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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1956
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official town and county newspaper of Tripoli Iowa and Bremer County. It notes publication every Wednesday, established since 1894, with subscription rates of 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
Bremer County conducts a wheat acreage allotment for 1957 with a referendum on marketing quotas scheduled for July 20. Albert Brandt, chairman of the county ASC committee, says the county office will issue farm allotments and notify eligible producers who harvest more than 15 acres of wheat in 1957.
Bremer County Extension Director Francis A. Kutish notes hog slaughter seasonal low and prices rising toward a year high. May reports show firmer sow prices, interior packers bidding, and lard weakness after a bean market spike. Kutish expects summer prices to ease but winter levels to exceed last year. risks include beef supply and demand shifts. A Hopkinton violin-collecting hobbyist and Ohio's first newspaper are also referenced.
Jefferson Jills 4 H club held its regular meeting with mother daughter ten members and eleven parents present. Mary Kalainoff spoke on Why Milk Is Essential to Our Diets and Sharon Buss on Using Angel Food Cake Different Ways. Mary Ellen Huck won Better Groomed Girl with Sharon Buss second. Sandra Michaelson won the May 10 contest.
Legal transfers record numerous property deeds with grantees including E A Road, Lena Schmidt, Anna Fortsch, Theodore Schmidt, W R Jahnke, J R Leytham, John Spooner and others. Properties span blocks in Dean & Pike's addition to Plainfield, Crestwood Park Waverly, Wolf Hill Readlyn, and other tracts in Tripoli and Sumner. Minor revenues listed include 1.10, 4.95, 19.80 and 20.90 dollars.
Mrs Busag judges Carol Tiedt as best groomed girl. A skit was rehearsed for the mother daughter banquet now set for June 8. Karen Buhr will usher at rally day. The next meeting is at Hedy Schweer’s home.
Bremer County 4-H Girls and County Club committee set Rally Day for Friday June 1 at 1 p.m. at Waverly High School. Events include election and installation of county officers, honorary member initiation, and a better groomed girls contest. Over 300 4-H girls, parents and friends are invited.
Brooks and Woodruff add to Waverly with revenue 14.30. Miriam A. Cagley executrix to Leo F. Gogg and wife for lots 3 and 4 block 50 Harmon LeValley addition revenue 4.40. Walter R. Brettman and wife to Adella Schultz for 110 feet of west 13 of block 7 sub division of NE 1 4 of section 2 91 14 Waverly. Tomorrow is the greatest labor saving device of today. Leader ads bring results.
A district sales manager named Ed drives at high speed with a new employee as they patrol town. Ed lectures on perseverance and keeping pace, but a late night dash ends when the car strikes a darker object on the highway, killing Ed and forcing a life lesson about slowing down.
A Brahman is identified as a Hindu belonging to the sacred or priestly caste.
A fragmentary item notes a fire burning trees and a person named Marilyn O Pop. The report references injuries to the neck and mentions a person named Gilbney. USC is briefly cited in connection with the incident.
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