March 18, 1910.

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**Annexing East Iowa City & Rundell.**
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March 18, 1910 – The Iowa City Citizen encourages city residents to vote ‘Yes’ on annexing new areas on the west side of the Iowa River, and the Rundell neighborhood and East Iowa City to the east.

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March 17, 1945.

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Our Iowa Heritage

March 17, 1945 – George Boller and Dixie Boyer take a quick three-day leave from Heart Mountain and are married in a Presbyterian parsonage on St. Patrick’s Day in nearby Billings, Montana.

George Boller and Dixie Boyer – both stationed at the Heart Mountain Japanese Determent Camp in Wyoming – took a quick three-day leave and were married at 4:35 p.m. in Billings, Montana.

Happy 81st Wedding Anniversary, Mom & Dad!

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March 17, 1975.

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**Iowa City’s A&P Food Stores**.
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March 17, 1975 – After nearly 50 years of serving Iowa Citians, A&P announces the closing of its last location at 903 Hollywood Blvd.

In 1959, after serving our city since the late 1920’s, A&P Grocery moved from downtown Iowa City, opening its new, state-of-the-art 21,000 sq. ft. facility at 700 South Clinton Street – just one block from the Rock Island Railroad Depot. In 1971, a second location was added at 903 Hollywood Blvd – next to K-Mart, but in the summer of 1974, the larger store on South Clinton closed, and by April 1, 1975, A&P Grocery was gone forever.

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