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Hilt Breaks Ground
Hilt Truck Lines officially broke ground for its new terminal on 6.7 acres of ground near Thirty-fifth Street and Fourteenth Avenue Thursday afternoon. Participating in the ceremony are LeRoy Hilt, president, Robert Hilt, vice president, Ronald…
Today
Today...service stations are a common site [sic] in Council Bluffs. But the site of the original station at Seventh St. and Broadway has yielded to a super market parking lot and a cleaners' pickup station.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: This was the first service station in Council Bluffs, according to David D. Jones of Excelsior Springs, Mo. He sent this picture to The Nonpareil via his son, Don Jones of 2422 Avenue F. David Jones, now 79, was an…
Today
Today...the site is occupied by a new service station. And there many [sic] other changes in the last 50 years, such as the removal of the other buildings and addition of traffic signals.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1908 this was the residence of J. C. Carson at 14 S. 1st St. it is the northwest corner of South First and Pierce Sts. The old picture came from Mrs. Harry Ratekin, 614 Damon St. Note the picket fence, brick…
Today
Today...most of the South Main Street site is occupied by the Sears Roebuck and Co. store. The modern two-story building at 28 S. Main St., replaces the older three-story structure which burned in 1925. In the meantime, John Beno and Co. moved into…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1898, the John Beno and Co. store occupied from 28 to 26 S. Main St. Founder John Beno started business here in 1866. This is one of the illustrations in the booklet published on the the Trans-Mississippi and…
Today
Today...the building is occupied by the Younkerman Seed Co. and it still serves as a warehouse. The structure carries the same general outline it did in 1898, but shows extensive remodeling and several additions.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1898 the John Clausen Transfer House occupied part of a frame building at 1218 S. 6th St. Three Eastern companies used the remaining space as a warehouse for farm implements, fancy carriages, surreys and other…
Today
Today..,.the site, 1501 S. Main Street, is still used for a warehouse--one with a new, long, low look. Now it houses furniture for the Contintental Keller Co.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1898, the Keystone Manufacturing Co. was at 1501-1507 South Main St. It was one of the first warehouses to be build in Council Bluffs as a branch plant to a major implement factory. The firm made a variety of…
Today
Today...the west side of South Main Street, from No. 18 to 26, shows little resemblance to the picture of nearly 60 years ago. Real estate and Insurance office occupy most of the buildings. There is one resemblance, however. Note the upper part of…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1898, Stuart Brothers Wholesale Grocers occupied the big building at 24 S. Main St., left. Horses and wagons were used to deliver the merchandise. This picture is from the Trans-Mississippi and International…
Today
Today...the grounds of the Christian Home, Seventh and Curtis Sts., are dotted by beautiful shade trees. The brick building on the left is the dining hall and girls dormitory. The chapel can be sees through the trees at the center. At the right is…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the main building of the Christian Home, as it appeared in the booklet published here during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in 1898. Frame buildings dot the grounds. The Home was founded in…
Hilt Truck Line To Build In C.B. - Plans $100,000 Terminal
Discussing Potential . . . of Hilt Truck Line, Inc., at the firm's new site in Council Bluffs are Tom Hilt, Frank Rief, Mayor Kenneth Jensen and Ronald Kiger, Chamber of Commerce representative. The firm will move here in the spring from Lincoln,…
Firm In New Quarters
Hilt Truck Line, Inc., formerly of Lincoln, Neb., has moved into its new terminal and office building at Thirty-fourth Street and Fourteenth Avenue. Company officials said shop, dispatching and office facilities are in full operation, although the…
Shenandoah Boys, Mother Reunited - A Wonderful Christmas Present
The "Happiest Family In The World" . . . will spend the "best Christmas ever" as a result of the reunion of Mrs. Elsie Rhoades Hill with her sons Mike, David and Bobbie, standing, and Richard on the lap of their new father, David Hill.
Old Car Bones Are Picked Clean
End Of The Line . . . for autos that have been stripped of useable parts is in the burner where fumes and smoke are washed into a filter basin while the car is torched of all but the metal. The metals are then delivered to a junk yard.
Old Car Bones Are Picked Clean
On The Hot Line . . . Darrell Schoening talks to other members of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Auto and Truck Recyclers Association, all 25 of whom are connected to "hot line" service. He's in search for a part that's not in stock in his yard.…