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Midland's Mall postcard

Postcard of the Midlands Mall. From back, "The Grand Mall. Urban Renewal Development with 50 Stores. Opened March 1976. Enclosed, Air Conditioned Shopping Center with Theaters and Office Complex. 3 hours Free Parking in the 1200 car, four floor…

Tags: Business, malls, Midlands Mall, postcard

Middle Broadway

Photograph of middle Broadway. North side of Broadway from Fourth Street toward Bryant Street. Area now included in shopping center.

Tags: 1887, Broadway, Bryant Street, Fourth Street, streets

Mid-May Bridge Opening

The Highway 375 Bridge is slated for reopening in about mid-May, said Leo Rechtenbach, job superintendent for Hobe Construction Co. of Sioux City. Workers have poured most of the new paving and are preparing to place the new aluminum side rails. The…

Tags: Highway 375, Highway 375 Bridge, Highway 92/375, Highway Improvement, Iowa Highway Commission, Pottawattamie County

Mid-June Start Set For Pork Plant

Robert Peterson, IBP Inc. chairman, shakes the hand of Gov. Terry Branstad during a Saturday press conference. Branstad was on hand for the plant reopening announcement and subsequent tour.

Tags: IBP, Iowa Beef Processors Inc. (IBP), Meatpacking, Pork Processing

Micro-Scientific Industries, Inc.
(formerly H & K Products)

Tags: Council Bluffs, Electronics, H & K Products Co., Micro-Scientific Industries Inc. (MSI), Solid State Circuits

Michael's Closes; 90 Lose Jobs

Michael's Carpets and Furniture, 825 W. Broadway, closed its doors Sunday night, and will re-open only to begin liquidation procedures, co-owner Jerry Hughes said Monday. Hughes estimated that 90 people, most of them located in Council Bluffs, will…

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Michael's Carpets & Furniture

Tags: Council Bluffs, Jerry Hughes, Michael's Carpets, Mike Hughes

Michael Kerns

Tags: Board Of Supervisors, Michael Kerns, Pottawattamie County Sheriff

Meyer, Gen. John C.
Commander in Chief, SAC

Tags: Gen. John C. Meyer, Omaha NE, Strategic Air Command (SAC)

Meyer Funeral Home Is Sold To Jim Meyer

Jim Meyer

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Meyer Funeral Home

Tags: Council Bluffs, Jim Meyer, Meyer Funeral Home, Raynor Funeral Home, Woodring Funeral Home

Metropolitan Hotel, Omaha

Photograph of Metropolitan Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska

Tags: 1880, buildings, Business, Dewell Commercial Photographer, horses, Metropolitan Hotel, Omaha, photograph

Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
(MAPA)

Tags: Cass County NE, Douglas County NE, MAPA, Metropolitan Area Planning Agency, Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC), Mills County IA, Pottawattamie County IA, Sarpy County NE, Southwest Iowa, Washington County NE

Metro Area Transit
(MAT)

Tags: Council Bluffs, MAT, Metro Area Transit, Omaha NE, Transportation Museum at MAT

Methodists Organized In This City 100 Years Ago - History of Churches . . .

Fifth Avenue Methodist Church . . . at 1800 Fifth avenue was completely rebuilt in 1924.

Tags: 5th Ave Methodist, Fifth Avenue Methodist

Methodist Church, 1868

Photograph of the Methodist Church in Council Bluffs (Iowa),1868.

Tags: 1868, buildings, Churches, photograph

Methodist Church

Stereograph of Methodist Church, Council Bluffs (Iowa) circa 1880.

Printed on back: "City Series - Methodist Church. 1st and Broadway. Excelsior Gallery, Between Main & Pearl Sts., Council Bluffs, Iowa."

Tags: buildings, Churches, photograph, stereographs

Merry Christmas:

The young aren't the only ones who enjoy Christmas parties. Residents of Longview Nursing Home at Missouri Valley were feted at a party Sunday. A.J. Podenoif, 91, donned the Santa suit to pass out gifts around the big tree. From left, are Minnie…

Tags: Longview Nursing Home, Missouri Valley IA