Soap Trick Helps Thread Needles With Ease
A tip explains rubbing the thread over a cake of ivory soap to form a stiff point that passes through a needle eye easily. Thin soap slices remaining after use are handy in the workbasket for this purpose.
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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1933
Page
3
Cleaning a Sewing Machine Thoroughly
Clean the sewing machine with a soap solution made by dissolving Ivory soap in boiling water. Wash with hot suds, scrub difficult parts with an old toothbrush, and dry with cloth. Use a cloth-wrapped screwdriver to reach hidden areas, then oil after drying. Ensure all parts are reached and dried thoroughly.
Buttonhole Help For Raveling Goods
Make buttonholes in fabric that tends to fray by applying a small amount of ivory soap to the underside. The soap acts as a temporary lubricant, reducing fraying while you work.
Interesting News Items of What Folks All Around Us Are Doing
A compiled roundup from Leader's Correspondent Staff highlights local hobbies events and everyday actions across communities. The column notes small gatherings exhibitions and personal milestones with brisk summaries and a civic tone.
Bremer Congregation Holds Annual Meetings
Local residents attended a Sunday afternoon Bremer Congregation gathering where officers were elected including Emil Michael and Herman Eick as trustees, Herman Mummeltie as collector, Ernest Kucker as secretary, and Emil Wente as janitor. Visitors from nearby towns joined the event and several families were noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Carstensen
Margaret
Will Osterman
Arthur Pries
Henry Hennings
Edwin
Ed. Hagenow
L. O. Wolper
Waverly
Wm. Schultz
Emil Pries
Bremer
Emil Michael
Herman Eick
Herman Mummeltie
Ernest Kuker
Emil Wente
Anna
Wm. Oestman
Gustav Pries
Harry
Winona
Minn
Esther
Elda Pries
Martha Pries
Erwin Wedemeier
August Flege
St Pauls Senior and Junior Society Elect Officers
St Pauls senior league annual meeting January 6 elected Herman Thies as president Burton Stumme as vice president Wilma Dickman as treasurer Olga Torgler as secretary Agnes Schumacher as librarian and Gertrude Griese as organist The St Pauls Junior Society held its meeting January 5 with all officers re elected Also notes guests Mr and Mrs Wm Albrecht at Waverly and visitors Mr and Mrs A J Schumacher at the Schwer home in Denver plus a joking exchange about cold remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Senior League
Enr
Herman Thies
Burton Stumme
Wilma Dickman
Olga Torgler
Agnes Schumacher
Gertrude Griese
St. Paul’s Junior Society
Wm. Albrecht
G.W. Bredow
Waverly
A. J. Schumacher
H. J. Schwer
Denver
Community Sunday Visits South of Tripoli
Mr. and Mrs. Kanter and numerous neighbors shared Sunday visits and gatherings across several households in the South of Tripoli area. Readers note frequent name-drawn social calls among local families including Peters, Wolfgram, Ludwig, Niemeyer, Dohrman, Kuhrt, Hagenow, Towne, and Schellhorn among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Kanter
Rudolph Ludwig
Will Towne
C. L. Myers
W. J. Peters
Henry Blasberg
John Wolfgram
Theo. Peters
Margaret Holmes
Hedgar
Erwin Blasberg
John Peters
Alex Meyer
F. L. Niemeyer
Fred Wolfgram
Fred Everding
Garl Peters
Theo Peters
Ed Thurm
Fred Dohrman
Chris Zander
J. C. Peters
Richard Wolf
Leota
Herman Judas
Henry Tegtmeier
F. C. Kuhrt
Chas. Prestien
Herman Hagenow
Erna
Arthur Borcherding
Louis Rohrsson
Herman Hagen
Erwin Bunger
Louie Towne
Waverly
Rudolph Koch
Oliver Bunger
Henry Schmidt
Darlene
Edward Kuhrt
Henry Schellhorn
Louie Wascow
Carl Kammeyer
Ernest Schellhorn
Fred Tegtmeier
Fred Brase
Will Lampe
H. H. Schmidt
Frank Koch
P. G. Bloeser
Denver
Henry Frese
Alfred Koch
H. C. Bunger
Fredericksburg
Lavern Schmidt
Dickens Fellowship Holds Conference at Gad's Hill Rochester
Charles Dickens and Sir Henry Dickens spoke at the twenty sixth Dickens Fellowship meeting held at Gad's Hill Place Rochester where Dickens lived the last fourteen years. Henry Dickens recalled his father's advice to always do his best and put heart and soul into every task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens Fellowship
Gad’s Hill Place
Rochester
Charles Dickens
Henry Dickens
London Times
Delirious Wife Framed by Helpful Nurse Exchange
A nurse describes a patient spouse as delirious after a day of repeating his name and asking for money. Mr Jones reacts with skepticism, insisting the condition is not delirium. The exchange highlights a humorous miscommunication in a clinical corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jones
Obituary of Mrs Katherine Engel Sophie Weihe
Katherine Engel Sophie Weihe born March 6 1843 in Behren Hessia Germany died January 6 at age 89. She immigrated to America 1867 with Heinrich Weihe and farmed in Cook and Bremer counties Iowa. Survived by eight children 46 grandchildren 90 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral at Buck Creek Lutheran Church January 10 conducted by Rev H Kuhlmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Engel Sophie Weihe
Heinrich Schaefer
Behren
Hessia
Germany
Meine
Hohenhorsten
Heinrich Weihe
Tripoli
Wm. Tegtmeier
Waterloo
Fritz Dieckmann
Elgin
Ill
Carl Winning
Fritz Niemeier
Wm. Slack
Waverly
Herman Weihe
Buck Creek
Carl Sell
Sumner
Buck Creek Lutheran Church
Rev
H. Kuhlmann
No Such Luck in-law joke line turns back to Henry
A brief comic exchange where a mother-in-law asks about being late and Henry replies he never was an optimist, implying a resigned, humorous denial of trouble. The dialogue captures a domestic, light mood with a touch of self-deprecating wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Men of Thirty Beyond Fear of Many Diseases
A Philadelphia Record writer notes thirty marks a turning point in health. After twenty beyond ten you outgrow many illnesses, with anemia, acne, consumption, rheumatic fever, epilepsy, and goitre becoming unlikely or absent by age thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
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