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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1932
Page
8
Leader's large correspondence staff compiles a snapshot of local activity. Citizens engage in varied pursuits across communities, from business ventures to cultural events, highlighting everyday life in the region.
Fredrika notes record Floyd Ager birthday party at Clyde Clary home with illness preventing attendance. Guests included Holm Ager McGee Bergman and others. Hostess Harry Barker hosted neighbors with music and lunch. Numerous visits and movements among local residents and nearby towns documented through the week.
Old Tripoli notes list Mrs. Will Jahnke’s week-long illness and multiple local visits. Attendees at C. L. Piegers funeral include Geo H Heideman and family, Barbknecht, Heideman spouses, Mattie Drewis, Herman Plagens family, and others. Social calls span visits to Waterloo, Waverly, Frederika, and birthday observances for George Drewis.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Kneadler went to Britt for a few weeks visit with his parents. Numerous Meyer households shared meals and guests across Waterloo area. Verla Meyer ill with flu while Marvin Meyer burned his arm on hot coffee. Cedar Rapids trip celebrated Will Steege 25th wedding anniversary. Several flu cases and family visits noted among Meyer and Struck households.
Warren Towns area residents attend church services and visit relatives in Bremer and Waverly. Rev L C Walper of Waverly leads Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church services with more events planned for March 6. Local residents, including Pries, Hennings, Flege, Rasmussen, and Redies families, report visits, moves, and daily activities, with several changes of home and roles noted in the week.
The Denver community reports multiple moves and visits. Families shifting residences include the Konarske, Nolting, Fink, Steege, Kries, and Lampe households with new occupants nearby. Local gatherings note the Mission Society and Ladies Aid meetings in early March. Anniversaries mark the Wente and Matthias family milestones.
The records show multiple pastoral property exchanges and rentals. Many households including Redies Busse Meyne Clewell Redies Flege and others move to farms near Sumner Tripoli Waverly and Garner Iowa with transfers between families and farms and one relocation to Garner from their Quilling farm.
Lyle Ormston Bremer came home Thursday after a severe pleurisy attack at Mercy hospital and in the John Koenig home for weeks. Evading church services due to bad roads, neighbors note family visits and local illnesses among residents. Esther Riechmann’s birthday was celebrated with dinner hosted by her mother Mrs Will Riechmann. Relatives Mr Chris Pipho and daughters of Tripoli joined the dinner, while Mr and Mrs John D Smith were bedbound with grip. Mrs Wm Matthias of Denver visited her son Otto and family.
Artesian notes Sunday visits as Mr. and Mrs. Wernold Diercks and children spent the evening with the Herman Aschbrenner family in Waverly. Leota Meier, employed in Waverly, visited the Meier family. F F Moeller and Prof. Mueller hosted Leota and Luella Meier and others. Leotta and Darlene Kohagen were at Meier’s Sunday. F F Mueller urges clover and farm seed orders, promising right prices.
Mr and Mrs John Knoploh called in Waverly on Wednesday. Mrs Sophia Tegtmeier is reported sick. Ernest Heineman and family visited in Waverly Friday. Nearby visitors included Ed and Mrs Tegtmeier of Westgate Henry Rosenow of Sumner and Mrs Sophia Tegtmeier’s home Sunday. Henry Bohle sr visited Henry Buhr home. Herman Schneider and daughters were in Oelwein Saturday. Lehnacht callers in Waterloo Monday. Tegtmeier family visited Tripoli in the afternoon Sunday. Knoploh visitors in John Knoploh home Sunday. Ed Rader visited Mike Wood home in Sumner Friday. Fred Seehase of Sumner stopped by Rev Kuhlman home Sunday. Rev and Mrs Kuhlman were Sumner callers Monday. Loretta Knoploh visited sister Mrs Raymond Schlichting Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Herman Pries plan to move from the Ganske farm east of Tripoli to the Grandmother Schellhorn farm in Siegel. Henry Redies will relocate to the August Duker farm near Artesian, vacating Paul J. Nuss. August Flege moves to Leo Stenzel farm, vacated by Gustav Redies. Art Redies shifts to Richmann farm east of Tripoli, vacated by Louie Holm. Gustav Redies moves to Ernest Redies’s former farm, vacated by Henry Redies.
Morning worship at 11 with sermon on pushing back our breaking point and resistance. Large chorus performs with special music. Bible school at 10. evening hymn service at 7 45 with vocal and instrumental numbers. Choir rehearsal for Easter cantata Thursday at 8. Ladies' Aid meets Thursday at 2 with hostesses. Visitors welcome.
Bible school at 9:30 and divine service at 10:30 in English. Lenten service Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Ladies Aid Thursday afternoon. Men's choir Thursday evening. Mixed choir Tuesday evening. Young Peoples Society Sunday evening. Pastor K. K. Koehler invites worshippers.
Passion services in German at 9:00 a.m. and in English at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday with Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Aimed to deepen spiritual life, Lent activities invite all to attend. Ladies' Aid meets in the school room due to weather. Wartburg chorus plans discussed. Junior choir practice Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Examination of school children shows defective vision ranks fourth among common defects after defective teeth enlarged tonsils and adenoids. Though smaller in percentage it warrants serious attention since early detection and proper glasses can transform a child. Correcting vision has helped many labeled dull improve grades and become honor pupils.
A child may not complain of vision issues yet shows persistent headaches in the afternoon, fatigue, concentration difficulty, and slower school progress. Observers notice watery eyes, inflamed lids, strained posture, nervousness, aloofness, and squinting. When these symptoms appear, defective vision should be suspected and tests conducted, with early correction to prevent permanent damage.
A Louisville Courier Journal joke pits a bachelor with troubles against a married man who questions why a bachelor should have any troubles. The quip highlights marriage versus singleness with light humor and casual banter.
The Cedar Fay chapter of De Molay plans to present the first degree work this Wednesday March 2 in Waverly with many locals expected to join and possibly form a new chapter. The Waverly AAUW meets at Ruth Giles home Wednesday March 2 to elect a new vice president and treasurer. Alma Schiefelbein has returned to Beverly Hills after visiting her parents in town.
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