The Business of Life from September Nation's Business
Theodore Roosevelt's strenuous life doctrine is urged as a counter to modern calls for security. The piece contrasts individual risk with collectivist comfort, cites the Dionne quintuplets as symbols of purposeful living, and highlights farmers clinging to homesteads amid drought while San Francisco exemplifies resilience and self-reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Thorpe
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Hamilton Club
United States of America
Ife
Jesgon
Associated Press
FERA
Atrong
West
Hig City
Sivie
Enabling Enthusiasm Powers Everyday Life
A physician argues that reducing effort and enthusiasm harms national goals. He says tenure patterns and soft security dull the mind and spirit. Living requires opportunity for enthusiasm responsibility and tension as tonic forces essential to a useful and contented life in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Advertising and Window Displays Boost Local Commerce
A columnist argues merchants who dismiss advertising lose business as window displays and newspaper ads draw customers. The piece notes that a town with no newspaper advertising is handicapped and cites Arrow as supporting out of town revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Arrow
Rofle Arrow
Salem Mins Ruby and B F Whithead at Albia Junior College
Salem Mins Ruby and B F Whithead, students at Albia Junior College, spent the weekend at home. Mrs C C Vosburgh of Buckeye Arizona arrived in Centerville Thursday night met by her husband. Many relatives and visitors were noted including Dr. and Mrs. Argo and Mrs. Crum as well as local residents in Centerville Moravia and Milan areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mins Ruby
B. F. Whithead
Albia Junior College
C. C. Vosburgh
Buckeye
Aviz
Golden State Limited
Centerville
Arthur Lewis
Dea Moines
Robert Jennings
Moravia
Fred Tarr
Edith Tarr
Rosco Argo
Jake Firking
Mandana Lewin
Des Moines
Nella Halesa
Red Oak
S. W. Tarr
Duluth
Alma Crum
Mitchell
Pleasant Will and Community News Highlights
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dicks visited relatives including Leo Beaty and Link Dimmitt of Mys tle. Dolph Tarbell and Moe spent Monday in Des Moines with Rile Chadwick family. Elbert Moore and children hosted, Clara Massman visiting, Carl Elgin aiding Cap Ditka, and various locals shared calls and visits across Oskaloosa, Albia, Prescott, and Nebraska connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Dicks
Leo Beaty
Link Dimmitt
Mystle
Sire
Dolph Tarbell
Moe
Des Moines
Rile Chadwick
Elbert Moore
Willig McDanel
Mra
Geo, Turney
Howard Skinner
Millie Chadwick
Clara. Massman
Tom Massman
Carl Elgin
Cap Ditka
Alva Histt
Oskaloosa
Earl Swift
Cap Dicks
Flo Elgin
Charles Tarbell
Frank Chadwick
Prescott
Iowa
Fred
Ray Chadwick
Pearlie Christy
Nebraska
Jessie
Yanchie Tarbell
Moravia High School News Roundup at Fall Meeting
Moravia High School clubs held a first meeting on Tuesday September 18. Officers include Jackie Winsler president Maxine Tisue vice president Marie Callen secretary and Harriett Lee Main treasurer. The group aims for National Organization affiliation with ten cent dues and meets every second Tuesday. Initiatives cover initiations September 27 and a program committee led by Harriett Main Daphne Pennington and Edna Cleater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B. C
A. B
Jackie Winsler
Maxine Tisue
Marie Callen
Harriett Lee Main
Madge DuVall
Beulah Bishop
Eloise Kaster
Daphen Pennington
Edna Cleater
Wanda
Easter
Dorothy
Wilaan
Cheree Dyphon
National Organization
MHS
Moravia High School
Bss
Barghaha
Cheres Dyphon
Clarence Whitehead
Glee Callen
Social visits list at multiple homes this Sunday
Madge, Otha Lee and Maxine Duvall visited the M. E. Boardman home Sunday afternoon. Bert Neff and wife visited the O. S. Miller home. Wilma Boardman spent the weekend in Moravia at the W. C. Bivin home. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stafford of Chillicothe and others visited the O. S. Miller home Monday evening. The Helping Hand club meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Franc e Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge
Otha Lee
Maxine Duvall
M. E. Boardman
Bert Neff
O. S. Miller
Wilma Boardman
Moravia
W. C. Bivin
Lloyd Stafford
Chillicothe
Town
Bart Fisher
James
Mary Stafford
Miller
Helping Hand Club
Franscez Robinson
The Jack O Lantern by Jackie Winsler
A scanned column recounts school humor and student notes, recalling a seating swap, a misread lesson, and a playful alphabet piece. It describes local crafts from Lemons Missouri originator Charles Bolkenkamp and quirky classroom exchanges between Beulah and Mr Young, ending with a joke about initials.
First Annual 4-H Sheep Show At Fall Festival
FFA notes strong turnout for the inaugural 4-H sheep show during the Fall Festival. Eight Shropshire breeding animals, eleven market lambs, and five Delaine Merino entries featured tight competition with Raymond Powers, Frank Stratton, Jack Keller, Herbert Johnson, Marvelle McElvain, and James Nash placing. A dairy judging team is being formed, with plans to compete at Ames and Waterloo in upcoming contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shropshire
Raymond Powers
Frank Stratton
Jack Keller
Herbert Johnson
Marvelle McElvain
James Nash
Ames
Waterloo
Waterloo Dalry J
Local Social Notes From Brompton and Albia
Mrs Albert Fisher visited Mrs Roy Fisher last week. Mr and Mrs W J Anderson are in New Market Iowa this week visiting his parents. W F and E B Boardman and Mrs M E Boardman attended Albert Stewarts funeral in Albia Tuesday. Syoward Robinson and Loren Tape were in Albig with Richard Buxog Ziften Boardman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fisher
Roy Fisher
W. J. Anderson
New Market
Iowa
W. F
EB. F. Boardman
M. E. Boardman
Albert Stewart
Albia
Syoward Robinson
Loren Tape
Albig
Richard Buxog
Ziften Boardman
Local Social Roundup in Hiattsville and Surroundings
Mr and Mrs C C Cullora visited Loyd Carter home then traveled to Chicago for A Century of Progress before returning to Paris Missouri. Dorothy Rose spent the weekend with Miss Lementine Tucker in Moravia. John Wood of Albia visited, as did W E Donovan and families. Church notes report Rev J C Behrens’s last Wesley appointment, with hopes of return. Community notes mention farmers in Centerville for corn and hog production checks. Eleanor Strunk and Gerald Burton wed recently near Miller church area. congratulations from the community.
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C. C. Cullora
Loyd Carter
Chicago
Paris
Dorothy Rose
Misa Lementine Tucker
Moravia
John Wood
Albia
Orrental
W. E. Donovan
Paul Broshar
Tom Long
A. E. Tucker
J. M. Tucker
Tucker
G. W. Clancy
Unionville
J. C
Merle Walker
Eleanor Strunk
Gerald Burton
Logan
Miller Church
Harry Burton
Hintteville
Hedge College Visitors and Local Social Calls
Havenville residents Mr and Mrs F W Wright spent the week at Eph Wilson's home. Walter Scott and family visited Gaylord McDanes. Jens Smith and Pearl Eugen and Junior called at Eph Wilson's. Nell Pelkington of Flagstaff is visiting relatives here this week, at John Johnson's. Hex Wilkening of Haysville stays with Don Hayes. John Wilson of Woodward Iowa spent Sunday night at Eph Wilson's. Frencia Ochler and Maxie Ochler were in Conterville Saturday afternoon. Harold Wright of Moulton spent Sunday night at Eph Wilson's. The Wrights visited Arthur Wright in Moulton Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Wright
Havenville
Eph Wilson
God
Walter Scott
Gaylord McDanes
Jens Smith
Sone
Pearl Eugens
Junior
Nell Pelkington
Flagstaff
Arizona
John Johnson
Hex Wilkening
Haysville
Don Hayes
Jackie Winsler
John Wilson
Woodward
Iowa
Myx
Arthur Wright
Moulton
Harold Wright
Rollie Carter
Rev Underwood
Dukesome
Maud Patrick
Centerville
A. R. Crawley
Clell Miller
Tacoma
Wash
C. L. Alden
D. L. Strunk and Sons
Laelle and Russel
Tueaday
Omaha
PTA
Harley Woodward
Pierson
F. E. Hoyer
Raymond Shearer
Gordon
Des Moines
I. R. Cook
David Caylor
H. A. Herman
W. H. Underwood
Johnnie Underwood
Ottumwa
Caylor
Ottumwa Hospital
Maxine Ayers
Cincinnati
J. Ih. Morse
Morse
R. €. Rowe
Emily Putt
Burlington
C. R. Rowe
William Rowe
Putt
J. H
Kratz
Ethel Wilson
Helen
Knoxville
Charley Boysal
Joan Boysal
Allerton
O’farrell
Udell
Frank Gates
Otis Tweedy
Rosamary
John Ellis
Richland
George Milani
M. EB
Tra Robb
L. E. Ransom
Century of Progress
Chicago
Floyd
Lee Moffatt
John Moffatt
A. X. Lamar
Scott-Repp
Charley Runnells
Louilla
Ning
Elsie Runnells
Biri
Elsie
Little Ellen Shehan
Will Moffatt
Unionville
Moravia Fall Festival draws large crowd and prize winners
Moravia last week hosted a busy Fall Festival with many locals attending. prize winners included Miss Phyllis Beir and Mrs Gladys Underwood for quilts and rugs. townsfolk greet Rev Underwood born Sept 9 and note community events, church plans, and visits from Centerville Des Moines Ottumwa and Burlington connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Phyllis Beir
Gladys Underwood
Enon Bible School Homecoming Attendance Report
Enon notes thirty one attendees at Bible school last Sunday. Homecoming events include a club meeting with Mrs Ed Robinson next Thursday all day. The Fall Festival exhibited well. Mr and Mrs LeRoy Harvey and son visited Saturday night and Sunday at the A C and R S Faber homes. Ernest McKay’s mother from Farson is visiting. Distance visitors called at the B S Faber home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Robinson
LeRoy Harvey
A. C
R. S. Faber
Ernest McKay
Farson
B. S. Faber
Pleasant Weather and Local Social Notes in Franklin
Mrs. John Moffatt visited sister Mrs. Frank Cox in Moravia last week. Families and friends, including the Argo, Firkins, Jennings, and Moffatt households, attended the Fall Festival in Moravia. Nearby residents hosted and visited one another, with gatherings at several homes and a Willing Workers club meeting planned for September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moffatt
Frank Cox
Moravia
Rosco Argo
Mar
Jake Firkins
Jack
Robert Jennings
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Salem
Albert Veach
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Sponnoy
A. B.C
Barghahn
Jackie Winslet
Irene Sharp
Alize Coxthara McCumber
Ray
Young
Clark McKern
MHB
Eglora
M. B.S
Orioles
Patty Jean Reed
Farrel Jorden
Ruby Johoson
Art Hennie Orelup
the Jack-O-Lantern
Mr. Young
Jol
Han
Mr. Whitney
Jesson
Charles Bolkenkamp
Lemons
Missouri
Washington
D. C
Verdun
San Kingery
Kingery
Beulah
Biulah
Beulsh
F.F.A. News
Brompton
Hiattsville
Hedge College
Frencia Ochler
Migs Maxie’ Ochler
Conterville
0. van Dorin
Floyd-Me. Fail
Russell Hirdman
Carl Bettis
Fred .van Dorin
ENON
Bible School
Franklin
R. R. Pennington
Max Factor
Mr. Hess
Albea
Mayflower Swift
Hurst
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