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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1958
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official weekly newspaper of Tripoli Iowa Bremer County published each Wednesday. Established in 1894 with William A Buckley as publisher, it offers subscriptions for 3.00 per year in state and 3.50 elsewhere.
4-H clubs report July to August events with Readlyn and Wapsie groups. Dorothy Buhr joins as new member. awards and demonstrations noted. Plans for fair entries, tickets, and future softball games discussed. Bull news covers import of a Black Angus bull from Scotland at $5,000.
Free cooking demonstrations will be available to local women groups and school Home Economics classes from January 14 to 16. Demonstrations will be given to groups of 50 or more, with Nancy Haven of Western Beet Sugar Producers, Inc. coordinating. Miss Haven will also lecture January 13 at the Town Hall on using beet sugar for frostings and desserts, as part of Bremer County Extension Service’s Home Making lessons beginning September 2. The Town Hall event will be open to all county women.
Guidance on measuring feet, ensuring room at the ball and toes, snug heel, firm flexible sole, and arch support. Recommends saddle shoes or loafers for school, canvas for sports, leather for hiking, sandals for picnics, and simple comfortable dress shoes. Emphasizes care to extend shoe life.
Sunday gatherings marked family celebrations at the Peiper and Shook homes with baptisms of Ellis William Jr. and Jeffrey Lynn at St Matthew's Lutheran. Bridal showers honored Mary Werner ahead of her August 10 wedding to Edward Fischer. Dornbusch family visits and ordination services noted, plus a TiTonica ordination anniversary and local birthday observances. Old horses drew attention at Schaller horse show with riders including John Harris and Al Carlson.
The July 1 USDA report shows the nation’s lamb crop 4 percent larger than last year and 7 percent above the 1947 56 average. Iowa's feeder lamb outlook remains weak, with 13 western states up 5 percent in production led by Texas Colorado and Wyoming. California grows as a lamb market, feeder lamb prices expected to rise into late summer and fall. By Jan 1 1958 16 percent more ewe lambs kept for breeding, total feeder lambs down 8 percent from a year earlier. Growth driven by farmer interest and the wool incentive program, while cattle ranching remains a family enterprise. The note ends with a stray line: The name England originated from Anglo land.
Seven remodeling projects wrap or under way in the Tri poli area include a new poultry canning room at Tripoli Canning Co. Inc. and a kitchen dining area merge at the C. F. Heideman home. Main contractor is U. L. Moeller Construction Co., with work on farms and dairy barn upgrades nearby.
Remodeling efforts across the region include a corner residence at First Street and First Avenue N.E. adding a Wurlitzer organ and built in cabinetry, while Ernest House expands a 12 by 18 foot room to 18 by 30 feet. At Alfred Hahn farm north of Tripoli interior upgrades and a full basement proceed, and Tripoli Opera House is now Tripoli Bowl-In after a three month project installing bowling lanes and revised seating and a new ceiling. Revenue figures accompany several property transfers and tract sales in Sumner and Waverly, with multiple deeds recorded.
Harry J. Anton and wife transfer to Herbert Niemann and wife for $1 and revenue 15.40 the lot 2 block 3 Fridyli es addi tion to Sumner. Mabel Ernst Carroll and husband transfer to Glen V. Lundberg and wife for $1 and revenue 15.40 the south 34 feet of west 54 feet of lot 4 block 12 William I Sturdevant's addition to Waver.
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