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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
3
A health ad promotes Adlerika as a German doctor’s remedy to clear waste from both bowels. It claims removal of poisons causing gas, nervousness, and fatigue with no harmful drugs, suggesting a noticeable cleansing effect by tomorrow. It is sponsored by Smith Drug Store.
Mrs N R Ward spent Thursday and Friday in Iowa City. Miss Evelyn Shepard visited Ames and Gilman for the weekend. Mrs Pearl Reich and son Keith visited relatives in Des Moines on Sunday. Ted Oehler and Rollie McDonough conducted business in Dubuque and Waterloo early this week. Mr and Mrs W A Smith and daughter visited Rev A M Smith at Eldon on Wednesday. Mrs H A Smith and her children from Reasnor are visiting J W Whicker and wife until after Falls Festival.
Mr and Mrs Lyle Berry entertain at dinner Wednesday in honor of Pearl Eugene Broshar. A G Mason and friends picnic at McHenry Park Des Moines. Mrs Elizabeth Broshar hosts a dinner for Pearl Eugene leaving for Iowa City. ROM Moravia visitors with Albia ties, and Rev E G Hawkins to speak at Oskaloosa and Morning Sun. Elbert Stewart of Albia welcomes daughter Madilyn Joyce Sept 8, first Humphrey grandchild. A host of local families attend gatherings, trips to Ames ISU, and Simpson College events with club meetings and church services noted.
The article traces legendary Golconda diamonds including the Great Mogul, Koh-i-noor, Orloff, and Khatian gems. It notes Koh-i-noor’s journey to Delhi, Persian conquest in 1730, and transfer to Queen Victoria in 1849, now in Britain’s royal treasury. the Great Mogul diamond’s 240 carats and its disappearance after Persian conquest. and the Cullinan, the largest at 3,025 carats found in South Africa in 1905, with stones distributed to the British royal regalia.
George Preston Mains explains light year concepts to readers, detailing how light travels 186,300 miles each second and how we see distant systems as they were a million years ago. The piece frames astronomy as revealing vast ages and beginnings of creation through optical science.
In the ninth division of Manji the grand khan collects a yearly salt duty of 80 tomans of gold. Each toman equals 80,000 sages and each agelo equals a gold dorin, totaling 6,400,000 ducats. Salt lakes near the sea feed this vast revenue as salt harvests serve five other divisions.
A Detroit News fragment recalls custard pies as a historic staple praised since Shakespearean times. The quirky note traces custard dishes from early English royalty to later 1709 guidance by Mrs. Raffald, linking food to rulership and culture.
The article notes petroleum as one of historys oldest natural products used since ancient times. It cites Japan China Judea and Persia employing it centuries before Christ, Noahs ark caulked with petroleum from the Dead Sea shores, and biblical references to rivers of oil and altar firings linked to naphtha.
The United States Public Health Service explains that tissue shrinkage in aging results from multiple factors. Likely causes include poor nutrition, reduced internal secretions, and diminished secretions from the pituitary and adrenal glands. Cell metabolism and waste elimination decline with age.
An overview of the Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service medals in the United States, detailing eligibility, acts of gallantry, and the existence of corresponding naval and foreign decorations such as the Victoria Cross and Legion of Honor. The article notes recognized bravery in battle and service to the government across Army and Navy contexts.
State officials promote two faced metamarkers to highlight renowned places in historic sequence. The markers trace army movements in war days and inland settlement spread from tidewater, guiding observant tourists along the tale of Virginia’s past.
Classified notices announce sale items from Union office including large desk blotters for Miller's Products Len Mra Stella Carter Ad-1dtp and a Black Poland China hog at L Hamilton plus produce such as blue damson plums tomatoes at 1 cent per pound with Mrs G B Johnson and WANTED exhibits for the Fall Festival next week Corns at 60 cents per bushel pears and grapes offered by Albert Brain at up to 1.25 per bushel and Mrs R C Hart Unionville Iowa R R 3.
The ideal policy indemnifies both damage to your car and damage your car may cause to others. Our new all around policy comes very close to this complete protection, leaving the car owner practically nothing to worry about financially.
Mr and Mrs Grant Everman and children from Centerville visited Moravia Friday evening. Sheriff Roscoe Wales was a business visitor in Moravia Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs H W Fatta returned from a two week trip to the Black Hills and Minnesota. From Moravia Mr and Mrs Potts visited Shenandoah Nebraska City and Nebraska to South Dakota and the Black Hills. They stayed at the OC Smith home in Dakota and then went to Minnesota to Mrs Potters brother near Minneapolis. Pearl Eugene Broshat plans to leave Thursday for Iowa City to attend the University of Iowa. Rev and Mrs A Fisher and Mrs Frank Main visited friends in Ottumwa Thursday.
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