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Six Parlor Chairs From Dodge's Old Home To Historical Society - Donated By Grandchildren
Checking Historic Chairs . . . are R.B. Graeme and Mrs. Laverne Tollinger.
Site a blaze
City Electrician L. W. Roper, rear, and Fire Chief Waldo Merrill enter the burned out home of Mrs. Richard M. Allen at 3207 Sixth Ave. after the fire was extinguished. Four of Mrs. Allen's five children died in the blaze Wednesday night. Story on…
Sisters Are First To Be Confirmed - Share Life In New Country And Church
Emanuel Lutheran Church . . . located at North Seventh and Mill Streets.
Sioux City
Drawing of Sioux City Iowa, 1856.
Silent Town Of Bentley--Once A Booming Community; Progess has Taken Its Toll
Main Street...of Bentley today is quiet and empty. Business places have all closed and buildings are boarded shut.
Signature On Will
Mr. G.W. Kirn, former Council Bluffs school master, attests to his signature on a will of the late Drew Pearson, Washington newspaper columnist who died last month. Pearson, who spoke before Southwest Iowa Teachers here on Oct. 13, 1938, died leaving…
Sign Comes Down
The old sign designating the former Hotel Chieftain has been taken down, making way for the new Bluffs Towers in the renovated building. The 60-foot sign was taken down Tuesday. Riding a wooden box on an 85-foot dragline boom, iron workers Don and…
Sidewalk petition may force installation assessment plan
Council Bluffs City Councilman Sam Irwin has filed a petition from 26 residents asking the city to install a sidewalk along Madison Avenue from Palmer Avenue to Bennett Avenue. There are currently no sidewalks on either side of Madison Avenue--a…
Sidewalk petition may force installation assessment plan
Concil Bluffs City Councilman Sam Irwin has filed a petition from 26 residents asking the city to install a sidewalk along Madison Avenue from Palmer Avenue to Bennett Avenue. There are currently no sidewalks on either side of Madison Avenue--a…
Shugart-Beno Block
Photograph of the Shugart-Beno Block. Northwest corner of First Avenue and Main Street. Burned December 3, 1925.
Shucks! You Just Can't Find Council Bluffs In Huskerland
Private Enterprise . . . provides the only marking on Nebraska's Interstate, between Lincoln and the Missouri River bridge, that Council Bluffs lies on the western edge of Iowa.
Shrine Overlooking Earling Designed By Retiring Priest
Admiring. . . the shrine he designed to honor Our Lady of Fatima is Msgr. N.A. Gaul. The shrine stands atop a hill at Little Flower Haven Rest Home at Earling where Msgr. Gaul resides. It is lighted nightly and the three signs, Rosary, Sacrifice and…
Showing The Way
Showing off the new sign with directions to his church, the Rev. Robert Nelson, 1126 Military Ave., said the sign is part of the church's effort to "get closer" to the community. The sign, donated by a local real estate firm, shows the way to First…
Shovel is added to time capsule
Placing items . . . in a time capsule buried Monday near the new Pottawattamie County Courthouse draws interest from spectators present. Everything from slips of paper with names on them to Ms. magazine was dropped into the vault which will be opened…
Shooting Gallery at Playland Park
Photograph of Building #4 (Shooting Gallery) at Playland Park
Sherri Lane Bowmen[sic]
Sherri Lane Bowmen[sic]
Sherri Bowman is Miss SWI
Sherri L. Bowman
Sherbon hearing delayed
Before the Board of Supervisors . . . are attorney Lyle Rodenburg (right) and his clients, Phil and Margaret Sherbon. Rodenburg and attorney Matt Walsh, who is representing Cheryl Lary, asked and received a delay of the hearing that will determine…
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.
Shelter House in Bull Park
The new shelter house in Albert the Bull Park in Audubon is a memorial to an 18-year-old youth who was fatally injured in an auto accident last year. Audubon County Campers Club built the shelter house as a memorial to Alan Lee Christensen, whose…