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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1930
Page
3
Moravia hosts a stream of visitors and movers with Bruce Watts of Centerville in town, numerous Centerville and Albia callers, and Carl Culters venturing to Mt. Pleasant for Iowa Wesleyan. Attendees gather for reunions, church conferences, and club meetings while local families visit relatives in Ottumwa Burlington and Creston.
Grades of silk threads are measured by deniers with 30 meter standard length. The French dealer uses one twentieth of a gram per unit weight. The Paris congress fixed the system: 450 meters of thread weighs 18 to 16 deniers. Silk reels range from 10 to 28 deniers, sometimes 38 to 40 deniers for specific uses.
The text notes Charles Stuart landing in July 1745 on a Hebridean island near Hiskay, feeling his lineage claim, declaring I am come home. He allegedly brought pink convolvulus seeds from France to plant in memory of his refuge and sanctuary, with Ely kay meadow said to thrive uniquely there.
A youth climbed the Brooklyn Bridge, reaching dangerous heights as a worried wife urged him to stop. After fifteen minutes of coaxing and discussion about life, the pair finally let go and both leapt, an incident reported by the Army and Navy Journal.
An old piece mentions an engineer officer formerly of the A B F observing during a France inspection tour that many railroad ties were scored. It also offers a brief travel note praising Rome's major sights and ancient engineering feats such as the Appian Way and Claudian aqueducts.
A vivid homage to Venice highlighting St Mark's Basilica the Procuratie Ducal Grand Canal and marble palaces. The prose contrasts Venice’s art and architecture with a stray note on a Texas movement about lead stones and a creed about weed cutting and eggs.
A Breton holiday revels with peasants arriving in town in carts and wagons. Cider flows in old town cafes as bagpipers and horn players supply lively music from square perches. Dancers kick off wooden sabots while crowds sing, laugh, and stay up past daybreak as the holiday begins.
A hunter describes a clever method to capture monkeys using a hollow monkey pot topped with a removable lid. He fills the pot with nuts, and when the monkey reaches in, its closed fist traps it. The animal cannot remove its hand and, clinging to the nuts, is easily captured.
A fragmentary passage describes the sail fish of the Florida gulf stream as a famed yet poorly understood tropical species. It notes its migratory, solitary or small-school habits and its birdlike, beaked appearance marked by purple-scratched fins that resemble ancient saurian frills.
In a shop window a detailed drawing of an alarm clock attracts two workers who debate its appeal. One jokes about it waking them at an odd hour, while the other dismisses it as not for him. The clock shows 20 minutes to 4.
Afolktale traces the expression to a ritual where a person stood on a bucket to hang themselves then kicked it away for a fatal drop. The anecdote connects to Sheridan who on his deathbed heard of a friend who had fallen down a well and asked, Did he kick the bucket.
The text discusses pepper as a condiment from unripe Piper nigrum berries, noting black and white pepper derive from the same plant with white pepper colored by removing the dried skin. It mentions allied plants and traditional chewing uses of betel leaves, and references Cayenne pepper from a Capsicum species.
In a tense moment on the sofa, one character tells Sid he will ask a crucial question and asks for careful consideration before answering. Sid responds with a playful but earnest line about keeping a ring ready, signaling a forthcoming proposal.
Chicago Evening Post notes Roquefort as the world’s premier blue cheese with a long French lineage. Attempts in the United States to replicate the curing conditions of Aveyron fail, keeping the authentic taste uniquely French and highly sought after by American hosts despite rising imports.
The piece explains Latin's evolution from classical to ecclesiastical forms driven by origins and social classes. It notes Old Latin, classical Latin, and a merged church Latin, with Augustine's remark on using non Latin words to aid understanding. A Washington Star quote is cited on readability versus strict grammar.
A reader recalls a bus encounter where a large yawn from a fellow passenger sparked yawns in nearby riders and in the writer, who tried to resist but yielded. The anecdote suggests yawning’s contagious nature and hints at future medical explanations.
A traveler’s six month Swiss holiday yields two quaint Engliah notices from mountain lodges. One warns it is forbidden to circulate in corridors a booth of ascension before seven hours of the morning. The other warns travelers not to appear at dinner as strange gentlemen are requested not to dress for dinner to flatter the wald folk.
A fragment discusses tree intelligence and animal behavior, describing how a creature navigates a network of trees. It explains climbing patterns, travel rates, and the progression from one tree to another across distances up to 50 yards, noting routine movement through a park or garden setting.
A child asked his mother about a medicine bottle used to cure a headache and demonstrated smelling salts. After sniffing it, he described the taste as smart and asked how it tasted to his mother, prompting a brief exchange.
The passage describes Little Jane visiting a neighbor and talking constantly as Hauly notes their dining room is nice too but remarks they only eat when company is present. The tone resembles a casual domestic vignette from a bygone era.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Baptist church for Mrs. Fanechon Beryl Derby who died August 30 at Sheridan County Hospital. Rev. A Engle officiated with special music by Frances Cornwell and a quintet of ladies. Burial followed at the local cemetery. Derby, born January 16 1906 in Moravia Iowa, was daughter of Mr and Mrs A E McDanel. She was married to Emmett Derby and lived on Rotten Grass Creek. Survived by her parents a husband a sister Virgie McDanel three brothers Clifford Darriel Russell and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister Esther Beatrice and Frankie Sidney. Lodge Grass Montana News.
The MecDanel relatives thank all for the beautiful floral offerings sent at the time of the death of Mrs. Beryl McDanel Derby Emmett Derby A E McDanel and family. Saturday was another of those good old summer time days the thermometer mounted high. Cooler weather followed the electrical storm and light shower Saturday night.
No hunting trapping or trespassing allowed on my premises without written permit. Names listed Aaron Campbell A. E. Shull. Notice to run weekly through January 1st. Additional names may be added at 2bc each.
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