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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1933
Page
8
Cedar Valley league fans vote on nine players for positions to form first and second all star teams to face the Texas Black Spiders August 24 at the Bremer county 4 H club fair. Ballots go to E H Kohlmann Waverly not later than Monday August 21 at 8 PM.
Frederika area residents and visitors travel to Sumner Nashua Waterloo and Chicago for family gatherings and outings. Local workers Leslie Bowlby and Arnold Jensen suffer hand and ankle injuries at a quarry while Mrs Mooney returns from a six week western trip visiting relatives in Portland and Vancouver.
Readied for the Midwest’s famed harness events at the Iowa State Fair with the $10,000 classics set for August 28 to 31. Derby Day on August 26 and first night racing August 25 through 31 complete the fair’s racing slate.
A long list of local correspondents reports various town notices and family updates. A Waverly Canning plant test run precedes a full corn pack while residents travel to events and attend weddings and surgeries.
Des Moines August 8 announcement previews the largest Iowa State Fair racing program. National auto races headline August 25 and September 1 with Emory Collins and a Scandinavian star among 40 entries. Night horse racing debuts with six evening programs. Harness races run August 28–31. Iowa Derby August 26. Over 10,000 in purses plus rodeo events.
Marie Louise fled to Austria with her son after Napoleon’s exile to St Helena. After Napoleon’s 1821 death she wed Count Neiperg in a morganatic marriage. He died in 1829 and four years later she married his successor Count Bombelles. She died December 14, 1847, in Vienna. Her son, the king of Rome later Duke of Reichstadt, died at twenty one in 1882.
Scientists note neutrons remain unseen though they are essential in atomic structure. They claim neutrons are about a millionth the smallest light wavelength and may never be observable even with powerful microscopes.
A fruit stall man touts alligator pears in the city market but a very young housewife dismisses them saying they do not even keep a goldfish. The exchange highlights casual shopper humor in everyday commerce.
Residents from Bremer Waterloo Readlyn and surrounding areas hosted and visited relatives and friends. A string of calls and dinners occurred at multiple homes including Pries Hennings Kaiser Wedemeier and Oestman households. Attendees planned travel to Chicago for the World's Fair and Clare relatives gathered at local homes Sunday.
The rattlesnake, called the little brothers of the underworld, is held sacred by Navajo Indians who act as mediators in prayers to the deities during droughts. Invocations are performed to ensure crops thrive and avoid divine displeasure. Disrespect to the snake is believed to spoil these prayers.
An investigator using a bathysphere descends 2220 feet off Bermuda when sunlight is detected at 1700 feet. Deep sea fish possess efficient bioluminescent lights enabling study without extra illumination.
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