Hotel to Rise at Park and Sycamore IA
Demolition of the old Masonic temple at Park avenue and Sycamore street will commence soon after January 3 by HL Stevens Construction Company of Chicago. A nine story, 200 room hotel costing 825000 will replace it, built by Tangney and McGinn, owners of Hotel Russell-Lamson. The project will use local labor, opening expected around late 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Sycamore Street
HL. Stevens Constructionompany
Chicago
J. Tangney
S. F. McGinn
Hotel Russel-Lamson
Tangney- McGinn
Iowa
Hainois
Minnesota
Huff
Masonic Temple Building Corporation
Sycamore
Park-Sycamore
Water Street
Tangney-McGinn Realty Company
Masonic Temple
Waterloo group funds new enterprise with stock split
A $550,000 venture divides into $200,000 preferred and $330,000 common stock. Tangney serves as president and McGinn as secretary. Support from Waterloo business interests aids buying a sizable block of preferred stock. Tangney and McGinn manage several hotels in multiple towns including Hotel Russell Laimson, Hotel Rogers in Bloomington, Shelton Munn in Ames, Thompson Hotel in Worthington, and Arlington Hotel in Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangney
A M McGinn
Waterloo
McGinn
Russell-Laimson
Rogers
Bloomington
Sheldon-Munn
Ames
Thompson Hotel
Worthington
Minn
Arlington Hotel
Sheldon
Five Marriages and Divorces in Black Hawk Co in 1927
Divorce petitions and decrees recorded by Clerk J. W. Thompson show a divorce rate of 1 to 5 marriages and a petition rate of 2 to 5 in Black Hawk county for December 1926 to November 1927. Of 250 petitions filed for legal separation, decrees were granted in Wisconsin, with others dismissed or pending. since records began, Mis county issued licenses to more than 22,000 couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
J. W. Thompson
Mis County
Older business fronts modernized with dramatic street changes
The article notes widespread modernization of urban storefronts during the year. It highlights the Lafayette building remodel for B W Schuneman drug store and the Waterloo Building and Loan Association purchase for offices, plus multiple fronts like Gasser Realty and Commercial Company renovations. Other noted remodels include A W Mullan, R C Moore, and New York Fashion Shop among others. The piece also mentions fashion trends in dress and a new town hall under construction in Altoona.
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David B. Toenjes
Lafayette
Cor Lnver
Fourth
Lafayette Streets
B. W. Schuneman Company
Watersloo Bank & Trust Company
Waterloo
D& Loan Association
Fowler Company
Fifth and
Gasser Realty Company
Gasser
Sycamore Street
Commercial Company
Fourth and Mulberry
A. W. Mullan
Commercial
R. C. Moore
Bickley Realty Company
Margaret Wagner
Sycamore
Frank Raos- Ben
R. C. Modxa
New York Fashion Shop
Andrew Fried
E. T. Alford
Lewis Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Park, Sycamore
Black Hawk Co
Waterloo Building & Loan
Paris
M. Jean Charles Worth
Baroness de Rothschild
Altoona
Standard Glass & Paint CO
East Second Street
Ous
J. W. Miller
James M. Graham
H. W. Wente
Cashier
C. Kimm Asst
R. L. Penne Asst. Cashier
Ceas, S. McKinstry Asst
Lillian Shoemaker
Warren Brown
Waterloo Lumber Co
W. P. Hoxte
Waterloo Kimit & Commission Co
James Black Dry Goods Co
Worth Hill AN
See’y Treas
Waterloo Warehouse & Storage Co
George W. Huntley
Cutler Hardware Co
E.W. Miller
L. D. Miller
Crystal Tee & Fuel Co
I. B. Plumab
Associated Manufacturers Co
JS. Tutselill Reed
Tuthill & Reed, Attorneys
Commercial National
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