Tan Concern Has Big Year Tan Concern Has Big Year
Annual election of officers and directors held last night in the Perpetual Building and Loan Association offices. J M Groat elected president and director. George F Dunham vice president. H C Schultz treasurer. George R Turner secretary. Directors elected for three years: J M Groat Warren Brown G B McWilliams J D Liffring W Illingworth. The company reports \$400,000 in assets, \$111,660 in real estate loans, 921 shareholders with 11,152 shares, and 324 women among shareholders. Loans total \$387,017.05 with \$28,422.14 in profits distributed to shareholders. Future outlook cited as promising by Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perpetual Building
Joan, Association
Comimercilal Bank
J. M. Groat
George F. Dunham
H. C. Schultz
George R. Turner
Warren Brown
G. B. McWilliams
J. D. Liffring
W. Illingworth
Mber
Couny
Petition Delayed on Waterloo Depot Plan by Rock Island Officials
C C Lam president of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce and local business leaders planned to travel to Chicago to present a petition for a new Rock Island depot, but several key participants cannot go now. The postponement extends about ten days to allow all to be free for travel. Foley's Kidney Remedy is advertised with claims of curing kidney and bladder troubles, offered by Wahgler Bros and H W Taggart. Nobby Shoes promotes spring samples from their Waterloo factory showroom at United Town Shoe Co. 247 Fourth Street West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Lam
Chamber of Commerce
Waterloo West
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
Hare
Liberty
Foley
Wahgler Bros
H. W. Taggart
Nobby Shoes
United Town Shoe
Buckbee-Mears Go Enlarge Plant and Capital
Buckbee Mears company plans a $10,000 equity increase to $35,000 to fund an electrotyping department at its Waterloo plant. The expansion aims to install new machinery with latest patents, boost payroll from 22 to about 35, and raise annual business to around $60,000, mostly from Waterloo customers. A new building is being sought to house the enlarged operations and foreign expansion is anticipated after the upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckbee-Mears Company
Commercial
Fifth Street
Waterloo
Mr. Mears
Factory Fire On Elizabeth Street Sparks Panic In Tenements
New York January 27 Panic swept nearby tenements as a five story factory on Elizabeth Street burned. More than 100 people fled the street in terror. Fire Captain Connelly was seriously injured after a two story fall. Six other firemen were trapped by a collapsing stairway but escaped by sliding down hose lines. The fire was confined to the factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabeth Street
Connelly
Closed patrol wagon urged to shield prisoners, public
A Waterloo plea presses for a covered patrol wagon to spare criminals and the public from exposure during arrests. A recent incident saw a shrieking, violent woman conveyed through streets with onlookers following. Physicians and citizens favor privacy in emergencies. The notice also promotes events and ads: hospital fair, orchestra, carriage painting, and G A R meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Improving the Owa Oat Crop for Iowa Farmers
An article by Prof. M. L. Bowman urges Iowa farmers to treat oat seed more like top stock breeding. It argues that inferior seed limits yields and profits, proposes seed patches of two to three varieties, and notes Iowa's average oat yield and costs. The piece stresses planning now to increase quality and quantity of oats statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Bowman
Iowa
State of
Towa
Lawa
Iowa State College
Timothy
Beautiful pre nuptial dinner honors two brides
Elizabeth Bedford hosted at her mother Martha Bedford’s South Street home for a pre nuptial dinner in pink decor honoring future sister in law Hazel Vale and Frances Parrott. The seven to twelve guests enjoyed a five course meal, pink rose centerpieces, and informal musical numbers by local hosts and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bedford
Martha Bedford
South Street
Hazel Vale
Frances Parrott
Killarney
C. W. Bedford
Hudson
W. H. Bedford
Cedar Falls
A. L. Alexander
Robert W. Parrott
Carl Wilford
Sycamore Street
Bert Wilford
I. Davis
Emma Paschal
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TAN Concern
Wanegler Bros
Charley
North Pole
Biks’ Hall
Sisters’ Hospital
Myers’ Orchestra
R. BR
Wangler Bros
Advict Cloged Patrol Wagon
Catherine
Hospital Fair
Ellis’ Hall
A. Connelly
Lincoln Circle
Robert Anderson Post
G. A. R. Hall
The
Waterloo Lumber Company
Central Town Lumbermen'’s Association
Kee A. Connelly
Tre-paint Automobiles
A Connelly
Burch’s
Perrins
Royal Worcester
Miss Miligan
East Fourth Street
Burch Bros. Cogress
Society
Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi Sorority
West Waterloo
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Sans Souci
E. M. Storm
ST. Paul's
J. Smith
Dawson Street
St. Paul's M. E. Church
E. BE. Waters
Robert Jackson
Marquis
Dunsmore
Daughters of Isabella
Jeanette Dunsmore
J.T. Sullivan
Third Street
Kalispal
Mont
Miss Dunsmore
POT Luck Glub
Perkins
Metropole
William Cornish
Minneapolis
Y. A. Stoner
Guy Campbell
J. Sisco
Williston Avenue
Florence Dunkelberg
George Bloeser
Cyril Jones
Fairbault, Minn
Crotty
Sisco
Wednesday
F. L. Northey
Wellington
Jean Lichty
R. M. Knox
Carl Walker
Roy Bronson
Grant Avenue
Clarence Bronson
Calvary Baptist Sisterhood
N. M. Beckley
Commercial Street
Wallace
A. A. Wageley
Oliver Eason
Cornwell
Bickley
First Brethren Church
A. A. Bone
F. 5
Munger
Cedar River Park
Herman W. Flint
Edward M. Towne
Wellington Street
Kensington
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Mayflower Needle Club
Mayflower Needlework Club
D. Pederson
Baltimore Street
Lydia Society
Florence Lowe
Frances
Jennie Salisbury
Almond Street
Lydia
Kings’ Daughters
St. Luke's English Lutheran Church
Sigma. Celander
Clay Street
Merry GO Round Club
Ira Peck
Ninth Street East
Warren Leverich
D. W.jordan
E. E. Peek
C& M. Berkley
Waterloo Hardware Co
A. G. Kramer
Popp-Forbes Co
Joe Ochiel
Waterloo Savings Bank
Savings Bank
West Side
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