Looking at Life as It Used to Be 1909 Tripoli notes
Sequences from Tripoli area life show construction at Siege Creamery Co with cement blocks and Wm Lenius as buttermaker. Henry Koch estate sale specifics, 255 acres for $14 690, plus farm market prices from 1909. Also mentions 1939 road bids, Aug 24 wedding of Arlene Buhrow and Leo Buchholz, and local business changes. Six more items recap 25 and 10 year ago events, along with 1959 and 1954 local notices and developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siege Creamery Co
Wm Lenius
F. H. Friedman
Henry Koch
Tripoli
Knittel
Frederika
Iowa State Highway Commission
W. S. Chapman
Arlene Buhrow
Henry Buhrow
Leo Buchholz
Herman Buchholz
St. John's Evangelical Church
Siegel
K. Pfeiffer
Ralph Hurmence
Gamble
Herman Bolte
Tripoli Canning Co
Pinhook Residents Host Several Visitors and Notable Death
Community social notes list dinner guests from Milwaukee Leland Timmerman Tripoli and Cedar Rapids as well as visits by Mrs Elizabeth Sinkey's relatives after her death at Mercy Hospital Waverly. Additional items include kinship ties with St Lucas and Mason City guests, travel to Waverly, and college plans with Kathy Kuethe returning to Winona Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sophia
Milwaukee
Mike Franzen
Duane
Mark Bohr
Richard
St. Lucas
John Fay
Sophia
Leland Timmerman and Sons
Earl O'Connell
Elizabeth Sinkey
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Marlowe Burke
Pat
Mason City
Marlowe
Alfred Hahn
Kathy Kuethe
Albert Rieck
Winona
Minn
Lloyd Ludwig
al Wolfgram
Joe Sevick
Cedar Rapids
Allen Kroblin
Emil Matthias
Ray Kuethe
Picnic at Sumner Park Draws Many Local Families
Mr and Mrs Arnold Knittel and numerous relatives from Dike Minneapolis Moline Chicago and Des Moines shared a Sunday picnic at Sumner park with extended families including the Westendorf Dwyer Gonnerman Buchholz Wenger Blasche and others. Donald Westendorf was spending a 30 day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Platte
Wilfried Westendorf
Carol Lynn
Wendell Westendorf
Larry
Steven
Elaine
Dike
George Strempke
Marlene
Richard Dwyer
Minneapolis
Duane Daggett
David
Denise
Dawn
Moline
Ill
LaVenne
Eldon Westendorf
Chicago
Vernon Gonnerman
Ray Buchholz
Virgil Wenger
Duane Wenger
John Wenger
Herbert Blasche
Sumner Park
Donald Westendorf
Birthday home gathering noted for Ray Rieck family
The report recalls Ray Rieck's birthday observed Sunday with family. Mr and Mrs Allen Rieck and their children visited his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Rieck Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ralph Drewis Ruth and Mrs Ada McConkey joined relatives at Friendship Haven Fort Dodge with Mrs Maude Eveland Mrs Elsie McDonough and Mrs Louise Buskirk Monday evening at the Albert Rieck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Allen Rieck
Albert Rieck
Ralph Drewis
Ruth
Ada McConkey
Friendship Haven
Fort Dodge
Maude Eveland
Elsie McDonough
Louise Buskirk
Westendorf Family Furloughs and Local Socials Highlight Busy Weekend
Furloughing with his parents in New Mexico, Westendorf is stationed there while Lavonne Westendorf just returned from an eight weeks world trip. Clarence Ganske and Sandra joined a Sunday dinner hosted by Adella Buhrow, as the Westen dorf twins Kand i and Karri celebrated their sixth birthday. Wehling and Carol plus Marion Buhr returned from a 10 day Oregon visit with Dale Wehling, a forest ranger. Arnold and LeRoy Platte joined Paul Matthias in Cedar Falls for Matthias' birthday. Otto Baasch of Clinton and Clarence Wehling visited in the Rev Erich ace home Saturday morning with others in weekend social run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfried Westendorf
New Mexico
Lavonne Westendorf
Clarence Ganske
Sandra
Adella Buhrow
Kenneth Westendorf
Kandi
Karri
Clarence Wehling
Carol
Marion Buhr
Oregon
Dale Wehling
Forest Rangers
Arnold Platte
LeRoy Platte
Paul Matthias
Cedar Falls
Matthias
Otto Baasch
Clinton
Erich Ace
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ruth Ellen Asmus
John Asmus
Robert Tellin
John Tellin
Oelwein
First Congregational Church
A. C. Woodcock
Wood Lake Mission Covenant Church
Grantsburg
Wis
Glenn V. Anderson
Tripoli Area
Riverside Cemetery
Bremer County Rural Teachers
George Lindsley
Fremont No. 1
Ernest Drewis
Rod and Gun Club
Sumner
Alvin Nuss
Franklin Township
Bremer County Agricultural Stabilization Conservation
ASC
Post Office Department
H. R. Gross
St. John Lutheran
Maxfield Township
Vernon Wikner
Waterloo Production Credit Association
Sweet Marsh
Glenn Angel
Bremer County Conservation Commission
South Main St
Pinhook
Ray’s Clothiers & Cleaners
Tripoli, Iowa
Richard Truog
Harduj
West Bend
Anchorglass
Dewey and Seydel
Readlyn
Tripoli Commercial Club
Andy
Family Service
Tripoli Hardware
CBU
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