11 Apr 1940
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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
1
A Lyceumite recalls an overnight adjournment in Riley Kansas where a train slept four hours late. He battles a mouse named Mickey Mouse with shoes, fear and a cold depot stove. The anecdote ends with a wary respect for the crafty rodent and a note on rail travel discomfort.
The official county city school paper is noted as having been entered at the Moulton Iowa post office as second class matter in February 1884. Publisher R R Eby signs the notice.
The text contrasts a coercive minority rule system labeled communism with a pure early Christian form of shared wealth. It notes how centralized power and exile or execution maintained control, while early Christian communities practiced communal wealth for all members, causing friction with non Christian neighbors and rulers.
The term utopia evolved into a common noun for an ideal community. Philosophers penned plans for universal contentment, but many experiments failed or survived only after dropping core communist ideas. Early Plymouth settlers abandoned common ownership after seven years amid worker resentment. The Mormon empire and Oneida Community persisted by enforcing strict religious control and adapting principles to endure.
Mrs Harold Winans expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for remembering her birthday, noting deep appreciation for the kind gestures from those near her.
The speech urged burying religious and racial prejudice and defended equal rights for all citizens. Taft warned against excluding candidates based on faith and called democracy dependent on minority rights and toleration. The message opposed oppression seen in Europe and warned it would erode American constitutional principles.
Political announcements list Dewey E Goode as Republican state senator Steve Martin for state representative M G Mage Luse as clerk of court Laurence A Osborn for county treasurer and John O King as board member for 1941 with local party emphasis and candidate names.
Small piano offered for sale in Moulton for 68 dollars. Balance due if taken immediately. Monthly payments available. Des Moines based Critchett Piano Co. handles the offer.
A public notice seeks any kind of work including trucking or farming. People are directed to see Arthur Teter at the Perry Peek residence for details about available labor or tasks.
Cabbage and tomato plants for sale with other varieties to follow. Mrs W C Osborne offers a house and two lots on East 3rd street. Priced to sell. Interested parties may write Mrs Lena Stevens at 1807 East 2nd Street, Oltumwa Iowa.
Soy beans for sale Manchu variety with germination over 90 percent offered at $1.25 per bushel. See or call T. J. Ransom for details.
In Appanoose County Iowa the District Court has on file the application of E P Powers as Administrator of the estate of Rufus A Dean deceased seeking court approval to sell real estate. Notice is addressed to heirs and interested parties including Cora Goldsberry Rolla Brownfield Anna Egner Sadie Howser George Brownfield Board of Social Welfare Division of Old Age Assistance State of Iowa and any other concerned persons. The notice indicates the matter is in the office of the Clerk of the District Court Appanoose County Iowa for action.
The court approves the sale of Lot 3 Block 3 in R A McKee’s First Addition Centerville Iowa and Lot 14 NE NW1 of Section 1 Township 68 Range 18 Appanoose County to pay estate debts. Hearing at 9 30 AM April 24 1940 at Centerville Court House. Administrator E P Powers seeks order unless objections are shown.
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