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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1965
Page
2
Second class mail at Tripoli under 1879 act. Published each Wednesday. Established 1894. Official newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County. Robert J. Sassman publisher. Subscriptions 3.50 yearly in Iowa 4.50 elsewhere.
Twelve members of the Dutiful Daughters 4-H club met August 10 at Sharon Kohagen’s home to discuss next year’s projects. Diane Steinbronn reports Sharon Kohagen demonstrated varnish removal and discussed furniture periods and styles while Sandy Clausing spoke on washing dishes.
Bremer County ISU extension economist Gene Futrell notes hog prices in early August were about 50 percent higher than a year earlier, with U S No 1-3 200-240 lb butchers fetching 24 dollars in Interior Iowa Southern Minnesota. Prices rose despite expected May June gains, due to weaker pork supply and favorable other market influences such as beef prices income and consumer shifts.
Futrell predicts fall quarter hog prices about 25 percent above 1964 levels with U S prices near $20 for 200-240 pound butchers in September, then about $18 by late fall. Egg profits rise as hatchbacks fall, with July production up 1 percent and overall egg prices easing but seasonal strength expected into autumn.
Mrs Nellie Allison heartily enjoys a cake surprise from Osceola teens who quietly planned the event in her 82nd birthday celebration. She has run her own drug store in Osceola for more than 58 years.
Bremer county Extension director urges timber owners to research market options and seek multiple bids. Iowa State University forester James Gottsacker notes high quality black walnut and soft maple are in demand. trees should be large and clear of defects for best prices.
L. B. Liddy, former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, says he has not closed the door on seeking state office next year. He resigned as finance secretary for the Iowa Republican party and will enter private enterprise while keeping his candidacy options open at GOP headquarters.
Waterloo resident John Coverdale former executive secretary of both the Iowa Farm Bureau and the National Farm Bureau died of cancer at 82. He founded the National Committee on Boys and Girls 4-H club work and served 30 years as its director. He led the Iowa Good Roads Association as president and chairman and helped found the Waterloo meat animal show at the National Dairy Cattle Congress. In 1958 Iowa State University awarded him an honorary degree.
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