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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
1
Moravia Union lists subscription terms for Smith Bros. Publishers with a postal notice and rates for one year six months three months and single copy. Advertising rates include classified per line and notices and poetry per line with display ads available on application.
A short civic note urges residents to promote Moravia to visitors. It extols the town’s people schools and churches and argues boosters build towns and benefit the country. It warns against knockers and encourages positive advocacy.
Young John Coolidge will begin work with the New Haven railroad, starting from the bottom rung and aiming to work upward. The news reflects the continued public interest in the President’s son and the expectations placed on him amid ongoing campaign debates over prohibition.
The piece argues that longing to look young is a natural urge but a weakness. It warns that older people who try to imitate youth lose respect from the younger generation and urges authenticity over pretense.
The piece argues about eight million potential new voters this year and says progress will be measured by how many cast first ballots based on independent thinking rather than prejudice or emotion.
Public interest rises with tax cuts as communities welcome reductions. Officials announce rate relief and residents respond with optimism about lower bills and improved services. Local coverage highlights the broader impact on households and small businesses.
National enthusiasm rises as the World Series nears with players from small towns and native sons hailed by major cities. Writers, fans, and players alike celebrate baseball as wholesome, uniting the nation and shaping attitudes toward life.
Fragment picks on culture and society with odd phrases. Mentions a coal man aspiring to power, fashion advice about printed coats, and airline vanity for flighty socialites. Notes a death on Sept 21 and urges not to loaf on Sundays, linking Dickens’ posthumous fame to contemporary small minds.
A community list notes numerous visits and gatherings. Rev and Mrs J B Ward attended sixty five guests at Jim Day home in Ash Grove for a homecoming. Lippert celebrated seventy fifth birthday with family at sister Mil ler West’s country home. Watermelon feed by Baptist ladies at W C Miller home. W F M Society of the M E church held a social at Helle Andrews. Various visits: Tr and Mrs M Childress of Oska loosa to A S Dukes, Davenport visitors A J Powers and Orpha Hansen, and many local trips and calls. A local girls basketball game at Moulton and multiple family visits across Udell Centerville and Can terville are listed.
Andy Hight owns a second hand touring car bought from O C Waughop this week. Neighborhood residents attended Moravia's Annual Fall Festival. Zell Wilbon and family visited Eph Wilson's home Sunday. Hugh Lewis spent the weekend with relatives. George Darby attended a nearby lash week gathering. Durward Foster called on Zell Wilson Sunday morning. Howard Lawrence and Francis Johnson spent Sunday with Arthur and Herbert Lewis.
Hiattville community news covers a Ladies Aid meeting at Wesley Chapel, annual Wesley Sunday School election after services, and multiple visits to and from local families. It notes telephone service troubles, pastors attending M I Conference in Oskaloosa, and hopes for a good year ahead.
Letter from T C Hill praises T W Killion for tax reduction ideas and debt relief in Appanoosa County. Hill vouches for Killion's honesty and industriousness, endorsing him as a capable, nonpartisan candidate for the State Legislature. He notes Killion served as Moulton postmaster from 1809 to 1898 and urges voters to elect him.
Sunday visitors called at the E. F. Wilson home including Henry Williams and family from Hocking R. C. Wilson Zell Wilson Carl Cloved Edna Dyphan and Mrs John Horstman and daughters Norma June and Mary Margaret. Others calling included T. J Luge Dutch DuVall Dewey Tyrrel and family Allen Boller Mary Kec liner Irene Fix Versie Easter Nip Smith and Fern Wright. Fiona Wailes visited Miss Lucy Faber at the Dutch DuVall home. Raymond Winecup and family and Mrs Hiram Winecup of Blakesburg called at the E. F. Wilson home Friday. Warren DuVall and family Roy DuVall and family visited John Johnson home Clell Davis and Russell Davis and families called at the O. G. Davis home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Edna Dyphon spent the weekend at the parental E F Wilson Dutch Payvall and family visited John Johnson home Sunday Harold Davis and family stayed at C G Davis home Wednesday evening Abs Mr and Mrs Charles L Miker have a seven month old baby that has traveled 5000 miles in the automobile owned by the parents or about 80 miles a day since birth The parents own a restaurant Giving to the needy brings added joy
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