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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1955
Page
9
Iowa State extension hort specialist Ben Vance offers winter care advice for houseplants. Maintain steady temperatures 55 to 75 degrees, provide light, water moderately, ensure good drainage, and repot crowded roots. Use plant food monthly in good weather and adjust for cloudy periods.
A 1910s era column notes local ill health and deaths including Mrs. Schmidt with pneumonia and Louie Pichelman. births, a barn fire near Tripoli and a truck collision near Main Street. It records farm sales, property purchases, contest fame for Glen Anderson, baptisms, and upcoming cantata The Christmas Vision in St Peters church.
In Algona, residents approved a $544 000 school improvement program through a local vote. The plan aims to upgrade facilities and expand educational services across district schools.
Lloyd Hansen of Correctionville escaped serious injury when Jim Admire’s gun discharged striking the top of Hansen’s head. He required 15 stitches to close the wound.
Bremer county, already above its 1955 savings bond quota, reached 120 percent with $1,580,472 in sales. The Iowa totals for the 11 months show 99 percent of the annual goal, with counties Butler, Chickasaw, Black Hawk and Fayette also exceeding their quotas. The national average is 90 percent.
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