Employment in Iowa June gains across industries and cities
Iowa June employment rose 2.1 percent from May across 271 firms, with meat packing up 62 percent and textile clothing mills driving gains. Most large cities posted increases except Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Building permits in Waterloo reached 1,181,415 through June, up from 418,905 a year earlier.
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Planing Mills
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Burlington
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo
Watergo
Smokestack Section Placement at Hotel President
The first of two 34 foot iron smokestack sections arrived from H A Peterson Ironworks Marshalltown Ind by trailer to Park Avenue and Sycamore Street. The stack will be raised to the third story then to the boiler room basement. the second section will extend outside the building. Two boilers are in position in the basement boiler room and cement flooring is complete. Brick and stone trimming work has reached the fourth floor.
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Park Avenue
Sycamore Street
H. A. Peterson Ironworks
Marshalltown
Totor Tuck
Minors Central Picnic Draws Thousands at Nashua Fairgrounds
About eighteen to twenty thousand people are expected at the seventh annual Minors Central shop crafts picnic at the Nashua fair grounds, with a special train from 8 a.m. for over 1,000 local shop employees. H C Schwietert of Chicago will deliver the principal address at 6 pm, a parade starts at 10 am, and events include games, a trapshoot, a circus visit by Hagenbeck Wallace, dancing, fireworks, and cash prizes totaling seventy dollars plus silver trophies for top winners. Mayor Waite will welcome visitors after the noon picnic dinner, with a baseball game at 3:30 pm and kittenball at 7 pm. Admission is 25 cents.
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Minors Central Shop Crafts
Nashua ~Fairgrounds
Nashua
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Waterloo
Rae
Bailey
Binr Gastle
Hae
Shepherd
Alvie Allen
Otto Nelson
William Malkowsky
Bowery
Bradley's Estate Left to Descendants in Probate
Mrs Eva Lee Bradley who died June 27 in Waterloo left the estate under her will filed for probate to her children and grandchildren. Personal property was distributed among her children and grandchildren Evelyn Phillips Anne and Marjorie Bradley. Evelyn Phillips received 200 dollars Mae Peulus received 500 dollars. The remainder of the estate is to be held for heirs according to the will.
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Eva Lee Bradley
Wawrloo
Evelyn Phillips
Anne
Marjorie Bradley
Mae Peulus
Coroner's Jury Rules Snooling Death Accidental
A Cedar Rapids coroner's jury found the shooting of Mrs Mary Stepanek by her husband William accidental at their farm near Alburnett last Saturday. The verdict split the estate between Mrs Patis and son A Lee Bradley, with J D Liffring named executer.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Stepanek
William
Alburnett
Stepanek
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DIXIE
Crystal
ICE & Fuel CO
Monkey Baby
U.c.rr
Waterloo Folk
Seal Brand
Chase & Sanborns
Seal Brand Coffee
Usay
Chase
Sanbornis
North Wells St
Chicago
Entz Cafe
First Nations
WHS
Bradley
Leey
Liptons Tea
Ceylon
India
Lipton
The
Shredded Wheat Company
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