Realtor Gains a Place in Sun
The article traces the shift of real estate agents from mere deskbound brokers to community builders. It highlights Fr. C Sharon of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce speaking at the Omaha Real Estate Board banquet on the Realtor as a city builder. It stresses professional responsibility, city planning, and the need for organization to restore public trust while noting extensive property transfers in Black Hawk County and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Omaha Real Estate Board
C. “Sharon
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Sharon
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Della Gates
Mildred Durchdenwald
Waterloo
W. Belangee
M. Constantine
East
Josephine Hacker
Charles FE
Hacker
North Ad
Orig
Cedar River
H. Newton
Et al
W. H. Brunn
Ralph E. Newton
W. H. Brunr
G. P
Eae
L. Newton
E Spencer
Calumetadon
Lyon
Jake Conder
Aint
Prospect Place
Charles W. Fall
How. Rey & McWilliams Replat
Wateroo
HP. Tey
A. K
Ad Park Place
John Hunemuller
F. Bryan
Nentzeimans
A. Ruhmann
Lane
Fowind
Scott
Greenfield Pad
Tion
View Addi Bey
Bork Ff
Riverview Addition
Waterton
Ifn
Realtors Rank as Builders of Homes
A National Real Estate Journal survey shows realtors increasingly building homes themselves. In Cedar Rapids one realtor built 30 last year and plans 35. another has completed 50 and may add 10 to 15 more if financed. High construction costs and financing limits slow progress. labor and material costs and market conditions keep activity cautious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Real Estate Journal
Cedar Rapids
Lets Wife Support Him She Rebels And Sends Him To Jail
Ben Bell a colored man with a wife and home is jailed on vagrancy charges. The wife the complainant says he has been on strike against work and refused her entry to the house. A warrant was issued and Bell was taken into custody. He claims rheumatism explains his long idleness and the hearing was continued for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bell
Ben
Negro bootlegger jailed and fined in Iowa district court
In West Union Iowa on Monday Ben McGowan colored of Waterloo was sentenced to one year in jail and a 500 dollar fine after pleading guilty to legal sale of Nauor. He had been operating around Oelwein. Lewis Allison colored also pleaded guilty to manufacturing liquor and was fined 200 dollars and paid it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Ben McGowan
Waterloo
McGowan
Oelwein
Lewis Allison
BUILD OUR OWN HOME PROJECT FOR WATERLOO CRAFTSMEN
Waterloo bricklayers carpenters and allied craftsmen are offered a novel path to home ownership. F M Collord Jr a Waterloo real estate man has arranged a plan allowing a craftsman to furnish his own labor as down payment estimating labor value at about ten percent of the total cost. The remaining payments are to be made by installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
F. M. Collord, Jr
Woman Becomes Active Member of New York Real Estate Board
New York April 21 for the first time a woman will be an active member of the Real Estate Board of New York. Mrs Gerrit Smith is the first woman to gain this privilege and several other applications from women are awaiting action. Mrs Smith has ten years in real estate brokerage developing properties in outskirts and midtown sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Real Estate Board of
Gerrit Smith
Local notes and notices from Waterloo and Cedar Falls events
Ill spouse at 106 Kingsley avenue reported improved today. A Milwaukee business trip keeps Samuel Silvers away. Patrolman Fred Hickle ill on his beat and relieved. Rugs stolen from trucks noted by Miller Rug Cleaners. a large rug taken last night. An auto tire found in a field by P. W. Wagner. police suspect theft. First National Bank sues Augustin Schmitt and sons for 58373.37. John Hunemiller sues F Bryant and others for 2000 to rescind an oral contract. Four B Y P U groups attend Cedar Falls services led by Rev. D Il Purser. A special W C F N car ferried 40 youths to the meeting. L Hostetler discovers his watch missing until daughter reveals she borrowed it for cake timing. police notified. First Baptist Church hosts chicken pie supper Saturday at 5 with 50 cent supper. flower sale advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Knox
Kingsley Avenue
Samuel Silvers
Milwaukee
Fred Hickle
Miller Rug Cleaners Company
P. W. Wagner
Walnut Street Baptist Church
D. Il Purser
Cedar Falls
Obituaries for Frank Obele and William Brown
Frank Obele of Cedar Falls died at St. Francis hospital at 4 p m after stomach trouble. He was born Sept 13 1872 in Cedar Falls and married Margaret Shehan Aug 21 1895. Survived by widow two sons parents and siblings. Funeral arrangements pending. Also funeral notices for R E Wolfe and Mrs William Brown report services and attending lodges. Funeral for Wolfe set for Friday 10:30 at Petersen Bros chapel with Graves Memorial U B church officiating. Mrs Brown funeral at St Joseph church with Calvary burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Obele
Lafayette Street
St. Francis Hospital
Mr. Obele
Cedar Falls
Margaret Shehan
Waterloo
Waterloo Saddlery Company
Robert
Gerald
John Obele
George
Clara
Gertrude
Otto
Harry
Los Angeles
EB. Wolfe
R. EH. Wolfe
Petersen Bros. Chapel
William Brown
St. Joseph Church
T. J. Healy
M. F. Toomey
Father McMahon
E. J. Dougherty
Oelwein
Brown
Butrig
Calvary
Realtor Sees Early Boom as Prices Near Bottom
Local realtor Frank E Adams says deflation has bottomed and a broad business upturn will lift real estate and property values over the next year. He notes a 36 percent drop in wholesale prices this year, calls for renewed credit, and cites recent land purchases as indicators of impending activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. [Adams
Adams
Federal Reserve
Fourth
Commercial Streets
Total Eclipse Moon Sighting Tonight Across North America
Old Mother Earth stages a rare total lunar eclipse visible in North America. The eclipse starts 10 57 p m CST with totality at 1 22 a m and ends 2 05 a m. Watchers may see copper to deep black colors on the moon if skies are clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Dame Nature
Towa
North America
Atronomiers
Diana
Tom Sawyer
Truck Finn
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James W
Waterloo Road
Rownd
Black Hawk County
Great Western
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
G. W
N. Y. Real Estate Board
Buchanan
First National Bank of Waterloo
Augustin Schmitt
David
John Hunemiller
J. P. Rodgers Land Company
L. J. Thomas
Denver
Garland
Hagony
Postum Cereal Co. Inc
Battle Creek
Mich
Waterloo Realtors
Brickmason
F. M. Collord
First National Bank Building
Kingsley Ave
Home Park
4Th St
Bath
Charles
Bickley CO
C. E. Howard
W. E. Peavey
Howard & Peavey
L. & J. Bldg
Parker
Logan
Franklin
Sherwood Park
Burton E. Wilson
A. C. Cole
L. & J. Building
Best Buy
West Waterloo
West 2Nd St
W. H. Howrey
WM. E. Herren Company
I. C
Joan. W. H. Howrey
Highland
Frank E. Adams
Kern Street
Charles 8. Bickley
Franklin A. Scott
4Th Street
Charles S. Bickley Co
Franklin St
Wellington St
Pommer & Hoover
Jeferson Street
W. W. Lytle
Letsch
Wa- Letsch Terloo
Commercial Bank
F.C. Letsch
Rainbow Drive
Wey
M. B. Neff
E. V. Cady
Washington Street
P. W. Belangee
West Fifth Street
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