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Retail sales dip in Davenport Des Moines and Tri Cities
A three month comparison shows department store sales dropping 10.7 percent in Davenport 3.7 percent in Des Moines and 12.5 percent in the Tri Cities Davenport Rock Island and Moline. Iowa sales and use tax receipts rose 14.7 percent in 1948 over 1947 but gains slowed through the year with quarterly increases sliding from 22.5 percent to 8.1 percent.
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Davenport
Des Moines
Tri- Cities
Rock Island
Moline
Ilinois
Iowa
Lucy Kuyper
Gerben Vant Hul
Hull
Vant Hul
Ray Brockhouse
Jack Dethmers
Garner
Walter Ver Hoef
Sanborn
John Casemier
Forest City
John Ver Hoef
Bert Smith
Dick Freerks
Orange City
Arie Bomgaars
Lester Gaugert
Heron Lake
Minn
Richard Auberg
Sppencer
Henry Auberg
Connie Brunsting
Peter Baartman Jr
Peter Baartman
Lutheran Hospital
Sioux City
Bob den Hartog
Newkirk
Ed Baartman
James Schwarz
Sheldon
Andrew Bruns
Martin Lemz
Elsworth
Henry Broesder
Ed Broesder
Ellsworth
John Dokter
Middleberg
Henry van Nyhuis
Jake Wulssen
George
W.W. Bomegaars
Willis Vande Hoef
Gerrit Slothouber
Bert Bosma
Joe Mouw
Morris Mouw
Song
Thomas de Groot
C.N. Haze
Verna Mlazgar
Lawrence Haze
Lake Okoboji
Henry Heusinkveld