Looking at Life as It Used to Be Fifty Years Ago
July 21 1910 items on Chris Meier improving after illness and Frank Buhrow taking charge of the electric light plant in Tripoli. Mercantile building addition underway with foundation done and walls rising as a modern two story block. Also notes on 25 years ago items from July 17 1953 including Edna Schuldt wedding, new house foundation, and changes in local utilities and post office. Additional items cover local marriages, hospital visits, patent ideas, and community events through July 22 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Meier
Siegel
Frank Buhrow
Estherville
Earl Shores
Wm. Krueger
Ed Kelsey
Wm. Betcher
Mercantile Building
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Edna Schuldt
F. B. Schuldt
Lawrence Snelling
J. P. Snelling
Wm. Kammeyer
Tripoli
Cyril L. Bowers
Frederika
Charles Golding
Louis Gaede
Tripoli Town Hall
John Andrew la Rue
Frederika Farmer
Rettig Funeral Home
W. H. Klein
Wilson Grove
Mary Jane Zander
Lockard-Boeckmann Exchanged Vows Sunday at Readlyn
Readlyn wedding details the union of Myrna Jean Lockard and Robert Boeckmann at Zion Lutheran church. Rev. Elmer Jacobs presided with a blue and white theme. Attendants included Karen Hagenow and bridesmaids in sky blue gowns, and a reception for 300 followed at the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lobeck
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Ben
Carl W. Ryan
University Hospital
Iowa City
John P. Wedemeier
Denver
Theo
Peters
Glenny
Richmann
Ernest Richmann
Fairbank
Robert Wedemeier
Wilbert Wedemeier
Sumner
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Klinger
Wm. F. Reddel
Leo Waterman
Arnold W. Waterman
Army Signal Corps
Camp Chaffee
Readlyn
Zion Lutheran Church
Myrna Jean Lockard
Murl Lockard
Robert Boeckmann
Alfred Boeckmann
Waverly
Elmer Jacobs
Ruben Drape
Margaret Meyerhoff
Cedar Rapids
Karen Hagenow
Verne Lockard
Peoria
Ill
Dale Meyer
Tripoli
Couple Weds as Farm Life Ties a Midwest Union
The wedding joined Sharon Nacke Sumner Sandra Struck Tripoli Diane Drape Waverly Sandra Lockard La Rue Dettmering Readlyn with a beige dress and four white carnation corsages. After a wedding trip they plan a home on a farm near Waverly where the bridegroom farms. John W. Anderson of Graettinger recently suffered a fractured right leg when a tractor struck him near a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Nacke
Sumner
Sandra Struck
Tripoli
Diane Drape
Waverly
Sandra Lockard
LaRue Dettmering
Readlyn
Elmer Kuethe
Minnie Pries
Harvey Hagenow
Win Tiedt
Fred Koschmeder
Walter Huck
John W. Anderson
Graettinger
Mr. Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butler-Bremer
Harold Wintz
L. R. Wintz
Rose Mae Weymiller
E. E. Weymiller
Spring Grove
Minn
St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed
Eitzen
Henry Radloff
Anna Berlin
Sumner Hospital
Harry Stewart
Edwin Zander
Raymond H. Bloem
Hans Bloem
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed
E. F. Puhlmann
Carol Axon
Leonard Axon
Donald Buls
Leo Buls
Little Brown
Barbara Meyer
Sandra Peters
William Boeckmann
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Peggy Lockard
Carrell Henning
S. A. Maurer
Karen Boeckmann
Adrian Lockard
Gus Boeckmann
Carl Struck
Frank Lockard
Virgil Peters
Steve Kennon
Ella Milius
Victor Nacke
Doris Johnson
George Bryant
Osceolan
Deane al Pe
N. R. Ambrose Oil Co
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
American Savings Bank
Bergmann Hatchery
Biesterfelt Bros
Block’s Auto Service
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
D. F. Holm
Insurance
Hurrence Electric
Interstate Power Co
Bockhaus & Summer Barber Shop
Juel’s Briardale Store
Bock’s Plumbing & Heating
Kramer-Crittenden Produce
Hatchery
Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Colburn Feed Mill
Kuhrt Bros
Meier
the Farmers Store
Michael’s
Fred’s
L. L. Moeller Construction Co
O’brien
Panzer Produce
Rettig Furniture Store
Stahlhut Grain & Trucking
Tripoli Creamery Co
Tripoli Grain & Feed
Tripoli Hardware
Tripoli Implement Co
Tripoli Mercantile Co
Tripoli Sales Co
Trusty’s Food Locker
Walnut Dairy Farms
Warner
Wayside Inn
Rettig
Rettig Furniture
Tripoli, Iowa
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