Reliable Transit Expands Cedar Rapids Truck Freight Service
Reliable Transit Company opens a new warehouse headquarters at Fifth Ave and First Street SE Cedar Rapids. Led by H A Smith it serves over 100 employees and connects Cedar Rapids with Chicago Milwaukee Des Moines and other markets via overnight freight lines and the Universal Carloading and Distributing company. The move includes a larger terminal handling thirteen trucks at a time and reflects added service and lower rates for local shippers.
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Fifth Avenue
First Street
Reliable Transit Company, Inc
Reliable Transit Company
H. A. Smith
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Universal Carloading and Distributing Company
Mr. Smith
Chicago
Carl Marinello
Ralph Bucklin
H. Hass
Reliable
Milwaukee
Wis
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Michigan
Reliable Company
Waterloo
Davenport
Des Moines
Iowa Points
Wisconsin City
Smith
United States
Business Gains In Volume Says Scott McIntyre
Scott McIntyre head of Scott McIntyre and Company reports the first full month of 1937 shows 5 to 20 percent higher activity than a year earlier. He notes gains in heavy industry, rail and auto procurement, housing demand, utilities expansion, and continued price pressures with optimistic long term outlook.
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Scott McIntyre
Europe
Scott McIntyre and Company
Second Avenue SE
McIntyre
Vesta Plate-Lock Battery Featured By Instant Company
Instant Auto and Tire on Second Avenue at Fifth Street SE promotes the Vesta battery famed for the plate-lock design that extends life. Arnold W. Weiss notes a seven year-old replacement and credits the plate-lock with doubling the shop’s battery business, inviting motorists to view a model showing plate-lock installation.
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Instant Auto and Tire Company
Second Avenue
Fifth Street SE
Vesta
Arnold W. Weiss
Instant Service
Instant
Weiss
Louis H Straka Travel Bureau Offers Expert Traveler Aid
Louis H Straka provides complete travel assistance from the Straka Travel Bureau at 230 Higley building. He is an accredited representative of major steamship lines and travel companies and offers bookings for cruises tours and independent trips. He helps with passports visas traveler’s checks baggage insurance clothing and foreign exchange as part of planning.
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Louis H. Straka
Straka Travel Bureau
Higley Building
Straka
Mr. Straka
Welch-Cook-Beals Sees 1937 as a Good Year
Welch-Cook-Beals Company foresees another solid year after 1936 gains that continued the sales growth seen in 1934 and 1935. F. A. Beals, president, leads a wholesale and manufacturing house long established in the city. Founded thirty four years ago, the firm began with two stories at First Avenue and Fourth Street SE and four salesmen. now it employs many traveling representatives serving Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Illinois
Welch- Cook-Beals
Third Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Welch’s Standard
Welch-Cook-Beals Company
F. A. Beals
Knollwood Drive
Welch-Cook- Beals Company
First Avenue
Fourth Street SE
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Modern equipment and methods fuel workforce drive
A local business proclaims abundant modern equipment and methods along with an earnest desire among employees to excel. Dial 9137 621 for contact at 1st Ave SE.
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1St Ave. SE
Thompson A Leader In Portrait And Commercial Photos
Vernon Thompson heads a photography firm at 1245 Second Avenue SE and has strengthened his Eastern Iowa position. He distinguishes his portrait and commercial work with fresh technique and artistic quality, earning respect from customers and rivals alike. The studio blends residential ambiance with professional service outside the main business district.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thompson
Vernon Thompson
Second Avenue SE
Sec
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Thompson Photos
Reliable Transit Co
Tages
Instant Company
Launderers
DRY Cleaners
Rude Auto CO
Automobile Headquarters
FORD
Lincoln Zephyr
Safe Investments
Scott McIntyre & CO
Third Street SE
Cedar Rapids Gas CO
Cedar Rapids Bakery
Vesta Battery
DIAL
Instant Auto & Tire Service
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
the Torch Press
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Legal Reserve Mutual Insurance
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Home Office
Second Ave
Honeymead Products CO
Clinton
Lisbon
Omaha
Twelfth Avenue
Albert
Dyers & Dry Cleaners
Manchester
Mount Vernon
Hubbard Ice
Structural Glass — Distributors OF
Pittsburgh
M. Gach Glass CO
St. SE
Champlin
E Avenue NW
Bulldozers
MFG. Co., Inc
Barta Ih
Aere
PMU Laity
First St. SE
Milwaukee, Des
Moines
FIRST
ST. S.E
Plymouth
Hadad Automobile Co
2Nd Ave
6Th St
Yee
J.B. McGladrey
Certified Public Accountants
Merchants National Bank
Stemlar's
Service
Chrysler
Second St. SE
Commonwealth
2Nd Avenue
14Th Street
W. F. Main
W. F. Main Company
Standard Mercantile CO
Appleton Novelty Company
NEW Specialty Company
W.j. French CO
Third Avenue
Ist Morris An
Iowa Machine CO
8Th Ave
GAS Service
Marion
10Th Street
FOX Garage
15Th St. NE
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