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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1931
Page
4
The Tripoli Leader notes that long-term retail success rests less on cheep purchasing and more on chain-store practices such as good merchandising, cleanliness, polite service, attractive displays, and sound credit. The author urges merchants to study these traits and emulate them locally, praising order and industry as keys to prosperity.
In the county, bonds financed paved roads, and despite business slowdown the gas tax income grew. For the first seven months of 1930 receipts were 6,189,649.81 dollars. for the same period in 1931 totals reached 6,747,060.09 dollars, an increase of over half a million. The trend suggests bonds and interest will be met with room to spare.
A national push grows to standardize traffic laws across states and municipalities. The piece argues uniform rules would reduce violations and confusion for drivers on long trips as speed limits and regulations vary widely, urging enforcement of consistent standards.
The text argues that depriving railroads would harm the community and urges boosting railway traffic and shipping by rail. It emphasizes railroads rely on increased business to survive and compares Kipoli's need for railroads taxes to Tripoli's need for railroads.
The writer argues that low butter prices should lead to more liberal portions. He recalls paying five cents for an extra square and notes meals cost the same as when butter was sixty cents a pound. The piece ends with a vent that this note may not change anything.
Government reports estimate Iowa's corn harvest this year at 429 million bushels. Iowa accounts for about one sixth of the U.S. total corn crop. The crop is reported as about 82 percent of normal.
In 1930 over 100000 people died in U S accidents and about 38000000 were injured. Advocates say many deaths and injuries could have been prevented with proper first aid and prompt care.
Citizens in Tripoli discuss drivers who favor turning Main Street into a race track with the street cut-out left wide open, signaling continued traffic safety concerns and public opinion pressure.
In Washington a mood of quiet speculation surrounds Coolidge Hoover and other leaders. Col James Coupal says Coolidge could run if drafted in 1982, while Sen George Moses doubts any path away from Hoover. Alfred E. Smith and John J. Raskob loom as silent forces amid party strategizing and drought era concerns.
Local residents traveled between Waterloo Waverly Sumner Rein k and nearby towns on Sunday and Monday. Mr and Mrs Harry Buhr visited Waterloo on business while Mrs Sorg planned a visit with her parents in Clear Lake. Families including Mundtrom, Piersdorf, Dettmering, Claus, McIntyre, Beisner, Otterstetter and Neimeyer attended gatherings, hospital stays were noted, and a Waterloo Davenport ball game featured in local social chatter.
The column reports a busy week of local events including golf greens in good shape after rains, a funeral in Cedar Falls, North Minnesota vacation for Mr and Mrs Ramsay, and a Zinnia contest won by Billy Bodeker and Eileen Hennings. It notes Legion convention attendance, newly adopted twins, a shoulder fracture in Mercy hospital, and many Sunday visits at homes across the county.
A column details Mrs Henry Eick undergoing tumor surgery at Borchert hospital Tripoli with Dr O Keefe Waterloo and lists family visits and health matters in the community. It notes Mrs H H Schroedermeier remains at Mercy hospital Waverly, and several gatherings at homes in Waverly Finchford and Readlyn with birthdays and hunts for relatives, highlighting Mr Hagenow's birthday anniversary and Geraldine Turner's 11th birthday party with numerous local families attending.
Washington snapshots discuss Grace Coolidge aiming to return to Washington unseen to observe changes since her White House years. The piece notes Al Smith and Frank Roosevelt in New York delegation dynamics, Roosevelt's potential statewide capture, and the two thirds rule affecting Democratic prospects and veto power in the convention.
Local residents report threshing aid at Ed Waskow farm near Sumner and social visits across Sumner Clinton and Westgate. Arnold Sell undergoes appendectomy in New Hampton. multiple families join Aug A Buhr and Krueger households for meals and errands. A picnic honors Mrs Minkle and children in Austin, Minn, with several gatherings at Westendorf and Judisch homes.
Local residents and relatives call on the George H. Heideman home during Thursday to Sunday visits. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kehe and family, Mrs. Amelia Bennett’s visitors, and Rev C G Hankammer from Texas. A comment closes noting fashion in old age.
Mr and Mrs Ay and the Bungeo family visited the Traton household Sunday for Emma’s birthday celebration. The occasion featured a cream cake and a welcome gesture at Crane Creek with the Droste family hosting later in the day.
Notice to all concerned that the last will and testament of Louis Behrend, deceased, has been filed in the District Court of Jemer County. A hearing to admit the will to probate is fixed for September 7, 1931 at 10 o'clock a.m. in the courthouse at Waver, Iowa. Witness the clerk and seal of the court.
Notice is hereby given that on August 1, 1931, the District Court of Bremer County Iowa appointed the undersigned as Administrator of the estate of Henry C Fink deceased. All persons indebted to the estate will present their claims for allowance and all those having claims against the estate will present them legally authenticated to the court. Dated August 1, 1931.
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