Looking at Life as It Used to Be Fifty Five Years Ago
A nostalgic column from May 27 1909 recalls local farm work acetylene lighting plants new barns and marriages in Readlyn Tripoli and Crane Creek. It notes markets from 55 years ago with prices for eggs butter potatoes veal cattle and corn and lists several weddings and funerals including Ernst Viola Hunemueller’s marriage and Emma Sophia Buhr’s funeral. It also covers school contracts Wayside Inn reopening and local student honors. A separate section marks events from May 22 1963 including anniversaries and weddings in Tripoli and Siegel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foppenworth
Charles McCumber
Dayton Township
Tripoli
Prestien
Charles
Ernst
Viola Hunemueller
Fred Hunemueller
Readlyn
Herman Thies
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Henry Knoploh
Will A. Biermann
St John’s Evangelical Church
Siegel
K. Pfeiffer
Theo. Thomas
Joan Evelyn Holley
Lee Holley
Waterloo
Donald W. McKeown
R. A. McKeown
A. C. Woodcock
Larry
Mervyn Ormston
Carol Beisner
Clarence Beisner
Erwin Koschmeder
Leslie Koschmeder
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Erich Dornbusch
Emma Sophia Buhr
St. John's Lutheran Church
Em. Fuch
Tripoli High School
Board of Education
Wayside Inn
Robert Sievers
Orville W. Thoms
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Klinger
Melvin Bull
Nnual
Beverly O’connell
Schwerin Anniversary Celebrated in Sumner Hall
Mr and Mrs Louis Schwerin marked 55 years with a family dinner and open house at the American Legion hall. The couple married June 2 1909 in Sumner and farmed nearby before retiring to Sumner. They have 4 sons 3 daughters 29 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren with guests from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schwerin
American Legion Hall
Burton Schwerin
John Mohr
Henry Rasmussen
Rose Klug
Mr. Schwerin
Sumner
Lorenz
Alvin
Walter
Frederika
Burton
Cottonwood
Minn
Lester Gaede
Bernice Myers
Los Angeles
Nora Hennings
Tripoli
Waterloo
Plainfield
Ames
Waverly
William Knoploh
Fredericksburg
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
Church
W. C. Kraemer
Henry
Louise Tilman Knoploh
Wilhelmina Nuss
John
Ernest
Crescent City
Ill
Herman Zell
Ray Schlichting
Ted Hoppenworth
Iowa Unemployment Falls to Eleven-Year Low in April
Iowa Employment Security reports about 32,000 new workers added in April as unemployment drops to a 11 year low of around 2.3 percent. The agency notes steady gains across sectors and a tightening labor market affecting wages and hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa
Hughes keynote speech as Iowa Democrats rally for reelection
Gov. Harold Hughes delivered the keynote at the state Democratic convention saying since FDR there has been a rare chance for sweeping victories nationally and locally. He urged delegates to carry gains forward into the future, contrasting with GOP fears and urging that “the hell it can’t” be the party’s answer to doubters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hughes
Democratic Party
Hughes
Towa
Local Graduates and Visits Highlight Summer Week
City news pages note Mr and Mrs Mohr and daughters depart for Portland for internship. Patricia Floden from Des Moines visits her parents and trains as nurse at Broadlawns. Others host friends and family across Fredericksburg Cedar Falls and Winterset. Wartburg College grants BA to Larry Kasemeier and Roland Platte. 212 graduates total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Smith
Whitmire Memorial Swimming Pool
Randall Anderman
Upper Iowa
Edwin Cedar
Virgil Brant
Cedar Falls
Fred Grahlmann
Sumner Hospital
Gordon Seamans
Daryl Priebe
Paul Sorg
Judy Topp
Verlyn Rader
Frank Lang
Ervin Adams
Waterloo
Lyle Ellison
Florence Thompson
Fredericksburg
Will Lang
Howard Whitcomb
Margaret Corkery
Dodge
John Corkery
Connie Forsman
Elmer Erickson
Winterset
Larry Kasemeier
Roland Platte
Wartburg College
Iowa Democrats name 50 delegates to national convention
The 2000 Democrats at the state convention chose 50 Iowa delegates for the Aug. 24 national convention in Atlantic City. Iowa has 35 votes. five delegates will cast full votes, 45 will cast two thirds each. Delegates include Forest Evashevski, Herschel Loveless, Edward McDermott, Jake Mincks, and Joseph Rosenfield. Alberta Metcalf Kelly was re elected national committeewoman over James Dunbar. Donald Mitchell, Fort Dodge, ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Atlantic City
Forest Evashevski
University of Iowa
Herschel Loveless
Edward McDermott
Dubuque
Washington, D. C
Jake Mincks
Iowa Federation of Labor
Joseph Rosenfield
Des Moines
Younkers
Democrats
Alberta Metcalf Kelly
Nicholas
James Dunbar
Cedar Falls
Donald Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Tripoli Leader reports reelected national committeeman
The Tripoli Leader notes that on June 3 1964 the national committeeman was re elected after Dr Sterling Barber Mason City veterinarian withdrew during the convention leaving Mitchell unopposed on the final vote Delegates to the national convention select the committeeman and committeewoman Contentment enters progress ceases as a sentiment appears in the report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Barber
Mason City
Mitchell
Iowa Industry Now Passes Agriculture For Higher Income
A report by the Iowa Manufacturers Association shows industry now provides a greater share of Iowa’s personal income than agriculture. Latest estimates place industry at 21 percent and agriculture at 18.7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
The
Iowa Manufacturers Association
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E. W. Kirchhoff
Barbara Weihe
Edward Weihe
Wilbur Joseph Brooks, Jr
Wilbur Brooks
Marshall
Be, F. Puhlmann
Faith United Church of Christ
Karen
Arnold Benedict
Sumner High School
Cedar Rapids
James Burr
Ann Vermace
Iowa Wesleyan College
Burr
Ollie Wescott
Nuss DX Station
Nuss DX
Don Fauser
Elgin
Hochberger Oil Co
Arlan Nuss
Missouri
Henry Stoffregen
Elmer
Chillicothe
Lost Nation
Fayette
William Stoffregen
Jaycee Officers
Sumner Jaycees
Lavern Lampe
James Bradford
Robert Reisner
Robert Dahrkopf
Duane Buenzow
Paul Wittrock
Willys Fritz
John Christiansen
Dennis Bahlmann
Stanley Bahlmann
Steve Platte
Max Platte
Sumner American Legion Post
Camp Dodge
Glen Trout
Hawkeye
Hiram Oakes
John Tietje
Medford
Wautaca
Wis
Elmer Timm
Elmer Matthias
al Wolfgram
Marvel Wolfgram
Lloyd Ludwig
August Benzine
Harry Wilson
School of Medicine
Iowa Outdoor Advertising Association
Tripoli Hardware
Gov. Hughes
Public Utility Commission
Hoss
Poona
Sealy
Tripoli, Iowa
Ray
Ray Schwarze
Ray’s Clothiers & Cleaners
Owa
Woltz Studios
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