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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
5
Postmaster J M Garrett oversaw a week of changes at the post office including new fixtures re arranged boxes with wire netting to the ceiling new indirect lighting and holiday and Sunday all day service. The upgrades reflect untiring effort by Garrett and place the office among the best in the region.
The live poultry market remains firm with good demand and prompt absorption of receipts despite an ongoing embargo from several states. Dressed poultry outlook improves while fresh receipts are light due to farmers selling stock and poor road conditions. Egg prices fell sharply last week with heavy receipts. butter prices rose as demand strengthens and production dips. Storage stocks in major markets show higher year over year. February figures reveal large gains in Chicago New York Boston and Philadelphia.
Hollywood stars Bryant Washburn Cullen Landis Helen Holmes Ruth Stonehouse Carl Miller Kathleen McGuire and Joe Murphy traveled through Moulton on two special cars en route to Des Moines for a Shrine ball. A radio was installed in the coaches, marking a luxe caravan. Spring begins March 21 and lasts 91 days.
About 15 Moulton residents urged the Appanoose County board to build a southward eight mile road to Coatsville Missouri. They argued the current route is poor narrow and hinders business and travel. They noted Missouri officials would connect to a good highway from the north if Appanoose builds south, with right of way donations and a modest grade. The board will report soon.
K F Wilson, editor of the Monroe Mirror, wed Dan Cupid guiding the ceremony last Thursday in Newton Iowa at the bride’s parents home Mr and Mrs Arthur Hough The couple plan to live in Monroe after March fifteenth Mrs Wilson a Newton social figure and Emerson Hough neice officiated or attended the wedding festivities. the groom is from Moulton and edits the Mirror Friends extend congratulations
The P E O chapter met with Mrs Edna Smith and Mrs Ida Mace assisting. Officers elected include President Ida Mace Vice president Mabel Kimmel Recording Secretary Beatrice Eby Corresponding Secretary Eva Singey Treasurer Ruby Wood Chaplain Mamie Sellers Guard Edna Smith Pianist Clara Russell.
In Moulton, Rev W A Smith’s valued 4 inch real violin drew attention when a Philadelphia maker offered $1000 for it. Smith, recognizing its maker and value, refused the trade. The instrument was sought by a master musician for concert work this week.
A twenty year old issue recalls a Siler bakery fire that destroyed the building with unknown cause. Insurance on stock was $300. Firefighters confined the blaze. The notice also mentions social visits, fair travel, and local business chatter including farm sales and hog prices.
Horticultural notes discuss grape pruning methods long cane versus short spur, best timing in February and March in Iowa, and guidance on sunken yields and disease control. The piece also includes a tuberculosis eradication society circular on meals for children, outlining four food classes and how to compose a balanced ration with practical tips for mothers and classroom activities.
Sunday school at 10 for Presbyterian and M E churches with morning worship at 11. Evening services at 7 30. Prayer meeting Wednesday night orchestra choir rehearsals Friday and Saturday. March 12 church program at 7 30 with radio club plans. Sermons Sunday expected to be important with special music including a Marguerite Jennings piano solo and a Johnson Stuckey vocal duet. Rev W A Smith pastor.
The C E society at the church invites members to attend Communion at 1 and to remember May 3. A car event is planned for March 9 with two short plays Getting Rid of Father and The Filming of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Entertainment for all attendees.
At the Methodist church on Thursday night March 12 the Radio Club will present a music night with orchestra numbers instrumental solos duets and electric stunts. Admission is twenty five cents. The 21 piece orchestra includes eight violins four cornets two horns three clarinets one tuba one trombone drums and piano. The program includes two overtures and solo pieces from a Day in Venice by Nevin arranged for violin and piano. A complete program will be printed next week watch for it.
John W. Adams is a prominent Wichita attorney with over thirty years of practice. He built a large civil and criminal docket, defending more than thirty murder cases in Sedgwick and surrounding counties. As assistant county attorney he helped prosecute over two thousand criminal cases. His Schweizer Building office houses a substantial law library and is among the state's largest and best equipped.
Thieves broke into the Ford Motor Company garage at West Grove late Saturday night or early Sunday, stealing auto parts valued at 250 to 300 dollars including generators magnetos coils and spark plugs. Sheriff Curry and Deputy Beckley investigated but found no clues, supposing the thieves fled hundreds of miles. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window.
The Farm Bureau urges farmers to buy red clover seed now as supplies thin and prices climb. Appanoose County reports good on hand stock with many sales completed, reflecting strong demand for seed toward the coming planting season.
Moulton farmers and breeders show early enthusiasm for a Ton Litter Contest. No cash prizes yet, but advertising value for winners is seen as lasting benefit. The 180 day contest runs after farrowing. litters born March 1 to May 15 are eligible if officially inspected before three days old. Contact A. H. Hausrath to arrange inspection and certification.
The Horticulural Section of Iowa State College offers one or two farmers in or near Moulter a chance to obtain a select set of grape varieties at a very low price for planting about fifty vines this spring. Interested growers should contact A. H. Hausrath for details.
Moulton High School earned two entries in the predistrict Declamatory contest held last Friday evening. Etta Lingley won first place in the Humorous division and Mildred Lindley took third in a tight Dramatic division. Winners advance to the district contest to be held soon. The Junior class plans a Colonial Theatre performance on Monday evening March 30.
Attendance averaged about 95 percent and punctuality 98 percent for the six weeks starting spring semester indicating unusually strong attendance this winter. Visitors included Superintendent L E Castle of Stuart Iowa who praised local teaching methods. Community events featured radio setup for inauguration, missionary society gatherings, rock parties, bridge and Kensington games, and high school social notes. Local updates mention health concerns, new station agent M W Poffenberger, and travel agent F Conradt visiting town.
Kenneth F. Baldridge editor of the Bloomfield Democrat was chosen president of the Iowa Press Association at the annual Des Moines meeting last Friday. He is the youngest woman ever elected to the office and his work along newspaper lines was recognized.
On a quiet Tuesday officers gathered around a Hudson coach after stopping a car driven by a man and woman at Lane Cafe. No booze found in a Polk county tagged vehicle, but constable Murdy said tips warned of smugglers and three cars watched.
Radios worked overtime yesterday to receive Washington D C inaugural ceremonies. Hundreds of residents in Moulton listened as the event was rebroadcast from ten stations across the United States using American Telephone and Telegraph lines.
Sup t L E Johnson reports Moulton schools cost per pupil in 1921 22 was 56 in grades and below Iowa’s average. High school cost was also below average. Four years of standard tests show Moulton ranking with larger towns in instruction and pupil work. Board praised for maintaining quality at lower cost.
An obituary style summary recalls Calvin Coolidge as the thirtieth US president born in Vermont, Amherst College graduate, Massachusetts bar admittee of 1897, Northampton resident, and governor who rose to national prominence during the Boston police strike. It notes his 1920 Republican nomination as Harding’s running mate and his death on August 2, 1923, with a closing civic tribute.
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