Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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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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Mississippi Valley Assn.

Mississippi Is 'The Life' - Southwest Iowans Seem At Home With River . . . July 29, 1962
Ol' Swimming Hole . . . in Wild Cat Den State Park between Davenport and Muscatine is formed by a dam built in 1832. The building, Pine Creek Mill, went to work in 1850.

Miss Southwest Iowa & Miss Iowa Pageant

Bedford's Jan Beemer 'Miss Southwest Iowa' June 14, 1964
Miss Southwest Iowa Finalists . . . left to right, Gayle Tarpenning of Shenandoah, Pat Horning of Clarinda, Jan Beemer of Bedford, Nancy Timberlake of Bedford and Kay Dowell of Coin.

Pageant Entrants:
These 10 girls will vie Friday evening at Clarinda for the title of Miss Southwest Iowa with the winner of the Lions Club sponsored event competing in the Miss Iowa pageant at Clear Lake. Pictured here at left, back to front are Judy Brewer of…

Miss Nishna Valley

Miss Council Bluffs Pageant

Curve Competition:
Poised during the swimsuit competition at the Miss Council Bluffs pageant are eventual winner Noreen Sorensen, runner-up Mary Kay Trafton, Sandra Pierce, Brenda Bertelsen and Phyllis Anderson.

Miss America Pageant

Minorities

Mineola, Iowa

Luxurious New Quarters For Mineola State Bank - After 61 Years
New Mineola Bank . . . graces a prominent corner in the town's business district.

Mineola Congregation To Observe 75th Anniversary - Organized In 1883
St. John's Lutheran Church . . . at Mineola will be the scene of a 75th anniversary observance Sunday. the new edifice was recently dedicated.

Mineola Church
This is the interior of the Mineola St. John's Lutheran Church which was dedicated at special services Sunday. The Rev. Alton Schwandt is pastor of the church.

Mineola Parishioners To Cherish Church Services
The Last Christmas . . . services to be observed in this building of the St. John's Lutheran congregation at Mineola will be held this year. The new church, rising in the background, will be occupied by next holiday time.

Oldtimers Reveal Story Of Mineola's Street Car
No Trace Of Tracks . . . or street car can be seen in this picture of present-day Mineola. Although taken from a slightly different angle, the photograph does show some of the same buildings that appeared in the older view on page 1.

Minden, Iowa

Dodge, Grenville M.
Builder of U.P.R.R.
Military Man, etc.
(Ruth Anne)
Born 4/12/1831--Danvers, Mass.
Died 1/3/16
See file: (Historic) Dodge House 3
See book: "History of Norwich University 1819-1911" Vol II pp. 477-487

Refurbish Dodge Mausoleum Here
A bronze identifying plaque added to the Grenville M. Dodge mausoleum in Walnut Hill Cemetery. The photo does not appear in the article, but the text of the plaque is quoted.

Refurbish Dodge Mausoleum Here
Raising Flag...over refurbished Gen. Grenville M. Dodge mausoleum in Walnut Hill Cemetery is Manager Earl Williams.
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