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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1934
Page
3
The Sumner Old Age Assist Board elected Mrs. H. Frank secretary and Richard Stephenson of Garetty elected chairman at a recent meeting. Four applicants for the investigator sale were considered: Miss Herrmann, Elmer Figker, Henry Wiesley of Waverly, and Ernest Seemann of Readlyn. About 200 residents have applied for old age pensions.
Local residents from Fremont and nearby towns visit relatives and friends across multiple homes including Meihost, Klemp, Rathe, Buenger, Peters, and Ganske. Notable items include birthday celebrations for John Stromer and Arnold, and the death of Mrs. John Moeller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rathe, announced to relatives and friends.
The remark puns on fish growth, suggesting rapid growth occurs after escape, reflecting a humorous or aphoristic exchange rather than a factual report.
Waterloo visitors and neighborhood gatherings mark a string of birthday anniversaries and social calls across South of Tripoli. Families including Woodcock, Tegtmeier, Kuker, Schmitd, Buenger and Struck share celebrations and Sunday visits at homes in Waterloo and nearby towns. A post office squib closes the segment with a joke about post graduate education.
A sequence of Sunday and Monday visits by Mr. and Mrs. Ladage Korte Korte families and friends to the Erwin Hoppenworth home and related households. care concerns described for Mrs. C Schwemm after Labor Day. daughters travel arrangements noted. Miss Mary Pinch leaves for Cedar Falls Teachers College for fall term.
Rev Wunderlich helped as caller at Henry Hennings home Tuesday afternoon. Henry Hennings hosted visitors including Hagenow family and Reinhardt Lange Wednesday. Mercy hospital patient Elmer Hennings returned home after three weeks. Multiple family members and neighbors shared meals and visits at the Hennings house across the week with various relatives from Tripoli and Spring Branch.
A September 9 1909 look back notes C F Kuhrt buying Chas Leverence saloon Emma Biermann dies in Chicakasaw county burial at St Peters cemetery Ball team travels to Fairbanks for a sixteen inning game Henry Drewis and wife move to Behrends house. Wm Johnson starts excavation for new home A Propp to do carpentry Mrs Mary Carstensen begins work at Tripoli Mercantile Co Section Boss Beggerow says section men will earn 1.50 per day Several hundred acres of corn in Bremer county projected to yield 75 bushels per acre Historic market prices list eggs at 19c butter 30c potatoes 60c hides 7-8c veal 4-6c chickens 12c hogs 6.80 corn 5c-8c Wm Biermann family return from Minneapolis and Bell grade trip and other relatives plan visits in Kansas and surrounding towns.
Ten years ago on Tuesday a deal transferred the H J Zacharias filling station and truck service to N R Ambrose. In Tri Poli schools enrollment ran high with 72 in the high school and about 135 in the grades. Fred Towne Jr a Leroy township farmer died Monday in Rochester Minnesota. Ed J Henning moved to Buck Creek to manage the Buck Creek creamery.
Five years ago on September 11 1929 Mr and Mrs Fred Bremer of Chicago visited H H Nevermann and W H Notdorf. Mrs Ella M Green of Forest City and son Orville with granddaughter Glenice of Braham Minn spent weekend with Thos Snelling and relatives. Market prices then listed eggs 27 to 40 cents heavy hens 21 cents light hens 18 cents ducks 16 cents geese 13 cents hogs 9 50 sows 7 50 veal calves 7 to 14 dollars.
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