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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1933
Page
6
A playful menu suggests unusual breakfast fare fit for a castle. It features Raspberry and Banana Cup, Corn Cake, Frizzled Ham, Sliced Cucumbers, and a coffee course. Instructions detail preparing banana cups with lemon juice and raspberries, serving four.
Denver resident Harry Winkey, long time Standard Oil Co. truck driver, resigns and relocates with family to Shell Rock Iowa. Claud Cordes of Fort Dodge takes over Winkey’s duties, rents the vacated home, and will move his own family to Denver soon. The notice lists other regional moves and community updates including a 95 percent NRA drive banner adoption in Denver and Jefferson township.
Readlyn social notes list birthday celebrations and visits at homes of Kelling Jaschen and others. Attendees include Eichmann Miller Diekman Weideman Thran Jaschen Pries Schuknecht Muehlenhaupt Oltrogge Bruns Progge Thomson Torgler with guests from Westgate Waterloo Fairbank and Denver. An infant was christened Duane Moritz with Rev Frese officiating.
Old Tripoli residents attended the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Chas Jahnke in Ferderika on Wednesday. Various local residents, including Will Jahnke and Mrs Nellie Tegtmeier, visited, hosted and accompanied by neighbors, sharing meals and stories.
Small free balloons lighted by candles or electricity are released and watched by meteorologists at night in their task of forecasting the winds.
John H. Puelicher of the American Bankers Association reflects on the banking system’s trials since 1929. He cites political regulation, incompetence, and dishonesty as flaws, but argues strong laws and public trust can strengthen banks. He notes bankers bore public blame during catastrophes while many banks continued service and paid depositors.
Mr and Mrs R C Platte and family attend Mrs Dana Platte’s 61st birthday in Waterloo. Sun, plus visits across the area as relatives Halts at C J Meier and Plaster homes near Westgate. Detailing accompanying families and a Chicago trip for Leona Moeller shows ongoing community ties and social visits.
A brief note contrasts European attitudes toward storks, with Holland Denmark and Germany protecting nests by law as a sacred symbol for homes, while Italy dismisses the old superstition and places less value on the tale.
New Orleans visitor to the Chicago World’s Fair views the Tutankhamen statue in the Egyptian Pavilion. General Johnson notes women spend 85 percent of household money and urges support for the Buy Now campaign to keep workers on payrolls and promote Buy American.
Jud Tunkins quips that playing politics mirrors piano play and warns audiences leave when old tunes are belabored. He notes about 85 percent of the world’s borax originates from Death Valley region in southern California.
Report states that only about one third of Corsica has been cleared and cultivated, leaving two thirds of the island uncleared. Authorities note slow progress in land settlement and agricultural development amid rugged terrain and limited resources.
A large straw stack on John Heine farm two miles east was struck by lightning Sunday night between 8 30 and 9 00. The bolt split the stack and it burned from the center, with flames spanning to a nearby stack and barn. Firefighters watched all night to prevent further damage. Other local notes include visitors, home improvements, yard manager Amos McDonald, a new foundation for a building replacing a recent fire, cattle shipments, and social visits among area residents.
A samovar is a copper vessel used in Russia and eastern countries to keep water boiling for tea or food at table. Similar devices in China heat soups, with urn-like vessels serving hot drinks and meals.
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