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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
4
Preston Hiatt visits Indianola while many locals host and visit across centers such as Centerville Eddyville and Ottumwa. Residents attend Fall Festival events, welcomed guests include the Waughop, Laws, Orelup, Day and Wilson families, with travel to Ames Cedar Rapids and Denver noted.
Sunday visits mark a string of social calls across Hiattville Moravia and Roland with families such as Mr and Mrs Roy Hiatt jack Allred and Elsie Callen hosting and visiting friends Rev Charles Ellis concludes his Wesley sermon and heads to Des Moines for conference for the year Evelyn Hiatt begins a term at Simpson College Indianola Iowa and multiple households are noted as hosting or visiting kin and neighbors including the McDanel Pettibone Neff Meadows Rose Neff and Johnson families with upbeat local social detail
Weekly notes from Unionville report rain easing drought and residents debating timing of Fall Festival. Local births, church travel to Des Moines conference, and visits among families such as Purdum, Kocher, Plitt, Hoffman, Cox, and Harrington are recorded. Community happenings include a watermelon gathering at the M E church parsonage and local farm rentals.
Harry Haddock of Flint Michigan is declared the lucky winner of a large Buick sedan at the Potter Lake Labor Day celebration. Son of Mrs Arminta Haddock of Moravia he works as an electrician at Fisher Body.
Moravia farmers are urged to secure seed corn early due to tight supply and high prices. Early field selection, proper drying, and storage reduce mold and germination losses, with attic or protected room drying recommended. Preserving surplus can yield cash by selling to neighbors and lessen spring planting worries.
A Tit Bite Magazine piece traces facial hair across eras from Adai and ancient Israelites to Mahomet and Aaron, noting beards as symbols of oath, power, and identity. It mentions Romans, Northern Europeans, and Red Beard figures, and cites Queen Mary I sending four bearded agents to Moscow led by George Killingworth with a long beard.
A Pearson's Weekly writer notes peculiar Brazil nut crops never planted or picked. The piece laments seeds never sown and harvests pursued by collecters crossing treacherous streams and dense terrain, facing rigors and hazards of travel through remote groves.
The annual Salem United Brethren homecoming drew a large crowd despite bad weather. Rev F C Scott preached in the morning, a basket dinner followed, and an afternoon program featured music, flowers, readings, solos, and the election of officers Austin Jay president and Nellie Gladfelder secretary treasurer. Visitors Ed Thackerey of Grundy County Iowa and Mark Musgrave of Ohio attended. the event will be held again next year.
W S Perkins warns farmers about prussic acid poisoning in livestock. Recent cases involve sheep with swollen ears and nasal discharge from corn stalks and improperly cured forage. After rains or heavy dew, forage such as corn sorghums and sudan grass can cause fatal poisoning. prevention is to avoid grazing damp forage and wait for thorough drying, especially in fall.
Veril and Forrest Lagle from Indiana visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lagle. Wilt Hickoe and wife of Corning Iowa call at D. S. Kingery home after visiting Fern Kingery in Hamilton Illinois. Mrs. Hickoe is a cousin of Mr. Kingery.
Col Frank Knox vice presidential candidate will tour Iowa Friday Sept 25 with stops at Creston Red Oak Osceola Chariton Albia and Ottumwa. He will speak from the train at each stop except Ottumwa and headline a 7:80 pm Ottumwa rally sponsored by the Young Republican Organization for southeastern Iowa.
The Worthy Grand Matron will visit Mystic Chapter Thursday September 17 at 7 80 p m. Moravia Chapter members invited. Reverends Chas L Ellis and J W Stine left Tuesday for Des Moines to attend the Iowa Des Moines Methodist Conference. Rev A M Smith of North Liberty accompanied them. C A Selby and family have returned to St Peters burg Florida visiting here with J J Selby and other relatives. M H Johnson went to Cedar Rapids to attend the United Brethren church annual conference as a Moravia church delegate.
Moravia Sunday School at 40 00 p m Epworth League at 7 p m Preaching at 8 p m Mid week services at 8 p m Wednesday Wealey Chapel Sunday School at 10 30 a m CHAS L ELLIS Pastor.
The United Brethren Sunday School meets at 10 a.m. next Sunday Rev W P Donahoo will preach if health allows otherwise no preaching services Next Christian Endeavor at 7 p m Mid week service Thursday at 7 30 p m Juniors meet Saturday at 1 45 p m Rev F C Scott pastor.
Birdie Main serves as superintendent for Sunday School at 10:00 a m. Preaching follows at 11:00 a m. Ladies Aid holds its meeting at the church Wednesday afternoon led by Pastor W J Hastie.
John Smithburg posts a firm no hunting trapping or trespassing notice on his land. The notice mentions a list for adding names at 25 cents each and states the notice will run throughout the season.
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