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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1931
Page
4
The Tripoli Leader editorial urges Bremer County pupils to apply themselves in school and use education as a tool for intelligent effort. It notes education alone does not moralize, but intelligence plus a guiding spirit shapes value and progress, praising schools as vital assets and encouraging diligence this season.
The article criticizes laws seen as flawed farm relief, calling for cheaper production, mobilized science, and higher consumption. It argues farming should be treated as economics, not politics, while opposing an open pheasant season due to damage from hunters and cost to farmers.
The piece hails a possible rise in post ages while criticizing free frank usage and excess government mailings. It contrasts Trans-ocean flyers Pang born and Herndon with Lindbergh, praising their Pacific crossing and predicting a non-stop world flight may occur soon due to aviation advances.
Al Capone stands trial for unpaid federal income taxes this week. He previously pleaded guilty to tax evasion but later retracted, changing to not guilty after a ruling attempt. If convicted on all counts, observers say the sentence should be severe, else questions about the judge and jurors arise.
The writer notes that even if all ideas to end the depression were compiled into a book, they would fill the largest library in the country and the solution would still be elusive.
The Hampton Chronicle argues a school band offers broad benefits beyond pupils. It trains future municipal bands, boosts student morale, expands extracurricular participation, and strengthens ties to the home community, making the band worthy even if its only value is as training ground.
The publisher urges the Farm Bureau and Farmers Union to unite under a federation to gain influence and public respect. Fractured groups are blamed for wasted time and lost support, and the piece warns of consequences if consolidation does not occur.
The Iowa highway commission should pave gaps in cross state routes in graveled counties even without bond votes. The fund comes from automobile owners statewide and should be used to complete full highways, not piecemeal, benefiting all citizens.
The fashionable Des Moines area appeals to Hines to place the soldiers hospital away from the city. Fifteen years ago the same section celebrated as those men marched to war. It questions how many from the fashionable circle secured office jobs or quartermaster lieutenantcies while hospital boys suffered disabilities.
A Spencer News Herald opinion questions Hoover's Detroit speech and argues against taxing the rich to relieve national expenses. It claims high taxes on millionaires would not fix deficits and warns wealth concentration could spark revolution, urging broader tax burdens on the rich.
Washington predicts Alfred E. Smith will announce he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination and will back Franklin D. Roosevelt. Rumors in New York and Washington say Smith may deliver the nominating speech at the convention, while Hoover faces a hard reelect bid and possible party doubts about Smith versus Hoover.
A quotation from American Magazine notes that belief remains the key to healing and that readers reinforce their faith through their doctor's tone. The message ends by suggesting readers try the Tripoli Leader for display advertising.
The Gazette reports that Sumner business men cashed June checks from an Independence printer selling church calendars. The 14 by 22 inch calendar offered advertising space. payments were made to the salesman, who left town with the money before delivery. Some firms withheld payment until delivery, others refused after learning the scheme.
For sale big type Chester White boars over 175 pounds priced right. J J Neuendorf Route 4 Tripoli Iowa. For sale big type Chester White boars and sows best known blood lines. O C Hutchinson % mile north on primary 59 New Hampton Iowa. For sale Fresh Jersey cows and some coming in few weeks also two young Guernsey springers. F H Platte 3 1/2 miles west of Readlyn phone Readlyn 1010. For sale big type Chester White boars and sows new blood lines for old customers price reasonable. Pave road No 59 four miles north of New Hampton Ia J W Weigel.
Two farms near Tripoli are for rent at 5.00 and 6.00 dollars per acre. Koch & Smith advertise from Waverly Iowa location over Klotzbach’s. Also listed are used cars for sale at H. H. Buhr Garage Tripoli including a 1928 Pontiac and several Chevrolets in good running order.
A Sumner Gazette item urges Independence merchants to reject settlements until printed cards arrive. The note advises solicitors to provide a signed receipt from the local print shop, or have the merchant hold firm and refuse to pay. It labels refusal as shystering and stresses consumer protection.
In Passaic New Jersey the Columbia Clothing plant, a nonunion shop, was stormed by 16 men who chased about 200 workers into the street. All the attackers were arrested.
Otawa Illinois seventeen Grover Hoffman and Walter Jackson, seventeen of Hobart Indiana, drowned when their canoe was swamped by a swift current on the Illinois river near Starved Rock.
The Virginia Brandon estate was first named Martin's Brand on by Capt. John Martin, a Jamestown colonist who received a 1616 grant. It did not belong to the Harrison family until Benjamin Harrison, son of the first settler named Harrison, acquired it.
A guide to balanced school meals stressing home life, with sample lunch ideas. Nut Bread Cheese and Fig Sandwiches use mashed cream cheese and figs. Chicken and Vegetable Sandwiches mix chicken peas celery mayo on whole wheat. Pineapple Chocolate Milk Shake combines chocolate, milk, pineapple syrup. Cherry Tarts use glazed cherries in pastry shells with a cornstarch glaze.
A nostalgic salute to American canned foods as a global staple. It traces how export buyers from Addis Ababa to Malta request U S cans and imagines a world cruise where salmon, corn, peaches, and tomatoes bon voyage in tins. The piece links farming, canning, and international trade with adventurous imagery.
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