This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1960
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa established in 1894. It is published weekly on Wednesdays and mailed as second class matter under federal act. Annual subscriptions are 3.50 in Iowa and 4.00 elsewhere.
July calendar entries show a series of 4-H and extension activities in Waverly Lavern Lageschulte Farm and Tri Poli Town Hall. Events include livestock judging, development training for Northeast Iowa extension personnel, and a 4-H demonstration contest for senior boys with deadlines and locations.
Du tiful Daughters held an all day meeting June 30 at Sara Thoms home. Ten members answered roll call with A Book I Have Read This Year. The club plans a 4 H picnic after the fair and election committee members were named. Sara Thoms and Beverly Kohagen volunteered gifts for judges of the Achievement show. Velma Knief and Shirley Roettjer reported on the convention. Verla Zander spoke on camp highlights. Junior demonstrations included Chrissa Schrage Making Square Pockets and Lorene Trautman Making Oval Pockets. Senior demos covered Posture and Making Alterations. Mrs. Andorf judged. The June Tri Poli Boosters meeting, with a family picnic dinner, drew 54 in attendance. Tours covered beef and dairy projects and four litters of pigs. Next meeting set at Larry Lohmann’s home.
Bremer County Extension Director says hogs offer best corn market for Iowa farmers. ISU economist cites smaller 1960 spring pig crop and favorable hog feeding ration ahead. Cattle slaughter remains above last year, pressuring prices. farmers can slow excess supply by selling heifers, while reduced hog numbers ease cattle price declines.
Prices for slaughter cattle have fallen by 2 to 3 dollars per hundredweight from a year ago as cattle numbers rise in the cycle and seasonal summer declines continue. Grade differentials widen, with choice cattle about two dollars above good cattle at end of June, versus a typical one dollar forty spread last year.
Brattleboro Vermont reports Werner Schlichting owned Holstein cow Tripo Lux wood Ormsby Bel 3984335 completed an official record totaling 19,231 pounds milk and 701 pounds butterfat in 365 days. The 4-year-old cow was milked twice daily and weighed under supervision of Iowa State University as part of national Holstein herd testing programs.
A horticulture note explains when to trim iris leaves and when to cut back foliage. It advises against routine trimming, except during division in early July or to remove severely infected leaves, and it outlines planting depth, spacing, and soil care for healthy growth. It also covers fertilizer timing for irises and roses, mulching, and pest control to prevent leaf diseases and root damage.
The Commodity Credit Corporation storage facility loan program returns this year, per E. L. White, county ASC committee chairman. Four percent loans cover up to 80 percent of storage costs for most storable crops, with maximum 64 cents per bushel. Repayment spans four annual installments starting one year after approval. apply at the county ASC office.
Wool growers will receive incentive payments of 43.2 percent for wool sold in the 1959 marketing year, to bring average prices to the 62c per pound incentive level. Lamb payments will be 75c per hundredweight to curb unusual lamb shearing. County ASC offices will start payments. applications were due by April 30 covering April 1 1959 to March 31 1960.
Bremer county farmers increasingly used the federal cost-sharing agricultural conservation program ACP. In 1959 the plan covered 165 farms or 8 percent of Bremer farms, with 140 applicants this year. The ASC chair urged qualifying farmers to file early at the Waverly ASC office. Weather delays slowed work but time remains to complete practices. Government pays about 50 percent of most costs, higher for pricier or long-term benefits. An earlier Bremer 1959 summary lists limestone application: 67 farms, 1,483 tons.
Plan outlines multiple agricultural improvements including planting trees on 1 lot covering 15 acres and improving vegetative cover on another 17 acres. Large scale drainage work includes 970000 square feet of sod waterways, 1.8 miles of terraces, 103 acres of open farm drainage ditches, 734 acres of tile drainage, and 292 acres of contouring.
Four day camping trip for 49 Bremer county 4-H girls and boys traveled by two chartered buses to a park near Boone. They stayed at Hickory Village and followed a full schedule of morning services and evening campfires. Attendees represented clubs such as Biz E Bees, Cedar Chums, Dutiful Daughters, Franklin Blue Belles, Jolly Jacksons, Jefferson Jills, Starlettes, and Maxfield Merry.
Maids Dorothy Buhr Linda Matthias Janice Strottman Carol Wehling NRG Mary Droste Pepper Pals Mardell Brandenburg Readlynettes Dianne Stumme Vicky Cozart Tens N Teens Elaine Klenzman Marilyn Beam Janice Brase Marcia Haverkamp TNT Marsha Bull Wapsie Whirl Winds Nancy Mueller Diane Bergmann Mary Lahmann Wa verettes Linda Tharp attended. Also from the boys clubs were County Line Ronnie Mueller Donald Hines Wilbur Leistikow Doughlas Rockets Jerry Neuendorf Gary Schnurstein Charles Dietz Leroy Gophers Randy Leach Maxfield Rangers Jon Schiller Tom Sickles Leslie Matthias Polk Hustlers Kenny Chandler Townline Cowboys Gordon Carolus.
Denver community notes show Mrs. Donald Konken visiting her Navy son Richard at New London Conn. The Denver Town and Country Garden Club met at Mrs. Ray Pipho’s home to discuss the annual flower show set for July 27 with special guest Mrs. Helen Pipho and new member Mrs. Rollis Jensen. Mrs. Helen Meyer will host the August 2 meeting. Victor Bartels family celebrated Debra Lea’s birthday at the Melvin Flugge home in Fredericksburg. Clyde Burman and wife visited Clara and Charles Schneer in Waterloo, and Mrs. George Soldwisch of Waverly visited Denver relatives last week. Picnic dinner guests at the Victor Bartels home yesterday.
Carl and Clar ence Mixdorf families of Waterloo hosted Judy Bartels during a visit with El ler Rose staying behind. Rev and Mrs Ed Grummer spent Tuesday night with their daughter and family the Fred Schmidts. Wm Biemann and Gerald Guenther were patients at Allen Memorial hospital. Flaine Kohagen from Chicago visited Edmund Kohagen's home. Mrs Bertha Schmidt and Dora visited Mrs Christ Brandt. Mrs Tina Kurtt hosted the Canasta club last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Harvey Faber will not send a child to Minburn school this fall marking the first year in 31 years with no Faber child enrolled. All seven Faber children attended Minburn High and graduated, with the youngest graduating from Central Dallas this year. Leader ads bring results.
Professor Robert H. Jotson, former aide to the national budget director of Vietnam, has been granted a two year leave of absence by the board of regents. The resignation of Prof. James Jacobs, director of nuclear research, is accepted. Jacobs will head physics at Virginia Tech. Max Dresden, hired by SUI, will replace Jacobs.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Egan and their three children become the first family to move into the new 2 6 million Hawkeye Apartment project at the State University of Iowa. By fall about 190 more SUI students will join the Egans in the Wilton Junction area as a dentistry freshman.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.