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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1933

Page

9

Iowa Electric Light and Power marks 50th anniversary in 1932

The Iowa Electric Light and Power company celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1932. From a $12,000 start in 1882 with two employees in a barn, the firm grew to eight steam plants totaling 55 175 kilowatts, five oil engine plants, and a 1931 gross income of $5 261 362.29 serving 49 075 customers in 128 towns with holdings valued at $34 547 527.73.

Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Barnum and Bailey First Second Streets C. G. Greene W. J. Greene D Avenue Sixth Street Sutherland Dows Yale Col W. G Dows Mr. Dows F C. Chambers Marion Light, Heat and Power Company Tama and Toledo Electric Company Tama and Toledo Railway Company Cedar Rapids Company Marshalltown Light, Power and Railway Company Boone Light and Railway Company Jefferson Light Company Mount Vernon Company Iowa Crandie Iowa City Boone Perry Grand Junction Jefferson Anamosa DeWitt Marengo Lone Tree Manchester Maquoketa Fairfield Guthrie Center

Efficient Gazette Carrier Force Expands to 163 Pupils

The Cedar Rapids and Marion circulation team of The Gazette has grown from three carriers in 1883 to 163 in 1933 under Leon Dorlan. The paper highlights delivery efficiency, sub-stations in five city zones, and a shift to weekly pay with route-based performance and a kicks system to ensure timely doorstep delivery.

Cedar Rapids Marion Gazette Leon Dorlan Cedar Rapids and Marion Gazette Company W. C. Benesh Benesh Avenue W Montteur

Night Custodian Recall and Long List of Residents

The Gazette notes William Garrison remains on duty at night in the building and recalls a past event when police trapped an armed burglar in the basement of the adjacent American Express company. The record then lists numerous names and addresses in the area.

Gazette William Garrison American Express Company Garrison

Local Addresses Listed In Incomplete Directory

A jumble of street addresses and names appears, including 618 Fifth Street NW, 2010 Second Street SW, 85 Twenty first Avenue W, 1705 H Street SW, and 900 Sixth Avenue. Other entries include Charles Stastny, Edward Rocarek, Jerry Holecek, Aldrich Pavlicek, Eisner Womacka, Lee Zavaral, Thomas Hickey, Fred Phillips, Keith Cochran, and Tom Goodfellow.

Tue Charles Youtsey Seventh Street Dick Thompson Crescent Street Bob McHugh B Avenue Hubert Gallagher Third Street Quentin DeNio Fourth Avenue Gus Picek Nineteenth Avenue Milroy Rock Sixteenth Avenue Everett Warren L Street Lawrence Meyers Fifth Street Leland Reynolds E Avenue Robert Sweltzer Third Avenue Dale Bowen Sixteenth Street Myron Chapin First Avenue Walter Rose Eleventh Street Bob Buchan Second Avenue Bob Leedom G Avenue Emil Klumpar D Street Harold Krogh Leo Sears F Avenue Jack McEachron Louis Kudina Second Street Charles Stastny Twenty-first Avenue Edward Rocarek H Street Jerry Holecek Frank Elias Aldrich Pavlicek Thirtieth Forest Drive Eisner C. Womacka Twelfth Avenue Lee Zavaral Tenth Street Thomas Hickey Sixth Avenue Fred Phillips Keith Cochran E Avenue E Tom Goodfellow

Pioneer Greene a Cedar Rapids figure in city and business history

C G Greene of 714 First avenue E and John Ely of 2222 First avenue E, Cedar Rapids natives, were Princeton freshmen who rowed in the 1874 Saratoga Lake regatta. Greene, son of Judge George Greene, became a long time civic leader, trustee of Coe College, and hospital board secretary, with a life intertwined in Cedar Rapids development.

Cedar Rapids Second Street Greene’s Opera House James E. Hamilton Merchants National Bank Mr. Smith W. G. Dows State of Iowa Princeton Saratoga Lake N. Y Yale Brown Co. G Greene George Greene Davenport David D. Owen Supreme Court Dubuque Miner's Express Masonic Lodge J. J. Dyer Star Wagon Works Cedar Rapids Oil and Lint Works Cedar Rapids Water Power Company Republic Life Insurance Company Cedar Rapids Mill Company Williams Reaper Company Oak Hill Cemetery Association Coe Kingston Cedar River Center Point McLeod Springs Judge Greene Ely Edwards Place Stockbridge Mass G. C. Deaver Deaver Coe College St. Luke's Hospital

Y M C A History Highlights Sixty Five Years In Cedar Rapids

A look back at the Cedar Rapids Young Men’s Christian Association founded in late 1867 and chartered in 1868. The article traces early leadership, quarters, and the evolution to the present citywide program, with key figures, buildings, boards, membership, and annual reach.

Cedar Rapids L. Davis J. C. May T. M. Parson J. G. Graves P. M. Gordon J. F. Ely A.C. Churchill A. Sinclair Smith Tomlinson Block H. J. Smead Y.M.C.A First Avenue First Street Fifth Street E Joe Watson W. F. Hunting A. M. Jayne C. T. Brown Association

Greek immigrant Paul Costas rises to head Cedar Rapids cafeteria

Paul Costas, who arrived in the United States at 16 from Greece, invested over $50,000 in the Harmony cafeteria in Cedar Rapids on October 22. He worked from soda fountains in Chicago to running eateries in Streator and Cedar Rapids, praising the city as “Paradise.”

Codee Rapids Paul Costas United States Greece Harmony Street SE Mr. Se Bug United Louis Chicago Streator Cedar Rapids Second Avenue Virginia Cedar Rapeids Costas

Unclear text fragment about bottle timing and seals

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Local Light CO The Republican Organizaon Kenwood Fox’s Fifteenth Street Bredl's Mount Vernon Avenue Clark's Eighth Avenue Sykes Shoe Jerry Tichy Mallory Street Milo Parizek Fruitland Boulevard Robert McLaughlin Milton Eye Victor Hahn Jean Hutchcroft Circle Drive Dale Kiicksee Seventh Avenue Bob Winchell Wendl Votroubek Ninth Avenue Charles Blazek C Street Cecil St. Germaine Eighteenth Avenue John Thompson Arnold Zimmerman Sydney Smith Bob Mocs Johnson Avenue George W Nelson Bever Avenue Richard Tallman Charles Mills Arnold Garrett Third Avenue E B. Wishniewsky Leo Wilson John Wright Oakland Avenue Kenneth Cochran Charles Gillen Richard Bell Billy Curren Bob Rennekamp First Avenue E Bob Clark B Avenue E Glen Hruska Bever Charles McKim Fifth Avenue E William Cornish Thirteenth Street Robert Yates Seventh Avenue E Don Anderson Grande Avenue Elmer Pycha Robert Gouldin Fourth Avenue E Roger Conrad Mkenneth Barger A Avenue E Robert Nemec Fourteenth Street Dick Wilson Dick Gates Eugene Rennekamp Ed Stookey John Dvorak Fourth Street Charles Rorabaugh Billie Diehl Gray Wilson Nineteenth Street William Leefers Second Avenue E Ralph Schindler Seventh Avenue F Thomas Nolan Fighteenth Street Chester Cowden Bert Welch Grovecourt Joe Kun Kenneth Wittkop Donald Jones Ellis Boulevard Ward Bowers Frank Mary Twentieth Avenue Jack Gurren Robert Fitzpatrick Eighth Street Floyd Ellis Jack Augustine Andy Smith Carl Sadilek Ralph Krska Fifth Avenue Marcene Ratfus Harry Mullin Donald Griffin Hinkley Avenue Billy Shanahan J Avenue Elmer Davis 6Th Street Eddie Sullivan A Avenue Louis Picek Leo Barry Ninth Street John Kitch Earl Linkenback Ward Long Dale Morningstar Wayne Woodford Donald Spillman N Street Bob Davis Robert DeLay Walter Kelly Billie Sleight Allen Thompson James Wagner Ernest Vanous Eighth Ave John Threlkeld William Goyer Lester Parizek Billy Gough Mount Vernon Road Donald Mann Bluff View Joseph Rozek Rockford Road Buster Hutchcroft William Groesgen Wauconia Road Hugh Rick Thirty-fourth Street Marvin Davidson Minerva Terwilliger Billy Condon Thirty-fifth Street Kenneth Lambert Bud Challis G. Davidson Billy Norris Twenty-fourth Street Jack Herkner Aloysius Cole Nathan Rick Thirty Fifth Street Robert Titus James Vernon Twelfth Street Maynard Clark Crandall Weaver Eugene Newlan Seventeenth Street Sergie Fleisher Twenty-second Street Harry Pinch Edward Ferreter Neil Sills Cedar Park Allen Edwards Garland Ruundquist Robert Kennedy Ruth McCune Billy Campbell DeVere Fehr Dar Rapids Water Works Mount Mercy Junior College Academy Seventeenth Eighteenth Streets Daniel Coe First Presbyterian Church Miller Rubber Products Company (Incorporated Axnon, Onto Miller Tires Dial Auto & Tire Ss. E. Cor. 2Nd Ave St. St Y.M.C. A Haa Itreet Welfare Council Cedar Rape Ids U. S Hert M. Nandell OUR Nandell & Hamlin
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