Bread Loaves To Shrink In Weight As Price Hike Looms
Local bakers plan lighter loaves to offset flour price spikes. They expect to cut from fourteen to about twelve ounces while avoiding immediate price increases. Stocks were ample, but will not last long, prompting the lighter loaf as the easier hardship for customers. Coal outlook is poor with fall approaching and buyers await reports. dealers offer little encouragement for real estate prices.
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Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Boyes
A Little White Cottage for Newly Wedded Life
Property ad describing a small two story cottage with three rooms downstairs and two upstairs chambers. Features include white enamel finish, pine floors, a front porch, dimensions 20 ft 6 in by 24 ft 6 in, and an estimated build cost of 1375 dollars excluding heating and plumbing. Publisher offers plans, book of house designs, and interior book for 2 dollars with additional shipping details.
Geologists highlight valuable government topographical work in Iowa
Government geologists and state cooperation unveil quadrangle maps showing minute terrain details across Iowa. William B. Alden from the US Geological Survey notes 16 mile square quadrangles revealing every knoll and depression. Copies of quadrangles are available by request with postage.
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Iowa
William B. Alden
United States Geological Survey
Cedar Thru Waterloo
Ames
Allen
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Repairs at the foeak mill face underway
Extensive steel and concrete work is underway on the mill face as repairs progress. The project focuses on structural reinforcement and surface restoration to maintain safety and functionality of the facility.
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Foeak
Landscape Gardener Promises Grounds Inspection Service
No charges for sketches and estimates. Bright clean landscaped grounds add value and show homeowner refinement. We will inspect your grounds at your convenience. Phone 2aTE, Office TOE Black Hawk Bank Building. Phone 2490-Red. SCHETBY, Landscape Gardener.
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Black Hawk Bank
Farms to Be Run by Electricity in Scott County
Progressive Walcott farmers plan to use electricity to operate large farm operations in Scott county. Negotiations involve the Davenport Muscatine interurban and the Peoples Light company for new power. After successful electric threshing along the Interurban line, farmers led by Richard Schmidt aim to source power from the interurban or other providers to expand electric farming.
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Scott County
Walcott
Davenport & Muscatine Interurban
Peoples Light Company
Richard Schmidt
Farm Improvement League
Watcott farmers plan new power for farming use
The Watcott farmers say the new electricity will suit summer and winter tasks such as grinding, feeding, thrashing, pumping water, and operating farm buildings. They expect substantial operating savings if the project materializes, with plans tied to the Wale cott transmission line and other rural power ideas.
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Walecott
Watcott
Advertisement notes coal price rise and winter supply tips
The item warns that coal prices are likely to rise within thirty days. It contrasts bulk buyers with those who must buy by the ton through winter, noting cost pressures. It ends with a local shoe company ad urging savings on winter wear.
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