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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1954
Page
4
By Bob Hullihan a year ago Iowa faced a record 14 traffic fatalities in 24 hours on July 12. Additional deaths followed on July 19 26 and 29 totaling 76 for the month. The piece warns that reckless driving patterns persist and urges vigilance as Leader Ads promises results.
All boys aged 8 to 15 in the Tripoli area are invited to report to the town hall at 1 p.m. Monday for an organization meeting. Coach John Mullen and Gordon Niemeyer will lead the effort and plan later-season games.
Sunday picnic at Mrs Mary Heinemann included Eldon Clewell and family Lawrence Heinemann and family Waverly Lorenz Beevers LeRoy Lloyd Esther Steege Otto Rieck family K H Hoppenworth family and later guests Earl Webster Ernest Heinemann Sumner Laura Stahlhut. A L Spencer of Mount Ayr marked 67th wedding anniversary with husband age 88 and wife 86, married in 1887.
Multiple individuals extend thanks for visits cards gifts and flowers during hospital stays at Sumner Community hospital and after returning home. They praise nurses doctors and a pastor, recount prayers and support, and ask continued grace guidance and patience through recovery.
Iowa farmers are urged to eradicate ragweed, a major allergen, before mid August. Bremer County extension director Richard Mathews recommends mowing or spraying 2 4 D to prevent seed production, with spraying rates of one quart per 50 gallons of water or per acre with a boom sprayer.
Bremer county extension director Richard Mathews urged orchardists to apply the fourth cover spray two weeks after the third. The spray targets apple maggot codling moth and brown rot and uses general fruit tree sprays or a mix of DDT ferbam and sulfur. He warns against arsenic or DDT within 30 days of harvest and advises 10 day intervals with sulfur for peaches plums and apricots. Also harvest prophylaxis: remove and destroy dropped fruit to reduce next year insect damage. Indians in Canada are legally classed as minors.
For sale pullets advertised to grow big and strong by feeding Bolson's 17 growth ration or Bolson's 36 Poultry Concentrate. Claims stronger bones and more pigmentation with Bolson's. Buy Bolson's from Frederika Mill in Frederika Iowa.
County Extension Director Richard Mathews reports that drought conditions in southeastern Wyoming northern Colorado and the San Luis Valley along with California feeders pressure lamb and cattle prices. Early Idaho lamb contracts and alfalfa hay costs chart a wary outlook for fall delivery with potential price drops if rain fails. Hog prices are seen slipping sharply this fall amid a 24 17 and 34 percent rise in December January and February pig supplies.
60 acre property features a six room house, large barn, chicken house, hog house, new corn crib, machine shed, new garage and good fencing. Well located near Tripoli. Priced at 12 500 dollars.
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