Best Buy Home Building Eyed for Waterloo Progress
Alton, president of the Ren. Land company, urges locals to invest in home building rather than sending funds out of state. He says cheaper corn and improving farm conditions boost incomes, renters stabilize, and Waterloo could enter a period of moderate growth through home building as the safest savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taney
Homer
Lowa
Clm
Alton
Ren. Land Company
Sycamore Street
Waterloo
Allen
Lown
Architect designed bungalow with practical modern features
The article promotes a Hammerlan 6-H-20 bungalow design with a concrete foundation, hollow tile above stucco, and brick base. It describes six rooms plus bath, a sleeping porch, kitchen dining alcove, pocket door, side porch, and optional full basement. Emphasizes simple construction, durable materials, and contemporary openness with large windows and a living dining room connection.
Home and patriotism rise from the family bond
The essay extols home as the foundation of government business and society. It argues that a strong home fosters capable citizens, culture, and patriotism, urging support for home building and ownership as essential to national security and community life. It notes the home anchors individuals to the community and institutions. It ends with a tangential line about licenses to build power dams on the Khami River in California being approved by the fisheries bureau.
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Schildhood
Pew
Ian
Waterloo
Ely
Khamiatny River
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