Looking Backward In the Leader's Files
Anna Ellsworth returned to Waverly as Shores Farm Miss and resigned her stenographer post. Mrs Al Wuest came home to Glenwood, Minnesota, after visiting her parents. Wm Krull recovered from hand blood poisoning and measles. Mise Zella Kerr planned a short Denver Waterloo trip. Local confirmations at St Peters Evang and St Johns Lutheran included Fred Jurgens and others. A hog shed fire by a child near Dueecker’s shed threatened barn and house. Historical market prices from 25 years ago listed eggs 14c, butter 30c, potatoes 50c, veal 8c to 4c, hogs $5.00 to $5.45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Ellsworth
Waverly
Remedy Co
al Wuest
Glenwood
Minn
James McKeown
Wm. Krull
Mise Ze
Ten Years Ago in Tripoli Community Notes April 18 1923
Ten years ago on April 18 1923 social events and local news: Mrs Ed Henning hosted relatives for an evening with diversions and a substantial supper. Mrs Frank Rebholz recovering after an operation at Clasen hospital. Mrs John O Rourke injured when a barn door shut on her fingers. Miss Irene Duecker becomes saleslady at Tripoli Mercantile replacing Fietta Bang who resigns May 1. Mr and Mrs S J Mosher plan move to Tripoli May 1 to occupy upper apartment of Charles Franklin home. H W Bockhaus in Drayton N C for real estate work. Mrs Wm Ambrose hosts a Monday 500 party for ladies and husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Henning
Frank Rebholz
Clasen Hospital
John O'Rourke
Frederika
Irene Duecker
Tripoli Mercantile Co
Fietta Bang
S. J. Mosher
Waverly
Tripoli
Charles Franklin
H. W. Bockhaus
Drayton
N. C
Wm. Ambrose
Five Years Ago April 11 1928 Local Redaction
Construction on Primary No 93 west of Tripoli will start soon. C G Schwein had an accident on the road west of town when the grader evener broke and the horses bolted, throwing him face down. W D Kuker and L Kueker travel to Itasca NL for Fred Kueker's funeral. Mrs Charles Keding visits Waterloo then returns home with two relatives en route to Grinnell college. Mrs Frank Kimbal remains ill with bronchitis in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
C. G. Schwein
Mr. Schwein
W. D. Kuker
L. Kueker
Itasca
Fred Kueker
Charles Keding
Waterloo
Ernest Haase
Éisses Erna Bull
Gladys Ambrose
Grinnell College
Frank Kimbal
The Ghost Bird play class mystery house party
Public School Notes presents a mystery tale about blackmail marriage threats and a vulture haunting a cemetery. The senior class performs The Ghost Bird on Friday April 21 as townsfolk chase motives and hidden truths amid crime and suspicion. Wrapping bacon and potato chips in green cellophane is noted to prevent lights from turning them rancid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Buckhart
Mrs. Dore
Carl
Graham
Sheriff's sale in Bremer County Iowa on property of Barknecht
A special execution from Bremer County District Court directs a public auction of the Barknecht real estate to satisfy a judgment of The Equitable Life Assurance Society. The sale, for cash, is set for May 11, 1933, at 10 a.m. in front of the Wa verly Court House. Dated April 10, 1933.
Court Auction Notice in Bremer County Iowa 1933
In Bremer County Iowa sheriff Frank Sager levies on real estate as the property of Della M Prentice Lawrence Parson Florence L Prentice Homer Gartz and Mildred Parson to satisfy a judgment of Equitable Life Assurance Society for 4443 and costs 144 88 and accruing costs The property description includes parts of Sections 8 and 9 in Township 93 Range 12 West with 100 acres More or less The property will be sold at public auction May 3 1933 at 10 00 A M in front of the Court House Wa The sale is conducted by Don Barnes and E H Wadsworth Attorneys for the Plaintiff Read the Business Bringers plus a local item about Eleanor aged five with a windmill haircut
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Bremer County
Iowa
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
J. E. Barknecht
Rosa Barknecht
J. E. Barbknecht
Rosa Barbknecht
George B. Cook
Della M. Prentice
Lawrence Parson
Florence L. Prentice
Homer Gartz
Edgar L. Prentice
Mildred Parson
Waverly
Iowa Repeal Council Answers WCTU Statement
The Iowa Repeal Council and Moderation league challenged a recent WCTU press release listing 13 beer promises. G Decker French branded it inaccurate and argued taxes from beer would top 400 million dollars, not the 1.25 billion cited by Roosevelt, while backing legalization to aid temperance and agriculture and noting beer would not end crime or hard liquor use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Repeal Council
Moderation League
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
G. Decker French
Repeal Council
French
Roosevelt
Dry Organization
Lion
Hard Pan Appeal to Parishioners for Charity Dinner
The Vicar appeals from the pulpit for the charity dinner fund urging concrete help over abstract sympathy. The Boston Transcript notes the Coast Guard has run the ice patrol since Titanic and reports no lives lost to ship iceberg collisions since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Coast Guard
Hollywood girl seeks 14th husband despite past marriages
A Hollywood woman who has already wed 13 times is planning a 14th marriage. She jokes about marrying the Rotary club to be done with it, highlighting a lighthearted take on her prolific romantic history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Rotary Club
Tripoli Council Proceedings 1933 Appoints City Officials
The Tripoli Iowa council met April 3 1933 with Mayor C L McCumber presiding. Regular bills were approved totaling salaries and supplies for many departments and new year appointments set for clerk marshal street commissioner street cleaner and various committees. The meeting adjourned to reconvene as Board of Health and then Board of Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Iowa
C. L. McCumber
F. C. Bang
H. H. Buhr
C. L. Meier
Wm. F. Krueger
Wm. Ambrose
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Rebholz & Drape
Central States Power & Light Corporation
Ser- Tae
Seesitoaaly Tripoli Oil Co
Ambrose
Bany
A. W. Buechele
Nels Debel
F. D. Kimbal
George Waterman
Krueger
Buhr
Bang
Meier
A. M. Stegeman
An Outcast The Tame Canary-Gee Escape From Cage
In the Brooklyn Eagle snippet a playful exchange hints at an escaped jailbird persona. It references Angkor in French Indo-China, noting it once housed 8,000,000 inhabitants 700 years ago and was abandoned by order of the Emer emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal
Brooklyn Eagle
Angkor
Indo-China
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Public
Sheriff’s Sale
Frank Sager
Don Barnes
Donald Barnes
E. H. Wadsworth
Cedar Rapids
Barnes, Chamberlain and Hanzlik
Eleanor
W.C.T.U
Council Proceedings
Poli
Dr. M. B. Sellers Bibs
Chiropractic
Sumner Sumner
Sorg Drug Store
E. C. Claus
Paul Schober
Bankers Life Insurance
Des Moines
G. A. Tjernagel Chiropractor
F. W. Hale Res
Sumner
West Door Syndicate Building
W. H. Wehrmacher
Fred Rewoldt
First National Bank
H. W. Krueger
Ambrose Bldg
Tripoli Produce Co
M. M. Kingsley
First National Bank Bldg
Waverly, Lowa
Herman Kleiss
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