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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1931
Page
5
Local residents from Waterloo to Waverly and beyond gathered for visits, business trips, and family events. Multiple households hosted relatives and friends, with trips to Denison, Cedar Rapids, and Denver noted, plus a twentieth wedding anniversary celebration at Bremer and a birthday party at the Ladage home.
Governor Turner vows to enforce the tuberculin test law as state troops back officials at the Leaker farm. Deputies faced mud, rocks, and broken windows amid opposition from Cedar county farmers who fear cattle testing. The Cedar Falls group recounts health and local family updates as the situation unfolds.
Mr and Mrs Herman Huegli and son Elmer traveled to Delwe in Sunday to visit their daughter Mrs Robert Turney and husband. They were joined by their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Art Huegli from Denver.
A NZ broadcast covered a nighttime race between a Wellington to Auckland train and a touring car. Despite poor, hilly roads, the car finished half an hour ahead, signaling a growing road versus rail craze in the country.
The United States Department of Agriculture continually investigates bird habits to keep accurate diet records. Many birds have economic value as insect eaters, with some species targeting bugs others shun. About 80,000 card records store analyses of one bird stomach, aiding agriculturalists with crucial information.
The Tripoli Leader offers a wide range of wedding announcements and invitation samples. The paper highlights style and paper quality, inviting readers to use display advertising for best results.
Mr and Mrs Otto Matthias are parents to a seven pound boy born Wednesday September 164. Mr and Mrs Curtis Turner traveled to Waterloo Saturday to enter butter at a dairy cattle congress exhibit. Amos McDonald went to Waterloo Wednesday as his father underwent surgery at St Francis hospital. Mervyn Ormston visited Waterloo Friday and bought a lot as an investment. Mr and Mrs Fred Hildebrandt celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary Sunday evening, arranged by their daughter Renetta with over a hundred guests and lunch to follow.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Tiedt are proud parents of a daughter born Tuesday September 15. Also mentioned are visits by the Moellers and Leona, Drewis family, J Drewis, Luhring, Schaefer, Schroeder, C Meier and John Meier households in various Denver area homes.
A jumble of disparate items notes a seven toed cat in California, a diamond ornament for the Shwedagon Pagoda in India, Inca legends of men flying, Chinese toothpaste imports from the United States, elephants driven mad by tusk diseases, and Russia’s noted personal crisis reports.
A collection of short observations notes and trivia covering unusual truths from nature history and crime. The items mention untimely deaths cold water as prevention wells in Alaska queen bees laying unfertilized eggs abyssinia’s ancient dating Beebe’s dives Rembrandt’s bankruptcy and a Kashmir cow killing as a penitentiary offense.
A report notes Albert B. Fall, former cabinet official, becoming the first major politician jailed in recent years. Nearby a farmer near Elyria Ohio was jailed after his ex wife tired of accepting produce as alimony. A Danish army unit is described riding around in Essex automobiles, as The Pathfinder covers local affairs.
A Boston Transcript recounts Lt Leo Strachey’s tale of President Roosevelt during a visit. They paused at a waiting elevator and talked several minutes before Roosevelt said he would go in first. He then apologized, saying he forgets he cannot always behave as a gentleman.
The Leader offers printing for office forms sale bills and more from its well equipped plant. It promotes subscriptions at $2.00 per year in advance and highlights a Leader Business Bring er for selling or trading items with 25 cent ads to reach the right customers. It is described as an official county paper.
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