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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1931
Page
2
Numerous social visits and birthday celebrations in Waverly Tripoli and Frederika areas mark Sunday and Saturday gatherings. Attendees include Vogt, Redies, Lohmann, Kuker, Lange, Fred Fredericks, and many local families. A box social in Frederika No. 5 is set for October 29 at 8 PM, plus ministers Pfeiffer Raum and Gerlach attended a Waterloo conference meeting.
Mr and Mrs Erwin Hoppen and family returned from Belgrade Minnesota where they visited relatives. Many locals hosted or visited friends in Waterloo Hampton Tripoli Waverly Fredericksburg and Douglas Center with celebrations and birthday greetings for Ewald Miller and others.
Frederika residents gathering for the October 13 burial at Alcock Cemetery for Ida Rust of Waterloo who died October 11 at her daughter Ila Johnston’s Plainfield home. Rev A W Gable officiated. Relatives from Chippewa Falls and nearby towns visited.
Fremont residents shared a weekend of greetings and meals as Elmer and Ewald Boeckman celebrated a 10th anniversary with a surprise party. Numerous relatives and friends visited homes in Everett Prestien, Joe Snelling, M. A. Woodcock, and other households across town, marking birthdays, discuss travel to Waverly and Albert Lea, and Sunday dinners.
The piece urges parents to foster a child’s hobby to build constructive ability and provide amusement during indoor times. It cites photography carpentry stamp collecting painting and radio building as examples of beneficial and fascinating hobbies for youngsters.
An advertisement touts chiropractic as a drugless health science revealing thousands cured and inviting readers to investigate free consultation and spinal analysis. It cites a Gurney residence office in the northwest Tripoli area, urging residents to try chiropractic as a path to health.
Mr and Mrs Weber and family visited the Fred Harmening home then returned Tuesday. Mrs Weber is sister of Mrs Hesmenit. Mrs R A Michael was a Waterloo caller Friday meeting Ranetta who had returned from Jo City. Shredders busy in the neighborhood. Will Dohrman and Belle Plaine relatives visited Sunday. Ranetta Ruth Michael attended a shower for Mr and Mrs Hugo Lobeck. Theodore Kelling family visited R A Michael. Leo Wilbrandt of Waterloo stayed several days at Henry Beisner home assisting with cleaning.
The Ladies Aid hosted a farewell for Mrs. Sophia Hagenow at her Readlyn home as she prepares to move to Waverly. Rev. Frese officiated the infant Kenneth Lyle Meyer was christened. A car accident near Readlyn left Edgar and John Albrecht Jr. with minor injuries after a rollover on a double curve. one passenger was ejected but unhurt.
Artesian residents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thur and family visited at Ed Thurm’s home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Schroeder and children from Denver attended a dog race east of Oelwein, with Erna and Leona Moeller. P. W. Schaefe and family and F. F. Moeller’s family called on Mrs. J. Schaefer at St Francis hospital in Waterloo. A birthday observance noted for Mrs. E. H. Schroeder Tuesday evening. Mrs. C. J. Meier remained in Waterloo for a few days due to her mother’s illness.
A California dairy uses a cement-lined tunnel under a busy highway to move cows safely between buildings and pastures. The tunnel, built under the road, is reported by Popular Science Monthly as a dedicated cattle passage to reduce traffic hazards and improve annual herd movement.
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