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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1956
Page
2
An OCR readable fragment mentions the Iowa Press Association with emphasis on its activities or notices. Key entities include Iowa and press organization, suggesting a brief alert or note about membership or events. The fragment lacks full context to specify dates or actions.
Nationally entered as second class mail in Tripoli Iowa under the 1879 act. Published weekly each Wednesday. Established 1894 as the official Tripoli town and Bremer County newspaper. Publisher William A Buckley charges 3 dollars yearly in state and 3.50 elsewhere.
4 H clubs report a busy period with July 30 meetings at multiple homes. Activities include booth planning, square dancing, gardens tours, and fair entry duties. August plans cover more gatherings, demonstrations, and the Franklin Goal Getters Achievement Show.
Nancy Schroeder, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lorenz Schroeder, had minor surgery Saturday at Allen Memorial hospital and is now home. The Schroeders and family visited the Amana colonies last week then went to Clear Lake to see Mr and Mrs V A Pinkerton, former superintendent of schools. Mrs Anna Gielau visits children in Fairfield and Galesburg. Mr and Mrs Ernest Griese became parents of a son John Ernest on July 26. Mrs Kenneth Barnes and children from St Paul Minn visit her parents and relatives. Wednesday evening Mr and Mrs John Wedemeier hosted dinner for Mrs Minnie Chacona from Syracuse New York.
A compact list of dairy product labels including Carnation Meadowsweet Carnation Golden Glen Walnut Regular Walnut Dairy Homogenized Sanitary Regular Sanitary and related terms appears as a market catalog style entry. The words indicate product types such as homogenized and sanitary milk variants from multiple brand tags.
The August 8 1956 issue lists marriages trips birthdays and new addresses for residents and visitors including Uncle R J Heideman in Milwaukee and Glasgow noted for a wedding attendance. Other entries cover visits sight seeing trips to Devils Backbone park Strawberry Point Guttenberg and Prairie du Chien and baptism plans for Nancy Marie Wente.
An advertisement promises quick relief for eczema ringworm insect bites and surface itching with Itch Me Not from Dreyer Drug. The claim is a local guarantee offered at participating drugstores.
A five year old farm boy, Tommy Mack, suffered severe head injuries when he fell backward from a tractor driven by his brother near Albia. He was taken to Blank Memorial Hospital in Des Moines.
White flour is produced from wheat after removing the outer coat of the kernel. The process yields a fine refined product used in baking and cooking.
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