Waterloo Builds a Grand New Theatre in Cedar Rapids Style
Waterloo plans a 1,300 seat moving picture palace at Fourth and Mulberry, the Majestic rival, built by Ford and Dievold. The project, costing over 100000 dollars, will include a front of enamel brick or Bedford stone, a mezzanine, nurseries, and modern light and ventilation. The theatre will anchor a local chain with Cedar Rapids Strand and Palace houses and a Regent acquisition in Mason City. A nearby modern cottage design for sale features a central living room, sun parlor, two upstairs rooms, two baths, and planned cost of 4500 to 5500 dollars. The project follows transfer of church property to Cedar Rapids interests after a state-church deed clearance.
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Majestic
Des Moines
Fourth and
Mulberry Streets
Universalist Church
Muill
M. Ford
A. J. Dievold
Cedar Rapids
R. N. Gowin
State Church Society
Fourth
Mulberry Street
Lincoln Park
Messrs. Ford
Dievold
Dierold
Waterloo
Messrs. Ford and Dievold
Palace
Vinton
Regent
Mason City
Fruiton
Aj Cood
Cement output in Iowa declines in 1918
Mason City and Des Moines hosts three Iowa cement mills producing 3 526 45 barrels in 1918, down 21.6 percent from 1917. Iowa ranks eighth among states. Pennsylvania tops production with over 22 million barrels. Shipments totaled 5 188 669 barrels, down from 4 428 765 in 1917, amid war fuel and transport restrictions.
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Mason City
Iowa
Des Moines
Darrels
United States
United States Geological Survey
States of the Union
Pennerlvania
Tt Mills
Rand
Northwestern States Portland Cement Company
Lehish Portland Cement Company
Foundation for Kingsley School Completed
The foundation work on the new Kingsley school is finished and the building is ready for the first floor slab of reinforced concrete. Despite material delivery difficulties, architect J G Ralston says construction is on schedule and work on the first story has begun.
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Kingsley School
J. G. Ralston
Simple bunk house plan aids farm labor comfort
On many farms a five room bungalow for the family and a detached bunk house for laborers offers mutual privacy and ease. The pictured design features three bedrooms a living room and a bathroom heated by an airtight stove. Free plans available from the Rural Engineering Division Washington DC.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Washington, D.C
Peculiar Rock Formations Found in Building Excavation
In the Jefferson building excavation at Jefferson street and Park avenue, limestone rock columns about eight feet apart were found extending along the basement width. The columns, not solid rock but a cluster of similarly sized rocks, remained visible beyond the excavated area. Subsoil between the columns was red sand and clay, easily removed. The rock will be reused in the construction. Local geologists note the formation as unique to Waterloo excavations, with one theory suggesting ancient crust upheaval.
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Jefferson Building
Jefferson Street
Park Avenue
Jeffersen Street
Waterlooefore
Street markers must be missed not hit says police chief
Street markers must be missed not hit says Chief of Police. Bumping the bumper as a pastime for many automobile drivers in driving through the downtown area.
Oldest Keokuk Barber Retains 61 Years of Shaving
Keokuk, May 24 During the Civil War era Robert Bucholz ran a Keokuk barbershop and began barbering in 1858. After the war he moved to Fort Madison where he has shaved and cut hair for 61 years. Now 79, he claims the state record for continuous shaving and hair cutting and conversation. He was once noted as an expert on whisker and hair dying, a nearly lost art.
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Keokuk
Robert Bucholz
Fort Madison
Waterloo Home Plans Spread to Houston Texas
Waterloo's artistic homes draw attention as Houston man commissions architect Howard Burr to draft plans for a residence there. Claude Kavanaugh, a cement salesman touring Waterloo, orders duplicates of the local home design for his Houston house after being impressed by the Waterloo creation.
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Waterloo
Courier
Howard
Wage raise settles strike at Interstate Packing plant
Winona Minnesota May 24 The six weeks strike of employees of Interstate Packing company ends by compromise The company increases wages but retains an open shop at the packing plant which remains nonunionized and open to nonunion workers.
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Byse Agsewareu Press
Winona, Minn
Interstate Packing Company
Cowin Plans a Beautiful Country Home
Rhey N. Cowin aims to become a country gentleman by year end, purchasing a three acre tract known as the Al Baum place north of Chautauqua park. Mortimer B. Cleveland drafts a distinctive bungalow with plans to reuse salvage material from Cowin’s downtown house at Fourth and Franklin, and extensive landscaping will accompany construction. Demolition of the downtown residence starts next week, with work on the country home to follow. total outlay estimated between 13,900 and 14,000 dollars, plus salvage.
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Rhey N. Cowin
Lmits
Cowin
al Baum
Chautauqua Park
Mortimer B. Cleveland
Fourth
Franklin Streets
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Texas
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Chautauqua
Edward Malenke
C. W. Bruner
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W. T. Wood
Norwood Avenue
Joseph Jones
Parker
R. B. Walker
Home Park
J. J. Meaney
Western Avenue
A. C. Cole
Bayard
Vern Myers
Kingsley Avenue
James Register
E. Gqlaza
I. C
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Vinton Street
Independence Avenue
M. H. Hill
East Fourth ST
Leland Ave
Second Street
Price
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Geo. B. Miller and Son
Black Hawk Bank
Roxlot
Boklot
East Fourth Street
South Street
Barclay Township
Weishaar
Buchanan County
Black Hawk County
City Inns of
Goss Land CO
Buchanan
Fayette
Bremer
Black Hawk
Chickasaw
C. M. Allen Land Co
Orange Two
Hawkeye Harchway
Logan Avenue
Byrnes Park
Cedar Falls
Town
Minnesota
Lewis Miller
Standard Glass & Paint Co
West Fourth St
Sycamore St
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