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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1934
Page
4
The two year budget for the Roosevelt era totals about 16 billion dollars with half for recovery agencies. A wartime contrast shows 35 billion spent in World War I, much of it never recovered, underscoring public questioning of current expenditures and their value. Bremer County faces highway and local aid delays while party control shifts.
Citizens warned about buying from strangers as a slick peddler touts a toothpaste trial offer at 25c a package, double the value sold elsewhere. Local merchants could have sold the same item, keeping money in town. State sales tax is shown as a replacement tax. property tax for 1933 will be cancelled, shifting burden to sales tax.
Editorial argues the state liquor store system wastes funds with oversized buildings, bloated payrolls, and overstocked inventories. It contends the plan has failed to curb bootlegging and shifted profits into state deficits. The Madisonian urges drastic reforms or abandonment of the current approach.
The article notes about half of U S farmhouses need extensive repairs and 20 percent require new roofs. If all repairs were done, costs reach 3.5 billion dollars, averaging 575 per house. Many rural homes lack interior plumbing and modern labor saving devices, with farm homes 25 years behind urban ones, presenting a vast market for builders and manufacturers and a boost to employment and purchasing power.
The Hon Edward ONeal former Farm Bureau president denounces the Republican party for opposing Democratic agricultural relief policies. He claims Republicans in corn belt states back measures they deem beneficial, while Democrats inflate holes with added commissions and political patronage, harming farmers.
Iowa's liquor commission orders reduce staff at most state stores after finding overmanning and unsustainable overhead. The move aims to stop operating loss making outlets and streamline operations across locations.
A Humboldt Republican item notes widespread drought impacts with Russia Germany and China affected alongside the United States. It highlights Iowa’s favorable conditions and bountiful crops as a potential relief to the nation and world.
Leary returns from Minneapolis with Mrs Garner's daughters Sister Della Reta and Vera Mae visiting from Winnipeg. Bud Lavell to compete in Grand American shooting handicap in Vandalia. Waverly banks approved for home modernization loans. Local residents travel, illness, and family notes fill the column including Miss Pauline Schulze's sister ill in South Dakota and Century of Progress song prize winner Margaret Sager. Over 500 workers at local canning plant with two shifts. 87 year old Edmund DeGraw celebrates birthday amid frail health. Golf results split prize money after tie for second in northeast Waterloo tournament. Anniversary party honors Mr and Mrs Henry Hoeper with 24 guests.
Chicago reports the Century of Progress Exposition will close on October 31 after two years, with attendance over 9 million in September and October. Officials emphasize the two-year run fulfilled President Roosevelt's intent and promise more spectacles before demolition begins.
Twenty five years ago August 26 1909 J F Barkknecht and family leave for Owatonna Minnesota to visit her brother Julius Hawke then Baraboo Wisconsin Fred Bull resigns as Tripoli Mercantile clerk and becomes rural carrier on route 2 next Tuesday Wm Warner turns 10 with a party Joe Sien visits his old partner near Waterloo J H Carstensen goes to Des Moines to rejoin the police force at the state fair Market prices list eggs 19c butter 30c potatoes 80c to 1 veal 6c to 8c hides 7c to 9c chickens 12c hogs 6 80 corn 55c
Ten years ago in August 1924 Fred Buchholz Jr died at his home after a prolonged illness. Heavy rainfall caused the Wapsie River and tributaries to overflow. Mrs Anna Westendorf quietly married Ernest Stiby in Denver on August 22. Rev K Koehler from Berlin arrived to lead St Pauls Evangelical. Wendell Krull returned from Iowa City to visit before joining Northwestern College Naperville Ill as zoology head. Nellie Cross married Rev Edwin Koch in Columbus Ohio on August 19.
This blotty column recalls residents traveling to Chicago and Rosemont Minnesota visits including Herman Huegli Elmer Will Steinbron and the Bartelt family. It reports hospital recovery for Nels Debel and lists era market prices for eggs hogs veal and poultry.
Mr and Mrs Louie Meyer and family traveled to Des Moines for the state fair returning Sunday. Several local couples and relatives visited Waverly and hospital guests including Ford Meyer. Lorena Kuker and Lorena’s church family joined in local baptisms as Edwin Kasemeier welcomed a baby girl.
Sunday morning events center on gatherings at Read- land with Donna Mae Helen Fame and Mr. and Mrs. William Struck hosting their daughter Doris. Relatives including Jon Struck Ruby and Carmen, Leona Tift, Ford Meyer, Lorin, Robert, and Jean visit grandparents and Mrs. Ernest Bodermann, while others travel to Keystone for the Lutherans’ thirty seventh annual synod.
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