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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1952
Page
9
A piece on rugmaking as a creative winter hobby for homemakers. It covers fabric sources from scraps and old clothing, types like braided and crocheted rugs, and design tips including color harmony, rug size, and fabric choices. It emphasizes wool for durability and suggests planning to align rug colors with room decor.
R J Mueller of Sumner closed his Tripoli shoe repair shop in the Garland grocery, moving stock to Sumner. Miss Bertha Lewis of Northwestern Bell will resign Jan 31 to move to Minneapolis. Mrs E A Carsten sen becomes manager. Hattie Tiedt and Emil Seekatz wed at St Pauls Lutheran. Local markets list eggs and meat prices. Tripoli drives on Red Cross funds. a Denver infantile paralysis drive chair is named. Tripoli Panthers beat Denver 46 to 16. earlier 27 to 26 win over Janesville. State funds allocate part of motor fuel tax to Tripoli. Notable deaths include Mrs Caroline Notting, Irwin J Franklin. New 16mm projector planned by Tripoli schools. Local burglaries, basketball wins, and personal patents noted. Retiring Rev A C Woodcock to leave August 1 after nine years. Theodore Shriver dies in Tripoli. Estate sale at Anna Berlin property. Henry Otto dies in Readlyn. Hospital notes and recovering patients listed.
The Clerk of the District Court in Bremer County Iowa announces a will possibly of Wm Behrend deceased on file and schedules January 26 1952 at 10 am for probate at the court house in Webster City with appearance to show cause if any why the will should not be admitted to probate. Mary E Cretzmeyer Clerk District Court and Deputy Florence Stephenson certify the notice dated December 31 1951.
The county board met in January 1952 to review claims and authorize payments. Expenditures covered supplies, postage, janitorial and maintenance costs, juror fees, social welfare funds, hospitalization, road maintenance, insurance, and payroll items across numerous departments and vendors including Monroe Calculating Machine Co, Northwestern Bell, Platte D-X Station, Tripoli Leader, and the Iowa Old Age and Survivor's Insurance program.
The Fremont township family living group met at Mrs. Vernon Wikner's home on Tuesday January 8 from 1030 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thirteen members attended the lesson Quick Meals on Busy Days led by Mrs. Robert Chapin and Mrs. Leon Kleiss. Members received basic all purpose mix recipes for cakes biscuits and coffee cakes to save time and energy. A noon potluck dinner followed with white cake and coffee cakes for dessert. Three games were played and songs sung led by recreation chair Mrs. Everett Engle. Mrs. Leon Kleiss becomes the new chairman for the coming year.
State of Iowa filed offenses against Emery Earle Walker in Waverly, and Mervon C. Homan in Waverly, both charged with OMVI. Irvin B. Tokheim of Goldfield faces overload counts in the Bremer County docket. A stray assertion notes California as hosting the US sea level extremes.
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