Lawn City improvements and new residences of 1919
Cedar Falls reports 1919 expenditures totaling about 407 700 for Lawn City improvements, with private projects dominating the list at 215 100. New homes add 124 100 in value, while municipal work totals 44 100 including sewer and Riverview Park developments and Pioneer Memorial dormitory.
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Lawn City
Cedar Falls
United States
I.cSensen
Franklin
I. SE Parker
Lremont
George Jensen
West Ninth
A. Riededt
Weisbard
Clay - AL Yo Norris
West Fifth
Norris
Ben Hughes
West Second
Joseph’ W. Cowan
West
Ollywood Corporation
West Send
Pete. Knudsen
Blgutee
Clay
Bert Philpot Trey i
G. Bennison
West O
Mathias Smith
Grove
Riverview Park
Evangelical Association
Citizens Gas Company
Losses in Five Fires in 1919 Totaling 10100
Cedar Falls Iowa notes 39 fire calls in 1919 with mainly minor incidents and little or no damage. Five major blazes caused about 3100 in losses, including Foster Bros store, Raub Cigar shop, and other sites, with dates listed.
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Cedar Falls
Dac
Ay Wera
Studie
Bartles-Shephard
Foster Bros
Reptist
Raub
Meetings in Cedar Falls in 1919 Covered Wide Range
Cedar Falls welcomed thousands of visitors in 1919 for conventions and conferences of international national and county and state scope. The year featured diverse activities with notable leaders visiting for various gatherings reflecting broad social and civic interests.
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Cedar Falls
Churches Advance In Year 1919 At Waterloo
Waterloo churches show spiritual growth with two congregations planning new sanctuaries at Fourth and Baltimore and Franklin and Park. Westminster gains a 20 note organ and Walnut Street installs a new pipe organ. several churches report pastor changes and rising memberships as Methodists lead a $50,000 centenary pledge while others redecorate and repay debt.
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Waterloo
First Baptist Church
Fourth and
Baltimore Streets
Clinton P. Shockley
First Presbyterian Church
Shockley
Franklin Street
Park Avenue
Westminster
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Kenneth 8. Runkel
Walnut ‘Street
Clarence Eddy
Inez Green
Whitehall
John Bunyan Smith
Sacred Heart
J. J. Keane
Dubuque
Watersoo
Antioch Baptist
J. W. Bowles
Ume
Masley
Must Park
Union Congregational
W. W. White
Central Christian Church
G. C. Serrttla
First Methodist Episcopal Churel J
Jews Telephones Company
Locol Lourd
Walnut Street
Loan Avenue
Third Avenue
Naterloo Building Boom Spurs Homes and Factories
Des Moines and Waterloo reports show a surge in construction, with hundreds of dwellings and factories rising. Listings include investors and builders like Logan, Walker, Wilson, and Warner, plus 600 new phones added in Waterloo as the Des Moines bank plans expansion and a 2 million investment firm.
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Naterloo
van Vleck
Charles
Tsrker
Warner
Logan
Walker
Fl, & Co
Denver
W. JL & Co
Wilker
T. B
Home Park
Wond
W. T
Parker
Warthay
Herbert
Dtulian
Wilson
Her
Baltimore
Burin
Burton
Burton E
I. Wilson
Burton J
Burton F
Williston
Waterbury
Dr CA
Byrnes
Warner _G
Ah Wray
Newell- Wiegand
Iyellings
Des Moines
Des Moines National
Tthe
Rural Improvements in 1919 Make Record of Year
Cedar Falls notes a banner year for farm upgrades in 1919 with new homes and barns rising on Cedar Falls and Waterloo Township properties. listed improvements include residences and outbuildings for Sierrat, Tontlehe, McCaffree, Breckenfelder, Leahy, Merner, Nelson, and others with varied costs and additions.
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George Sierratl
Waterloo Township
Carl Tontlehe
Cedar Malls Township
McCaffree
Austin
Callahan
Mount Vernon
Morton
Cedar Falls Township
August Breckenfelder
W. Leahy
Uiutr Co
Fred’ Henry
Mount Vernon Township
W. H. Merner
Cedar Fatls
Ieee
Whillam Nelson
Cedar Fatla Township
Pranary
Edward Luenator
K. Paterson
Tees
Rath Packing expands plant with modern hog processing upgrades
Rath Packing Co has modernized its plant with a 70 by 50 foot hog dressing addition fireproof and sanitary. The upgrade includes new hog holding and shackle pens elevating machinery, a hog singeing device for British contracts, a 200 ton refrigerating plant, three story smokehouses and a larger lard refinery. About $125000 was invested to boost capacity and efficiency for growing foreign and domestic business.
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Rath Packing Company
Black Hawk County Abstract reports 1919 financial shifts
The annual financial report shows chattel mortgages rising to 2,150 filings totaling 1,222,648.48 while real estate mortgages fell to 1,732 with a debt of 7,131,598.49. Deeds filed numbered 2,794. bank clearings rose to 99,496,370.66 in 1918, with record instruments filed totaling 10,190 in 1919.
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Black Hawk
Pertase
County Recorder
Tanvars Cegr
Wpt
el Marci
Agri
Cantoner Vee
Aureus
Tee
Foros Ag
Ames Venter
Gan
Citizens Gas and Electric adds meters and miles of lines
The Citizens Gas and Electric Co. reports spending 70 for improvements within Waterloo city limits. They purchased 23 gas and electric meters and added 35 miles of wire and 12 miles of pole lines, bringing totals to 760 miles of electric wires and 250 miles of poles. The gas mains reached 147 miles, and 115 employees are now on the payroll as Waterloo continues growth.
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Sycamore
Third Avenue
Lowa
Cedar Fa
Castle Hill
Heilghis
Cedar Falls
Rmit
Éariu
Park, Highland
Prospect Hill
Fourth Street
Illinois Central
Citixens Gas & Electric Co
Austin Burt
Waterloo
Citizens, Gas & Helectric Co
Illinois Central Waterloo Center of Western Lines Since 1917
Waterloo hosts the Illinois Central Railroad head quarters since August 1917 with W. S. Williams as general superintendent overseeing lines west of Chicago. The payroll for 1919 totaled 4.23 million dollars, enriching Waterloo by about 3.01 million beyond freight and passenger revenue. A second year under government control closed with employee loyalty and effort.
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Tinois Central Railroad
Minnesota
Western Hines
W. 5.Williams
Willams
Nois Central Railroad
Chicago
Clinton
Freeport
City
Thellinois Central Railroad Company
Waterloo
Illinois Central
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