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Moss Recording Service Returns To Council Bluffs - Chased To Omaha By Flood Threat Of 1952 . . .
(top) Nucleus Of Operation . . . as Moss Recording Service is this four track, high speed, tape duplication line. The line can turn out 10 separate tapes, each containing eight hours of music, in less than 15 minutes. Preparing to record are Rose…
Church Marks Its 100th Year
Bible School Children . . . sit on the lawn outside the Mount Hope United Methodist Church. The congregation will observe the 100th anniversary of the church's founding with activities next Saturday and Sunday. The church is on Highway 6 east of…
Sisters Operate Mount Loretto - High School Grades Conducted Preparatory To Novitiate
Mount Loretto, 1030 East Pierce Street, where the Sisters of Mercy maintain a preparatory school.
Mount Loretto Grads On 'Most Wanted' List
(top) Janice Brummer, Mary Eatherton, Janet Dickerson and Vicki Hough were members of the last graduating class at Mount Loretto High School in Council Bluffs in 1965. Former students at the all-girl Catholic high school are attempting to locate…
Mount Loretto High Has Last Graduation: 22 Given Diplomas - Girls' School To Close
Checking A Diploma . . . at the Mount Loretto commencement exercises are Janice Brummer, Mary Eatherton, Janet Dickerson and Vicki Hough.
Mt. Loretto Gives Up To Man, Dozer
(top) Clouds of Dust . . . engulf bulldozer and operator as man and machine reduce Mount Loretto High School to rubble.
(bottom) Last Portion . . . of the 3-story building tumbles to the ground. A supermarket is planned for the site.
(bottom) Last Portion . . . of the 3-story building tumbles to the ground. A supermarket is planned for the site.
Grotto Of Rustic Beauty Dedicated At Mt. Loretto
Secluded in the shaded knoll at the rear of the Mount Loretto novitiate, this grotto is a sanctuary of rustic beauty. It was dedicated Wednesday night at an elaborate May Day celebration. The grotto is constructed of 'honeycombed" tufa stone and is…
Pale Gunmen Admit Omaha Murder And Four Other Shootings - Two Men In Council Bluffs Among Victims
Woman Companion . . . Josephine Patricia Nesbit sits in an interrogation room at the police station.
Murder Suspects Visited Bars AT Missouri Valley - While Posse Searched City . . .
These Two Pistols . . . being examined by Police Capt. Bernard Land were taken from Charles Noel Brown and Charles Edwin Kelley.
Two Gunmen Used Screwdriver In Holdup That Launched Shooting Spree - Have Slain Two Men, Wounded Three Others
Charles Brown
Harlan Youth Is Charged With Murder Of Sister, 15
Colleen Connolly
Hrbek Sentenced; Fears Going To Ft. Madison
Standing At His Sentencing . . . is Omahan John L. Hrbek, convicted of the Sept. 16 shootings of Stanley L. Fisher and his mother, Kate Fisher. Hrbek, 26, received the mandatory life sentences for the killings.
Dodge House 2
Glassware, including covered dishes, plates, and a basket, on a shelf in a display case
Dodge House 2
Hanging light fixture in Dodge House; rectangular, stained-glass style fixture hanging from ornate plaster mount
Haunted House Disappears
The end of the 'haunted house' was the result of well-chosen undercuts by bulldozer operators for the J.C. White Werching [sic] Co., that tumbled the big old "squire House at 600 Third Street Wednesday morning. The "haunted house" got the name after…
Dodge House 2
Dodge House, looking southeast from 3rd Street
Note on back says 8/73
Note on back says 8/73
Dodge House 2
Dodge House exterior, looking to the northeast from 3rd Street. Date penciled on back: 5-72
Pressed Glass On Display At Historic Dodge House
Contrasting...clear and frosted glass are used for these covers for dishes. The left one is a compote with a frosted glass dog serving as a handle. The butter dish at the right sports a crouching lion.
Pressed Glass On Display At Historic Dodge House
The King Of Beasts...guards the butter container in clear glass and is representative of intricate designs used during the era of commemorative glassware.
Pressed Glass On Display At Historic Dodge House
Helmet Design...butter dish reflects the warlike attire probably used in World War I.