Tripoli High School Wins Big in Doubleheader
Tripoli's first and junior high basketball teams posted their highest scores against Plainfield, 57 to 22 and 65 to 5. The Tripoli boys are shifting from football to basketball, promising strong winter exhibitions. Locals travel to Frederika Thursday for the lone game before vacation.
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Tripoli
Frederika
Borchert
Holmes
Ll Baumgartner
Hankner
Bunger
Schlichting
Bennett
Eichmann
Krueger
F Harmening
C Frese
Crinklaw
Junior high declamatory contest to be held in Tripoli and Plainfield
The junior high declamatory contest with Plainfield will be held December 20 at the Tripoli opera house and in Plainfield. First and second place in dramatic and third and fourth in humorous will speak in Tripoli. The primary band will also participate with selections for Christmas.
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Plainfield
Tripoli Opera House
Tripoli
Fee Doll
Marjorie Corbett
Shirley Hale
Ness
Zatha Kroll
Buddy
Mildred Woodruff
Dear Santa Claus List for Christmas wishes
A child writes a playful Christmas list asking for a cap with goggles a Tarzan book a comb and a wheelbarrow Notes include ending with a sentence fragment and festive tone
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Santa Claus
Santa letters from children inquiring gifts and Mrs Santa Claus health
A long, friendly collection of Christmas wish lists from numerous children. Each note asks Santa for toys such as xylophones, dolls, trains, ice skates, and candy while repeatedly asking about Mrs Santa Claus health and diphtheria safety. The letters mention school trees and fall into a warm, hopeful tone.
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Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa Claus
James Crittenden
Naomi Berlin
Uncle Ben
Verla June Hagen
Mary Ruth Bradfield
Mrs.Santa Claus
Fifth Grade Class Plans Christmas Sing and Gift Exchange
Miss Conklin's class announces a decorated Christmas tree, homemade ornaments, and a Friday carol sing along with a small party and gift exchange. Students also wrote desert tales in English class and two standout stories will be published.
Desert Life of Martha in a Daring Young Author Card
Zenovia Henning writes Martha a child’s view of desert life. She explains water from oases, camel huts, and camels storing water and food. Martha notes family roles, cooking kouskous, and mats sewn by girls. Boys herd sheep while girls learn crafts and play spear and switch games.
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Zenovia Henning
Martha
Kouskous
Leota Bahlman
Arabia
Sarah
Joseph
Daddy
My Desert Life and Odds and Ends from Osaka Ads
A desert childhood narrative from Sarah describes nomadic life in Arabia with camels and sheep, family roles, clothing, food, and lessons at home. The piece shifts to Osaka store ads offering friendly signs, fast deliveries, vinegar praise, and a quip about courtesy for wives.
Looking Backward In the Leader's Files
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO December 24 1908 Elmer McKeown and Clyde Kelsey are home from Waterloo to spend their holiday vacation. Louis Fink is assisting at the Mercantile Co. during his school vacation from Oelwein. L Schuknecht O Wynhoff H Claus Louis Fink Herman Fritz and the two Warneke boys are home from the Oelwein school to spend two weeks’ vacation.
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Elmer McKeown
Clyde Kelsey
Waterloo
Louis Fink
The
Mercantile Co
Oelwein
L. Schuknecht
O. Wynhoff
H. Claus
Herman Fritz
Warneke
L. W. Stagner
D. P. Redeman
Chas. Franklin
J. F. Keough
Alaska
F. C. Schwein
Death of Mrs Louise Schnadt in Tripoli
Ten years ago notes report the death of Mrs Louise Schnadt at her Tripoli home on December 18 at age 65. The item also lists local holiday visits from Henry Fink, Paul Kramer, George Bisby, Eva Rohrssen, Ruth Husband, and others, plus a social evening of progressive 500 with prizes won by Wm Warner, Josephine Schnurstein, Dorothy Clasen, and Leslie Kelsey.
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Louise Schnadt
Tripoli
Henry Fink
Paul Kramer
Iowa City
George Bisby
Eva Rohrssen
Waterloo
Louis Rohrssen
Ruth Husband
Chicago
L. J. Smith
Zatha Gunsalus
Bremer Creamery resigns buttermaker to new Hampton post
Five years ago on December 26 1928 Theo Slack resigned as buttermaker for the Bremer Creamery Co and accepted a similar position in New Hampton. Iowa City man A Stegeman and Dr Leo Ladage of Waterloo visited Mr and Mrs H C Ladage. Mrs Louisa Begerow 82 died.
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Theo. Slack
Bremer Creamery Co
New Hampton
A. Stegeman
Iowa City
Leo Ladage
Waterloo
Ladage
H. C. Ladage
Louisa Begerow
Obituary and brief market notes from early edition
Wednesday morning. Death was due to infirmities of old age. Her death was very sudden as she had been up and around up to the time she was stricken. Mrs. H. H. Sorg has been confined to her home because of an attack of influenza. Markets five years ago were: Eggs 37c, heavy springs 23¢, ducks 18c, geese 16c, good hogs $8.00, sows $7.50, veal calves $5 to $11.
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H. H. Sorg
Christmas Services at St Pauls Siegel
Siegel St Pauls Lutheran Church invites attendees to a December 24 6 30 p m Christmas program and a December 25 10 a m Christmas service led by pastor C G Gerlach. Local residents and visitors are noted in a series of social updates and visits across nearby towns.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Siegel
C. G. Gerlach
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Violet Shipp
Dunkirk
Schuck, G
Miss Boyle
F. F. Moeller
Artesian, Iowa
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
Iowa
Ralph Fink
Ray Fink
Betty Rea
Jeanett Pearl Drewis
Virginia Rea
Santa Clau
Arnold Nielsen
Marie Hanff
Donna Marie Lee
Orville Stoffregen
Donna Jean Matthiesen
Evelyn Sievers
Robert Selck
Bunny Brown
Sue
Irma Piegers
Dear Santa Claus
Lorin Lester Eichmann
Miss Conklin
Desert
Osaka
Gustave Sheweman
Margaret
Carl
Will Behrens
F. W. Bergmann
LaThorpe
Behrens
Siegel Creamery
Will
E. A. Hasff
Fred Kragel
Gerhardt
Fred Tralle
Latimer
Arthur Meyer
Kraegel
Tom Sievers
Waverly
Church Council of
Tripoli Creamery Co
Tripoli, Iowa
Buechele Lumber Co
A. W. Buechele
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