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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1932
Page
3
A lively compendium of local happenings across communities, spotlighting everyday actions and community-minded efforts. Readers encounter brief notes on residents volunteering, small business happenings, neighborhood events, and shared civic projects in a concise, period-tinged style.
Readlyn residents share visits and picnics as families gather at local park. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Freitag on Sunday July 17. Church services and vacations are noted, with Rev. Schultz absent and Rev. Ottersberg to lead on August 7. Local trips include Rochester and Waterloo visits. a daughter blesses Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hartman on July 19. Subscription reminders close the notice.
A long chain of visits fills a Fremont week as Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kammeyer host and guests call at the Drape home. Friends from Waterloo and Sumner drop by, with Delween trips and Sunday dinners shared among the Chapins, Bungers, Hagenows, Rathe family, and others, including Drape’s son Verlon and Little Lavenne Drape staying with grandparents.
Mrs. Fred H. Mohling sustained back injuries Saturday when she fell from a hay load but avoided broken bones. Local events note the Ladies Aid meeting August 4 chaired by Mrs. Herman Buss. Visitors include Mrs. Art J. Jensen and daughters Deloris and Miss Mathilda Hueber from Waterloo.
The quote describes the soul as the strong courageous resourceful unstained deathless life within you. It asserts the soul can save you from ignoble discontent or ignoble contentment and elevates inner life as a guiding force.
The New Hampton Tribune-Gazette pays tribute to Civil War veteran John J. Chadwick of Tripoli as he lies in New Hampton hospital for cataract removal. Born in Ohio, he came to Bremer County in 1857, served in Company B of the 14th Indiana Infantry, and was the last surviving Bremer County veteran of the Civil War. He married Ellen Watts in 1869, had five children, five grandchildren, and three great grandchildren, and later moved from Bremer County to Tripoli.
The Natal Mercury via the Boston Traveler quotes an epitaph claiming a father died young from hospital surgery. It lists organs such as the appendix tonsils kidneys ear drum and leg removed by the hospital surgeon who craved experience.
Friends and relatives joined at the H. W. Meier residence Sunday to honor Mr. Meier’s birthday. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Will Droste and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Art Bunger and daughters, and Henry Steidner from near Waverly at the R. A. Michael home. Violet Michael of Waterloo stayed several days there. Renetta Zander helped Mrs. Fred Deterding with threshing this week.
A Popular Mechanics note explains that defective glassware can be detected before leaving the factory. Tests use polarized light from a lamp to reveal defects in the glass, improving quality control.
There is nothing like wax for finishing wooden floors. After staining and pore filling, waxed surfaces polish to satin. repairs can be done without moving furniture. Wax lets wood mellow with age and each application adds to growing beauty. Two colored recruits at a military camp discuss peeling potatoes in a kitchen while joking about KP duties.
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