Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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News, events and people of Council Bluffs and Southwest Iowa.

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Newspaper clippings and photographs from the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil

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Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Murders In C.B. & Southwest Iowa

Hrbek Sentenced; Fears Going To Ft. Madison

Standing At His Sentencing . . . is Omahan John L. Hrbek, convicted of the Sept. 16 shootings of Stanley L. Fisher and his mother, Kate Fisher. Hrbek, 26, received the mandatory life sentences for the killings.

Harlan Youth Is Charged With Murder Of Sister, 15

Colleen Connolly

Two Gunmen Used Screwdriver In Holdup That Launched Shooting Spree - Have Slain Two Men, Wounded Three Others

Charles Brown

Murder Suspects Visited Bars AT Missouri Valley - While Posse Searched City . . .

These Two Pistols . . . being examined by Police Capt. Bernard Land were taken from Charles Noel Brown and Charles Edwin Kelley.

Pale Gunmen Admit Omaha Murder And Four Other Shootings - Two Men In Council Bluffs Among Victims

Woman Companion . . . Josephine Patricia Nesbit sits in an interrogation room at the police station.

Mount Loretto Academy

Grotto Of Rustic Beauty Dedicated At Mt. Loretto

Secluded in the shaded knoll at the rear of the Mount Loretto novitiate, this grotto is a sanctuary of rustic beauty. It was dedicated Wednesday night at an elaborate May Day celebration. The grotto is constructed of 'honeycombed" tufa stone and is…

Mt. Loretto Gives Up To Man, Dozer

(top) Clouds of Dust . . . engulf bulldozer and operator as man and machine reduce Mount Loretto High School to rubble.

(bottom) Last Portion . . . of the 3-story building tumbles to the ground. A supermarket is planned for the site.

Mount Loretto High Has Last Graduation: 22 Given Diplomas - Girls' School To Close

Checking A Diploma . . . at the Mount Loretto commencement exercises are Janice Brummer, Mary Eatherton, Janet Dickerson and Vicki Hough.

Mount Loretto Grads On 'Most Wanted' List

(top) Janice Brummer, Mary Eatherton, Janet Dickerson and Vicki Hough were members of the last graduating class at Mount Loretto High School in Council Bluffs in 1965. Former students at the all-girl Catholic high school are attempting to locate…

Sisters Operate Mount Loretto - High School Grades Conducted Preparatory To Novitiate

Mount Loretto, 1030 East Pierce Street, where the Sisters of Mercy maintain a preparatory school.

Church Marks Its 100th Year

Bible School Children . . . sit on the lawn outside the Mount Hope United Methodist Church. The congregation will observe the 100th anniversary of the church's founding with activities next Saturday and Sunday. The church is on Highway 6 east of…

Moss Recording Service Returns To Council Bluffs - Chased To Omaha By Flood Threat Of 1952 . . .

(top) Nucleus Of Operation . . . as Moss Recording Service is this four track, high speed, tape duplication line. The line can turn out 10 separate tapes, each containing eight hours of music, in less than 15 minutes. Preparing to record are Rose…

Mosquito Creek

Dodge House #1

Dodge House ("Historic Gen. Dodge House") 605 3rd Street File #1 to 11/30/1974

Dodge House Notes 100th Anniversary

Adding a little extra to the memorabilia at the Historic Gen. Dodge House during December are some of the wedding to Lettie Dodge Montgomery who was married 100 years ago on Nov. 25.
Showing a silver tea service presented Mrs. Montgomery for her…

1972 Iowa Landmark Plate; Historic Dodge House

Iowa The Beautiful Land...is the message on the rim of the Heritage Plate encircling the miniature sculpture of the Historic General Dodge House. The plate is show by designer and producer Judy Sutcliffe of Greentree Pottery, Auduon.

Journey Through Bluffs Yields Adventure Of Rail Expansion West

The Gen. Grenville M. Dodge Mansion Is Only The Highlight...of the many monuments and historical sites revealing the history of the railroad's western push, and the building of the city of Council Bluffs. A journey around the city and through the…

Dodge House Membership Drive Now in Full Swing

Brass Trimmed Wood Box...originally from the General Dodge House, will be returned "home" as a gift of the late Mr. and Mrs. E H. Lougee, John Schoentgen, of Pasadena, Califl., a nephew of Mrs. Lougee, looks at the fine chest. November 8, 1970

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