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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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City's Furniture Industry . . . includes Canar Manufacturing Company. Employees Stanley Oliwecki and William Wagner (foreground) are upholstering couches.

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Future Home . . . of Central Woodworking Company of Omaha is being built at Thirtieth St. and First Ave. The $22,500 structure will be completed in about a month.

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The object . . . of the Council Bluffs Park Board's efforts the next few weeks will be this three-pillared Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge pier, on which is proposed a two-story, quasi-public building. --Nonpareil Photo.

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Inspecting A Case...of original Baldwin and Dodge banknotes is Ron Searcy. The 1856 notes will be among several historical exhibits displayed in the Council Bluffs Savings Bank lobby this week as part of the bank's 125th anniversary celebration.

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This is where Iowa State University started in 1868. On paper, the University was 10 years old before a preparatory class of 72 students enrolled in the fall of 1868. Regular classes began in March, 1868. The Main Building housed the entire college,…

Celebration of Life Choir
formerly: C.B. Community Chorus

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Burnie Kirkpatrick, caretaker at Fairview Cemetery checks one of the 27 grave stones which were overturned Thursday night by vandals. It will take several days to reset the stones Kirkpatrick said. Crews are also getting the cemetery ready for…

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Sprucing up a centennial bell at the Oak Street Fire Station are B Shift members Capt. Jerry Carter, Firefighter Don Owens and Engineer Larry Olson. The bell was cast for the Bluffs Fire Department in 1876 and originally hung in the old Central Fire…

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Installation of a new computer for the Area 13 Data Processing Center at the old Treynor Missile Base site is expected to be completed early next week. The computer was being installed this week. Inspecting the equipment are Ed Somer, advisory field…

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artist rendering of interior of Center Point / Midlands Mall with kiosk, Orange Julius, and Crown Hallmark in foreground, Younkers in the background
On back of photo:
file
Midlands Mall
renamed "Centre Point Mall"
5/10/88

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The new visitor's center at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is taking shape, with about 80 percent of the major concrete work now completed. Jack Wilson, construction manager, said work has started on the roof and interior, and there should be no…

Central Baptist Church
old Highway 6 & Orchard Ave
9/84 new Pastor: Rev. Glen Eveland (has own file)

Central Baptist Church
old Highway 6 & Orchard Ave
9/84: New Pastor: Rev. Glen Eveland (has own file)

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An Open Bible...is being painted on the north outside wall of Central Baptist Church by the Rev. James Channell of Sioux Falls, S.D. The Rev. Charles Proud, pastor of the church, is standing on the ladder below. The gigantic Bible measures 11 feet…
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