Fire Loss Year Reports Brutal Winter for Silvers Industry
A 19th century city fire report details two thirds of the year’s fire losses amounting to about 97 thousand dollars, dominated by the Silvers Fire Company and a major plant on Linda Avenue. It notes 574 fire alarms, 11 fires over four thousand dollars, and a winter peak with furnace and chimney fires. The year logged 41 automobile blazes, 12 factory calls, and 44 business building fires, with false alarms briefly curbing activity. Firefighters saved lives, upgraded gear, and operated with 49 personnel across two shifts under Chief Ray Tiller.
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Sr Jt
Avenust
Tire
Jowest Lass
TOG Eek Ieee
Danniry
Tract
Xyke
Onyren Reneritor
Per Sona
Altho
Central Station
Ray Tiller
Iice
Building and Loan Associations Grow Assets in 1927 Year
Four Waterloo associations posted assets of 16.13 million with total loans near 1.35 million in 1927, rising from 1926. The group notes higher housing construction boosting demand for loans, with Perpetual and other local bodies reporting solid growth and several offices and a new building opening mid October.
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Building and Loan Associations
Waterloo
Home Sh, & L
Une
Me Honig
Pioneer National Bank
J. B. Dempster
Waterloo Property Loans Drive City Growth
Richard Harmes of the People s Building and Loan association says many loans in the last 11 months funded new homes erected in the city. The Metropole hotel block on Fourth street west houses the office. Assets total 622000 with loans in force at 575000. Of 227000 issued in 1937, 78700 supported new dwelling houses.
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Whl
Brian
People's BL & L
Richard Harmes
People's Building & Loan Association
Metropole
Fourth Street
Bit of Hollywood Comes to Waterloo as Monarch Film Co
Monarch Film Co has moved its plant to Waterloo occupying the third floor of the Waterloo Building and Goan company building at Lafayette and Fifth streets. The studio and lab produce educational and industrial films and short advertising reels. The Waterloo operation employs 48 salesmen and 22 staff, with 300000 dollars in sales last year, and films shown nationwide and in eight foreign countries. The lab can produce 18000 feet of finished film daily, with animated cartoons and living pictures including the Know Your City educational feature.
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Pholo
Mack
Waterloo Building & Town Association
Associaion
Mifth
Lafayette Streets
Hollywood
Waterloo
Monarch Film Company
Waterloo Building & Goan Company
Lafayette and
Fifth Streets
Waterloo Picture Company
Lving
Film company records Waterloo events for local cinema
The Monarch company Bio filmed local events at Waterloo theatres and produced the film of the Waterloo Evening Courier from typesetting to final panes. Watson is noted as president with Wilbur C. Eral as manager. The Lost World film project and related production tasks are described, along with staffing details and freight transport gains since Waterloo.
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Monarch Company
Waterloo
Waterloo Evening Courier
Paneer Saming Fen the Peace
Rothacker 2
Wolts
Wibur C. Eral
Rene Earner
Seerseaaneet Preeet
Tirect
Thy ¢ Miller
Miler
United States
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Mary Mealy
Cirgat Avenue
BR. R
Span Wel Listo
Logan Avenur Coe
Hanes
Ald Western Avenue
HM. Krensky
Commercing Street
McGurtney
Ellshote
Guy
Pickett and Eusten Estate
Catessal
Silvers Manufacturing Company
Lindemyveiue
Central
Martin Burke
No. 1
319
Fifth Street East
TI Commercial Street
Logan Avenue
Nod
Oaklawn
Falls Avenues
Waterloo B. & L
Masberg & Sims
Carsuch
Kearns’ Funeral Home
Waterloo, Town
Waterloo Association
Waterloo BH. & Lb
Wa Building & Loan Association
Fitt
Lafayette
Perpetual B. & DL
C. W. Stilson
Perpetual Building & Loan Association
Lafayette Street
Duco Paint Service
Red’s Auto Paint
West Tifth St
Monarch Film Co
Bit of Hollywood
Waterloo, In
Bryant Paving Company
Litchfield Addition
Rose Reichard Marshall
Chas. T. Bail
C. Albert Scholin
George Timm
Toro
East Fifth
Jefferson
City
Seehawk Camera
Bridge St
H. F. Greten
Furier
Bridge Street
Bruner & Salz
Iowa Warehouse Company
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