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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1931
Page
3
Leader's large correspondent staff compiles a roundup of local doings and notable happenings from communities nearby. The item sketches various residents, events, and everyday activities in a brisk, period-voice style.
Readlyn brief notes report ton gije removals and hospital stays. Families welcomed a baby girl Donna Hagenow with sponsors and clergy. Several residents moved homes and locals planned a Hatchery meeting to discuss baby chick care.
Local notes record a sale of the former Ronco residence to Chester Taylor by Charles Rich man in early winter. Social Hour gathered at Ida Dana's home Wednesday. Multiple residents from Waterloo Cedar Falls and surrounding towns visited family and friends over the weekend, with several pairs of residents traveling between Frederika, Waterloo, and other nearby communities. A Saturday party and a 500 game concluded the evening, and visitors from North Dakota and Iowa towns were mentioned.
Waverly residents Henry and Mrs Vogt assist at son Leslie Vogt’s home as he remains on the sick list. Numerous neighbors from Kuker Lohmann and related families gather for visits, cattle moves to Readlyn, and moving tasks. Community members assist with wood cutting and moving operations, with many named individuals including Kruse Lohmann Westendorf and Drape among others.
Mr and Mrs Ford Meyer and family hosted gatherings with the Strucks Meyers and Bodermanns. Neighbors and relatives shared evenings in Earl Meyer Ed Graf Louie Bodermann Rieck and Kuker homes. Several groups visited Cedar Falls and Waverly while others helped with moving and house duties.
Sizable weekend social visits across Cedar Falls and surrounding areas included Mr and Mrs Earl Meyer and son dining in the ladies parental home with Mr and Mrs Will Meyer, and Cedar Falls visitors Mr and Mrs Paul Schroeder and Alvin Sommer. Rev and Mrs Born entertained their daughter and husband and their son Eugene from Humbolt. Mr and Mrs Alvin Sommer hosted company Sunday. A farewell for Mr Roy Rathbone was given Tuesday evening with attendees including the Thompson, Boder mann, Walter Thompson, Frank Mirs families and Heickel family. Ford Meyer and party also entertained Sunday eve.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Sassman and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Fred Westendorf at Denver. Several couples visited various homes for Sunday gatherings including birthday anniversaries for Miss Minnie Peters and Mrs Sophie Buhr. Obvious social visits continued among local families with multiple households hosting and attending on Sunday.
Old Tripoli residents and friends from Denver and Cedar Falls visited the George H. Heideman home and other local sites Friday through Monday. The group included August Heideman LaVern Schnurstein Will Bergman and Mrs Mary Carstensen among others with several social visits and a party in honor of Ralph Schultz.
The four leading domestic commercial furs are muskrat opos sum skunk and raccoon. About 2,500 fur farms operate in the United States and Alaska and about 1,500 in Canada. Most of these farms concentrate on silver or blue fox.
John Timbs in Century of Anecdote recounts Col. Thomas Panton, a notorious gambler who reformed after winning a fortune at cards in one night. He lived thereafter in abstinence and detestation of cards, dying with his fortune intact. The London Mail notes this moralizing anecdote about vice and virtue.
A quote notes that many energetic people prove to be inconsistent when tested, comparing lively personalities to a short circuit. The remark reflects a playful caution about flashy individuals who fail under pressure.
The great American painter Sargent showed artistic thoroughness by creating fourteen finished studies of a single hand to discover the optimal pose for a portrait.
The text states there was no single governor general in America prior to the Revolution. Each colony employed its own king backed governor.
The proverb the gray mare is the better horse dates to Haywood in 1546. It notes a traditional saying about practical advantage over appearances and reflects a historical attribution from the era.
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