Baxter Motors Emerges As Cedar Rapids Chrysler Plymouth Distributor
Baxter Motors Inc., at 829 Second Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, becomes a leading Chrysler Plymouth distributor for Linn, Benton, Jones, Cedar, Iowa and Johnson counties. Eugene Baxter heads a growing team, with extensive sales, service, and parts staff, offering a 27 month 34 000 mile warranty and a robust parts inventory sourced from the Durant and Makibben Motors lineage.
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Cedar Rapids
Baxter Motors, Inc
Second Avenue SE
Chrysler- Plymouth
Middle West
Eugene Baxter
Baxter
Chrysler
Plymouth
Linn
Benton
Jones
Cedar
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Durant
U. S
Baxter Motors
Makibben Motors
Harry Ehrke
Chrysler Products
Schierbrock Motors
Daven
Cedar Rapids Candy Company
Davenport
Agnes White
Hudson, Terraplane and Packard
Godfrey Splichal
Fort Dodge Chrysler
Eugene Lewis
Chrysler-Plymouth
Makibben’s
Hawkeye Motor Express Maintains 25 Trucker Fleet
DeWees directs Hawkeye Motor Express which operates twenty five trucks from Union Motor Freight Terminal 215 Ninth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Service runs daily except Sunday between Cedar Rapids and Chicago Clinton Tipton Sigourney Ottumwa with store door freight and 24 hour Cedar Rapids terminal access. Officers include R C White vice president and S A DeWees secretary treasurer.
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Cedar Rapids
DeWees
Hawkeye Motor Express
R. C. White
S. A. DeWees
Bankers Life Co Gains Assets and Surplus in 1938
Bankers Life of Des Moines reports a $12,000,000 asset gain in 1938 raising total assets to $288,000,000. Surplus funds rose to over $10,500,000 with an additional $2,500,000 for investment fluctuations, totaling $13,068,819 in safety reserves per president G. S. Nollen's annual report.
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Bankers Life Company of
Des Moines
F. Wallace Darling
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
G. S. Nollen
Bankers Life records show strong assets and earnings growth
Over the last decade Bankers Life nearly doubled assets by 109 million and surplus funds by 8.446 million. Net investment income yielded a 3.80 percent return described as highly satisfactory. It marked the 59th year of asset growth and 59th year of payments to policyholders. Darling agency in Cedar Rapids led in 1939 volume with 23 full time agents in eastern Iowa.
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Bankers Life Company
Nollen
Darling
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Vitamo feed boosts hog buyers marketing success
Merrill Kleineck of Mount Vernon sold 25 hogs averaging 235 pounds on March 6 at ten cents above the board price. He fed Vitamo 40 per cent balancer and praised corn savings and healthy, thrifty hogs. A second feeder cited faster gains and easier fattening after switching to Vitamo. The Iowa Milling Co notes large crops may yield best prices and promotes Vitamo as cost effective and widely available.
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Vitamo
Iowa Milling Company
Merrill Kleineck
Mount Vernon
Kleineck
Joe Sinaiko
Champlin Advises Early Start For Profits In Chicks
Champlin Hatchery at 1950 E Avenue NW Cedar Rapids offers day old chicks. Early start aims to boost profits. Christie strain Hampshire noted for egg and broiler performance. Chicks are U S Approved Pullorum tested with 90 percent accuracy for heavies and 95 percent for Leghorns.
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Champlin Hatchery
E Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Hampshires
Champlin
U. S
Champlin’s
Stemlar Garage Seeks Spring Car Prep At Corner oo St
As winter loosens its grip, car owners rush to Stemlar's garage at the corner of oo street and Fourth avenue for a spring tune up. Experts emphasize changing lubricants to heavier grades to prevent damage and ensure optimal engine performance.
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Stemlar
Oo Street
Fourth Avenue
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Joe Wicke
Chicago Motor Club
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Tre City
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Hall Manufacturing CO
Chrysler Airtemp Distributors
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Ape Peay
Electric Motors CO
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China
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Commonwealth Apartment Hotel
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The
Iowa Milling CO
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McCormick-Deering Farm Machinery
Tipton
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Lowden
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Florist
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FOX Garage
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