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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
1
Moravia Bunton appears as a small town post office notice listing second class mail terms. It states Moravia Appe noose County Iowa and references the Act of Congress of March 1879. A. B. Smith is named as Editor and Publisher with subscription rates offered for one year and six months in advance.
Moravia and Hedrick high school football teams meet on the Moravia gridiron next Saturday afternoon marking the first athletic event of the school year. The piece urges support from patrons and students alike and calls for loyalty to the home team during the kickoff.
A new harvester cut a 34 foot swath and turned 100 acres of standing grain into 4000 bushels of wheat in one day. The piece argues labor-saving machines reduce work and increase unemployment, urging better distribution of work and wealth rather than destroying technology.
Local Moravia shoppers are urged to visit Main Street stores for fall and winter merchandise from shoes to linoleum. The piece mentions a broad range of items, a community feeling, and includes a lengthy local social excerpt with names and visits surrounding fall events and residents.
Centerville resident Henry McDanel visited his brother E McDanel at the hom e. Theo Miller and son Francis spent weekend at the parental Van Lemaster home. Families and neighbors attended church and a farewell party for Rev GO Fix in Moravia. Multiple visits to relatives in Avery Mount Ayr and Lincoln Nebraska noted along with health updates and school notices.
In Unionville Friday and Saturday quiet days followed a trip to the Fall Festival in Moravia. Visitors included C. B. Vermilya and many locals. Family visits and school plans filled the weekend with events across Unionville and nearby towns. The Appanoose County Ministerial Association met at Unionville Baptist church and a fried chicken dinner was served by local ladies.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Woodcock and others are noted in a Sunday visit to Ottumwa. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown and family and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foster and families, with further mentions of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Gillaspie among those who spent the day visiting relatives.
The Bl family spent Saturday night at Adda Robinson's home. Harry Robinson returned to New Sharon Sunday evening after visiting his mother, Mrs Adda Robinson. Edmond Brown works on the road for Claud Rogers this week. Church attendees from the vicinity in Albia Sunday evening included Mr and Mrs Orrin Callen Adda Robinson and Mr and Mrs Albert Woodcock. Gia Callen came home Sunday after visiting Moravia. Mr and Mrs John Callen Adda Robinson and Mr and Mrs Everett Gillaspie and family spent Sunday at the Van Lemaater home.
Rev Zerber the new pastor filled this appointment here Sunday. Miss Anabelle Clark and Mr Claude Humphrey returned to Pleasant to resume school duties. Owen Smith will return this week. Little Eula Majors has been ill but is better. Mr and Mrs J A Albertson, Clinton, Floy had Sunday dinner at Charles Hackett home. High school students from this community in Albia include Warren Rouse, Verla Kingery, Christina, Lester and Howard Humphrey, Elmer.
Miss Gertrude Shaw returns from Cheyenne Wyoming after visiting her brothers for two months. Every family in the community attended the Fall Festival in Moravia on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. Harve Clark is reported on the sick list. Correction: Miss Veda Bates is the Oakland teacher, not Miss Cleta Best.
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