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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
4
FOR SALE M AND M LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS Minerals vitamins drug compounds quality products Elmer Haverkamp Route 1 Waverly Phone Plainfield 26 F1il (7tf)
Classified ad item offers young cornfed beef quarters at 35c and 25c per pound by Virgil Schwabe located 244 miles east of Tripoli. Also notes Singer electric sewing machines from Olson Sewing Machine Company with repossessions, like new, payments under six installments, $6.50 per month at 853 Nineteenth Des Moines.
Wanted experienced candlers apply in person at Kramer Produce in Tripoli. Linotype operators needed. Start in well paid trade by enrolling at the State University of Iowa. Next class starts Feb 4. Consult your local publisher or write School of Journalism Iowa City Ia.
A chain saw is missing after falling from a truck between Tripoli and Readlyn on Wednesday morning. Finder urged to return the tool to the Bremer County Maintenance shed located in Tripoli or Readlyn.
The patients of the Bremer County Home express gratitude for the gifts given throughout the past year and for the support of church groups and pastors. The message thanks all who contributed to the home and its residents.
Francis A. Kutish of Iowa State College says Americans spent more in 1956 than 1955 but with slower spending growth than income. Consumer expenditures rose about half of total, with non durable goods and services up, auto spending down, and investments boosting expansion. Government spending edged up, driven by state and local projects. For 1957, growth should continue at a similar pace, though tighter materials and labor may push more price increases. State and local governments expected to again drive part of the rise.
The USDA foresees growth in private investment but slower plant spend and steady housing. Farm incomes rise about five percent, with higher cash receipts from livestock and mixed crop outcomes. Wheat exports may reach 400 million bushels plus, while corn carry becomes larger and hog prices rise. Cattle output steady, milk output up modestly, and fats and oils approach 1956 levels.
In Sumner Thursday night action, Bowing Kramer's Chicks defeated Frid ley's Feed three to one. Margaret Fink led the victors with a 169 high game and 456 series while teammates Selck Green Tonne and Goodenbour added solid scores. Line scores show Fink 125 162 169 for 456 and team totals 533 644 721. Hiroshima was blasted by the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.
The Iowa taxation study committee presented an 18 month effort with 49 recommendations for changes in tax laws, excluding sales tax. Lawmakers will study the report as four members were defeated in elections along with Governor Hoegh. Only one committee member will return to push the recommendations.
Tripoli reports discuss highway right of way purchases and selling unused farm ground by contract to speed interstate work. Iowa tax withholdings face opposition from taxpayers, while Governor Hoegh defers a special session on tax reform. A plan to raise speed limits in small towns prompts Motor Club study on primary road safety.
Mrs. Emelia Sommerfelt hosted New Year’s Day dinner at her home with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sommerfelt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Judisch and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Harmening and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Weltzin and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sommerfelt and family, and afternoon guests Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heideman.
Christmas visits and gatherings fill the Readlyn area with numerous households hosting relatives from Sumner Hawkeye Cedar Falls and Chicago. Baptism at Beevers home with Dornbusch officiating. St Matthew Lutheran League officers listed. January 6 clinic plans noted for Readlyn Inde pendence locations.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday January 8 at 8 p m at Tripoli Town hall. Hostesses will be Mrs. Fred Helm Mrs. Robert Selek and Mrs. R J Bunger.
Social Security Administration officials from Waterloo district office will be at the Wa verly courthouse from 10 a m to 12 noon on January 11 to assist the public. A health projection states about 110 000 healthy people today will develop tuberculosis within a year.
County Extension Director Doyle Gordon urges Bremer county farmers to critically analyze their poultry ventures using the Iowa Demonstration flock report for 1955-56. W. R. Whitfield notes records show past performance and guide future practices, with copies available at Gordons office.
Iowa farmers raised a record 5,744,000 turkeys in 1955, up 29 percent from 1954, placing Iowa fourth in national production. Cash receipts reached 26,274,000 dollars with gross turkey income near 26,328,000 dollars. Prices held steady or higher than last year, boosting growers' earnings.
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