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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1934
Page
5
Waterloo area residents and visitors are listed with several social calls and visits. Names include Frank Koch confined to bed, Harold and Chris Bierie, Pete Hinrichs from Readlyn visiting Louis Everding’s home, Conrad Lampe, Walter Boderman, the Krueger family, Jeme Beebe’s birthday party in Waverly, and multiple town residents traveling to Waterloo, Chapin Grove, and other local locales for family gatherings and hospital updates.
A long list of community notices from northwest of Tripoli through Sumner details a birth on a Saturday at the Lau home, multiple visits among neighbors, trips to Waverly for a funeral, Des Moines and Chicago journeys, hospital stays, and a lightning death near Waverly. Names include Lau, Eichmann, Biermann, Westendorf, Block, Towne, Bunger, Claus, Claus, Haase, Byers, Schroeder, Hamilton, Hale, Sommer, Matthiesen, Mirick, Byers, Huegli, Frank, Fink, and many others in the region. The column records family events, travel, and social engagements across communities.
Nashua crushed Tripoli 11 to 3 Sunday as their hitting proved too strong for the locals. Krueger struggled early before exiting with Wilson and Duecker handling mound duties. Nashua collected 14 hits while Tripoli had six. Bowers and Duecker led with multiple RBIs as Nashua pulled away in the later innings.
Waverly pounded 16 hits as Thies struck out 14 in a 10 to 1 rout of Sumner. Judas led with four hits in five at bats, while Kasemeier took the loss for Sumner. Waverly pulled away with three runs in the fourth, then added two in the sixth and three in the eighth. Readlyn also beat Shell Rock 7 to 3, seizing second place with four wins and three losses as league proceedings continued.
Readlyn pitcher Wittenberg held Shell Rock to two hits and drove in two runs with two hits of his own. Shell Rock scored in the first and fourth innings with three runs in the seventh. Final score Shell Rock 3 Readlyn 7. Batteries: Welcher and Gambi ana for Shell Rock, Wittenberg and Matthias for Readlyn.
John Simpson traveled to Waterloo last Tuesday evening with Glenn Byers. From Waterloo Byers went to Chicago for several days at the world’s fair before heading to Beaver Falls Pennsylvania to work for a traction company run by his uncle Farber Baum. He will reside with his grandparents and other relatives in the area. Nearby households hosted an afternoon and evening gathering at the Albert Moeller home near Artesian.
Mr and Mrs Frank Beggerow and several couples hosted a Sunday picnic near the Earl Bunth cabin southeast of Waverly to mark Mr Bunth’s birthday with relatives from Des Moines Waterloo Sumner Waverly and Readlyn attending. Marian Spencer of Clarksville and several other local families joined for the day with visits to Cedar Falls and New Hampton later.
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