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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
4
The Tripoli Leader comments on hardship claims noting prosperity in leisure sectors. It cites crowded beauty shops, golf courses, theatres, cars, gas stations, and active gambling plus rising cigarette sales and social clubs. It urges more work and thrift to restore normal conditions.
The article warns of a surge in solicitors this summer as unemployment drives people to canvassing. It notes many sellers are honest but a large share are unreliable, offering wares available locally at similar or lower prices. It urges the public to stop buying from strangers to discourage the nuisance.
Despite dire forecasts four months ago the $800,000,000 bond issue announced by Secretary Mellon is oversubscribed more than seven times. The treasury securities creation has not disrupted the bond market, suggesting Mellon may have overestimated financial peril from large government borrowing.
People note gravel roads wear drivers down and dust, while paving offers relief but costs rise with traffic. The author argues interest in Iowa's paving program has slowed, warning panic over business conditions could hurt road improvements.
Senator Brookhart speaks at Charles City before cooperative groups announcing his re election bid. He frames farm relief as the key issue, but critics say his pleas are more for votes than effective agricultural aid.
The passage argues gossip is the hardest vice to understand, offering no explanation beyond depravity or insanity. It contends gossip causes more harm than any other vice, as malicious tongues delight in making others’ lives difficult, marking it an enduring moral mystery.
An old Aesop tale about a giant ox reborn as a modern metaphor critiques foreign competition and the expansion of U S government spending. The piece contrasts Canada's tariff moves with U S protectionism, questions the efficacy of tariffs to aid American workers, and notes political rhetoric around Hawley Smoot and Recovery efforts. It references Congress leaders and figures like Cordell Hull, Senator Reed Smoot, and Premier R B Bennett.
Washington snapshots note William Strauss, oldest White House employee by service, retiring after forty three years in official duties from Green House roots dating to Grover Cleveland era. He was born May 29 1862 in Stuttgart Germany and served as gardener fireman and handyman.
The Hale Manufacturing Company is organized under Chapter 384, Title 19 Iowa Code. Tripoli Iowa is the business location. It will manufacture brooder houses sanitary brooder floors chicken houses hovers and related poultry goods and supplies. The company may acquire land buildings and necessary machinery and issue stock of 5000 dollars. Directors named J A Hale E C Claus Paul Schober Lee O Peacock L H Fink.
The McNary Mapes amendment to the Federal Food and Drugs Act enables the Secretary of Agriculture to set standards for six canned foods peaches pears peas tomatoes cherries and apricots with labels showing below US standard for subpar items and slack filled if under 90 percent of container. The National Canners Association pushed for federal labeling to assure consumers know product quality and ensure accurate filling within ninety days.
A Memphis man, W. F. Hughes, seeks divorce claiming his wife said she married him out of spite. The filing, dated May 12, lists J. A. Kroek as resident agent and L. H. Fink as secretary, with signatures from the party.
The Treasurer of Bremer County announces a tax sale held at the Waverly courthouse where the county sold the property described as five acres in section nine, township ninety two, range fourteen west, to W C Schlaberg for delinquent taxes. Redemption expires nine days after service of this notice, with a deed to be issued by the county treasurer.
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