Petersens Build A Profitable Angora Rabbit Sideline
Wayne Schakel profiles Fred Petersen and his wife at 2516 Sixteenth Street NW who raise French Angora rabbits for wool and breeding stock. Their operation, begun in 1942 amid meat shortages, now yields wool valued at 80 cents an ounce and breeding sales up to 25 dollars per rabbit.
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Wayne Schakel
Fred Petersen
Sixteenth Street
Petersens
Petersen
Link-Belt Spéeder Corporation
Petersem
Peter
Conecticut
Ann
Rail Loadings Fall While Trucks Rise in 1948 Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids rail shipments declined in 1948 with about 41 000 freight tons loaded and 52 000 outbound and inbound cars. Trucking rose about eight percent that year as rail traffic faced strikes and coal shortages, though complete truck figures were not released.
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Cedar Rapids
Fir Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Grant Maples
Wilson Packing House
Wilson Plant
Maples
American Association of Railroads
Traffic Bureau
YMB Names 1949 Committee Heads
Young Men's bureau announces its 1949 committee heads listing Sterling McNelly Lee Schwanz Herman Schultz Sylvan Hasley Norton McLean Bob Ettinger Dr Hal Olmstead Paul Palmeet Otis Shepard Charles Musil Warren Olwen Paul Clarke Robert Lowry Bob Mitchell Lyle Vernon Frank Nye Wilmer Werning Warren Ackley Gene Carson and others.
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Sterling McNelly
Lee Schwanz
Herman Schultz
Sylvan Hasley
Norton McLean
Bob Ettinger
Golden Gloves
Hal Olmstead
Paul Palmeét
Bob Ms
Otis Shepard
Charles Musil
Warren Olwen
Paul Clarke
Robert Lowry
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Fred Petersens
Carolyn
Ruth Ann
Eas Petersen
Arlee Hutches
Frederick Carl Petersen
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