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Early Bluffs High Rise
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, IA
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.
Earling Plans New Rest Home - $300,000 Facility West Of Town . . .
Drawing Shows . . . new $300,000 Nursing and Rest Home which will be constructed west of Earling by Little Flower Haven Inc.
Eagles Lodge
Two photographs of Eagles Lodge - 21 North Main
Dwarfies Fire
Dwarfies Fire between 12th & 13th Ave on South Main St.
Dutch Elms Disappear
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…
Dunlap, Tim or Steve
Tim Dunlap, President, Local 2991, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees. Glenwood State Hospital, school resource treatment worker (with son Steve).
Dunlap, Iowa
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…
Dunlap Methodists Plan New Unit Consecration - Service Is Sunday
New Education Wing . . . at Dunlap Methodist Church will be consecrated by Bishop James S. Thomas.
Dunlap Hard-Hit By Dutch Elm Disease - 'Fortunately, People Realize It' . . .
Shade Trees Land . . . in a special dump, spreading an unpleasant picture before Dunlap Mayor Leonard Jacobsen.
Dunlap Hard-Hit By Dutch Elm Disease - 'Fortunately, People Realize It' . . .
Diseased Elm Trees . . . are an almost ghastly sight in the midst of other full summer foliage in Dunlap.
Duck--Or Be Shot
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…
Dubuque Dogs: Off And Running
A snow-covered Dubuque Greyhound Park, which cost $11 million to construct. Conceived by Durrant Group of Dubuque, the facility was featured in a trade magazine for its design. Capacity is about 6,000, while the Council Bluffs facility will have…