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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Emma Louise Spetman and customer...custodian of safety deposit vault.

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Photo of Council Bluffs Savings Bank building at 509 West Broadway, on Broadway looking southeast from across Broadway from the bank.

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headshot photo of Mike Phelps

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(top) Everybody Has Job . . . at Keg Creek School. Robert Boehm moves a desk so Mary Ann Jurgens and Jean Hobus can dust and sweep, while Marsha Hobus scrubs the blackboard.

(bottom) Outdoor Duties . . . have Leo Jurgens pulling in the flag,…

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Preparing A Cap . . . to stop the steel flowing from the cupola into the ladle is Willie Riley, Omaha. The steel worker uses a sand mixture similar to what the molds are made of to stop the molten steel flow each time the ladle is ready.

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A Beehive Cover . . . allows excess water to enter the opening below but strains out such undesirables as weeds and sticks.

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The Katelman Name . . . is found on most manhole covers around town. Some give pedestrians a friendly "clank" when walked on.

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After It Is Molded . . . this is how the design above looks. This cover is at Mynster and Seventh Streets.

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Plans Are Created . . . by company draftsmen for a variety of manhole covers. This sketch is part of a two-inch thick book of cover designs.

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Pouring Molten Steel . . . into manhole cover forms are M.L. McMiller, Omaha, at the ladle handle and three other Katelman Foundry steelworkers. The liquid reaches 2800 degrees before the men fill their 35 to 40 daily molds. When completed, the rings…
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