Community Visits Scatter Across Pinook Area
Local residents and relatives visited neighbors and family homes across Sumner Tripoli Waverly and surrounding areas. Socials included welcome parties birthday celebrations and card games with multiple households hosting guests and sharing meals. A USDA study on advertising emphasizes newspapers as top media for food marketing information.
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Harry Wilson
Sumner
Ada McConkey
Daryl Pals
Nebraska
Chester Pals
Carl Kuethe
Waverly
Ray Kuethe
Sharon O'Connell
Laland Timmerman
Tripoli
Dale Steere
Bull Farm
Howard van Brocklin
Dale Grahlman
Lavern Kirchhoff
W. H. Pratt
Albert Rieck
Lucille Dilley
Robert Figanbaum
Billy
Ernest Hoephner
Donna
East Moline
Larry Hoephner
San Diego
Clara McCumber
Clarence McCumber
John Figanbaum
Paul Hunt
Virgil Meyer
Floyd
Edward Meyer
Elroy
Westgate
George Wilkens
Alfred Specht
Milton Meyer
Steven
Johnny
Kevin
Kevin Meyer
Elk Point
S. D
Luke Hannaman
Lawrence Albright
Fredericksburg
New Hampton
Loren Willadsen
John Adams
Howard
Waucoma
Howard van Brocklin, Sr
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Looking at Life As It Used to Be
A collage of small town notes from 1950s life recounts new homes near a creamery, a marriage in a rural home, farming economies with dated market prices, a water filter vote in Tripoli, golden anniversary celebrations, spring planting progress, and local moves and business changes across Bremer county. The item records community events, obits, and local industry updates with several named towns and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. C. Tegtmeier
Calvin Meihost
Roger Kimbal
Tripoli
Bremer County
Waverly
Armed Services
Edna Droste
Mary Jeanne
Clarion Winzenburg
Wi. Winzenburg
Frederika
Frederika Lutheran Church
Ewald Senst
Senate panel acts on liquor bill with four license classes
The Senate Judiciary No. 2 committee advances a tentative draft for whiskey by the drink. It would create four liquor license classes issued by city councils or county supervisors, with no local option. Senator Jack Schroeder, chair, says the measure is to guide discussion and likely heading to the Senate calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Judiciary No. 2
Senate
Jack Schroeder
Bettendorf
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Pinhook
Phillips Gas
Towne’s 66
Heideman
Peter Shrank
Anna Judas
Chris Zander
Virgil Bonorden
Otto Bonorden
Naval Air Station
Japan
Korea
Fred C. Fink
California
E. H. Fink
Alameda
Robert W. Klingaman
Waterloo
W. G. Goebel
Marshalltown
Gordon McDaniel
John Schwake
Colwell
Ernest Kalso
Tripoli Community
William Lenius
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Denver
C. F. Haffermann
Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Plainfield
Frederika Exchange
Herman Brase
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Western Douglas
Farm
John Deere
Larry Busse
West Union
O'Brien
A. A. Belknap Insurance
American Savings Bank
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
N. R. Ambrose Oil Co
Bergmann Hatchery
Biesterfelt Bros
Block’s Auto Service
Colburn Feed Mill
the Farmers Store
Fred’s
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
Hurmence
L&m
Michael’s
L. L. Moeller Construction Co
O’brien
Peoples
D. F. Holm Insurance
Bockhaus & Sommer Barber Shop
R. J. Banger Barber Shop
Interstate Power Co
Buhr
Juel’s AG Store
Ray's Clothiers & Cleaners
Rettig Furniture
Kramer-Crittenden Produce & Hatchery
Rock Island Produce Co
Tegtmeier Oil Co
Towne’s “66
Tripoli Grain & Feed
Tripoli Hardware
Tripoli Mercantile Co
Tripoli Sales Co., Inc
Trusty’s Food Locker
Warner
Wayside Inn