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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1934
Page
8
The article discusses fats and oils, noting the shift from butter and lard to vegetable fats, new formulas, and government approved shortenings. It covers deep fat frying temperatures between 350 and 400 degrees, a bread-bread test timing, and proper draining for digestible results.
Leader's Large Correspondent Staff compiles a roundup of daily happenings across districts. Citizens, clubs, and local firms engage in events, projects, and social activities shaping community life with small-scale anecdotes and notes.
A 35 person group of friends and relatives met at Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sullivan's home on Wednesday to observe their fifteenth wedding anniversary with dancing and late supper. Various local families hosted dinners and visits throughout the week with numerous guests from Douglas township. A note then mentions Margaret Sanger and a Washington birth control convention with NRA imagery, discussing birth control and sterilization.
Henry Heideman and grandson George Drewis visited Pete Goodenbour's home Wednesday. Many relatives gathered for Charles birthday including Will Schultz family and Ernest Schumacher group. Various visits to homes of Schumacher, Jahnke, Kelsey, Carsten sen, and Heideman marked a busy weekend with meals and a community hall meeting in Waverly.
Artesian residents held a monthly meeting at the C. J. Meier home last Thursday. Numerous visits and birthday observances occurred across Bremer county as families hosted relatives and friends at homes from Friday to Sunday.
Mr and Mrs August Kuker and daughters Lorena and Vada with Mr and Mrs Louie Meyer and daughter Verla hosted and visited friends in multiple homes. Various locals like Alvin Sommer, Louie Meyer, Art Brandt, George Kuepker Jr and family, Arnold Kiichmann of Florida, and others appear in visits, church services, travels to Clarion and Chosen Florida, and a corn hog meeting in Tripoli.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dohrman and daughter Leota visited the Albert Hunnemueller home Sunday afternoon. Several couples and families, including the Peters, Kuhrt, Zander, Lang, Ganske, Hagenow, Deterding, Wolfgram, Towne, Nolt ing, and others, were seen visiting or hosting gatherings through Friday and Sunday evenings. A turkey dinner marked Edna Blah birthday anniversary and multiple families shared visits at various homes in the region.
A stout actor arrived late for rehearsals prompting the producer to ask for Blank’s whereabouts. A friend revealed he had gone to the tailor to be measured for a suit, but the producer quipped about the word survey.
The article explains that prewar hog prices and fair exchange value were aligned at $7.24 per hundredweight. Since World War I, farm prices lagged fair exchange value except in 1926 when hog supply shrank. In 1932 farm hog prices averaged $3.47 while commodity prices were above prewar, pushing fair exchange value to $7.76. The disparity was $4.28. Agricultural Adjustment Act 1934 aims to reduce this gap and restore hog prices to fair exchange value.
Readlyn notes a newborn son to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Koschmeder with Irene Ostrogge helping care for the mother and baby. The column lists visits to Dr. and Mrs. E. N. Osnes and gatherings at several homes, including birthday celebrations for Chris Brockman and various family and community events and hospital notices.
Neighborhood notices describe a chimney fire near Nolte residence, quickly controlled after two chemical tanks were applied. Mrs A E Wetherell marked her 94th birthday with friends visiting. Mr and Mrs A C Mooney of Oelwein visited Mary Mooney's family. Firemen hosted their annual families supper Tuesday night. Deveer Downing named storekeeper for distributing pork butter and ration goods.
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