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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1932
Page
7
The Market Basket bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture promotes beans as a economical concentrated food. It notes beans store well, cook slowly, and can be prepared in bulk for multiple meals, with canned beans offering cost savings amid fuel concerns. It also highlights cultural variety and broad appeal of beans in different cuisines.
Miss Esther Brandt is employed in a Waterloo home while Mrs. Hans Lorenzen undergoes hospital treatments and may have an operation. Local visits include Mrs. C F Wilson and children from St. Charles IL with Minnie Tippy, and A H Buss parties visiting Pittsfield and Monroe City MO. Notables from multiple states visited home folk including Miss Selma Jahnke and others. Fred H Brettman is ill with sciatic rheumatism. Thimble Bee meets Mrs. Marie Nehlsen April 17. Local businesses to close evenings from April 7 for summer hours. City election had one nominating ticket, Bast for mayor. councilmen Wolfe Dorn Schneer Doepke Buhman elected. challengers Albert Matthias and Erwin Mohling defeated. Retiring councilmen Diekman and Keliing noted. Hennings were Waverly callers. Trinity church in Bremer to hold Holy Communion Sunday April 3 led by Rev Walker. Martin Rohde family and Henry Hennings visit Pries home. Good Friday visits noted for Nora Hennings.
Warren townships resident H G Turner traveled to Peoria Illinois to bring home his daughter Virginia from school for a ten day visit. August and Mrs Flege and daughter Velda hosted visitors including Helen Hennings and Mildred Hennings over Easter weekend. Local social rounds included Henry Eick and son Herbert visiting Fred Wedemeier's household, Leo Stenzel calling from Waverly, and attendance at Alma Oehlschlager auction near Sumner. Bremer residents Arthur Pries and Ben Edwards worked on a well for Ducker Bros. in Bremer while Louie Kelso and family visited Tripoli.
A social group of friends and relatives gathered March 22 at Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Bowers home for a surprise birthday party with games and a midnight supper. Bowers received a monetary purse as a gift. Several families and neighbors attended including Holm Ager McGee Clary Bergmann Mowatt and Carney. Awide circle of visitors traveled to nearby towns for visits and errands continuing through the week with multiple drives to Minneapolis and Waterloo.
Fremont residents and families are noted visiting relatives and attending events. A baby girl joined Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pavelee on March 28. Weddings, anniversaries, and birthday celebrations appear across Readlyn, Marshalltown, Waterloo, and Fredericksburg area homes with frequent visits among the Chapin, Woodcock, Rathe, Dettmer, and Ashbrenner families.
The confirmation class of St Pauls Lutheran church had their group photo taken in Waverly. Mr and Mrs F F Moeller hosted visits at the E H Homan home. Families of Dierks Kohagen Meier Moeller Schaefer attended Easter events and seed orders urged at F F Moeller. Diercks family visited Geo Diercks in Sumner.
The Spring Fountain column notes social gatherings honoring Mrs. Gaede and other local birthdays with visits, card games, and lunch, mentioning families such as the Meyers, Holmes, Stahlhut, Kirchman, and Boderman. It also reports on a large wedding at Spring Fountain church and various Sunday visits across the community.
Eleven women gathered at Mrs. H. E. Schroedermeier's home for a farm bureau session. Mrs. Schroedermeier led a pleasing lesson on refining furniture, the township's second on furniture after a cane bottoms lesson. Nearby updates include visits among locals and health notes.
The term horsepower arose in the eighteenth century as steam engine power replaced horse power for hoisting and pumping in British mines. One horsepower equals 550 pounds lifted one foot in one second, or 33,000 pounds lifted one foot in one minute. A Florida Times Union quiz joke notes a V neck reference in casual chat.
Islanders marvel at rainbow sunlit rain over the leeward side while winds from mountains drive rain into clear-sky zones. The same air feeds salt and soil conditions that perfect Hawaii pineapples, pampered by nature. A recipe suggests toasted bread rounds topped with pineapple and cream cheese mix, peanut butter, and marshmallows, broiled to brown.
In a terse exchange, Mrs Snapper accuses him, but Dusty Rhoads clarifies he is trading goodwill for food. The dialogue hints at social tensions and the jutting irony of charity and pride in a small-town setting.
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