50 years ago

“Identifiable flying objects will be seen in the air over Waverly the evening of September 11,” opens a front-page story in the Sept. 9, 1975, issue of the Bremer County Independent. “The objects will be paper plates dropped from a low flying airplane.”

The paper plates had “gifts, or discounts on merchandise, offered by the member retail merchants of the Waverly Chamber of Commerce” as a unique way to offer shoppers bargain shopping.

“The plates will be dropped from an airplane over the various residential areas of Waverly. […] Each plate will list items from a particular member’s store, and will state the time period that the offer will be valid.”

Also in this issue is a report of a fire in a Bremer County Jail cell that resulted in treatment at the hospital but no appar

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