Demonstration Teams to Compete for State Fair Contest
Four Bremer county 4-H demonstration teams will vie for a chance to represent the county at the Iowa State Fair in the Canning Demonstration contest. Leaders and participants met Miss Helen Swinney in Waverly on July 18 to plan practical, home grown canning topics, including Canning Baked Apples, Canning Tomatoes, Canning of Chicken, and Canning Sauerkraut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Helen Swinney
Extension Service
Waverly
Ethel Pothast
Florence Winzenburg
E. L. F. Club
Charlotte Balsley
Viola Mueller
Alice Remley
P. A. Colburn
Mildred Pipho
Doris Lynch
Grace Miller
Jackson Juniors
Golda Willey
Elaine Fuller
L. C. Meyers
Waverly Band Highlights Jackson Township Farm Bureau Meeting
At the Jackson township farm bureau gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs W H George on Tuesday evening July 19 the Waverly band performed under R V Leach with community singing following. Jackson Juniors club girls and a Jackson Junior Quartet entertained while A C Willford of Waterloo spoke as Democratic candidate for Congress urging vote in November. A Bicentennial movie from Waverly July 4 featured parade floats Governor Turner speech and local sports moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
W. H. George
Waverly Band
R. V. Leach
Jackson
Margaret Meyers
Frances Hieronymus
A. C. Willford
Waterloo
Congress
Third
Willford
Vern
Wilbur
Viola Schild
Waverly
Dan W. Turner
Nashua
Polk Township Farm Bureau Meeting Draws Crowd
A large Polk township farm bureau gathering attracted one hundred fifty members and friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carpenter south of Horton on Thursday evening July 21. The program featured the movie Opportunity, a Bicentennial film, and a musical and reading program led by local residents. D D Offringa spoke on taxation analysis and pie a la mode was served for refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Township Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Frank Carpenter
Horton
America
Dr. Mason
H. L. Roach
H. S. Stephens
Janice Taylor
Stag Clears Tour Bus Watching Doone Valley Thrill
Tourists in Minehead England paused by Doone valley to view scenery when a stag hunted by Devon and Somerset staghounds sprang from one field to another, leaping over the sightseeing motor coach and thrilling the passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minehead
England
Doone Valley
Devon and Somerset
Demonstrate Soap Making Next Week
Miss Martha A. Rath of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company will lead a series of soap making demonstrations for Bremer county women next week. Sessions start at 1 30 p m at five homes near Waverly Sumner Tripoli Horton and other nearby areas with emphasis on toilet and laundry soaps and home savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha A. Rath
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company
Lewis Lye
Bremer County
Raht
Alvin Geuther
Waverly
L. J. Busse
B. B. Bennett
Tripoli
C. Q. Nichols
Horton
Anna Hatch
Sumner
Alfalfa yields high on Douglas county farm report
D D Offring notes farms cutting alfalfa twice show heavy yields with Wm Boeckman’s field reaching over three tons per acre in two cuts. Some older fields show bacterial wilt risk, white grubs appear in alkali spots, and lime is ineffective where grubs occur. Manure or potash applications are advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Wm. Boeckman
Douglas Township
Bremer
Miss Mae Anderson Demonstrates Canning
Miss Mae Anderson Home Demonstration Agent of Black Hawk county leads a July 20 Bremer county canning demo for about seventy women in the community building. She demonstrates beans corn rhubarb tomatoes peaches corn on the cob and beets with greens. The program aims to preserve vegetables and fruits for winter use and aid needy families, with future vegetable storage and possible meat canning sessions planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Anderson
Black Hawk County
Bremer County
Miss Anderson
From Whale Oil to Margarine via Hydrogenation
In old whaling days whale oil lit lamps but today it is used as a food. Hydrogen gas is passed through the oil in the presence of nickel fillings to hydrogenate it, turning a cheap oil into a more expensive hard fat. Much margarine sold outside America uses this promoted whale oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sumner notices and community arrivals and bids
Call for bids for equipment for a municipal light plant published with council bid date August 25. The town recently voted bonds for the project. The column records numerous local visits, travel, and social events including residents from Arcadia Florida Milwaukee Fargo and Detroit with multiple family and church activities and visitors in Sumner Iowa during a late July to August period.
Lantow Family Visits and Local Travel News
Gus Treloar Ladwig and John Ladwig visited the Ladwig home. Ernest and Martin Lantow from Rockford Illinois and LaCrosse Wisconsin spent the weekend with John Lantow’s family. Mrs. Robert Harding left for Minneapolis for a week with her daughter. E W Heyer family planned a Detroit Lakes visit at Mrs George Butcher’s home. Mayor H C Frank was a business caller in Clarion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father O'Donnell
Clarion
G. J. Sexton
Joe
Jim
Donna
Lake Delwein
Oelwein
Iowa
Hugh McDonough
Milwaukee
Geo. McDonough
Julia D. Nelson
Fargo
N. D
W. F. Berg
Lucille Pagel
Gertrude Guehlstaff
Wm. Pagel
Urban Haag
Shell
E. F. Pries and
Chas. Hough
Pine River
Minn
Harry Upham
Fredericksburg
Sumner
Bill Johnson
West Union
Albert Pollew
Waverly
Mercy Hospital
M. H. Peake
Marshalltown
Nebr
Bob Cady
Aurora
Geo. Cady
H. F. Wood
Finnette
O. O. Farrand
Waukeegan
Ill
Henry Stevens
O. C. Capper
DeWitt
EB. F. Petratz
Harve Ritchie
Henry Strumpell
Elmer Kretzchmar
J. D. Mangan
Forest City
George Lagerwall and Son
Rochester
Emma Rathbone
Chicago
Kenosha
Wis
H. G. Heiserman
Cedar Rapids
Robert Harding
Paul Aubrey
Winona
Tillie Ellsworth
Ernest Topp
Independence
W. S. Johnson
S. A. Munger
Sioux Falls
S. D
James Hogan
Louis Evans
Centerville
Flora Brown
George Reed
Shirley
Wm, Oakley
Marian Stein
Detroit
Mich
Lloyd
Ladwig
Gus Treloar
John Ladwig
Ernest Lantow
Rockford
Martin Lantow
LaCrosse
John Lantow
Minneapolis
Matt Klesagles
E. W. Heyer
Winn
Marion
Former Denver Girl Drowns at Pine Lake Near Eldora
Miss Cecelia Vogelsang 29 formerly of Denver Iowa taught in Oklahoma. She drowned Saturday while bathing at Pine Lake near Eldora after sinking suddenly. Companions saw her go under and alerted help. body recovered about 40 minutes later. Surviving sisters and brothers, funeral services held at St John’s church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia Vogelsang
Denver
Iowa
Oklahoma
Pine Lake
Eldora
Ethel Stockdale
Charles Ryken
Ackley
Vogelsang
Miss Vogelsang
Henry Janssen
Crescent Club
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Roy Garrington
Marshalltown
Bernard Vogelsang
Waterloo
Arnold Vogelsang
Chicago
L. E. Kern
Wisconsin
Iowa State Teachers College Music Department
Jassen
St. John’s Church
Ernest Seybold
Potter Siding Community Hears Threshing Tales and Visits
Grandmother Ruhrmeister visits Potter Siding for a few days at Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kirchhoff's home. Oats cutting duties were shared by Mr. and Mrs. Art Redies at Ernest Struck's. Several neighbors, including F. H. Lahman and Herman Lahman, held a threshing ring meeting and began threshing at Leslie Vogt's. Clarence Goodenbour of Tripoli helped shock cats at Wm. Harmingen's farm. Funeral attendance marked by August Fredericks at Rev. Raum church near Western Douglas. Mrs. Ervin Hoppenworth joined Leslie Vogt's treashing Friday. Dorothy Quade and Mrs. Louie Bang visited Fred Lohmann's family on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Brown underwent an operation last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruhrmeister
Dick Kirchhoff
Art Redies
Ernest Struck
Otto Bass
Herman Banser
F. H. Lahman
Herman Lahman
Leslie
Louie Bang
Tripoli
Fred Lohmann
August Kuker
Eddie Brown
Brown
Crane Creek Oats Cutting Nears Completion
Cribbed rural notes report oats cutting wrapping up in Crane Creek area with threshing machines soon to be heard. Local visits include Art and Agnes Bunger, Erna, and C A Traetow family. Beisner and Hildebrandt households appear in weekend gatherings and help with oat work.
Looking Backward In the Leader's Files
Fred Tegtmeier rents his farm for next year and will move to town in spring. Several local residents purchase a threshing machine. Adolph Kleiss has a binder runaway injuring a horse and his shoulder. Town prices 18 years ago noted. Will Oehlschlager and Will Marks suffer mishaps with vehicles. Herman Kleiss moves to Chris Kruse farm. Will open a shoe store in a rented Claus building. Wm. Thies buys a pacing horse after a motorcycle accident. Carl Brandt dies at home in Waverly aged 79 years 7 months 1 day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Tegtmeier
Adolph Koch
C. E. Prestien
J. C. Koch
H. H. Sehmidt
Adolph Kleiss
Adolph
Will Oehlschlager
Herman Kleiss
Chris Kruse
Frederika
Will Marks
Strawbery Point
Claus
Wm. Thies
Carl Brandt
Waverly
Hay barn fire kills four horses near Schumacher farm
Ten years ago on July 26, 1932 a fire of suspected spontaneous combustion destroyed a hay barn one half mile west of town, bringing down the structure with four horses, harness, and equipment. Henry Kuhrt, recently hospitalized in Waverly, was involved in the incident coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Schumacher
Henry Kuhrt
Waverly
Local notes and farm moves from the area
After surgery for acute appendicitis a man was discharged to his home on Sunday. Richard Bartells broke his right arm last week falling from a hayload. Bridge work over the Wapsie north of town progresses despite obstacles. Chas Franklin D P Redeman E H Martin and John H Mueller sold a 960 acre Donaldson Minnesota farm and took over 200 acres north of Horton known as the Black farm a 260 acre Republic Easter farm and a 200 acre near Fredericksburg. William and Fred Garland returned from a trip to Germany. Clarence Kimbal Harry Buhr and James Franklin spent several days near Mt Auburn camping and fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bartells
William Schumacher
Wapsie
Chas. Franklin
D. P. Redeman
E. H. Martin
John H. Mueller
Donaldson
Minn
Horton
Republic
Easter
Fredericksburg
William
Fred Garland
Germany
Clarence Kimbal
Harry Buhr
James Franklin
Mt. Auburn
Five Years Ago In Waverly July 27 1927 Auto Thieves Stude Baker Sedan
Five years ago on July 27 1927 auto thieves stole E H Martins Studebaker sedan parked before his residence. Henry Buesing a former Waverly resident died at his Westgate home. Mr and Mrs Henry Juergens and Mrs Juergens mother planned moving to Waverly. Arnold Bergman cut a finger in a corn shelter. Homer Young and wife left for Baker Montana for their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
E. H. Martin
Martin
Henry Buesing
Waverly
Westgate
Henry Juergens
Juergen
Juergens
Arnold Bergman
Louis Bergman
Douglas Township
Homer Young
Baker
Montana
Family returns home after weeklong Midwest visit
A family spent two weeks visiting relatives in Tipton Atalissa Muscatine Wilton Iowa City and Muscatine then returned Friday. Mr and Mrs John Prestien My and Mrs Louie Schwartz and William Schwartz joined Ed Schwartz and family in Lancaster Wisconsin for a weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jy Feris
Louie Ohlendorf
Frida
Lancaster
Wis
Ed Schwartz
Legal Transfers Prepared by Bremer County Abstract Office
Transfers for the week ending July 23 1932 show Anna Dietz to John W Dietz et al for $1 with section details 12 and 11 and 93 14. C M Orcutt et al to A J Orcutt for $1000 covering lots 43 and 44 in block 23 Plainfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Anna Dietz
John W. Dietz
Swan
C. M. Orcutt
A. J. Orcutt
Plainfield
Shoes Heels and Burdens Not to Judge
A reflective verse urging mercy toward others facing hardship and sin. It cautions not to condemn the limping man, the fallen, or the tempted unless one has shared his burden, suffered his blow, or resisted the same sin. The anonymous aphorism highlights empathy over harsh judgment.
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Fringa
Jackson Two
Polk Two
Stag
D. D. Offring
Miss Mae Anderson
Sumnerites
Legionnaires
Buddy
Rene Orvis
Florida
Chas. Guinn
Arcadia, Florida
Elmer Rasche
Crane Creek
Art Bunger
Clarence Beisner
Agnes
Erna
C. A. Traetow
Will Hunemueller
Donald
Art Banger
R. A. Michael
Fred Hildebrandt
C. Milius
Gon
Ralph
Henry Seegers
Henry Dilges
Fort Dodge
Mrs. Dilges
Skelly Oil Company
Skelly
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N. R. Ambrose Oil CO
Tripoli, Iowa
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