Local Firms Named in Utility and Retail Listings
Montgomery Ward A. W. Peterson Co. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. Sears Roebuck and Co. are listed among major businesses in the region, reflecting retail and utility activity.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1940
Page
32
Montgomery Ward A. W. Peterson Co. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. Sears Roebuck and Co. are listed among major businesses in the region, reflecting retail and utility activity.
The text praises time and labor-saving appliances as luxuries elsewhere but notes American mass production lowers prices and enables easy purchase on credit. It highlights constant research and improvement as drivers of better living, making it accessible and economical.
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