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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1933
Page
6
Visitors at the Chicago World’s Fair witnessed the Firestone Singing Color Fountain set in the Firestone garden. A 100 by 15 foot pool powers dome fountains with color shifts and music via hidden loudspeakers. Daily concerts feature vocal and instrumental music. The Firestone building also hosts a tire factory exhibit and educational displays.
In Chester on Thursday at noon Dr Adson a brain and nerve specialist performed surgery on a young patient. Latest family reports say the boy is holding his own though several days remain crucial before danger passes.
Three Holstein cows at Willow Lawn farm west of the city were electrocuted during a week ago Friday evening electrical storm. A large downed tree marked the scene where their bodies were found. Nearby, the Waverly Rotary club led in attendance in April within the 80 to 50 member division. The kitten ball season opens May 31 with Catholic vs Lutheran and Firemen vs Kerwins, under league president Carl Homan and secretary Dr. M C Martin with Ed Kohlman as treasurer. The Carroll Catholic Study club ended summer meetings at Mrs Roy Herrmann’s home, planning a June 6 picnic at Tourist park with committees led by Mrs A T Leslie, Mrs E A Sager and Miss Mayme Brecher. Mrs C H Groening entertained Saturday for Mrs E H Rausch of Dubuque visiting the city.
Dialogue-driven note depicts Dottie and Grandma discussing a bungalow aunt/household living space. Daddy’s remark about an upper story needing renovation appears as a defining, subtle motif within a familial exchange and hint of planned improvements.
John Griese returned from Missouri where he has been holding a claim and will live with his sister Mrs Jos Franklin. Several locals enrolled as students in the business university in Oelwein. The local ball team beat Waterloo Turks in their opening game. Anna Hofever married F C Koch at the bride’s parents home in Creighton. Anna Steege married Edwin Bruns last Wednesday. Mrs C C Kramer visited her brother G L and family in Sumner.
Ten years earlier on June six William and Fred Garland traveled to Arkansas for business. Mrs Ike Andrews and two children from Fridley Ohio visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Warnke and her brothers Fred and Ernest. Mrs A L Bostwick left for Waverly where she bought a home. Ruth Hall and Anne Leideman Tripoli teachers left for Estes Park Colorado for summer positions. Vada Schwein left for Waterloo for business college. Henry Frese family and companions drove to Des Moines and Des Moines for weekend travel. Wm Kramer family and Lavera Prestien drove to Iowa City for Erwin Kramers dental graduation.
Mr and Mrs Carl Schlichting enjoyed a surprise 25th wedding anniversary at their farm home five miles southwest of Tripoli. Louis Rohrssen W H Tegtmeier and Wm Jahnke returned from a trip to Canestrota S D. A group honored Louis Schmidt on his 35th wedding anniversary in this city Friday night. Mrs E W Kuker daughter Iola and Mrs Art Tonne returned from Little Port after visiting Linehart family. Mr and Mrs C L McCumber left for Iowa City due to the illness of Claude Richards.
Des Moines announces a new wild west rodeo and stampede as a headline event for the August Iowa state fair. The rodeo runs seven nights from August 25 to 31 with daily roping, riding, and bull dogging contests in front of the amphitheatre, joining racing, music, and hippodrome acts.
The fair plans a large rodeo with top broncho busters ropers and bull dogs, featuring events like bull dogging steers calf roping bucking broncos wild rose races trick riding and chuck wagon races. About 160 to 200 head of Texas longhorn Brahman cattle and wild horses will be used, with entries from around 100 renowned cowboys cowgirls and Indian riders expected and officials aiming high standards set by Secretary A R Corey.
A nostalgic guide to hosting a circus picnic with a canvas top and ringmaster vibe. It suggests simple contests like tightrope walking and prize-worthy feats, plus playful foods such as Vienna hot dog sandwiches, clown ice cream, and a merry-go-round cake with red and white decorations.
A 1779 letter from George Washington is cited showing his lighter mood as he notes inviting two ladies to dine and warning of scanty fare. The piece then offers tested fruit pie recipes using canned fruits including blackberry, peach, and apple varieties with detailed crusts and baking steps.
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