An Antique Hearse . . . which will appear in the Malvern Heritage Days parade is checked by Karl Hertz of the Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in Malvern. Hertz said the solid mahogany vehicle hasn't been out of the warehouse since the Malvern Centennial…
Nishna Cottage Nursing Home . . . in Malvern will be replaced this year by a new 50-bed facility at the town's east end. The old home, currently housing 39 people, will be used for residential care patients.
Parade Autos . . . include a 1924 Model T Ford owned and displayed by a Malvern Ford man, R.W. Salyers of Salyers Auto Co., in business since 1910. Salyers has another Model T which was made in 1922.
Carl Whitney, grocer at Malvern, is one of many in Southwest Iowa with faces groomed for 1969 centennials. Malvern will celebrate its centennial Sept. 7 through 12. Emerson will hold celebrations May 1 through Sept. 1; Avoca's centennial will be June…
The Ticket Window . . . is no longer a busy spot in many railroad stations. Don Gleason, agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, hands a Burlington folder through the window in the station at Malvern to portray a scene once familiar in the days…
Relegated To A Dark Corner . . . is the old grand piano, all that's left of the Malvern Opera House. Roy Mansfield, whose furniture store now occupies the building, inspect the old instrument.
Mark Ward, left, of 3601 Ronald Rd., and LeVerne Hansen, 3510 John St., traipse through the mud at Malmore Acres Saturday as they follow other volunteers down William Street. Residents tried to direct standing water toward a drainage ditch on the…
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Thar She Goes - Spectacular aftermath of Monday's $250,000 fire here occurred in the afternoon when front walls of two gutted buildings were knocked down. Shown toppling here are the shells of the South Main Furniture Company (center) and…
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Top Floor Falls - Here the fourth floor of the L.H. Katelman company building buckles and starts its fall to South Main Street. The third-floor front of the building, for the most part, fell inward. A fireman can barely be seen atop the…
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Fire Damage . . . seem from the alley entrance on First Avenue includes burned-out Jensen Apartments wall rubble in alley (center), and shell of Brooder Supply Company warehouse (far right).
Hasty Evacuation . . . is made by Earl R. Andersen, 207 West Washington Avenue, as he carries belongings from the apartment of his mother, Mrs. Carl O. Anderson, 98 Fourth Street. Scores of apartment dwellers fled the flames.
Shortly After Start . . . of early-morning blaze, firemen battle flames from entrance to Nonpareil Court. Fire and smoke billow from the Katelman hardware store (tallest building at right center) while the fire ladder is run to the Morphy Drug…
It's obvious that time has weighed heavily on this weather-beaten barn south of Magnolia. After many years of service, the structure is showing signs of age, and its backbone begins to succumb oddly to gravity.
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Residents of Magnolia point with pride at the little log cabin located in their city park. Although the cabin is not old, it is a replica of the typical home of early settlers in the community. The cabin, open to the public, houses relics…