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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1932
Page
3
Leader's Large Correspondent Staff compiles a regional snapshot of daily activities across communities. The roundup highlights diverse endeavors from local residents, schools, clubs, and small businesses, painting a lively picture of ordinary life and community interest.
Local families from Frederika New Hampton Waterloo Sumner Oelwein Waverly and Nashua visited relatives in Frederika and nearby towns. Attendees included the Flury and Sherman families, Ladds Clarys and Mills, Dilleys and Dettmers, and many others sharing Sunday dinners school parties and farm bureau events.
Sunday visits and birthday parties dominate the community scene with numerous households hosting kin and friends. Notable gatherings include the Hoppenworths at the Woodcock home and Delores Drape’s fourth birthday celebrated by relatives from Readlyn and nearby towns.
Jackson township farm bureau meeting hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Duck er on September 26 featured principal Robert Christopher leading the assembly. Gladys Christopher coordinated a student program from Jackson school No. 5 with children including Margaret Woodruff and others. Leslie Moeller of Waverly discussed public school gains while Supt. A. G. Hinshaw praised citizenship outcomes and Janesville teachers were introduced. Refreshments followed after the showing of movies.
Toledo Blade reports a provocative phrase describing kissing as a harmony of cellular vibrations that attract and merge into a rich chord of contact, attributed to Dr Josiah Oldfield.
Frederika and Fremont townships held a joint meeting at the Bennett home on Tuesday evening September 27 with school teachers from both townships and most of the Tripoli high school faculty as guests. Supt A A Belknap J P Snelling M A Woodcock E W Kirchhoff and others contributed to the discussion after the movies. Refreshments followed and a committee of Mrs E W Kirchhoff and Mrs Kenneth Chapin was formed to arrange the next meeting.
Des Moines reports U S weather bureau at Omaha airport has recovered only 3 of 9 instrument sets sent by balloons to 10 11 miles up. Farmers urged to watch for red parachutes as instruments study atmospheric pressure temperature and humidity. One set found near Sidney, reward paid. balloons expected to land across Iowa. Shaddock note explains grapefruit origin in Los Angeles Times.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quotation warns that a right of way should not be pursued hastily to avoid trouble, suggesting patience can prevent drawing an undertaker into delays or disputes.
Mrs Dolly Gann told an audience of 800 in Waverly High School auditorium that civil strife plagues other nations while the United States remains secure under Hoover. She credited Hoover with initiating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and bank pools, urged his return to the White House, and criticized Roosevelt for taking Hoover ideas and failing to keep economy pledges. An orchestra and community singing accompanied the program led by Leonard H. Racker, with Rep. T. J. B. Robinson introduced.
Mrs. Gann and Mrs. Robinson were guests of honor at a 6 o'clock dinner at the Fortner hotel with 80 women present. Mrs. Schiefelbein introduced Mrs. Gann who spoke briefly on the Hoover home life and grandchildren. After the high school address, Mrs. Gann rode with Mr. and Mrs. Hertlein to Cedar Falls to catch a train to Chicago.
Prepared by Bremer County Abstract Company for the week ending October 1 1982. Frank Sager sheriff to Prudential Insurance Co 18806.86 involving NW 4 and N% of NE% section 24 91 11. Raymond C Gates to George Abbott 1 lot 16 auditor's plat in section 25 93 11. Mary Seegers to William Seegers 1 tract east of block 63 M N LeValley's addition to Waverly. R H Sewell to Lydia Rae Sewell 1 lot 1 and 2 William Sturdevant's addition Waverly.
The Saylors Creek action on April 5 1865 near Amelia Court House, about 30 miles west of Petersburg, involved leading generals Lee Meade Longstreet Sheridan Humphreys R H Anderson Ewell Gordon Seymour Crook Merritt Stagg and Kershaw. It was described by General Sheridan as one of the severest conflicts of the war and eclipsed by the Confederate surrender three days later.
Rev H Raum and Rev C G Gerlach attended the Waterloo conference of the American Lutheran church held in Waterloo on Tuesday. Mrs Conrad Meyer joined a quilting party at Mrs Fred Deke's Horton home on Friday. Gustave Sehwein and family visited the county farm Sunday. Rev and Mrs C G Gerlach and family visited Mr and Mrs Fred Schellhorn Sunday. Ernest Hoppenworth visited his mother at Louis Rodemeyer home Sunday. Miss Elda Hagen visited with Hedwig Gerlach Sunday.
A concise quotation notes Bergson stating that the present holds nothing new and that effects were already in the cause, emphasizing cyclic time and the persistence of past ideas in current events.
Bridge players in the Arkansas Gazette piece are shown treating surprise and astonishing bids as equivalent. The brief notes reflect a columnist viewpoint on bidding psychology and the arcane language of bridge.
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