Looking Backward In the Leader's Files May 21 1908
C R Cole returning to Dubuque leaves vacancy at Fettkether barber shop filled by A C Hilebrandt. Archie Hale and wife from Waterloo visit Hale home. August Otto return from Colorado after winter. Tripoli to host old settlers June 18. Fred Hildebrandt heads to Mount Vernon for May Music Festival. Henry Heideman barn raising and dance. Clarence Moehling injured from hammock fall. 25 years ago market prices cited. Fire destroys Dettmering barn struck by lightning. 100 guests attend. Kasemeier celebrate 25th wedding anniversary. Wardens arrest Nolting and Muehlenhop for dynamiting fish. Chapin home hosts wedding Dorothy Chapin and Erwin Kirchhoff. Zander host 25th anniversary. Young Glenn Sommer injures arm. Johnson helps in meat market in Oelwein. Bostwick farewells at Winning home. Reinhart visits from Osceola.
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C. R. Cole
L. W. Fettkether
Dubuque
A. C. Hilebrandt
Archie Hale
Waterloo
S. P. Hale
Hale
Electric Theatre
August Otto
Colorado
Tripoli
Fred Hildebrandt
Mount Vernon
Cornell College Conservatory of Music
Henry Heideman
Clarence Moehling
Henry Dettmering
Theodore Kasemeier
Buck Creek
Wm. Scheeve
H. J. Hankner
Albert Nolting
Herman Muehlenhop
Fredericksburg
Plum Creek
W. D. Chapin
Dorothy
Erwin W. Kirchhoff
Herman Zander
Glenn
Art Sommer
George Johnson
Oelwein
A. L. Bostwick
Chris Winning
Harry Reinhart
Osceola
William Blume
Birthday for Mrs Charles Piegers Noted in May 1923
A 1923 item recalls the May 23 birthday of Mrs Charles Piegers. The note marks the occasion as part of a weekly roundup. The brief entry highlights a personal milestone within the community.
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Charles Piegers
Five Years Ago May 16 1928 Celebrations At Buhr Kuker Homes
Five years ago on May 16 1928 Mr and Mrs H H Buhr celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with about fifteen families at their home. A group gathered at E H Kuker residence for Mr Kukers 30th birthday. Mrs Fred Allan arrived from Memphis Tenn for an indefinite visit with sisters Mrs Nora Gunsalus and Mrs A H Panzer. Market prices from five years earlier listed eggs at 24c heavy hens 18c light hens 15c old cocks 12c ducks 15c geese 12c turkeys 25c sows 7 50 good hogs 8 80 veal calves 7 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Buhr
Buhr
E. H. Kuker
Kuker
Fred Allan
Memphis
Tenn
Nora Gunsalus
A. H. Panzer
Minstrel Show At The Jackson Township Meet
A large crowd is expected at the Jackson township and Washington township joint meeting at the Janesville school house on Tuesday evening May 238. Jackson township men will stage a minstrel show with jigging and singing by black faced comedians while Washington township women present a project play. D C Offringa will discuss the 4-H club fair progress to be held at Waverly on August 22 23 and 24 refreshments will be served. Read the Leader advertising.
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Jackson Township
Janesville
Washington Township
Black Hawk County
D. C
Waverly
County Seat News Items of Interest Continued
Local notes from Howard Knapp to Mrs. Green’s circle and town happenings include Mayo Clinic travel for a family, injuries and recoveries, moves and resignations, club openings, and obituaries. Notables: Miss Selbig returns from Galena to aid brother Steve. Mrs. J. P. Green dies in Shell Rock. Waverly Golf Club opens May 28 with events. Maynard meat market purchase. Oakdale patient Duggan slowly recovering. St. Mary's cemetery roads upgraded with crushed rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hilton
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Hospital
Donald
Marion McKliget
Harry McKliget
St. Paul
John McKliget
Mary Selbig
Galena
Ill
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Edward Ramsay
J. W. Ramsay
Ed H. Meyer
Mercy Hospital
O. W. Burman
A. M. Stoeber
Jimmy
Chicago
J. P. Green
Melvin Padget
Janesville
Ben Sanders
Chapin
Iowa
W. W. Clark
Mayo Clinic
Mildred E. Smith
Joseph Drexler
Mary Humphrey
Iowa Falls
Louise Meyer
Waverly
Fair Grounds
Harry Nelling
Waterloo
Dorothea Nelling
Nelling
Peterson Funeral Home
Lawrence Nissen
T. M. Buehrer
Maynard
St. Paul’s Lutheran Choir
Alec Mooney
Verla
Oelwein
Mr. Mooney
Mary A. Mooney
Harry McDermott
Iowa City
University Hospital
Joseph Duggan
Oakdale Sanitarium
Town City
Val Herrman
Board of Supervisors
Dell Zoller
H. H. Broadie
Olive Farr
W. H. Cook
Maquoketa
John Ennis
Harold Ackers
Hayti
Mr. Acker
George Bates
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Hugh Mooney
Charles Fettkether
J. E. Cavanaugh
Waverly Friends
A. J. Fellers
Louise Weikert
Mrs. Fellers
Restoration of dodo completed at Iowa museum
The only believed restoration of the dodo in the United States has been finished in the University of Iowa museum taxidermy lab. Taxidermists used ostrich neck feathers for the head and body covering from a North American eagle to complete the exhibit.
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United States
University of Iowa Museum
Local Tripoli Social Roundup Reported May Gatherings
OLD TRIPOLI residents and neighbors share calls and visits from Tuesday through Sunday. Families including the Heideman, Plagens, Freitag, Carstensen, Gaede, Bergman, Kelsey, and Schumacher circles are noted hosting, visiting, and attending a funeral at the Koschmeder home and St Matthew's near Readlyn, with several trips to Sumner and Oelwein for family events and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Gaede
Alfred Bergman
Sumner
B. B. Bennett
Geo. H. Heideman
Marie Kelsey
Will Schumacher
Fred Lucbs
Virgil Bock
Herman Plagens
Andrew Carstensen
Ruby Ann
Oelwein
Will Bunger
Edward Bennett
Helena Freitag
Howard
Tripoli
Henry Meier
Louie Gaede
Will Bergman
Henry Niemeyer
John Tegtmeier
Zatha
Nora
Leslie
Walter
Gust Plagens
Will Schumacheer
Marie
Beryle Kelsey
Alberta Bergman
Crane Creek Summer School Starts Six Weeks
Parochial school in Crane Creek opens Monday for a six week summer term. Local families visit and attend events as residents share news of weekly activities. Public schools closed May 16 for a children’s picnic, while neighbors report visits and social gatherings at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Beisner
Denver
Herman Meier
H. W
R. A. Michael
Ladies’ Aid
C. H. Hay
Motorist asks distance to Toppville from town
The ant replies in quirky dialogue that the distance varies by direction, claiming thousands of miles one way and three miles the other. The exchange centers on confusing measurement and a humorous misdirection rather than a real route.
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Ant
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Quick Relief
Poisons absorbed from souring waste dull the head and drain energy. A small dose of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin gently clears such troubles overnight. Caldwell spent forty seven years studying constipation to craft a mild natural laxative with pleasant taste, now the most popular laxative sold in drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Caldwell
Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
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The
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Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
Howard Knapp
Harry Bailey
Waverly Greenhouse
Frank Perry
Old Tripoli
Crane Creek
Toppville
Hale Hatchery
Bremer County
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