Global Debt Moratorium Cheers Markets and Proposals
The piece notes five nations Germany France Japan Great Britain sign a debt holiday document praising the plan. Forei bonds rise and Wall Street recovers as action on the presidents moratorium idea offers relief. Judge Hopkins in Kansas exposes bootlegger cases, sending Legs Diamond to prison and signaling strong federal enforcement. The shipping board readies nine ships sale to keep US ships American owned and operated, with bidders including Dollar Line, Herbert Fleishhacker, Kermit Roosevelt, and Vincent Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Japan
Great Britain
Wall Street
Hughes
New York
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Ewing
New Orleans
Guarnieri
Columbia
Hopkins
Legs” Diamond
Diamond
The
Shipping Board
United States
Dollar Line
Herbert Fleishhacker
Pacific
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Bruce
Baltimore
Melton
Descriptive piece on municipal utilities and aviation feats
The article discusses Kansas towns Belleville Chanute Colby and their municipal utilities including water light airport and cemetery profits and tax effects. It notes German scientific claims and aviation feats of Captain Frank Hawks while mentioning events in Buffalo N Y and a Charles Chaplin reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Goethe
Getan
Belleville
Chanute
Colby
Wall Street
America
Munpal
Hanate
Jelleville
Doherty
Drewis and sons visit mother-in-law Friday
Drewis and sons R and Frederick visit their mother-in-law Drewis at her home west of town. Mr. Bertman, the son-in-law, attends the gathering. The brief note records family visitors and their relative locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ree Drewis
R and
Frederick
Drewis
Mr. B Terman
Popular Young Couple Married at Spring Fountain
The marriage of Miss Lenora Kirchmann and Frederick Sell was solemnized at St. John's Lutheran church in Spring Fountain on Thursday at 1 20 p m in the presence of relatives and friends. The ceremony featured wedding music by Mrs. Fred Mohlis and a procession of sisters and cousins as flower girls. A reception and 5 o clock wedding dinner followed at the groom's parents home for about 125 guests. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Kirchmann, wore white satin, and the groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sell, wore dark blue. Afterward the couple left on a honeymoon through Minnesota and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenora Kirchmann
Frederick Sell
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Spring Fountain
Fred Mohlis
Rev. C. Born
Bernice Pipho
Lorarine Rediske
Sophia Sell
Herman Kirchmann
Erwin Griese
Esther Kirchmann
Mildred Pipho
Elda Walthers
Margaret Tegtmeier
Burnita Kirchmann
Erna Ashbrenner
Alice Born
Irene Schlichting
Irma Sell
Will Kirchmann
Lutheran Young People’s Society
Lutheran Church
Fred Sell
Choir
The
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Little Brown Church
Elsie Chittenden
A. D. Chittenden
R. H. Thompson
Burt
Iowa
Yale
Louisa Thompson
Phoebe Chittenden
Sunset Inn
Nashua
Waverly High School
State University of Iowa
Algona High School
Thompson
Piegors Family Reunion Held At Waverly Park
The Piegors relatives gathered at Waverly Tourist Park on Sunday for a picnic dinner and afternoon of pleasure. About fifty attendees from Readlyn, Waterloo, Tripoli, and nearby towns included Fred Piegors, Mrs. John Schmidt, Erwin Harding family, Henry Piegers, Ernie Baker, Oscar Luloff and Doreen, Carl Thies and family, Herman Schauer, Henry Thies and John, Bert Franklin, Erwin Franklin and family, Ed Richard, C. L. Piegors, E. A. Kleiss and children, Vada and Leon, and Rudolph Piegors and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pieger
Waverly
Fred Piegors
John Schmidt
Erwin Harding
Henry Piegers
Ernie Baker
Oscar Luloff
Doreen
Carl Thies
Herman Schauer
Henry Thies
John
Waterloo
Bert Franklin
Ernest Piegors
Erwin Franklin
Ed Richard
Readlyn Vicinity
C. L. Piegors
E. A. Kleiss
Vada and
Leon
Rudolph Piegors
Tripoli
Church Notes ER F Byers Pastor Church next Sunday canceled
Pastor ER F Byers reports no Sunday school or church next Sunday. Christian Endeavor planned for 7:45 p.m. Archie Schrader to lead the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. F. Byers
Christian Endeavor
Archie Schrader
St Peters Evangelical Sermon by Former Pastor at Fairmont
Sunday school gathers at 9 a m and divine services begin at 10 a m Rev E J Stech formerly pastored at this church now leads the Fairmont Minnesota pastorate and will deliver the morning sermon at the services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Stech
Fairmont
Minn
St Johns Lutheran church services and choirs announced
E. A. Hanff, pastor, announces Sunday school at 9:00 a m and divine service at 10:00 a m in English. Junior choir practice is Thursday at 7:00 p m and senior choir practice Thursday at 8:00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Hanff
Insects Invade Several Iowa Counties County Agent Reports Control
Tama county experiences heavy grasshopper and webworm damage on multiple farms. Alfalfa fields suffer second-cut loss while corn fields near Toledo are stripped. Poison methods prove effective, with Randalia and Geneseo areas noting success. Cresco reports decline in grasshoppers using Hybran as moisture remains scarce and forage drying prompts silage and silo filling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Z. R. Mills
L. C. Davis
Barlow and Walters
Charles Whalin
Toledo
J. K. Raudebaugh
Geneseo
T. Vv. Gunder
Randalia
John Morf
Here
1931 Farm Rentals Drop in Tama County
Tama County farm leases show lower rentals for next year with several landowners renewing or transferring. Notable leases include E P Skrable’s 805 acre farm to Kucera Brothers for 2000 dollars, and a 170 acre parcel at 6 25 per acre. Frank Mason, Ed Cox, Rudolph Brezina and Joseph Brezina also secure or renew leases at reduced rates, while Henry Breja’s field to be sold in Vin ton. Ed Cox enters a 22nd year on the Dysart area farm at 8 25 per acre. Shuster 130 acre farm rented for about 6 per acre totaling 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama County
Elberon
E. P. Skrable
Kucera Brothers
Charles Skrable
George Kucera
James Matula
Mr. Brezina
Vinton
Joseph Brezina
Charles Shuster
Enjoy Sight Seeing Trip To Wisconsin
A party of Tripoli and Siegel families embarked Sunday morning in five autos for a sight seeing and picnic. Members included Adolph Bierman senior and family, Fred Dohrman senior and son, H H Buhr, John Neuendorf and family, Will Bierman and daughter Alice, Adolph Bierman junior’s family, Meta Luhring and children, and Carl Neuendorf of Douglas. They visited Dubuque Eagle Point park, then Dickeyville Wisconsin to view the grotto, returned by a different route, and ended with a picnic supper at a tourist park. The trip ended without incident and was enjoyed by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Siegel
Adolph Bierman
Fred Dohrman
Raymond
H. H. Buhr
City
John Neuendorf
Will Bierman
Alice
Meta Luhring
Carl Neuendorf
Douglas
Dubuque
Eagle Point
Dickeyville
Wis
Big Four Fair Starts at Nashua Next Week
The Big Four Fair opens Monday, August 24 in Nashua and runs five days. The event attracts many locals with night fairs on Tuesday through Friday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Radio crooners and farm life from Grandpa Wayback notes
A humorous reminiscence on rural life and old-time machinery. It jokes about tractors needing rumpble seats and flappers, urges radio crooners to spare their throats, and laments the focus on chicken wings and backs. It also notes progress and contrasts past fashion with today.
Warning Notice on Watermelon Patch Entry
A warning notice from Leslie Schmidt warns that any entry into the patch of watermelons is at the reader's risk and that destruction of vines and melons will not be tolerated. The notice asserts ownership and potential action for trespass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Schmidt
Bremer tax committee to meet on reduction plan
Bremer county will organize a tax reduction committee as part of a state move to trim taxes. Members include W. W. Koch and Geo. W. Christopher with meetings in Waverly planned to focus on organization and cutting wasteful expenditures. The statewide retrenchment effort claims possible 25 percent tax cuts without new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Bremer
Car Crash Near Frederika Injures Bahlman Family
Frederika area collision Sunday night involved Clarence Bahlman his wife and son Erwin and Gustav Boeckman. Brakes failed at a corner five miles southwest of Frederika causing a rollover. Mrs Boeckman and Erwin were taken to a Tripoli doctor. another car struck the Degelau vehicle. No serious injuries found upon examination in Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederika
Clarence Bahlman
Erwin
Gustav Boeckman
Bahlman
Boeckman
Tripoli
Ida Degelau
Degelau
Henry Schortau Sr. Dies at 88 Near Frederika
Henry Schortau Sr., 88, died at his son Henry's home two miles northeast of Frederika on Tuesday afternoon. He had lived to 88 years. Burial is planned at Westgate, his former home, with time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schortau, Sr
Henry
Frederika
Mr. Schortau
Westgate
Grinnell Canning Factory to Start Work Friday
The Grinnell Canning company will begin this season's sweet corn packing on Friday with full earnest work starting Monday next week. Some farmers may have corn ready by Friday, but most will be fit after Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell Canning Company
Hogs Killed in Wreck at Sumner
Sumner Special reports a freight wreck east of the town on Chicago Great Western tracks. Twelve hogs were killed four crippled and traffic delayed about one hour when the third car from the engine on freight No. 64 derailed two cars after a draw bar dropped on the main line Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Chicago Great Western
Tripoli Tigers Triumph In Cedar Valley League Clash
Tripoli Tigers beat Denver 5 to 4 in a Cedar Valley league game on Sunday. Rollins of Fredericksburg started in place of ill Krueger as Tripoli played an hour and 40 minutes. Wade Homan and Nichols logged batteries for Tripoli while Rollins and Rourke worked for Denver. Tripoli to play Waverly next Sunday. Fredericksburg crushed Clarksville 23 to 5 in a postponed Cedar Valley game. Schnorr pitched and Noon caught, with Nashua to come next Sunday. Welcher blanked Nashua 8 to 0 at Waverly as Flood homered for the winning side. Tripoli scheduled to host next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tigers
Rollins
Fredericksburg
Krueger
Tripoli Moundsman
R. H. E. Tripoli
Denver
Homan
Nichols
Rourke
Tripoli
Waverly
Clarksville
Schnorr
Nashua
Welcher
Flood
Butter Market Shows Improvement In Central Markets
Des Moines reports lighter butter receipts in July have left August 1 cold storage 30 million pounds below last year and 28 million below the five year average. Reduced output due to dry weather and pastures, with fair demand, has nudged prices upward. Egg and poultry storage totals are under last year and near the five year average, keeping a favorable outlook for poultry and eggs alongside butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Tripoli Butter Entry to State Fair Butter Championship
Wm. Krueger Tripoli Creamery Company of Tripoli will compete with 90 Iowa butter makers for the butter making championship of Iowa at the Midwest Dairy Exposition opening August 26 as part of the Iowa State Fair. A 20 pound tub of prize butter in the $700 championship will be entered, with diplomas medals and cash prizes planned. Officials say the butter show will be the largest in the fair’s history in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Krueger
Tripoli Creamery Company
Tripoli
Iowa
Wm. Krueger Tripoli Creamery Company
A. R. Corey
Des Moines
Mrs Gladys Koch Hosts Weekend Slumber Party
Miss Gladys Koch entertained five of her lady friends at her parents home east of town Saturday night. The group joined for Sunday breakfast and dinner, then traveled to New Hampton in the afternoon for a swimming pool outing and finished with a park picnic there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Koch
John Koch
New Hampton
Buchanan brothers visit Belmond with mother
Donald Buchanan of Waterloo traveled Sunday to Belmond to escort his brother Ray Buchanan and Ray’s wife to visit their mother Mrs. Dora Buchanan. They spent the day with Mrs. Dora Buchanan and returned afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Buchanan
Waterloo
Ray Buchanan
Belmond
Dora Buchanan
Moehling Reunion Held at Denver Park
The first Moehling relatives reunion, descendants of John Moehling sr, gathered at Denver city park on Sunday August 16. Mrs Frank Koch presided as chairman and a business meeting elected William Moehling Fredericksburg as president and another William Moehling Denver as vice president with Mrs Theo Steege Fredericksburg as secretary treasurer. The group plans annual reunions on the 2nd Sunday in August with a 250 person picnic and program. Attendees came from Fredericksburg Sumner Fayette Westgate Waterloo Waverly Readlyn Maxfield Tripoli Cedar Rapids and Denver. the farthest were Mr and Mrs Ernest Bruns from Washington state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moehling
John Moehling
Denver
Frank Koch
Tripoli
Bremer County
William Moehling
Fredericksburg
Theo. Steege
Denver Park
Koch
Frederickburg
Sumner
Fayette
Westgate
Waterloo
Waverly
Readlyn
Maxfield
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Bruns
State of Washington
Jurors Chosen for September District Court Term
The district court named a list of jurors to report at 10 a.m. on September 15, 1931, for the September term. The summons include names from Waverly Janesville Plainfield Sumner Tripoli Denver and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Said County
Fred Bergmann
Waverly
Chris Meier
George Dietz
Plainfield
John Stromer
Tripoli
Harvey Dix
Janesville
Grace Hinshaw
E. R. DuBois
Mae Bye
Ray Pipho
Denver
Herman H. Ostrogge
Elmer Shipp
Carl Ziehe
M. W. Scott
C. A. Marks
Sumner
J. A. Smith
Ella Lempke
Springer
R. F. Thieman
C. W. Hildebrandt
A. C. Epley
Grace Long
Clarence Bryan
Hattie Page
Art Droste
B. H. Cave
Leslie Neubauer
T. P. Litz
Geo. Chamberlin
M. D. Benedict
H. A. Morey
Bad Western Iowa farming conditions discussed by E. E. Graves
E. E. Graves of the northeast reports to a Leader reporter on returning from Sioux City that drought and grasshoppers ruined crops in western Iowa. Farmers lack feed and sell stock at low prices. even 200 acres of corn may yield nothing. He contrasts with better conditions in their own county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Graves
Town
Sioux City
Mr. Graves
Leader
Graves
Sumner family hurt in auto accident near New Hampton
Sumner special report: Mrs Henry Faust of Sumner sustained a fracture of the right wrist while the Faust children from Oelwein were cut about the face and head when the car carrying the Faust families ran into a ditch four miles west of New Hampton Sunday. Other party members were bruised. The accident was caused by a broken steering gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Henry Faust
Earl Faust
Oelwein
Faust
New Hampton
Henry C Schoenbeck Buried at Sumner
Henry C Schoenbeck aged 59 died Saturday after an operation for relief of all bladder disease. The funeral was held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran church officiated by Rev. F H Schedtler. Burial followed in St. John's Lutheran cemetery north of Sumner.
Marriage of Leo Waterman and Edith Hunemueller at New Hampton
Leo Calvin Waterman son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Waterman north of town wed Edith Hunemueller daughter of Will Hunemueller south of Tripoli on Thursday August 6 at New Hampton. Justice of Peace C A Upham performed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Calvin Waterman
Calvin Waterman
Town
Edith Hunemueller
Will Huenmueller
Tripoli
New Hampton
Justice of Peace
C. A. Upham
Death Summons Mrs. F. Droste at Mercy Hospital
Mrs. Fred Droste, 65, died August 12 at Mercy hospital after a three day illness from a large intestinal abscess. Survived by husband, five daughters, two sons, two sisters, and many neighbors. Funeral at Kaiser funeral home with Rev. E. H. Rausch officiating. burial in Lutheran cemetery. more than fifty cars in procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Droste
Fred Droste
Mercy Hospital
H. Wilharm
Kaiser Funeral Home
E. H. Rausch
Foreign War Veteran Post Organized Here
F. W. W. Post organized a Foreign War Veteran Post with 31 members currently, expected to grow soon. Named for Joe W. Cretzmeyer who died in France, officers elected include A. C. Kohlman as commander and Ross P. Tibbetts as senior vice commander. Meetings are set for the second Monday monthly at the Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. W. Post
Foreign War Veteran Post
Joe W. Cretzmeyer
France
A. C. Kohlman
Ross P. Tibbetts
Er. J. Livingston
H. L. Broderson
W. F. Hayes
Edward Knott
Frank Curtis
Carl Hartman
Frank Sturdevant
Henry W. Battke
A. J. Gaffney
Legion Hall
Mrs Julia Berger Dies at 85 in City Home
Mrs Julia Berger aged 85 died Saturday afternoon at her daughter’s home in this city due to old age and complications. She came from California four years ago to live with her daughter and is survived by four daughters in Illinois and California. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 30 p m at the Schiefelbein home with Rev J K Hawkins officiating. burial followed in Harlington cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Berger
E. A. Schifelbein
Berger
California
L. J. Ericson
Madeira
Illinois
Lena Berger
Alma Berger
Los Angeles
Calif
E. A. Schiefelbein
Schiefelbein
J. K. Hawkins
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harlington Cemetery
Mrs John Dempsey Dies in Belmond Iowa
Relatives and friends mourn Mrs John Dempsey formerly of this city died at her Belmond Iowa home after a stroke. She had been ill for years and suffered another stroke about a week before death. Survived by husband and several children. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Belmond Monday morning. Mr and Mrs W J Dempsey and family attended from here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmond Waverly
John Dempsey
Belmond
Iowa
W. J. Dempsey
Beloit Woman Dies From Burns Inflicted by Percolator
Mrs. Mary Mooney learned last Wednesday noon that her Beloit Kansas niece, daughter of Mr and Mrs Timothy Lynch of Logan Kansas, died that day from burns caused by an electric percolator and related shock and infection. Her sons Hugh and Ed mourn the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mooney
Beloit
Kansas
Timothy Lynch
Logan
Hugh
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Judge Hopkins
Anther
Greenland
Frank Hawks
Chicago
Newak
Southway
Buffalo
N.Y
Unmm
Te Venknen
Duluth
Ourself
Han’ Charles Chaplin
Lenora Kirchman
Piegors
Congregational Church
ST. Peters Evangelical
ST. John’s Lutheran
Wayback
E, J, Stech
Tripoli Tigers
Fredericksb
Waverly & Nashua
R. H. E. Nashua Waverly
F. Gambaiani
Bullis
Jones
Strike
Pet
Dunkerton
Tripoli Denver
Henry C. Schoenbeck
Waverly News
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