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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
3
Vivid anecdotes from a snowy week recounting a bowlegged dog shocked near Hornsten Pharmacy and a building misfiring in wet weather. Folks share weather crackles, relief-seeking schemes, and oddball humor about snow bank art, missing shoes, and a dug well repurposed into post holes.
Orleans residents shared Thanksgiving at various homes including the Howell Stansberry Clark and Norton families. Visitors from Chicago Kirksville Colfax and Centerville arrived or stayed with relatives as bad roads hindered travel. Farm Bureau and church activities proceeded despite weather with a rug making lesson and a small Sunday school turnout.
Leona Bolton daughter of Mr and Mrs James Bolton of Lancaster and Richard Omer youngest son of Mr and Mrs Roy Omer of Kirksville wed on October 3 1984 at Bethany Missouri. Mrs Omer a Lancaster high school graduate and Christian college alumna earned a BS at State Teachers College Kirksville. Mr Omer a Kirksville high school graduate and osteopathy student. They plan to live in Kirksville Lancaster Excelsior. Mrs Omer formerly lived in Moulton and many friends offer congratulations.
The Queen Esther girls will gather Monday December 10 with Zelma and Iva Campbell. A gift exchange and covered dish supper are planned. Madaline Pitts will lead the meeting.
A large county crawler and grader arrived in Moulton yesterday afternoon to open shale roads south of town. Officials plan to work several days on the shale grades while avoiding dirt highways for the time being due to machine limitations.
Thanksgiving visits filled with family gatherings as Herbert Sellers and Lloyd Ellis visited relatives in Des Moines Chariton and Villisca. Church groups held covered dish suppers in Washington and at Mrs. Martins home while Ruth Pitts underwent emergency appendix surgery in Centerville and Helen Downing faced meningitis in Mayo Clinic Rochester.
John E. Bridal sought to run a billiard hall in Moulton. Council tabled the application until January, then approved the ordinance 3 to 2. S. R. Mace resigned as fire chief after fifteen years of service.
A list of filed and pending expense reports for local candidates. Geo Milani, Hugh Guernsey, Elvin Wales, John Smith, Harry Stickler, J A Hoover, Wim Blakesley, H D Evans, Orville Bozwell, Jack Bailey, Clyde Erskine and the Democrat Central Committee chaired by Harry Jennings.
Advance tickets sales for the Monday night show Hello Everybody starring Kate Smith are strong. Proceeds go to the Methodist and Christian churches, organized by I R Peterson manager of the Colonial theatre and the Paramount studios. If tickets remain, two complete showings may be held at 7 30 p m next Monday night.
Robert Caldwell a farmer and mine operator near Exline was found at the mine in a paralytic state on a Tuesday evening. He suffered a stroke affecting the entire right side while alone. his son Edgar had left to deliver coal and returned to discover him unable to speak.
Thanksgiving gatherings extend across Moravia Ottumwa Hedrick and Moulton with visits to fathers and convalescents including Jimmy Edwards Dickie Austin and Mrs Lee. The 1934 Annual Appanoose County Alfalfa banquet is set for December 18 per Farm Bureau.
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