Houseboat Trip to Silver Lake By Local Group
Bradgate residents led by Bob Marchant and Bill Marchant built a 14 by 28 foot houseboat this spring and summer from saved timber. They launched it at Silver Lake and weekend visitors joined to enjoy rides, with many neighbors attending weddings and family gatherings at nearby towns.
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Vote
Bob Marchant
Bill Marchant
George Curry
Silver Lake
Mr. Vote
Mr. Curry
Fred Benjamin
Stanley Benjamin
Art Petersen
LeRoy Larsen
Kenneth Dayton
Raymond
Wilma
Linda
Jimmie
Palisade
Minn
Sophia Sanford
Oliver Lamson
Dayton
Paul
E. J. Burr
Henry Olson
le Roy Hansellman
la Verne
Marchant-Vote
Dean Madsen
la Moille
John Madsen
Dean
Roger
Gene Madsen
Robert Foley
Livermore
Art Kline
Des Moines
Ernest Kline
Jack Hannon
Alta
Fort Dodge
Chet Elberts
Dunnell
Shirley Alme
Roger Madsen
Ottosen Lutheran Church
Joan Madsen
Victor Madsen
Caroline Madsen
Olga Severson
Detroit
John Madsens
Norman Madsen
Monroe
Donald Madsen
Kansas City, Mo
Susan Christenson
Jerry Curry
Marilyn Malnin
Community ties marked by visits and celebrations
Social notes recount wide family and friend visits across Humboldt, Ottosen, Bode and nearby towns. Loren Daniel hosts after the Alme Madsen wedding. Julia’s birthday appears. multiple trips to Fort Dodge, Mason City, Des Moines, and Yellowstone are noted along with baptisms, showers, and a 82nd birthday.
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Victor
Caroline Madsen
Olea Severson
Margaret Wiulf
Bode
Loren Daniel
Ottosen
Margaret
Severson
Ferndale
Mich
Madsen
Mrr
Roger Isacson
Julia
Humboldt
Myre
Vane Isacson
Hans Isacson
Owen Curry
la Verne
Howard Curry
Boyd Daniel
Havelock
Esther Curry
Ray Crouch
Chicago
Gotch Park
John Pierce
Ernest Hinners
Pine City
Minn
Leonard Smith
New Sharon
Canada
Yellowstone
West
Bill Cran, Jr
Harm Eyhusens
Fort Dodge
Ronald
Robbie
Olga Severson
Lester Severson
Margaret Wiuff
Bede
John Madsen
Donald Madsen
Michael Madsen
la Moille
Gene Madsen
Lester
Stainless Pazo relief offers at home remedy
Stop pain of piles today with Stainless Pazo suppositories or ointment. Doctor tested claims of instant relief for internal and external piles with reduced swelling and faster healing. Grove Laboratories markets this drugstore remedy for comfort in sitting or walking.
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Grove Laboratories, Inc
Local Notes and County Relief Stats and Social Events
Des Moines welfare figures show 4 078 076 pounds of surplus commodities valued at 795 788 84 distributed to needy families in 69 Iowa counties in the first half of 1957 with delivery costs about 69 cents per hundred pounds. Pocahontas county totals include 37 808 pounds valued at 7 570 17 delivered at 294 68. Social appointments include a bridal shower for Mrs Willard Peterson and various family visits and lake fishing trips in Minnesota and Ruthven. A 1920 First National Bank ten dollar note featuring McKinley is noted with contrast to Hamilton on modern notes. Milk truck crash at Coggan causes heavy losses of milk and cans. All states enact stricter anti dueling laws.
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Department of Social Welfare
Des Moines
Towa
Pocahontas County
Chevrolet presents solid low-priced car with Fisher body
The copy touts Chevy as the only low-priced car offering all features and solid construction. It emphasizes Fisher body quality and tight fittings, claiming superior craftsmanship versus rivals and a powerful V8 design that translates horsepower into pleasure.
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Fisher
Chevrolet
School's Open and Traffic Caution Near Schools
The week marks school openings across many communities prompting the AAA Motor Club of Iowa to urge motorists to drive slowly near schools and adjacent neighborhoods to protect children new to school. A 100-year-old brass cow bell was found by Henry Longfellow in the 102 river channel south of Bedford near highway 148 along with prior finds of arrow heads and tomahawks.
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AAA Motor Club
Iowa
Henry Longfellow
102 River
Bedford
Highway 148
Longfellow
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the Rolfe Arrow
Robert Swan
Marion Brier
Rolfe
Enurepe Ove
Iowa Press Association
Ational Editorial c
Association A A
Bradgate News
Robert Bellis
Mark
Morris Fuller
Curt Wilkinson
Austin
Clark Cooper
Mankato Teachers College
Rose Creek
Mankato
Fort Dodge Junior College
Abbie Olson
Lester DD. Olsen
Washington, D.C
Darwin Jolliffe
Ramona Sue
Fo Wyatt
Wayne Doe
Marshalltown
Mabel Hoffman Wold
Sioux Falls
S. D
Chas. Wright
Denmark
Joan
Mattie Henderson
Sissons
Charles Miller
C. Q. Oiker
Los Angeles
Calif
Leo Riedl
Reiver Esser, Sr
Cassville
Wis
Esser
Mrs. Miller
Jean Wallace
West Bend
Leo Ludwig
Arthur Petersen
Jim Thacker
Seversons
Wilfred Wiuff
National Guards
Norland Isacson
Hans Isacsons
Harold Williams
Near
Will Lanning
Art Cran
Naoma Circle
Lutheran Aid
Donald Hacker
Jerry Paulson
Jeffrey
Janet Rood
Virgil Hacker
Ferguson
Earlsride
Marion Youngblood
Ostrander
Will Cran
Will
Bill Cran
Bill
Donald
Harriett Matthews
Harriett Damberg
Fort Benning
Willard Peterson
Light Co
Bernard Hood
Rockford, Ir
Gene Cornwell
Zelma Murray
Paul Wilcox
Darlene
Pauline
Kevin
Ruthven
Sharon Wilcox
Spencer
Ralph Kauffman
Donald Scott
el Cajon
Bertha Flinn
Minnesota
Don
Ed Ites
California
Alvin Freel
A. K. Shaw
Stanley Reinders
Grachtinger
Pocket Lake
Alexandra
Charles Hibbs
First National Bank of
Marengo
Wm. McKinley
Alexander Hamilton
William Halstead
Coggan
Alestons
AAA
Carl J. White
Optometrist
McCormick System Scientific Eye Examination
Rolfe, Iowa
J. E. Hynds
Ritz Theatre
Office Dial
Kennedy Agency
General Insurance
Dial
E. D. Loxterkamp
M. D
Rolfe Clinic
E. P. Hansen
Vision
G. Fred Smith Automobile & Property Insurance Real Estate Dial
Fuller Bldg
T. J. Raynes Insurance
F. H. Molyneux
Methodist
H. G. Frigaard
Chiropractor
X-ray Service
Rolfe, Lowe
DR. L. W. Feldman
R. B. Ranne
Res
Joseph
Pocahontas, Iowa
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