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Descending The Stairway . . . are Mr. and Mrs. Allen Dudley. Light fixture, now converted to electricity, has illuminated the hall since 1874. Stained glass window at the top of the stairs is one of five throughout the house.

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Original Furniture . . . adds a fitting touch to this upstairs bedroom. The walnut heirlooms were restored by Mrs. Dudley.

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Designed For Hospitality . . . is this three-room downstairs setting in the Dudley house. All three are living rooms. Much of the furniture shown here dates back to the day the home was built.

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Another Era . . . lives on at the Allen Dudley home, 1500 North Broadway. The 10-room, white frame house is surrounded by massive old trees and a yard that covers 7.5 acres.

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This Illinois Central Coal chute may well have been one of the first high-rise structures in Council Bluffs. Its use discontinued about 1954, a railroad employe[sic] said. The tall building was used to feed coal to hungry steam engines, and a few…

Earling, Iowa

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Joe Feeney, with Sr. M. Petrine O.S.J. as accompanist, sings at the dedication ceremonies at Little Flower Haven Nursing Home in Earling, Iowa. John Wageman is in the background.

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Drawing Shows . . . new $300,000 Nursing and Rest Home which will be constructed west of Earling by Little Flower Haven Inc.

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Two photographs of Eagles Lodge - 21 North Main

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Dwarfies Fire between 12th & 13th Ave on South Main St.

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Dead elm trees have been vanishing from city parking in Council Bluffs as the rate of 1,435 in less than a year. The city contracted last fall with Havelone Construction Company for removal of the diseased or dead trees and a new contract for removal…

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Tim Dunlap, President, Local 2991, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees. Glenwood State Hospital, school resource treatment worker (with son Steve).

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First In Fifty: Tuesday was moving day and Thursday will mark the opening of Dunlap's first new post office site in 50 years. The brick, aluminum and stone building, decorated by a planter running most of the front width, is being leased to the…

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New Education Wing . . . at Dunlap Methodist Church will be consecrated by Bishop James S. Thomas.

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Shade Trees Land . . . in a special dump, spreading an unpleasant picture before Dunlap Mayor Leonard Jacobsen.

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Diseased Elm Trees . . . are an almost ghastly sight in the midst of other full summer foliage in Dunlap.

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Taking aim at a duck over Lake Manawa Saturday--opening day of the 1957 season--is Tom Hoden of 2630 S. 15th St. He found shooting from shore rather slow, but comfortable. It was shirt-sleeve weather and slightly overcast for the first time in more…
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