Denver and Surroundings Weekly Roundup
Raymond Stumme returns to Denver after 19 weeks at St Francis Hospital in Waterloo with improved health. Local activity includes a Goshen area picnic, travel notes, church services changes, a Clarksville baseball loss 4-3, and renovations at the pump house transforming the corner into a landscaped terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Stumme
Denver
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
William Steitler
H. H. Mohling
Wilko Schoenholm
Richard
Howell
Michigan
A. L. Smith
Plainfield
Iowa
Ernest Rohressen
Isabelle
Albertville
Wis
Clarksville
Homan
Evangelical Church
Mt. Vernon
Miss Bartling
Chicago
Africa
G. H. Krueger
H. O. Steege
Adella
Alita Bruns
Black Hills
St. Dakota
Charley Diekmann
Presbyterian
Prestien
Hagemann
Rev. Brandt
Dorchester
Wisconsin
H. C. Wente
Ernest Guenther
Dorothy Schoenbohm
George Coontz
William Biemann
Herman Steitler
Edna Steitler
Monona
Local visits and family gatherings across area towns
Alberta Meyer visited her brother Earl Meyers home with family. Several households such as the Struck, Reick, Hill, Testorff, and Meyer families hosted relatives and friends during the week and Sunday. Trips included a funeral in Tripoli for Mrs. Wolfgram and various social calls in Waverly Denver and nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Meyer
Earl
Harry
Leo
Dalton Meyer
Otto Reick
Louie Meyer
Albert Reick
Lee Hill
Clarion
Louie Bodermann
Arlene
Edna Ganske
Henrietta
Victor
Will Testorff
Waverly
John Meyer
Earl Meyer
Alfred Gaede
Mabel Kirchmann
Henry Kirchmann
Paul Schroeder
Denver
John Struck
Ruby
Carmen
Fred Meyer
Tripoli
Fred Wolfgram
Emil Steege
Geraldine
Alvin Sommers
Albert Reich
Will Meswarth
Lenora Steege
Margaret Gaede
August Meyer
Leona
Earl Kuker
Local Social Notes From Readlyn Area Residents
Warren Tows and Bremer families visit Readlyn. Hennings and Pries families share gatherings. Elmer Hennings works at Spring Branch. Wilkening and Oestmann families visit Bremer. multiple callers to Hennings and Walters homes. Edwin Hennings helps relatives. Mildred Hennings and others from Waverly are noted.
Local Visitors and Birthday Celebrations Across Town
Bremer Mr and Mrs Lloyd Fellows and daughter from utehao spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Irving Arns. Mr and Mrs Herman Dettmer entertained Sunday for Mr Dettmer's birthday. Herman Meyne and Will Meyne visited Greene. Elfreda and Henry Oehlschlager of near Tripoli visited Herman Meyne. Gerhart Meyne returned Saturday after surgery in Mercy hospital Waverly. Miss Virginia Turner returned last week from two weeks with relatives in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Fellows
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Virginia Turner
Dubuque
Council Proceedings Tripoli Iowa July 6 1931
The Town Council met with Mayor C L McCumber presiding and all councilmen present. Motions approved read minutes and authorized claims including Rebholz bridge work and labor, Northwestern Bell service, Tripoli Leader printing, and various salaries and supplies. The meeting adjourned with no further business. Unpleasant Bird note on the cuckoo's brood parasitism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Iowa
C. L. McCumber
A. F. Rebholz
Lodico Geo. Waterman
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Tripoli Leader
KF. H. Kimbal
I. D. Kimbal
Herman Gebert
Frank Beggerow
A. W. Buechele
Hl. H. Schlichting, Sr
Tripoli Hardware Co
C. F. Wendt
L. H. Fink
Nels Debel
Central States Power & Light Corporation
Pumustreavsyccee
Schumacher
G. Mirick
Weed Killing Demonstration at Knapp Farm
Farmers are invited to a weed control spraying demonstration at Lloyd Knapp’s farm one mile east of Waverly on primary road No 10 Friday at 2 p m. The event, in cooperation with Chipman Chemical Engineering, will show how to spray what to spray and with which equipment to use, addressing Canada thistle and quack grass among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Knapp
Waverly
Chipman Chemical Engineering Company
Iowa
Excellent Program at Washington Meeting
A Washington township farm bureau gathering featured a junior club program at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fritschell on a Wednesday evening in July. Honorary induction of Mrs. James E. Scully into the N. R. G. club marked a key moment, honoring her decade of help organizing the club, noted as the county’s oldest girls club. Medals donated by the Great Western railroad for outstanding club work were awarded to Wm. Woodring and Raymond Kuethe. The program included group singing, memory numbers for parents, a piano solo by Mildred Pipho, and talks by William Woodring, president of the Bremer County calf club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Township Farm Bureau
H. A. Fritschell
James E. Scully
Great Western Railroad
Wm. Woodring
Raymond Kuethe
the Jolly Peasant
Mildred Pipho
William Woodring
Bremer County
Calf Club
Linden Tree duet and club initiation reported
Irene Mundt presides over the NRG club as officers initiate Mrs. James Scully as an honorary member. Evelyn Albrecht reports on the state 4 H girls convention with solos by Albrecht and Miller, readings by Lynch and Grace Miller, and a Mozart Traeumerei clarinet piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Mundt
N. R. G. Club
Ruth
Esther Kuethe
James Scully
Evelyn Albrecht
Bow Legged Boy
Jeminah
Doris Lynch
Colt Club Meeting At Busse Farm In Maxfield Town
Bremer county junior colt club members gathered Friday afternoon at the Louis J. Busse farm in Maxfield town. Harry D. Linn, secretary of the Iowa horse and mule breeders association, attended and gave instructions on training handling and decoration of horses. Members participated in decorating horses for show purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Bremer County Colts Scout August Farm Meeting
Members plan to wear khaki uniforms for the Bremer county fair shows at the Washin on township farm of Wm. Miller around August 1. It is possible Mr. Linn will attend the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Wm. Miller
Washinon Township
Mr. Linn
Scarlet dye origins traced to Persia in Guardian piece
A Manchester Guardian writer notes scarlet dye came from Persia, where the color’s name saqalat was linked to cloth imported to Europe. Eastern dyers produced scarlet 2000 years ago, influencing biblical phrasing about sins as scarlet white as snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Manchester
England
Guardian
Europe
East
Christ
Mohammed
City Girls Keep Thriftiest Record in Survey
A statistical survey by a large bank finds London Birmingham and vicinity city women save most. Their motives include thrift for thrift's sake old age provision a vacation fund or marriage. In cities 75 percent had savings accounts versus 56 percent country. Men were 68 percent city and 67 percent country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Birmingham
Arizona Weather Says Clear Days Lead State Image
Arizona reports the most clear days annually with rainfall ranging from 20 inches in northern mountains to under five inches in the Gila Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Gila Valley
Fragmented OCR Summary on Dynmite Use and a School Joke
A garbled passage discusses dynamite use and hydraulic pressure for blasting with references to materials and models. It includes a brief character exchange about a girl in school and a boy asking if she remains in the same grade, followed by a remark about prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
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Leader
Ferd Meyer
Warren Towns
John Hagenow
Henry Hennings
Delia Pries
Arthur Pries
Harold
Bremer
Wm. Blume
Herbert
Ed Hagenow
Readlyn
Arthur Hennings
Wente Bros
Elmer Hennings
John Wohlsein
Spring Branch
Fred
Louise Wilkening
Near Waverly
Wm. Oestmann
Elsie Wohlsein
Mornay
Arthur Degelau
August Flege
Velda
Chris Kemming
Arthur
Otto Walters
Edwin Hennings
Frededemeier
Mildred Hennings
Council Proceedings
Fergeman & Selek
City Laundering Co
Oelwein
Knapp Farm
Washington
Colt Club
Busse Farm
Scarlet
Farmers Savings Bank
Frederika, Iowa
Brookfield
CERTO
Tripoli Mercantile Co
Tripoli, Iowa
He Firestone
Firestone
Firestone Service
Win. Ambrose Auto Co
Ford Sales and Service
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