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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1927
Page
15
Three thousand separate products are produced by Waterloo industries with broad export reach. Items include well drilling machines cream separators gas engines auto heaters spreaders engines radios doughnut machines refrigerators auto bumpers farm wagons and many more across sectors from light to power goods and food products.
Rath food factory in Waterloo ranks second in local payroll, employing 1,500 with a 1.5 million dollar yearly payroll. In 1926 the plant killed 740 thousand animals including 700 thousand hogs and posted sales of 28 million dollars, with exports reaching four million. The company, led by J W Rath as president, funds a 10 cent premium on tuberculin tested hogs and maintains 200 refrigerator cars and a nationwide sales force.
Loot from three burglaries Saturday night totaled ten dollars. A rear window was used for entry. The Majestic Shoe shop at 175 Bridge street, and the offices of Tabach Grika at 51 Commercial street and Button Coal company at 801 Mulberry street were ransacked.
The Bartles-Shepherd Oil Company home office here drives local employment. More than three hundred Waterloo residents rely on the company for support, counting families and other dependents.
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