Looking at Life as It Used to Be Fifty Five Years Ago
A historical snapshot highlights life in 1908 and 1883 era notes. Local stores add staff such as John Warner at Schultz's shop and Edna Shaffer clerking at Rompf's. farm prices show eggs 20c butter 30c veal 4c-5c, hogs $5. Markets also quote 191? prices and a WPA funded road improvement plan emerges with a $59,568 allotment. Dedication events, church moves, new officials, and forthcoming weddings and obituaries pepper community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Warner
F. C Schultz
Edna Shaffer
Geo. R. Rompf
Claude Shufelt
Bremer County
Washington, D. C
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Frederika
Area Youth Named Junior Member of Angus Association
Steven J. Kerr a 13 year old from Tripoli has been granted a junior membership in the American Angus Association at St Joseph Missouri announced Frank Richards secretary His junior membership issued during October lets him register his purebred Angus at regular member rates and earns him association privileges until age 21 when he may convert to a lifetime membership Kerr was among 260 youths nationwide to receive junior memberships last month Mrs Alice Harker Sac City observed her 100th birthday Open house was held at Hilltop Nursing Home in Sac City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven J. Kerr
Tripoli
Alice Harker
Sac City
Hilltop Nursing Home
Social visits fill Fremont households in local notes
Fremont area residents hosted and visited numerous neighbors through the week. A long roster includes Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wikner with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brase and many others, plus Sunday dinners for the Rathbone, Krueger, Moeller, Mueller, and Lahmann households. Community connections were reinforced with seminars in Fayette and birthday observances, as Leader ads promise results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Wikner
Fred Brase
Robert Rathbone
H. W. Krueger
Donald Schweer
Wilbert Bunger
Gus Jaschen
Debbie
Becky Kirchhoff
Lloyd Moeller
Fayette
Ed Lohmann
Virgil Schwake
Ernest Schedtler
Buck Creek
Fred Rathe
Mary
Herman Schneer
Robert Chapin
Charles Mueller
Dale Mueller
Sumner Hospital
Allen Bockhaus
Anna Kappmeyer
Ruben Poock
Waterloo
Aug. Hunemuller
Josephine Aschbrenner
Ernest Aschbrenner
Waverly
John Nerge
Sumner
Erhardt Lahmann
Paul Lahmann
Schnectady
N. Y
H. A. Dettmering
Donald Dettmering
National Library Week Highlights New Books and Access
Library notes celebrate National Library Week with 275 new books in the last quarter and a cooperative expansion allowing access to adult fiction from partner libraries. Titles include The Fire Next Time and The Tin Drum among others. Readers are urged to visit, request titles, and rely on the Co op Cedar Falls or State Traveling Library Des Moines for access and interlibrary loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Library Week
Gerat Land
Baldwin
Beckwith
Burgess
Kingstree Island
Ehle
Nies
Goudge
J.F.K
Man
Lasky
McKenna
Marshall
Michael
Rascal
North
Elizabeth Apple
O'Hara
Sandburg
Seifert
Russia
Cedar Falls
State Traveling
Des Moines
James Whitcomb Riley
Gov Hughes praises progress in Iowa moving forward
Governor Hughes expresses optimism about Iowa's direction with job growth and economic gains. He notes record corn harvests, early signs of industrial development, an unemployment rate near 1.9 percent, and over 4,100 new payroll jobs totaling more than $29 million, highlighting Franklin Institute's 1924 origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Iowa
Hugh
Reading in a comfy chair at the library’s wonderous rec room
A visitor settles into a soft chair at the library to savor the simple joy of reading. The calm space invites quiet study and a pleasant escape through books and periodicals. The setting emphasizes accessible, comfortable reading for all ages.
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Congregational Church
Paul Kuethe
Tripoli Street
Edward W. Koch
William Hunemuller
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
William F. Goetz
Shirley May Bell
L. K. Bell
Frederick E. Drewis
Ernst Drewis
George A. Bartell
Fredericksburg
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Tripoli High School
Karen Kay Ladage
Arno Ladage
William Steinbronn, Jr
William Steinbronn
Grace Lutheran Church
Carol Rae Lobeck
Wilbert Lobeck
Larry Strottmann
Lorenz Strottmann
Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Elmer Jacobs
Cyril Jandrey and Sons
St. John's Lutheran Church
St. Paul's
Angus Association
Fremont
Ken Miller
Evansdale
Wm. Kappmeyer
Joe Miller
Bernard Iserman
Ed Selck
Walter Fergemann
Robert Moeller
Virgil Moeller
Les Hoppenworth
Conrad
Ben Moeller
Elmer Otto
Arnold Stromer
Wm. Essmann
Clarence Buchholz
Aug. Buhr
Danny
Irene Mills
la Crosse
Wis
Fred Lahmann
Arnold Degelau
Coretta Dettmering
Library News
Baker’s Angel Flake
Mercantile
MERC
Royal Gelatine
Baker's
Amport
Duncan Hines
Double Fudge
Kraft’s
LA Marina
Aise
California
Our
Drygoods
Lindfelt
Bulk Creslan
Orson Mittens
Regent
Pepsi
Teem
Ackley
Henri
Ree
New Rose Pack
LUX
Mercantile Meats
Swift’s Premium
Tom
Gov. Hughes
Franklin Institute, Philadelphi
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