Waterloo's Jobbers Firmly Established in Waterloo
A look at Waterloo wholesale trade shows the Fowler Company and many jobbing houses expanding in 1917. Firms include Adams Paper Co, Black Hawk Fruit Co, Northern Tile Co, Northwestern Candy, Langfeldt Candy, National Biscuit distribution, Cutler Hardware, and Waterloo Paper Co with 50,000 caps. The Black Hawk Fruit Co and Waterloo Fruit & Commission report growth and a new cold storage. The Toledo Scales unit notes strong wartime demand and German shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Brothers Co
Card & Keagy
Black Hawk
W. E. Schollan
Galloway Bros. & Co
Toledo
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
A.C. Willford
Fowler Co. Groceries
W.J
Fowler Company
Lafayette Street
Fourth and
Firth
C.F. Fowler
George W. Fowler
F. J. Fowler
Middlewest
New York
Waterloo
Chicago
Dubuque
Erlon
George V
Iowa
St. 5Wler Brothers
Willford
Janesville
Navy
George Jobbing
New York State
Black Hawk Pruit CO
Water Street
Tri- City Fruit Company
Davenport
J. J. Buzzard
Fort Mgr. Buzzard
Apple King
West
Black Hawk Fruit Company
Fiodin
Buell Cimniti
Germany
Toledo Scala
C. E. Owens
Owens
Herman Paul
Paul
Des Moines
Waterloo Fruit
Ralph J. Hoxie
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Company
Fifth and
Water Streets
Wirt 2
Hoxte
Wirt
Adams Papi Co
Adams Paper Company
Sycamore Stree
Aittle
F. D. Adina
G. W. Thode
Adams
Creamery Package CO
W. F. Mack
Jorbers
Martin Hrothera Company
Fourth Street East
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Meline
Rock Island
Prices Hold Steady For Some Goods In 1916
Amid an overall rise in living costs since the Civil War era, certain items remain affordable. Oysters have dropped to 40 cents a quart, bananas to 10 cents a dozen, with rubbers, overshoes, lumber and raw tobacco pricing at previous levels. C Q Williams, Canfield Lumber Co., and Western Harness & Supply Co. cited authority for tobacco lumber and rubber prices, though lumber and rubber were expected to climb soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. QD. Williams
Westfield
Canfield Lumber Company
Western Harness & Supply, Company
New Corporations and Amendments Filed in County Records
A 1915 1916 filing summary lists 2 8840 million in new corporate capital and 1505 amendments across many firms. Notable entries include Canfield Manufacturing National Cigar Store Cedar Falls Band and Waterloo Photo Products Co with various capital amounts. Amendments reflect name changes and reorganizations such as Citizens Saving Bank to American Trust Savings Co and Inter state Mercantile agency becoming Mazon Service Corp. Renewal articles and new incorporations cover diverse industries from manufacturing to service and religious entities across Waterloo Cedar Falls and Finchford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert W. White
Ee Canfield Manufacturing Company
Cecca
National Cigar Store
National Crushed Stone Company
Waterlung Agrin
Morris & Briden Co
Byrnes Park Health Co
Ben Franklin Quiz T Publishing Co
Ee We
Cedar Falls Band
Diamond Specialty Co
Flex Manufacturing Co
Waterloo Photo Products Co
Cedar Construction Co
Hellenic Orthodox Church
St. James of Waterloo
Bovee Furnace Works
New Method Laundry Co
the Lettermill Co
Danish Mutual Insurance Association
U. S
Orange Creamery Asso
Diamond Grinder Co
Economy Appliance Co
American Mig. Co
Fairview Cemetery
Orange Creamery Co
Harry B. Clark Co
Raymond - Wilson Hardware Co
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Finchford
Holland, Harrison & Shames
Bryant
Citizens’ Lumber Co
Overland-Hanson. Co
Citizens Saving Bank
American Trust & Savings Co
Welty Pen Co
Dollar Pen Co
Sanitary
Interstate Mercantile Agency
Mazon Service Cor
Meikhinney Inn't Co
Bath Packing Co
Bover Furnace Works
Waterloo Warehouse & Storage
Horton-Holden Hotel Co
Cedar Falls
Loan and Building Associations Noted in Ledger
A newspaper snippet lists figures for Waterloo Building and Loan, Logan Asan, Perpetual Building and Loan Agency, and People's Building and Loan Agency. Large sums such as 10,000,000 and 16,000,000 appear, indicating totals or capital figures in a financial notice.
Progressing 1917 Building by Fowler Brothers at Lafayette and Sixth
Fowler brothers plan a modern brick building at Lafayette and Sixth in 1917. The three story structure measures 40 by 89 feet with a basement, serving stores on the ground floor and apartments above. Foundations laid in 1916 at a cost of $1,500. connected to a second building by an arcade arch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whelesale
Card & Keagy
Lafayette Street
Iowa
Minneset
R. W. E. Schoman
Fourth Street
Fowler Brothers
Lafayette
Sixth
Hope C. Martin
Eaat
Construction Pushes Ahead in Waterloo Districts
Eight large office quar on Concrete Street in the factory district notes Crescent Oil erecting a two story brick building with basement. Waterloo Roofing begins a modern brick structure on Sycamore Street in fall 1916 with frost resistant foundation and walls designed for four or five stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concrete Street
Crescent Oil Company
Waterloo Roofing Company
Sycamore Street
Sheet Metal Makers to Visit Waterloo in 1917
Waterloo will host about 60 members of the National Association of Sheet Metal Products Manufacturers in October 1917. The 1916 convention was in Chicago. H. B. Kelly of Waterloo is the association secretary, with officers and committees centered in Iowa, Missouri, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
National Association of Sheet Metal Products Manufacturers
Chicago
H. B. Kelly
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Park Avenue
Weal
the Litchfield Meg. CO
Black Hawk Auto Top Company
West Park Avenue
L. P. Miller
Carl H. Moline
Commercial
Dibson
Gibson
The
Dibson Furnace Co
Miles Street
WN. H. Loomis
Russell Lamson
Stair Works
STORM
East Seventh Street
B. 5
Joyner, Proprietor
Edwards Street
Cutler
G. E. Newton Co
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