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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
4
The article reflects on 50 years of change in rural life and technology from a 19th century to modern era. It lists innovations from electric lights to tractors, automobiles, and broadcasting, comparing past hardships to present comforts while noting enduring taxes and court systems.
The Leader denounces Ray Johnson Iowa state treasurer and calls for his removal from ballot. It notes an arrest incident with a misidentified officer and questions possible conviction. The paper endorses Ed Maddigan Black Hawk county treasurer as a successor with broad support among county treasurers.
The Leader argues for licensing transient sellers like bread wagons to protect local businesses. It notes competition from trucks from Waterloo and Des Moines harms town shops and cites other towns that require licenses to peddle goods, urging fair treatment and future welfare safeguards.
Governor Turner rejects a bill from the forty fourth general assembly that would ban catching bullheads under eight and a half inches. He argues the law would criminalize Iowa youths who enjoy fishing in sloghs and lakes. He urges focus on lake pollution, seining, and dynamiting to protect fish stocks.
A reflective quote notes that excessive borrowed money remains unpaid, leaving creditors discouraged. The speaker observes lingering funds exist yet are hoarded by those who hold them, implying a broader economic unease.
In Washington a chorus of Democrats favors Roosevelt for president but opposition remains fragmented. The piece reviews past conventions and possible contenders Newton Baker, Albert Ritchie, James Cox, Alfred Smith, and others, noting broad speculation about a dark horse and the odds for Roosevelt versus a field of rivals.
Senator Pat Harrison objects to tax increases and warns Mellon’s rhetoric harms confidence while opposing a tax revision push. President Hoover rejects calling an extra session and cites healing economic progress. A large air armada of 672 planes gathered over Washington for Memorial Day with 200 at Bolling Field.
A large turnout from Bremer and surrounding counties gathered for a Sunday picnic in Waverly park. Quarantine notices affected the Albert McMullen and Art Pothast homes due to scarlet fever, with lifts anticipated. Nearby reports note couples visiting Marshaltown and Fredericksburg, a wedding anniversary surprise, and farming innovations at Prosperity farms including sheep weed control and new machinery. Iowa leads in green asparagus with limited processing plants in Waverly and La Porte City.
Mr and Mrs Carl Rose and son Walter of Waverly plus families visited Henry Hennings. John Mixdorf and Mr Schultz of Waterloo dropped by. Arthur Pries and son Harold visited Emil Pries family. Louie and Erwin Wedemeier called on business at Henry Hennings. Local youths went to Tripoli. August Meyerhoff family and Frau Zimmermann and Frau Pries from Winona attended August Roeger funeral then visited locals. Helen Hennings stayed with Ed and Mrs Hagenow in Readlyn. Ernest Pries and Margaret Hansen of Chicago Heights spent Decoration Day and Sunday with relatives here.
Artesian residents attended the funeral of August Rover in Waverly. Birthday anniversaries were observed for Ed Schoenbeck, R. W. Kohagen, and Louie Ostrogge. Mr and Mrs J Schaefer and family visited C J Meier s home. The Winders family from Waterloo and others called at C J Meier s. A mission festival was held in Denver. Shoes advertised by F F Moeller in Artesian.
Mrs. C. J. Rudolph of Waterloo became Iowa’s first woman to commercialize asparagus and may be the state’s largest single producer. She founded Prosperity Farms, began selling land tracts in 1926, planted 195 acres the next spring, and now oversees over 100 acres. The crop is shipped to Waverly for canning by Marshall Canning Co. No. 4, with 30 field workers and 25 canning staff, using mechanical harvest and careful size and quality sorting before packing.
Gov Dan Turner and Mrs Charles W Sewell national director of the American Farm Bureau federation home and community service will be principal speakers at Cerro Gordo county 7a bureau annual picnic at East Park on June 12
The Mobiloil Concert Hour will be broadcast from the Empire State Building on June 3 at 8 30 P M E D T. The program highlights the Vacuum Oil Company role in supplying oil for the construction and features Nat Shilkret leading the orchestra with Manhattan Skyline and other Broadway songs performed by Gladys Rice and the Mobileil chorus from the 82nd floor overlooking New York City.
The Leader offers one of the best equipped printing plants in a small town and stands ready to print office forms sale bills or any type set from Ursula Bitter type. A contestant awards first prize to a Berlin event for cooking dren, highlighting printing needs for notices and menus.
Tax sale notice to Jay E. Kelly records a December sale by the Bremer County Treasurer at Waverly Court House. Description covers five acres west of river in section 9 township 92 range 14. Redemption expires ninety days after service. deed will follow if not redeemed. Dated May 26 1921.
TRY JUST-RIGHT CHICK starter the best chick starter that money can buy two fifty per hundred pounds We also handle Trinity Hog Feed a balancer food ration that contains forty two percent protein Try some the next time you are at our mill F C Schultz Tripoli Iowa 181f
The article describes a revived picnic culture shifting from bulky market baskets to smart supper party setups. Hosts coordinate delicatessen and bakery orders, assemble hors d oeuvres on site, and use ready-to-serve components like cocktails, bread slices, and fruit salads. It includes tested sandwich recipes such as Sardine and Beet, Deviled Peanut, Swiss Date, and Crab and Baggy sandwiches.
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