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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1956
Page
6
A nutrition note encourages two cups of milk daily for adults and three to four for children, highlighting calcium and B vitamins. The piece also shares summer drink recipes including Lemon Cooler, Choco-Mint Shake, Molasses Milk Shake, Purple Cow, Eggnog, and Frosted Punch for four servings.
Readlyn residents attend open house for Mr and Mrs Fred Oltrogge on their 25th anniversary at First Lutheran church parlors Waterloo. Families and relatives honor 85th birthday of Mrs Marie Richmann with guests from Readlyn Waverly Minnesota Lake and others.
Congregational and Grace Lutheran notices outline worship at 10:30 and 10 a.m. with German and English services. Communion for missions, sermons on America the Beautiful and Developing an Appreciation of the Church. Church council, youth activities, and broadcasts listed. Wartburg convention and leadership training events noted along with local delegates. Brotherhood meeting set for July 3 at 8 p.m.
St John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church lists church school at 9:00 a.m. Mission Feast Service at 10:00 a.m. Guest speaker Rev Donald Lehman will speak. Friday June 29 Young Peoples League hosts an ice cream social at 5:30 p.m. D. Weidler is pastor.
Lakota trucker Robert Thompson lost brakes on Main Street Manhattan and swerved to dodge a woman on foot. He hit a house, creating a 15 by 25 foot hole in the side of the building after missing four cars and running a red light.
A lightning sparked blaze on the George Marreel farm two miles west of Osage destroyed a dairy barn valued at about $6,000. No injuries were reported.
Iowa voters move toward party platforms as Republicans meet July 20 and Democrats July 31 to set lines for the November elections. Delegates to national conventions are chosen with Democrats in Chicago August 13 and Republicans August 20 in San Francisco.
In Grundy County near Grundy Center 13 year old Betty Henze has trapped foxes and possums with notable success. She recently collected 21 banties for four foxes and has trapped nine possums. Luke Kenegan of Fern remains the county’s top fox trapper this year with 33 foxes.
Lenox is pursuing a new water source after eight wells were dug without success. The city contemplates drawing water from the river six miles away by rail, with Platte or shipping options discussed.
Richard Francis Hannam of Monroe County voted in the primary after turning 99 on Sunday. He celebrated the birthday prior to heading to the polls the next day, reflecting on voting participation among Iowans.
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