Looking Backward In the Leader's Files From 1914
Eighteen years ago August 5 Garland Matthiesen plan a sale near Tripoli and grade streets for a sale set Saturday. Giles closes Joe store here and will discontinue Pia store. Market prices listed: hogs seven to seven and a quarter, butter and eggs noted. Blood poisoning from a bruise on a knuckle. Leonard Buhrow buys 110 acre farm near Frederika for 120 per acre and moves spring. Oltrogge Sien Landy and Corstensen trip to Chicago. Lyle Cobb new hire at Hartwell meat market. Clarence Arnemann goes to Sumner to meet Mabel and Malinda. Emma Kehe visits Denver with Zatha Gunalus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland & Matthiesen
Plati Beir
Tripoli
Auap
Giles
Be Joe
Pia
Nacke
Leonard Buhrow
Hillie Parson
Frederika
Fredeka
Gore
Leonard
Wm. Block Place
Triil
T. E. Hartwell
Clarence Arnemann
Sumner
Mabel
Malinda Meier
Stanley and
Oelwein
Henry Frese
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Emma Kehe
Denver
Mss
Zatha Gunsalus
Zatha
Machinery installation at F. C. Schulte feed mill opens soon
In August 1922 report, the F. C. Schulte custom feed mill racks up installation progress and anticipates opening for business. Local residents J B Spragg and family depart for Minnesota fishing trip, while John Sassman fills in at Hasbrouck Lumber during Jack Fink’s Cedar River fishing expedition near La Porte. Several residents travel, visit, or recover from illnesses, with a wagon accident injuring Lorane Schwem and family returning from Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Schulte
J.B. Spragg
Waterloo
Minnesota
John Sassman
Hasbrouck Lumber Company
Jack Fink
Cedar River
la Porte
Hlale
L. H. Fink
F. A. Mall
Cooper Family Reunion Reported From Chicago
Five years ago on August 3 1927 Mr and Mrs Douglas Cooper and family of Chicago along with Mrs Fred Hen rehs and Mr and Mrs Elmer are noted in a brief social item detailing extended family ties and social connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Cooper
Chicago
Fred Henrehs
Elmer
Cold beverages guide for children in August
A brief guide on making nourishing cold drinks for children. Emphasizes cold temperature, limited ice, avoiding excess sugar, and preparing syrups in advance. Describes serving method with milk and chipped ice, using colorful glasses and straws to please kids.
Iced Chocolate Syrup Recipe From Simple Mix
A compact instruction lists ingredients and steps for a cold chocolate syrup. Combine 2 cups sugar 4 tablespoons cocoa a small cup of water a pinch of salt and a dash of vanilla. Cook together and mix to finish the syrup.
Fruit Punch Beverage Recipe Summary
A quirky juice blend mixes orange lemon pineapple prune grape juices and strong tea. Sweeten to taste, chill, then add ice water before serving in bowls or glasses over ice.
Lemon Ginger Cherry Cooler
A simple recipe lists 1 bottle of ginger ale 1 cup sugar 3 lemons and a bottle of maraschino cherries. Mix well and serve ice cold for a bright, bubbly thirsty drink.
Fruit Punch Recipe Ingredients Listing
A list of quantities and items for fruit punch includes 12 lemons, oranges, a can of pineapple, a can of white cherries, pounds of sugar, a bottle of maraschino cherries and quarts of ginger ale.
Stage Train Wreck Planned for Iowa State Fair Thrill Day
Des Moines officials announced a staged head-on collision between two standard gauge locomotives for Thrill Day on August 27 at the Iowa State Fair. Trains will ride 3,000 feet of track, start from opposite ends, and pass safely near the grandstand. The event includes other sensational spectacles and free admission for World War I veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fair Grounds
Newspaper Wrapping Preserves Excess Garden Vegetables
If you harvest more vegetables than you can use in a day wrap the surplus in a sheet of newspaper. The wrapping helps keep them fresh longer than storing loose in the pantry.
Homemade Egg White Cake Instructions from 1932 Bonnet-Brown
A vintage recipe outlines using 1 cup egg whites teaspoon cream of tartar cups sugar cup Swans Down flour teaspoon salt and vanilla. Prepare ingredients first, sift sugar five times lift flour five times Beat eggs until foamy then stiffen add cream of tartar beat thoroughly Fold in sugar slowly add flavor and flour gradually Bake in a slow even oven for 50 to 60 minutes.
Left Handedness Among Benjaminites Survives in Texts
Pathfinder Magazine notes claims that the tribe of Benjamin, though smallest, showed higher left handedness. It cites Judges 20 15 16 and 3 15 and I Chronicles 12 2 describing left handed and ambidextrous warriors including Ehud and Saul's Benjaminite brethren.
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Benjamin
Israel
Bibeah
Ehud
Geza
Saul
Pathfinder Magazine
Cancer Not Contagious Says Iowa Health Dept
The Iowa State department of health says cancer is not contagious and urges no fear of transmission. It notes a 1931 drop in cancer deaths after rising earlier, lists early warning signs, advises against unproved methods, and stresses early diagnosis and rational treatment to improve outcomes. Love is life. The unloving merely breathe.
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Iowa
Teachers Hired for Rural Bremer County Schools
Rural and parochial schools in Bremer County list new teachers reported by County Superintendent Miss Mildred Smith. Entries include Dayton, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Maxfield, Douglas, Frederika, Jackson, Lafayette, Leroy, Polk, Sumner, Warren, Washington townships and Readlyn and Readlyn parishes with names, some marked not reported, and listed for Denver and Plainfield districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Mildred Smith
Dayton
Mildred Amick
Norma Volker
Frances Adams
Elizabeth Schmit
LaVerna Heinemann
Luella L. Meyer
Mayme de Luhrery
Edna S. Sell
Franklin
Dorothy Rundle
Mary I. Schmidt
Bertha Thicking
Bell Fay
Iva Mishler
Claude G. Herman
Fremont
Ida Sneling
Bardene Nolte
Caroline Buhr
Margaret Kane
Martha Wedemeier
Marie Kuhrt
Jefferson Township
Alicia Bruns
Adella Steege
Glen Farris
Erna Groening
Polk
Harold Briggs
Lloyd Bevans
Rena Schoenbohm
Alice Zwanziger
Sumner
Genevieve Reece
Agnes Huebner
Frances E. Ohl
Esther Minkle
Werner Seehase
Lucille Dilley
Warren
Gladys Remley
Hilda Brandt
la Alta Hemingson
Effie Rourke
Vern Ob
vacation invitation to enjoy a relaxing getaway
A brief encouragement invites you to take a break and have a enjoyable vacation. The message suggests you are the right person to take time off and indulge in a pleasant retreat away from daily routine.
Obituary of Mrs William Schroeder of Tripoli area
Lizzie Maria Caroline Sophia Deterding born May 20 1901 in Fremont township Bremer county died July 26 in Waverly hospital from injuries July 13 when a pitchfork pierced her intestines while unloading hay. She was 31 years 1 month 26 days, married January 15 1922 to William Schroeder of LeRoy township, mother of Florence 10 Arene 8 Mercille 7, daughter of H C Deterding and Maria Deterding nee Staack, member of St Peter's Evangelical church Tripoli. funeral July 29 at 1:30 pm at home then St Peter's church, burial in St Peter's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schroeder
Tripoli
Waverly Hospital
Waverly
Lizzie Maria Caroline Sophia Deterding
Fremont Township
Bremer County
Leroy Township
Florence
Arene
Mercille
H. C. Deterding
August
Readlyn
Henry
Fred
Clarence
Crane Creek
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Ph. Hilligardt
Bird Victim of Fashion in British Isles Millinery Trade
The Kittiwake gull, 16 to 18 inches long with white and bluish gray plumage, yellow beak and brownish legs, inhabits Arctic Europe and North America. It has been ruthlessly slaughtered on British islands for the millinery trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
North America
British Islands
Miles Anti-Pain Pills Enduring Relief Claim
Advertisers praise Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills for headache neuralgia and body pains. Sufferers report better results than expected and say households cannot do without them, sold at drug stores for 25 cents and 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Miles
Rock Carved Buddha in Tibetan Grotto Monastery
A rock carved Buddha stands on a jagged grotto wall in western Tibet. The grotto was hollowed and the image built perhaps centuries ago in a region where Buddhism has long been dominant. Buddhism originated with Gautama in India and spread north and east, now with few Buddhists remaining in India proper.
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Tibet
Price Gautama
Valley of the Ganges
India
Burmas
Indo-China
Siam
China
Japan
Do Not Fear Censure and Its Provocation
A quoted reflection on fear of criticism from Gladstone noting that censure can reveal weaknesses and warn of future failure, suggesting criticism harms only if character is lacking or if truth is ignored by a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
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Im. Warner
Henry Hanson
Sioux City
Sutherland
Susan Hazlitt
Oelwein, Wio
J. B. W. Manklin
H. C. Borchert
J. A. Hale
Lorane Schwem
Herman Schwem
Emma Schroeder
Chi“eo
Chas, Jahnke
Hus
A. H. Jahnke
Mr. Jahnke
Lydia Moeller
Frank Rempet
Will Keough
Lucille
J. F. Keough
Cedar Rapids
C. B. Kelsey
Clasen Hospital
Ousehold
Betty Webster
Angel Food
Bonnet- Brown Corporation
Maxfield
Irma Meyer
Mercedes Fairbrother
Marian Eggleston
Evelyworth
Erna Hagenow
Douglas
Helen O'Day
Helen Laydon
Hedwig Gerlach
Ida Oberliei
Leslie Cooney
Lille M. Pape
Elda Hagen
Esther Joens
Hulda Dettmer
Evah Henning
Mervil Beeck
Adella Koch
Jackson
Gladys Christopher
Lafayette
Ethel Pothast
Amy Young
Mabel Arns
Orpha Ressler
Anne Leary
E. Ethel Holmes
Lois Platte
Leroy
Marie E. Webster
Bernice Meighan
Mona Aubrey
Lasola Kirchhoff
A. T. Gray
Vance N. Bates
Elmer Nuss
Gertrude Pease
Lolabelle Pennell
Lillian Bortner
Janesville
A. G. Hinshaw
Vera Wild
Hubert Helm
Dorthea Paige
Olga Fossum
Hazel J. Frank
Pauline de Vault
Vera Biddick
Plainfield
A. N. Rogers
Gladice Sears
Helen Leary
Emily Malloy
Urdine Foster
WM. Schroeder
N. Demy
Ware
E. C. Claus
Nevermann
A. E. Everett
Telphone
A. M. Stegeman
Sorg Drug Store
Paul Schober
Bankers Life Insurance
Buhr
G. A. Tjernagel Chiropractor
F. W. Hale Res
Fred Rewoldt
Frederika, Iowa
Office Bank Bldg
H. C. Moeller
Insurance and Collections
H. W. Krueger
Ambrose Bldg
Tripoli Produce Co
M. M. Kingsley
First National Bank
Herman Kleiss
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