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Greater Hawkeye Oil Company to Make Waterloo a Center of $10 Million Business
A local prospectus proclaims the Greater Hawkeye Oil Company will transform Waterloo into the headquarters of a $10,000,000 annual business. It outlines boosts to banking, freight, employment, tourism, and regional industry, with Waterloo leaders named as organizers and promoters. The notice invites public purchase of Preferred and A Common stock at an organization price, promising 8 percent cumulative dividends on preferred stock and solid investment prospects.
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Waterloo
West
A. H. Caward
W. B. Caward
Hawkeye Oil Company
Rock Island
Consumers Service Stations, Inc
Town Consumers Company
New Hawkeye
Greater Hawkeye Oil Company