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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1965
Page
2
Official newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa published weekly since 1894. William A Buckley publisher and Robert J Sassman editor set subscription rates at 3.50 per year in Iowa and 4.50 elsewhere with advance payment.
June 28 skating party 7 30 to 10 30 p m Roller drome Cedar Falls June 29 Carrington Clyde experimental farm field day 9 00 a m Independence July 1 Demonstration workshop for 4 H leaders and members 8 p m Tripoli Town Hall
Fourteen members at Joan and Carol Anderson home on June 8 shared “How I Used Something I Learned at a Meeting” during a Dutiful Daughters 4-H club session. Demonstrations covered potholders cleaning kits wastebaskets and refinishing wood.
County Extension Director Gene Vincent hosts a garden column by Ben F. Vance of Iowa State University explaining how a summer mulch around tomatoes saves soil moisture, suppresses weeds, reduces blossom end rot, and aids erosion control. Recommended mulches include grass clippings sawdust oat straw and black plastic mats with nitrogen supplementation for woody materials.
99 D M Mark Boley of Keosauqua observed his 99th birthday on May 27. Born in Van Buren county he spent most of his life on a Harrisburg Township farm near Hillsboro.
Bremer county 4 H members planning to exhibit dairy heifers at summer fairs should begin preparations now. Extension assistant Kermit Hildahl cites Tom Lyon of the Iowa State Dairy Association on a month to six week fitting time.
The backbone of the economy rests on 6.8 million workers on farms, covering all residents over 21 in Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker issued the first demobilization order on November 15 1918.
An old advertisement promotes Itch Me Not as a quick drying remedy for skin itch. It claims it calms itching within minutes and has antiseptic action to speed healing. Available for eczema bites and surface rashes with a 48c back offer at O Brien's Sundries in Tripoli today.
Sunday events round up several households as they celebrate Mrs. Platte's birthday anniversary and the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Sundermeyer. Guests from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Readlyn and beyond attended dinners and visits in LeRoy Platte and related homes.
The first national convention of the Grand Army of the Republic gathered in Indianapolis in November 1866 to unite Civil War veterans and outline postwar aims.
Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell notes big year to year gains in cattle hog and lamb markets. Choice steers mid June fetch about seven dollars more than last year while hogs run six dollars higher and slaughter lamb values show a two to three dollar edge. Feeder cattle prices jumped from mid March to late May as optimism returns among feeders.
Data phones designed by the Bell System to transmit business data are adapted to medical use. At a convention live electrocardiograms were sent by phone to remote recorders producing instant graphs. Bell Labs is now working on transmitting X rays by data phone.
Frank "Bug" Pape of Turtle Lake landed a 6 percent heavy walleye near the mouth of the river while fishing with a lead head. He had no landing net and about six dollars in hand during the struggle to land the big fish.
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