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At right is one of the finest Victorian examples and is one of a pair hanging in the parlors. The crystal chandeliers date to about 1870 and were originally purchased by William A. Maurer of Omaha Crockery Co.

At right in the Art Nouveau, or guest bedroom, is this combination fixture of the 1800s. The center portion of the fixture is colored art glass with gas shades pointing upward, electric branches down.

In Daughter's Bedroom...is another fine example of Victorian art. The hanging gas light with vaseline shades on the six arms plus opalescent glass balls worked into the main part of the light.

An Original...with the Dodge House is the ornate lamp mounted on the newel post of the winding staircase. Penny Chatfield, Dodge House curator, looks at the lamp with etched shade and double tier majolica base.

Nursery Fixture...is unusual in that a large bisque cherub tops the ornate brass fixture with metal leaves, the shades are made like petals in glass.

Helmet Design...butter dish reflects the warlike attire probably used in World War I.

The King Of Beasts...guards the butter container in clear glass and is representative of intricate designs used during the era of commemorative glassware.

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.

Dodge House exterior, looking to the northeast from 3rd Street. Date penciled on back: 5-72

Dodge House, looking southeast from 3rd Street
Note on back says 8/73

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…

Hanging light fixture in Dodge House; rectangular, stained-glass style fixture hanging from ornate plaster mount

Glassware, including covered dishes, plates, and a basket, on a shelf in a display case

Murders In C.B. & Southwest Iowa

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.

These Two Pistols . . . being examined by Police Capt. Bernard Land were taken from Charles Noel Brown and Charles Edwin Kelley.

Woman Companion . . . Josephine Patricia Nesbit sits in an interrogation room at the police station.
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