Modern Cedar Rapids bakery plant bakes 2000 loaves hourly
The Colonial Baking company plant at Fifth avenue and Eighth street SE in Cedar Rapids uses a 90 foot gas fired eight section oven to make 2500 loaves per hour. The process includes double flour sifting, a five hour sponge fermentation, an 11 minute proofer, and 40 loaves per minute slicing and wrapping. The Cedar Rapids fleet delivers from 12:30 a.m. with local trucks starting at 4:30 a.m. for a 100 mile radius.
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Colonial Baking Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
Walter Brown
Michael Carroll
Clarence Seedorf
Herbert Blakely
Jack McGovern
Hillis Gibson
Ralph Smoyer
Harvey Johnson
Karl Smith
Charles Kellems
Wesley Machacek
William Clark
Thomas McDonough
Regis Day
Roland Runge
Walter M. Brown
Chester Hall
Norman Young
George Hoffner
Jess Fauchier
Maynard Gould
Karl Stackhouse
Howard Kautz
John McDonald
Richard Hale
Everette van Fleet
Carson Lawrence
Bernard Knowles
Rufus Rebee
Francis McGuire
William Coghlan
Lyle Waters
Raymond Keeppel
Fred Welsh
Robert LaFollette
Ross Clem
Ernest van Cleve
Robert Ratliff
Wesley Peverill
Tru-Art Engravers Highlight Craft In Kresge Building
Union workers at the Tru-Art Engravers on the third floor of the Kresge building take pride in high quality engravings. The article notes photographic reproduction as a skilled art and praises the team’s first class work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Tru-Art
Tru-Art Engravers
Kresge
Nespers Sign and Neon Creates Custom Neon Displays
Nesper Sign and Neon offers made to order signs crafted by trained staff at 212 Fifth Street SE. The shop produces neon displays and tubing next to The Gazette and stocks a full range of neon supplies. They create painted displays show cards banners posters truck and office lettering and wall signs for any need.
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Nesper Sign and Neon Company
Fifth Street SE
Nesper
The
Gazette
Vacation loan offer from Money Corporation
A Money Corporation advertisement promotes a vacation loan as an easier financing option. It suggests borrowers can obtain funds without large upfront costs and emphasizes accessible terms for small loans.
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Money Corporation
Merchants National Bank
Wilson Co. Carpenter
Bokorney Radiator Service Offers Expert Attention
Bokorney Radiator Service at 210 Eighth Street SE promises expert care for cleaning or repairing radiators. Competent workers provide quick, affordable service, with rentals if needed, and the shop is an authorized Harrison and Mc Cord distributor for new radiators.
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Bokorney’s
Cedar Rapids
Bokorney
Jesse K. Scheppele
Fred L. Bokerney
Eighth Street SE
Bakerney Establishment
Harrison and McCord
Auto Electric Shop uses dynamometer for car checks
Five specialists at the Auto Electric Shop, 209 Seventh Street SE, operate Cedar Rapids’ Bendix-Feragen dynamometer, a rare indoor proving ground. It reveals muffler issues, timing, carburetor, and spark plug problems, guiding adjustments that can boost horsepower and efficiency. After a tune up, the car is rechecked for pulling power, air fuel ratio, speedometer accuracy, fuel use, and generator output.
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Auto Electric Shop
Seventh Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Warylite blocks boost Iowa construction reach
Cedar Rapids Block company reports Warylite blocks used in Saint Marys Church Marshalltown Mount Vernon Hawkeye Record and Wheatland town hall Clinton projects. The lightweight non corrosive blocks resist freezing and allow waterproof faced walls. Dur O Wal steel member praised for added wall strength with distribution across about 35 states.
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Waylite
Cedar Rapids Block Company
Ninth Street
Iowa
St. Mary's Church
Marshalltown
Mount Vernon
Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Macomb
Harold L. Spaight
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ORL
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NASH
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Lowa
Aaa
Maniata
Iowa Milling CO
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St. Edar Rapids
PATEK
Wooster
Cedar Rapids Paint Supply Co
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Dial
Thorpe
TOP and Body Service
Russell
Super Service Oil Company
Tenth Street
teoPr
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Structural Glass Distributors of
Pittsburgh Paint Products
M. Cach Glass CO
2Nd St. SE
DE Soto
Plymouth
Wagner
Wagner Motor Co
Cedar Rapids Block Co
FOX Garage
13Th St
J. W
Bupane Gas Guaranteed Service
Gnd
2Nd Fleet
Fed Avenue
2Nd Ave
Hawkeye
Hawkeye Motor Express
Thompson
Siin
Morris Plan
NEON
OWA
Full Legal Reserve Company
Electrolux
Cedar Rapids Gas Ce
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