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Fate . . . of Mills County's 100-year-old courthouse may be decided in a special election Tuesday.

(top) Forming The Foundation . . . of museum and the historical society itself are collections of Indian artifacts gathered by county's Mintle brothers and by amateur archeologist Paul Rowe. Current Indian collection, numbering more than 15,000…

Mill's County's . . . poor house is being razed after 50 years of housing the county's needy and ailing.

Oldest Structure . . . on the Glenwood State School grounds is being torn down to make room for a new two-story employee's dormitory. view is from window of new administration building.

Spectators Gather...outside the Minden branch office of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank Saturday morning following a robbery just before noon. A young gunman took an undisclosed amount of money and fled. Authorities were searching for three…

Inspecting Fire Equipment . . . housed at the old - and the new - Minden Fire Hall is Chief Elmer Schroder. The new addition at the left was funded by a variety of activities ranging from dances to donations. It is expected to be fully completed next…

Parts Of The Road Grader...are scattered alongside the 100-car freight train with which it collided, causing the death of Delmar Schuning. The cab and chassis are in the foreground. The blade is at left. The rear wheels and engine are at the right.

Standing In Front Of Church . . . is the Rev. Claude Smith, pastor of the Minden Congregational (United Church of Christ). The 20-classroom $90,000 Educational Unit of the church, dedicated in June 1968, is now debt free.

This is the interior of the Mineola St. John's Lutheran Church which was dedicated at special services Sunday. The Rev. Alton Schwandt is pastor of the church.

St. John's Lutheran Church . . . at Mineola will be the scene of a 75th anniversary observance Sunday. the new edifice was recently dedicated.

The Last Christmas . . . services to be observed in this building of the St. John's Lutheran congregation at Mineola will be held this year. The new church, rising in the background, will be occupied by next holiday time.

(top) The Stage Depot . . . at the tiny Iowa Historical Museum on the fringe of Missouri Valley is a log cabin built around 1856. It contains a medley of pioneer relics. Pictured is caretaker George Cassidy.

(mid) This Spinning Wheel, Old Rocker…

Postcard of a miniature train at Lake Manawa.
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