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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1915

Page

10

Ten Story Leavitt & Johnson Bank Building Nears August Finish

E. O. Landis announces the Leavitt & Johnson National Bank Building will be completed before August first. Ten floors will have terrazzo surfaces costing about 4000 dollars. Two 250 horsepower boilers with automatic stokers and a hydraulic ash elevator will be installed. The basement will be waterproof to resist Cedar River floods. All machinery will be in duplicate and one elevator is nearly installed, matching the Woolworth building types used west of Chicago.

Leavitt & Johnson National Bank E. 0 Landis jJaid Waterloo Cedar River Woolworth New York Chicago

Waterloo Firm Wins Winthrop High School Roofing Contract

B F Lichty and Sons Co, Waterloo sheet metal workers and roofers, secured the contract to furnish and erect the sheet metal and tile roofing on the new Winthrop high school under construction. The brick and concrete structure will feature German pattern hard burned red tiles, creating a fireproof building.

B. F. Lichty & Sons Co Winthrop

Brick Building Growing Rapids

Work on the new building for Michael Paint Company on Park Avenue East near the Illinois Central depot progresses. The first story is finished this week and brickwork on the upper floors will continue rapidly.

Michael Paint Company Park Avenue East Sinois Central Depot

Residence in Full Rough Cast Exterior House Plan

Description of a two story residence with rough cast exterior, projecting eaves, hipped shingle roof, large front living room and central staircase, French doors to parlor, three second floor chambers, maid room, bath and sleeping porch, stone foundation, full basement, yard and garage area, cost $4,800 not including heat and plumbing, offer of Saxon plan books and interiors at advance payment.

Want Ads Pay in Courier and Reporter Highlighted

The evening paper emphasizes careful attention to Want Ads in the Courier and Reporter, signaling readers should note classified opportunities and listings.

Courier and Reporter

Bungalows Rising Along Prospect Hills and Campbell Ave

J J Miller nears completion on a Campbell avenue bungalow facing Myrnes park while rapid progress is seen on new residences at Prospect Hills by George W Pett and Earl G Gould. John B E Williams begins a Prospect Hills home. Nathan Barber county surveyor completes a Sheridan road foundation. Lewis Miller Realty remodels a moved two story building to Fourteenth girect from Third and Wellington. G J Woolley builds a large bungalow on Western avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets.

J.J. Miller Campbell Avenue Myrnes Park Sny Prospect Hills George W. Pett Earl G. Gould John BE. Williams Nathan Barber Sheridan Road Lewis Miller Real Eatate Company Fourteenth Girect Third and Wellington Streets G. J. Woolley Western Avenue Fourth Fifth Streets

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