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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
3
The Iowa State Health Department warns parents that the sixth year molars, four permanent back teeth, are not temporary. Early decay from enamel defects should be treated by a dentist, and temporary teeth must be kept repaired until they fall out by age 13. Proper care supports jaw development and room for future teeth.
Officials announced an extensive slate of state fair contests for the 1931 Iowa State Fair August 26 to September 4. Highlights include an old fiddlers contest with $100 in prizes, an all Iowa checker tournament, a $400 horseshoe event for men and women, a team pulling contest with $600 total prizes, a baby health contest with $500, a twelve member farm women selection, farm boys and girls events, and a sheep shearing contest featuring $130 in prizes. Entry blanks are available from Secretary A R Corey in Des Moines.
Mrs Ww De Porter of Kirksville Missouri visits friend Mrs M S Edwards. Chas Edwards struck in the leg by a ball thrown by boys at Coatsville causing pain and days of trying to move about. Mrs Gale Huddleston hosts M F club porch party with Rock as afternoon diversion. Out of town guests include Mrs F C Moore Cascade Idaho Mrs John Patterson Moberly Mo and Mrs W D Porter Kirksville Mo. Dinner guests at Carson Craig home Centerville include several Rectors and other relatives. Seven pound boy born to Mr and Mrs C J Haney Percy Iowa. Mrs Tipton’s sister-in-law Mrs Haney. Rector family picnic at Roy Beggs with Newton Iowa guests and others from Bloomfield. Miss Edith Clark and Miss Helen Moore Cascade Idaho travel to Washington DC New York City and Lynhurst N J visiting relatives. Mrs Anna Clark and daughters accompany to Washington. Eva attends summer school.
Barker Shows, operated by the local Legion Post, headline a carnival in Nuolton this week. The four ride attractions concessions and other amusements draw large nightly crowds as the company performs for the remainder of the week.
An Observer quoted in the Daily News Record warns that industry wrecks come from laziness and insincerity. The piece argues today’s worker must secure and keep a job through honest effort and clear thinking.
Coatsville residents report heavy Sunday rain from 5 to 7 30 am with 2 to 8 inches measured. Farmers anticipate good cornfields once planted, oats seeing some decline, and road graders continue work in Grant vicinity. Several locals travel, visit, or host guests including Ottumwa’s Marshall Taylor and family and Humeston visitors.
A Popular Mechanics article notes a Civil War era inventor with Confederate ties built a double barreled cannon intended to fire two cannon balls connected by a chain. The concept aimed to mow down foes with parallel paths, but could not fire both balls at the same rate. The faster ball dragged the other, making the device no more deadly than a standard single barrel and it was never produced.
Pathfinder Magazine argues there is little solid evidence that pre-Columbian Indians smoked for personal enjoyment. The plant held sacred meaning, used on solemn occasions with invocations, in ceremonies for healing, protection, luck, and fear reduction, similar to incense in other cultures.
A London firm hires a pretty candidate after a joking exchange about doll factory work. When asked about duties she replies she made eyes for three years. The senior partner approves the engagement but warns the woman not to demonstrate abilities when his wife is in the office.
A bronze tablet at Inspiration Point on the White Pass Railroad Alaska honors 3000 packhorses and mules that perished during the Klondike stampede. Funded by old sourdoughs the memorial recalls five week average service, harsh cold and skeletal trails. A second tablet in Washington honors about 250000 horses and mules that served in the World War.
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