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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1931
Page
8
Gathered by Leader's Large Correspondent Staff, this column highlights everyday activities and local happenings. Readers will find brief notes on community events, small milestones, and shared experiences from neighbors and friends.
Activities across Frederika and nearby towns include church mission feasts at Buck Creek and Siewel, a family reunion trip to Wisconsin, a union Sunday school picnic at Spring Pond, and numerous visits among locals. Residents attended reunions, travelled to New York and Chicago areas, and aided in local businesses.
Mrs August A Buhr helped host callers in the Charles Krueger home. The Gade family reunion gathered at Herman Seehase’s, with John Sell’s family visiting in the Wm Sell home southeast of Tripoli. Esther Seehase and Mrs John Seehase attended Carl Smith’s funeral in Sumner. John Sell’s family visited Silda Reick and the George Meier and John F Meier homes. Aug A Buhr family visited Clinton and Rev George Krueger’s home, returning Monday. Charles Krueger’s wife came home with them from Rev Geo Krueger’s. John Knoploh’s family visited Herman Zell, who then visited Henry Zell. Paul Granner of Charles City visited John Sell.
Mr and Mrs August Bunger visited friends Thursday evening including Albert Kruse Lucille Gottlieb Wolf family and others. Charley Neubauer funeral held in Waverly Thursday morning attended by Louie Kucker and Miss Ella Kuker. Will Wedemier shopped in Tripoli and Arlene Bany visited Louie Bany’s farm for the weekend. Lavera Henning celebrated with a gathering nearby.
Carl Ducker Bremer Will Weick of Cedar Falls and Rev Brunemeier of Marshalltown returned Sunday from a week in Minnesota. C W Turner visited relatives in Arlington. Cecil and Joyce Taylor, Walter Schultz and Henry Fink families hosted visits. Joyce marked her sixth birthday. Henry Brunemeier and daughter visited relatives in Marshalltown. H G Turner and Virginia traveled to Delwein to see Turner's mother Eva and sister Edna. R F Thieman drove to West Union to visit his wife's parents D Pape.
Mrs Mary Carstensen spent last Thursday at the George H Heide man home. A silo meeting was held at the Ernest Kampmeyer home last Friday evening. Henry Heideman and George Drewis were Tripoli business callers Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Ed Jahnke were Tripoli callers Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Geo H Heideman and son Howard spent Sunday at the Herman Hue home at Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Will Schultz of Tripoli were Monday evening callers at the Wm Schumacher home. Old Tripoli school meeting was held at the Walter Schultz home Tuesday evening with all officers present. George Drewis attended Clarence Kimball s Sunday school class picnic last Sunday.
East of town Mr and Mrs Otto Buhr and sons and others visited Sunday evening at the Will Sehnadt home. The Gade family reunion was held Sunday at Herman Seehase home. John Mohlis Jr and parents visited Monday evening. H W Schnadht and family, after three weeks visiting relatives, left for St Petersburg Florida. Mrs Sophia Meyer accompanied them to Elgin Illinois.
Beginning in the nineteenth century zinc use rose sharply from an estimated 6,000 tons in the first decade to 367,000 tons in the fifth decade and 12,100,000 tons in the second half century. By 1927 output reached 1,444,000 tons, equaling the first 60 years of the century, with nearly one third of global zinc produced in the United States.
A historical price relation explains that five bushels of wheat yield one barrel of flour, which produces 300 loaves of bread. A $1 per barrel change in flour price shifts a loaf cost by one third of a cent, meaning wheat must move 60 cents per bushel to alter bread price by one cent per loaf.
Gladys Rice, soprano on the Mobilioil Concert Hour, asked for a “Little Waller Dog” and received a young collie. An anonymous admirer sent the pup with a letter left at a pet shop, praising her singing. The dog became a new friend for Miss Rice, who previously received toy dogs and letters from fans.
The fourth annual Pries relatives reunion gathered Sunday June 28 at Sumner park with about 200 attendees from Hawkeye Charles City Waterloo Oran Readlyn Bremer Verily Tripoli Sumner and Winona Minn Gustave Pries family joined from Winona Minn A picnic dinner and German band entertainment followed by readings by Helen Silvers. The organizing committee for 1932 includes J C Kuhrt Theo Krueger and Bennetta Bunezow. Local attendees noted for the event included Herman Pries and family Estella Mary Nels Debel J C Kuhrt and sons Robert Kenneth. The gatherings provide pleasure as relatives reconnect.
Excerpted lines from Lucy Stone biography cited by Alice Stone Blackwell show anti suffrage rhetoric in Massachusetts. A legislator claimed men would not want to kiss a school board member or overseer of the poor, and another warned that if women could vote there would be no more children or all would be girls.
The article traces the evolution of medieval clocks from practical timepieces to decorative and comic clocks in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It notes basel museum examples where pendulum motion produced a tongue, clocks depicting apostles, celestial positions, days, and weeks, and early repeating clocks that struck by pulling a string for nighttime lighting.
The Red Lion club in Bristol, described as the strangest club in the world, held its annual dinner with professors as members. The King Lion presided and was saluted as Your Majesty while senior members, cubs, and even two jackals participated. Attendees drank strong English ale and ate marrow bones, with initiates called cubs undergoing a tail shaving rite and professors mimicking lions on all fours.
A seven year old girl named Marjorie grew wary of bedtime and feared the dark. An visiting aunt questioned seven year old Robert about influencing her. The boy replied, She is five years old and has ideas of her own.
Grasshoppers swarm across north central Nebraska decimating wheat oats and alfalfa pastures and prompting famine fears. Gov. Byran and federal officials are urged to fund insecticide measures while railroads report delays and tracks clogged by crushed bodies.
The Carnegie Commission announced awarding nearly 2,500 medals in a grand ceremony, recognizing outstanding contributions across fields. Officials highlighted broad participation, noting recipients from multiple organizations and communities.
The record notes more than 4,000,000 in money raised by deeds of valor dating back to 1904, highlighting substantial philanthropy and long-standing fundraising momentum within the organization.
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