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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1931
Page
5
A collage of social visits and errands across Tripoli and nearby towns. Mentions of residents traveling to Waterloo Waverly and Frederika for business, family gatherings, church events, and community activities including a bridge club, roller skating, and a birthday party.
Written orders cover widows Lena Schuknecht Faye Gleason Hilda Ludwig and Letha Ingersoll. Grand jury discharged subject to recall. Walton case dismissed. Carroll bound over then dismissed. Settled cases Hurmannes Meswarths Rewoldt Alcock dismissed. Decrees entered Schunemann Duecker. Wanamaker estate closed. Ingham and Wehe estates closed. Dale MacLarnan Floyd Sargent v Roach Roach trial. Struckmeyer divorce trial with cross petition.
A collection of aphorisms attributed to Grandpa Wayback and The Pathfinder. It playfully critiques fair play wisdom, aging, and appearances, comparing antiques to paid-for furniture and noting the stubbornness of instinct versus study. It weaves humor about youth, vanity, and aging.
A quirky item notes ideas about branding cattle, planting Brussels sprouts, and growing carpets. It mentions a full length novel being read in bed and references a free-for-all fight starter in Scotland. A line about a scientific boxer acting as an undertaker appears.
Roller skating event announced at the Opera House with good skates and a smooth floor for enjoyable skating.
Knute Rockne, famed Notre Dame football coach, and seven others died when a Transcontinental and Western Air tri motor crashed in a Kansas pasture southwest of Baxter, amid fog and rain. The overdue flight from Kansas City to Wichita carried Rockne and six other passengers with pilots Robert Fry and Jess Mathias.
A playful quip filled column teases dating norms and social trends. The author jokes that modern charm requires a slim figure to win a fat wallet and notes a long wait for a kiss signals sophistication. A light riff on marriage ends with a punchline about a man and his wife.
Madison March 31 A four cent gasoline tax to raise about 19 million dollars a year took effect with Governor La Follette signing the Cashman highway bill. A five member committee will be named to run a special employment program to spend about five million this year to eliminate ninety railroad grade crossings. Railroads will contribute several million. La Follette aims to employ 10,000 men on the grade separation plan. The law also removes personal property tax on automobiles, shifting 3.5 million local tax loss to gas tax funds.
A dated reflection argues that women would misjudge hope chests with aspirin and warns that societies risk bolshevism if they discard old-time religion. The speaker concedes folly in women yet urges traditional gender roles and patience as a remedy.
Perry L. Young of Waverly age 24 weds Leona Costello of Tonia age 26. Erwin H. Hay of Priori age 24 ties with Leyte H. Hartman of Fairbank age 8. Public records list these as recent marriage licenses issued.
Profit in forest care is cited as the reason Germany yields four times as much timber per acre as the United States. The article compares forestry practices and efficiency, highlighting systematic care and management as the key factor in Germany's higher timber productivity.
The article notes a simple plan by a husband who keeps his wife content by presenting her a flower each day, illustrating a small domestic tip from American Magazine.
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