Monticello Feathers Turned Into Global Duster Industry
Monticello's Hoag Duster plant on North Maple Street leads a world scale feather duster operation with a $125,000 plant, 2,500 weekly dusters, and a $30,000 yearly local payroll. Agents span cities from Havana to Los Angeles and St. Louis.
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Monticello
Hoag Duster Company
Singapore
Porto Rico
North Maple Street
United States
Havana
Cuba
Lima
Peru
New York City
San Antonio
Tex
New Orleans
St. Louis
Utah
Half Worlds
E. B. Hoag
E. E. Hoag
Ray
L. R. Hoag
Cen
Feathers For Distant Places
Mrs Rose Lambert picks best feathers for Hoag Duster Co order from a distant city. She has 32 years at the plant which uses 110000 pounds of feathers yearly. Each pound requires tail feathers from seven turkeys. body feathers are not used. The payroll has dropped to 50 workers from 100, with some staff over 40 years on the job.
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United States
St. Louis
Monticello
Texas
Empress Eugenie
Hoag Duster Company
Rose Lambert
Rose
Hugh McClain
Grant
Elmer Hoag
Hoags
Rose McClain Retires After 48 Years With Hoag Duster Co
Rose McClain 75, Monticello's oldest female employee, marks 48 years at Hoag Duster Company. She began by hand sizing feathers and now oversees a belt system. Her work span reflects Monticello's nine factories and broad regional customers supporting local payroll and town employment.
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Rose McClain
Hoag Duster Company
Bader’s Stove Polish Factory Markets 6000 Retailers
Jake Bader and his wife run J. L. Bader and Co. of Monticello makers of Presto Stove polish. The product reaches 50 hardware jobbers and 6000 retail stores across the Midwest and beyond to cities like Portland and St Louis. Production runs 3700 cans weekly, from a home kitchen yet plans a two week summer call on new jobbers in Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Jake Bader
Monticello
Godfrey Bader
Shenandoah
J. L. Bader and Co
Middlewest
Portland
Ore
Bader
First Street
Mrs. Bader
Mr. Bader
A. J. H. McNeill
McNeill Hardware Company
McNeill
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Dubuque
Manchester
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Omaha
Neb
Milwaukee
Wis
Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas City
Jake
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Minnesota
Mary Bader
Otto
West
Marguerite
Hubbard, Spencer, and Bartlett
Chicago
Simmons
Worthington Company
Cleveland
Marshall Wells
Duluth
Rockford
Ill
Jersey City
N. J
Tér
Zeke Bader
Middle West
Monticello Express
Finishing Touches On A Hoe At Yeoman Heasg Factory
The article shows Bill Smith polishing a hoe before finishing at the Yeoman Heasg factory. A polishing wheel 14 inches in diameter spins at 8500 rpm, powered by a five horsepower motor. A suction fan removes dust from the process.
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Aves
Yeoman-Heasg
Bill Smith
Franklin Equipment Company A Major Monticello Employer
Franklin Equipment company on South Cedar street employs 70 persons with six buildings and ships a carload of finished equipment daily. It serves 75 80 carloads of raw materials yearly and spends over 20000 on incoming freight. The firm markets hog feeders gates and other farm hardware across the United States and beyond with patents in sheet iron plow handles and milk stools.
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Franklin Equipment Company
Jones County
South Cedar Street
Monticello
Franklin Company
Union
Canada
South Africa
Franklin
Time Magazine
Saturday Evening Post
Franklin Barn Equipment Company
St. James Ventilating Company
St. James
Mimn
Steege Manufacturing Company
Waterloo
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Hoag
Tral
Ae al
Franklin Equipment Co
Monticello’s
Halstead Carpenter
R. J. Langer
B. M. Locher
H. W. Stuhler
M. R. Langer
C. E. Podhaski
Miss Locher
M. Rickless
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Kurt
Kurt
Mechicc2 Express
Steel
Iron and Nickel
Rivals
Monticello, Iowa
Hoag Duster Co
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