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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1931
Page
8
Leader's Large Correspondent Staff compiles a slice of local actions and events from diverse residents. The roundup highlights daily life, small achievements, meetings, gatherings, and community happenings across neighborhoods.
The Upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal annual conference opens in Cedar Rapids on Monday September 21. Locals Frederika and Republic seek Rev. A W Gable’s return to the Frederika charge. Numerous visitors from Nashua Waterloo New Hampton and other towns call on relatives here. A social gathering features bridge and five hundred with many Frederika residents hosting guests over the weekend.
Warren Towns area families hosted relatives and friends including August Flege Velda Pries and Harold Pries at Henry Hennings home. Henry Oestman of Illinois visited Wilkens and Hennings families while Fred Schnurstein worked on Wedemeier home. Local trips to Waverly by Henry Hennings and Arthur, and Waterloo visitor George Allen.
A September 20 surprise gathering for Mrs. Ford Meyer featured relatives and friends playing 500 with Edna Ganske high and Earl Meyer low. Lunch followed. numerous local families attended including Meyers, Strucks, Bodermans, Kneadlers, Hills, Gaedes, Stahlhut, Volker, and Rieck relatives. Several couples visited homes in the days around the event, with multiple social calls in Waterloo and Sumner areas.
Buck Creek area families held multiple Sunday and Thursday visits across Sumner and nearby towns. Guests included the Krueger, Westendorf, Sell, Meier, Tegtmeier, Lehmkuhl, Rettig, Rosenow, Zell and Nuss families with events at Sumner park and various homes.
Mr and Mrs Carl Hay of near Tripoli visited the Henry Seehase home Sunday. W C Sell of Sumner and Fred Wilharm Jr and children visited Herman Sell and Will Moeller homes. H W Specht Jr called on Fred Seehase. Young folks celebrated Coretta Warnke sixteenth birthday at her home. Theo Stahlhub and Waterloo visitors. Leonard Dienst Pipho families visited Henry Specht Jr home Sunday afternoon.
Cou sin their former home they will look after the home of Mr Remingtons brother whose wife died a couple of weeks sro and left a small daughter For many years Mr Remington was associated with his brother in law Mr Dick in the grocery business and for the past several years he has been an efficiently clerk in the H C Schell grocery store The many friends of the Remingtons will regret to have them leave the city New Funeral Home F C Koch completed a deal last week whereby he became the possessor of the residence property located on Second Avenue Northwest and belonging to the late W W Watkins but recently purchased and owned by C D Voss This is one of the finest residence properties in this city and is situated that it will make an ideal funeral home and Mr Koch is to be congratulated for adding such an improvement to this city and the people thereof.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wynhoff marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Friday September 18 with all their children present. The Wynhoffs recently moved from Akron Ohio and are joined by Herman of Elgin Illinois and Henry of Oelwein. Both remain in good health and received many congratulations from friends.
A group of Monroe county farmers is scheduled to visit Bremer county on September 29 and 30 to learn about farming and dairying in the area. About thirty farmers are expected and will be treated to a banquet in the evening.
The note mentions a weeklong visit to Misses Mary and Celia Selbig. It states duplication salesbooks can be bought for 15.00 dollars for 500 copies at the Tri Poli Leader.
Fragmentary note describes Java as having the world’s most beautiful highways with trees fed along roadsides and miles shaded by plantings, highlighting a grand vision for the island’s infrastructure.
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