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Bradgate Social Notes Highlight Rural Life and Visits
Bradgate residents share visits to Fort Dodge Mason City and Rolfe while farmers busy with silo work. A 40th wedding anniversary charivari honors neighbors Jake Long. A N Y Z Club gathering at Chas Jolliffe’s featured autumn decor and a two course luncheon. Mrs John Kees offers dressmaking in Bradgate and local shops advertise seasonal bargains.
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Everett Looney
Rose Adams
Nels Smith
Nina
Fort Dodge
Dan O’niel
West Bend
Fess Atherton
Walter Turley
Mason City
Turley
Atherton
J. Sheldon
Steve Nelson
Floyd McCreary
Ole Knutson
D. M. Crow
Hopkins
Humboldt
Nellie Tilton
Ward Anderson
Chas. Jolliffe
Rolfe
Will Bowen
Gilmore City
Florence Webb
Plover
Will Wallace
Miss Martin
Dr. Gaffey
Pitinger
Marshalltown
D. M
Harold Jensen
Logan
Lulu
Progressive Club
F. H. Gaffey
Adams
H. P. Schoonover
Bradgate
John Kees