This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1934
Page
5
Local briefs from Buchanan and Waterloo list numerous visits business calls and social visits. Residents such as Hinrichs Bunger Ambrose Glass and Doty are noted along with births weddings and church activities.
Mrs L H Fink and relatives visited at Fink sister K C Frank in Rudd while others traveled to Sumner and Waverly. Plans include Sunday performances at Cass Opera House and community gatherings in Oelwein, Dayton township, and Cedar County with numerous family and civic visits, birthdays, and a golden wedding anniversary noted.
Congregational church notes show E F Byers pastor with Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 45 featuring Easter Triumph and communion distribution on Easter Sunday. Christian Endeavor at 7 30 with orchestra rehearsal Thursday evening at 7 00.
St John s Lutheran under Pastor E A Hanff notes Palm Sunday with Sunday school moved to 9 00 a m and English divine service at 10 00 a m where confirmation will occur. Eighteen youths renew baptismal vows from class of 1934 including Lavera Henning Lucille Hesse Irene Holmes Lucille Kammeyer Zatha Kroll Garnetta Schwer Mavis Selck Malinda Wedemeier Mrs Elmer Towne Arnold Angus William Bunger Gert Hart Holmes William Kuker Earl Kuker Victor Nacke Paul Nielsen LaVerne Peters Harry Schlichting. Rehearsals Thursday evening Junior choir 645 Intermediate choir 720 Senior choir 800.
The church led by Pastor Theo A. Thomas holds Sunday school at 9 30 Confirmation services at 10 30 Good Friday German service starts at 10 00 with the Lord's Supper served afterward An announcement on Thursday and the next English communion will be on the Sunday after Easter.
In Friday spelling book practice students earn a colored Easter egg for perfect tests. Names listed include Marlys Hesse, Leo Tegtmeier, Leo Goodenbour, Jeanette Droste, Darline Sievers, Harry Waterman, Donna Peacock, Curtis Goodenbour, Loia Drewis, and Vada Kleiss.
Students report absent Roger Boeckmann and Otto Mundtrom returning. A library table holds books magazines and seat work. Jeanette Morf elected librarian by secret ballot. Fridays allow book borrowing with librarian approval. Spelling test: 18 boys and girls. 15 earned 100. A new airplane spelling chart tracks 100s with bars and a gold star after six bars.
This week in arithmetic we practice short division and checking by multiplication. Friday the class elected Ralph Fink as secretary and treasurer to manage a penny-a-week savings fund for parties. A library update notes two new books, The Three Little Pigs and Kitchen Fun, with daily draw to take turns taking a book home. Arnold Nielsen won the first drawing and shared making tapioca pudding and rice whip.
Irish stories describe St Patrick’s Day customs, symbols like shamrocks, and green landscapes. It notes Ireland’s division, the Irish Free State, and thatched roofs in poor homes with bare earthen floors.
Fifth graders finish Europe study and explore folk dances like Chimes of Dundirk and Ace of Diamonds. They study the nervous system, noting sensory and motor nerves, taste buds, and how taste maps tongue regions. They plan taste experiments Tuesday with sugar salt bitter chocolate pickle and orange.
A sixth grade class outlines thrift and safety lessons in English and arithmetic drills. Students map historical boundaries like the Louisiana Purchase and Northwest Territory and draw slave-state lines as they stood in 1821. Vivian Everding is absent nearly two weeks due to illness. note by Janice Goodenbour.
A seventh grade report covers arithmetic interest tables, a Monday speed and comprehension test on A Brotherhood of Long Ago, study of The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale, geography focus on Australia, and English predicate words.
A classroom update from Gretchen Hanff covering arithmetic equations related to algebra, physiology minded brain influences, verb forms and tenses, spelling lists, and a hope to become county champion.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.