The Lewis & Clark Historical Association of Sioux City has issued a silver or gold medallion honoring Sgt. Charles Floyd, the first American soldier to die west of the Mississippi River and the only fatality of the historic Lewis & Clark expedition…
A Bag Of Garbage . . . is tossed onto the city's Mechanical Bag Retriever (MBR) by City Councilman Dan Lewis. He is researching the garbage collection situation in Council Bluffs.
A letter written to Amelia Bloomer, inviting her to speak at an event. Signed by T. D. Guiberson, D. C. McNeil, P.C. Hutchings, and J. A. Pitzer of Winterset Iowa.
A letter to Amelia Bloomer form William J. Bok of the New York Syndicate Press, asking Bloomer if she would go to the polls and vote if suffrage was extended to her.
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from William J. Bock of the New York Syndicate Press, thanking her for the sentiments recently sent to him. He notes that the New York Graphic illustrator tells him that Bloomer will give him a portrait to illustrate.
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from Werner Ranklin, Burlington, Iowa. Writes to congratulate Bloomer on her response in the [Des Moines] Register to [Iowa Senator] Gaylord's speech in the legislator giving 21 reasons why suffrage should not be passed.
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from T.J. Mackay [rector of St. Paul's church in Council Bluffs], writing from Boston Massachusetts, describing the commencement exercises of the Sumner School of Physical Culture at Harvard College.
A letter to Amelia Bloomer from Spencer H. Bloomer, Chicago, Illinois. Reponse to information about Dexter Bloomer's lineage she provided, and giving more details about the Bloomer family line.