Traer's Active Business Street After Train Arrival
The Traer Star-Clipper series from March 20 1874 sketches Traer business life. It lists D Connell and others opening dry goods groceries hardware drug and clothing shops, a hotel and millinery, a lumber yard, furniture and jewelry stores, bankers and insurance agencies, with dates of opening and stock notes. The piece highlights leaders like Connell Weld Bonney Brooks Lape Newcomb and others shaping Traer’s early commercial scene.
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Traer Star-Clipper
Traer
Tracr
Second Street
D. Connell
Connel
Tama County
Tama
Buckingham
Morison & Moore
Moore
West Union
Wolf Creek
Morison
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
Patrons’ Joint Stock Company
J. T. Weld
Pecatonica
C. D. Bonney
Zama
Zehring
Brooks & Moore
J. R. Smith
Tama City
American Express Company
City
Chas Morris
Galley & Newcomer
R. Hamiston
Second
Main Streets
Newcomer
Galley
Toledo
Porterfield
Butler
Vinton
Mr. Porterfield
Mastodon Remains Found By Workmen in Traer 1910
Workmen on a Traer sewerage contract unearthed mastodon remains about ten feet deep. Teeth and bones showed good preservation, with two teeth removed and displayed. A local offer of 35 dollars for a tooth sparked interest in further excavation, potentially funded by the school board for a science exhibit in the new building. A professional note Mastodon dates to the Miocene era about six million years ago.
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Traer
Municipal Electric Power Here Since 1919 Traer Takes Over Electric Light Plant
Traer began municipal electric service in 1919 after a 10 to 1 vote by residents. The Star-Clipper reported a near unanimous approval for municipal ownership, with 264 votes for the measure and 22 against, plus 235 for issuing bonds. The city’s action secured electric service and steam heat, with later coverage of a $33,000 plant purchase planned for Sept. 1.
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Traer
the Star-Clipper
Traer Star-Clipper
Ed Noyer
Iowa Falls
Star-Clipper
General
George M. Bechtel Company
Davenport
Toledo Electric Supply Company
Louis Plogmann
Ernest Blocker
Will Steuben
Hugh McLean
Mike Mochal
Memorial Building in Traer Opens for Civic Use
The Traer Memorial building dedicated in 1962 remains a busy hub hosting dances meetings proms suppers and exhibitions. Funded by bonds and gifts including 400 folding chairs and a 40 000 donation from Kubik Fin ch American Legion post the facility features two main rooms a separate Legion memorial area a large kitchen and a stage. The memorial room houses a refreshment bar and wall showcase with a versatile 4x8 foot stage. A 1966 air conditioning upgrade followed a 1962 flagpole piano and flag dedication honoring local figures and veterans.
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Traer
Traer Memorial
Kubik-Finch
Second Street
Opera House
Legion
Tracer
H. R. Allaben
R. J. Ralls
John Bauch
Robert Engel
Kenneth Gates
Allaben
Gates
Mike Reuman
Leonard Ruzicka
Wendell Krause
Glenn Shortess
Legion Auxiliary
Bertha Lafley
John Safley
Lula Hyland
George Cavalier
Cavalier
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J. HH Brooks
Carmichael, Brooks& Co
R. 4. Moore
M.lape
Montour
U. C
A. Hine
Elmira
New York
Francé
Frazee
B. Best
Bast House
D. T. Bower
Rogers
Dennis & Averill
Tama ‘County
Averill
Goodenough
Dennis
Penrose & Parks
Porterfield & Co
Main and
Walnut
J. C. Strong
Trder
Mitchell & Hoy
Messrs
Oo ME Gntcholg
Dysart
Parker & Lewis
Second Streets
Lewis
Withers & Bates
Withers
London
England
Collins & Co
Collins
Erlanger Bros
Belle Plaine
W. H. Bowen
M’miffan & Weir
Brooks House
Oxford
Walter Wilson
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Carl
P Place
Spcxts
Tract Memorial
Tract American Legion
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