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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1968
Page
2
Drought Weakens Many Iowa Ornamental Plants
Extended drought over several years has weakened many ornamental plants in Iowa. Evergreens like fir, spruce, pine, yew and juniper face winter injury from low soil moisture and drying winds. Prevention includes fall irrigation and pruning damaged portions to curb disease exposure. recovery is possible with the coming growing season.
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Iowa
Dale Shires
Bremer County
Abraham Epstein
Iowa State University
ISU
PERT POINTERS for Summer Travel with Children
Extension home economist tips emphasize comfort and preparation for families on trips. Dress kids in nonbinding clothing, pack disposable items for easier cleanup, and carry a soiled clothing bag. Include quiet toys for preschoolers and puzzles for school-agers to reduce travel boredom. An emergency snack kit and in car water supply help manage hunger and thirst between stops.
Cattle Marketings Seen Steady To Higher In Summer
Iowa State economist Gene Futrell says fed cattle marketings in the next two months should be near a year earlier with only modest price gains in May and June. Despite more cattle on feed April 1, weights and heifers drive supplies near last year. fall slaughter likely below January-March. Beef demand and population trends could lift prices into summer with mild increases over 1967.
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Gene Futrell
Iowa State University
Looking at Life as It Used to Be May 2 1928 Bremer County
A 1928 item notes Mr and Mrs Henry Zander and Mr and Mrs August Shellhorn honored for their 20th wedding anniversary at a St Peters Evangelical church basement banquet. Also reports a car overturn near Bremer with injuries and a chicken house fire on Main Street.
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Henry Zander
August Shellhorn
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
Walter Sommer
Wm. Ladage
Bremer
J. F. Keough
Main Street
C. G. Schwein
Fred H. Tegtmeier
Eldon Nichols
Jess Nichols
North Africa
Bremer County
Mary Hankner
Tripoli
C. J. Kimball
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
August Kelling
Frederika
Sumner
Here
Lavern Krueger
Harry Heine
Paul Thurm
Denver
Emil E. Buchholz
Lester Boeckmann
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Karla Kay Busse
Gregory Schmidt
Barbara Bang
George Hanzlik
Keeping Kids Safe While Traveling With Food and First Aid
Travel with children includes exposure to new foods which may upset a small child. Pack familiar meals and snacks to ease transitions. Always carry a first aid kit to handle everyday emergencies away from home.
Flowering Crabapples and Lilac Pruning Tips for Spring
ISU extension horticulturist advises on choosing flowering crabapples with small fruits to reduce mowing problems and support wildlife. Spring Snow offers sterile fruit, while Blue Lake bush bean trials show promising quality. Pruning lilacs after flowering with removal of faded clusters promotes 1969 flower buds and yearly plant control.
Tripoli Community School Lunch Menu Highlights Week
The menu lists daily offerings from Monday through Friday. Meals include mains like Goulash Fried chicken and Maidrite with sides such as vegetables, bread and butter, fruit, desserts, milk or juice.
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Tripoli Community School
Local residents attend gatherings as house changes hands and birthdays noted
Frede rika Clyde Clary sold her residence to Walter and Sells who moved in Saturday while Clary stays with sister Maude O’Day in Fredericksburg. Various visitors attended gatherings at Waverly and surrounding homes, with Lavern Hoeper’s birthday noted and a funeral at Fort Atkinson. Twin boys born to Mr. and Mrs. Bergmann at Scholly hospital weighed 5 lbs 10 oz and 4 lbs 14 oz. A 100th birthday for Olaf S. Jondall was celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Clary
Walter Sells
Clary
Maude O'Day
Fredericksburg
Sells
Gene Sells
Los Angeles
Ray Bailey
Citrus Heights
Cal
Lee Sells
Clear Lake
Wise
Ernest Nuss
Merlin
Lavern Hoeper
Waverly
John Hoeper
Victor Fasse
Rodemeyer
Lavern
Kenneth Loftus
Evansdale
Gail McLavey
Janet McLavey
Alfred Buls
Leo Buls
Fred Gade
Olga Harting
Arlington Heights
Lll
Lawrence Bockhaus
Ladies’ Aid
St. John Lutheran Church
Harry Feistner
Charles Alcock
Wheatridge
Colo
Leslie
Hampton
Wm. Burrow
Robert
Bergmann
Scholly Hospital
Waterloo
Og Allan
Grare
Wa Ener
Fietta
Lester
Ames
Rich
Carl Hampton
Mack
Arnold
Alma Huffman
Emil Schmy
Mike
Ke Plainfield
Holm
Ager
Alfred
Milton Meyer
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Wapsie Sportsmen Club
Olive Wescott
Phillip Walther
Mary Elizabeth Reed
Panora
Kent
Tripoli Grain & Feed
Allan Bergmann
DIAL
Ben Vance
Iowa State
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Howard M. White
Hammond
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American Savings Bank
United States
Sete
Melvin Krumm
C. ¢. Eichmann
C. C. Eichmann
R. R. Downing
R. L. Cousin
Harry H. Hagemann
State of Iowa
Mary J. Hankner
Olaf S. Jondall
Henry Schutte
Colburn Feed Mill
Tripoli, Id
Larry Hanson
George Barnes
Tripoli Feed and Livestock
Tripoli, Iowa
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