John Deere Tractor Plant Expands Output and Upgrades
John Deere's Waterloo plant reports daily output of 80 tractors and 20 engines, aided by 1,200 workers and a $2,000,000 annual payroll. A new 120 by 130 foot machine shop was built for a forthcoming two plow light tractor, with full modernization including electric drives, fire safety upgrades, air and steam systems, and expanded power capacity. Management notes 1928 prospects look favorable with continued steady production, contingent on farm and business conditions, and ongoing experimental work in Waterloo and nearby Texas and California locations.
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John Deere Tractor Company
Allen H. Head
Waterloo
John Deere
Kew
Iowa Public Service Company
Miles Street
Cedar River
Head
Mercedes
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
San Diego
Cal
Texas
Meyers Building Additions to Give Room for Moose
Mrs. Clara Meyers of Walnut Course apartments completed a one story brick building 20 by 8 feet at 185 Fifth Street West next to the Moose building. The Breyers building has been leased by Quong Kee laundry. The new structure cost about 10,000 with a modern tiled entrance. Foundations are built to support two additional stories likely in two to three years connecting with the Moose building after wall removal.
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Clara Meyers
Walnut Course
Fifth Street
Moose
Breyers
Quong Kee Laundry
Meyers
Meyers building rises with Moose upper floors planned
The Meyers building replaces an old frame structure with John G. Willer Construction Co. as general contractor. Plans call for Moose to occupy the upper floors once complete. In other notes a gift of a gold pearl and enamel tuning knife bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum was left by Charles Gregg-Carr of Rowenalby Hampshire. The build was once owned by Queen Marie Antoinette.
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Moose
Meyers
John G.willer Construction Company
Victorian and Albert Museum of London
Charles Gregg-Carr
Roowenalbhy Hampshire
Marie Antoinette
We Won't Talk Business Now Our business talks pretty well
An informal message invites readers to gather in great portions of ten to share with family and friends and to have enough left over to last through the days of the new year. Phone 759.
Litchfield Firm Concentrates On One Model Spreader
The Litchfield Manufacturing Company of Waterloo reports a prosperous year with the shift to a single model spreader boosting sales of spreaders and wagons. About 300 new distributors were added, and spring business exceeds the prior seven year peak. President H L Litchfield cites farmer cash use for motorized equipment and expects continued prosperity in the corn belt. Turkey Spurs Old Safes Trading Decline in New Safes Demand Drops as Firms Go Out of Business in Istanbul Market.
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Litchfield
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
H. L. Litchfield
Waterloo
Litchfield Company
Luttchfield
Turkey
Constantinople
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John Deere Tractor Plant
New Deere Building
Corn Belt Business College
C. H. Benson
Pres
K. P. Bldg
C. W. Chapman Lumber Co
East 7Th Street
Cedar Falls & Northern Ry. Co
The
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