luge
John Edward Broshar
Tleta Luge
Doris Jean Luse
Mary Eva Walesth
Carl Pfannebecker
Qur Gchoo
Age and Youth in Life and Sport Reflections from 1920s Editor
A collection of musings on aging, mind versus body, and longevity from a London Tribune style piece. It contrasts clergy and physical trainers in life expectancy and notes a 1928 Oregon State NYU football game anecdote about Henry Hughes a barefoot placekicker from Honolulu who performed better barefoot.
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Lfe
London
Tri-Rita
Oregon State College
Saya
New York University
Renry Hughes
Honolulu
Oregon
Beauty of Waxed Floors for Wooden Furnishings
There is nothing like wax for wooden flora. After boards are prepared and pores filled, floor wax can be spread and polished to a satin surface. It can be repaired without removing furniture, allowing the finish to mellow and improve with each application.
Albia Socials Note Busy Week of Visits and Health
Mrs Ed Robinson helped Mrs Clarence Wilson cook for clover thresher Thursday. Lloyd Stafford recovering from appendicitis, visited by friends at Ottumwa hospital. Visitors included Mrs Lulu Tillmont Mrs H M Smith and family. Unionville Mo guests Leatar Powell and son. Anna Collins of Los Angeles returned to Albia. Maurice Lillard and Moris Anna were callers in Ottumwa. Saturday guests included Eq Robinson Maurice Lillard Maurice Boardman Dale Smith. Howard Robinson Max McCoy Albia callers. E F Boardman and daughters visited W C Bivin. O S Miller Albert and Carl Coop called on Lloyd Stafford at the hospital. Wm Rose of Chillicothe Mo visited Albia homes. Geo Cloyed attended a picnic din.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Robinson
Clarence Wilson
Lloyd Stafford
Ottumwa Hospital
Lulu Tillmont
H. M. Smith
M. Bi
Boardman
Leatar Powell
Unionville
E. McKay
Anna Collins
Los Angeles
Calif
Alblal
Maurice Lillard
Moris Anna
Ottumwa
Albia
Robinson
Maurice Boardman
Dale Smith
Howard Robinson
Max McCoy
E. F. Boardman
W. C
Miller, Albert and
Carl Coop
Wm. Rose
Chillicothe
Miller
M. E. Boardman
Geo. Cloyed
Local Social Notes From Knoxville Week End Visits
Mrs Hawthorne of Parson visits daughter Mrs E B McKay. Mr and Mrs O B Miller called on Finley Newburn Sunday. Herman Johnson family visited Grant Sincot home. Miss Thelma Rominger spent weekend with home folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Knoxville
Classified ads for sale and notice in Moravia area
FOR SALE Rangée and Heating stove both good ones Fred Hammond I WANTED Wood sawing The per hour Moravia phone 2102 Hilbert Roberts dtp LOST Bolt to tan raincoat in Moravias Finder please leave at Union office FOR SALE Blackface yearling buck Carl Tomlin utp FOR SALE Concord grapes 50 per bushel basket Blue Dameon pluma Riper basket Phone 2117 Pred Coltrain itp PASTURE FOR RENT Doyle Me Danol itp
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Fred Hammond
Moravia
Hilbert Roberts
Dtp
Bolt
Moravias
Union
Concord
Coltrain
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