Local social notes from Fort Dodge and area relatives
The column lists visits and travels of residents and visitors including Geo Kelsey at Hoveland, Carliof Eagle Grove, R S Hoveland home, Caywood family trip to Havelock, Olsen in Poca hontas, Kellogg with Leon Malcolm party to Ames, Pedersons to Fort Dodge, Seaman from Rolfe calling on relatives, Guy Smith and N Smith families in Hum boldt, Schoonover family visits in Waterloo, Eva Tilton visiting J W Tilton, Olsen and Smith families to Fort Dodge, Meech of Rolfe with relatives, Schoonover Hammond Cahoon trip to Sioux City.
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Bowen
Fort Dodge
Kelsey
Hoveland
Carliof
Eagle ‘Grove
R. S. Hoveland
F. F ‘Caywood
Havelock
AL E. Olsen
Poca“hontas
Humboldt
N. Smith
H. P. ‘Schoonover
Cham‘berlain
Waterloo
Eva Tilton
Fort. Dodge
J. W., Tilton
A. E. Olsen
Nels Smith
Bradgate School Notes Include PTA Meeting and Talk
The Bradgate Consolidated School mothers group meets Friday at 2 00 p m in the school building with the committee aiming for full district attendance. The Parent Teacher Association gathers Monday Oct 10 at 8 00 p m with nutrition specialist Miss Margaret Baker from Town State College Ames scheduled to speak on vital topics.
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Bradgate Consolidated School
Bradgate ‘Parent-Teacher Association
Margaret Baker
Town State College
Ames
Jetties at Southwest Pass Transforming the Mississippi River
In a historical overview of the Mississippi River's western entry, engineers describe Southwest Pass as a 15 mile long tidal channel initially hindered by a submerged sand-bar and shallow depths. They organized dredging, channel widening, outlet closure, sand removal, and spur dikes to create a deep, wide passage allowing large ships to reach New Orleans.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Rivar
New Orléans
Southwest Pass
America
Poll tax payment rules enacted for towns
The 1918 law changes authorize towns to collect poll tax from able-bodied males 21 to 45 between February 1 and October 1 each year. Payment up to 5 dollars may be demanded by mail, with exemptions proved by affidavit. Tax collected funds streets and public spaces, with delinquent amounts added to county tax rolls.
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Thirtyninth General Assembly
Community planning and school notes in farm products week
Plans for a community event at the farm with announcements to come in 12 days and a corn picking event lasting two weeks starting next week. The agricultural class studies seed corn and grade six and seven draw maps of the United States Europe and South America and show good penmanship.
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United States
Europe
South America
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Bradgate
Wonders OF America
Spayet Union
Rolfe
ATP Ae
Sam
Chevrolet
F. O. B. Flint
Mich
Kaiser Auto Co
Iowa
Corn Belt
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