Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1919 — PAYS $45,000 FOR BUILDING [ARTICLE]

PAYS $45,000 FOR BUILDING

A. F. LONG BUYS LEOPOLD BUSINESS BUILDING. A. F. Long has purchased of Abraham Leopold the business building at the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets. Mr. Leopold received $45,000 for the building, which includes the rooms on Washington street occupied by the Duvall Quality Store and the Home Grocery and the building 'Occupied iby John Werner, the Cal Cain barber shop, the Rishling millinery store and the Schlosser cream station on Van Rensselaer street. It is understood that Mr. Long will occupy a portion of the building facing on Washington street, moving his drug store there., Just ,what will be done with the other room is not given out, but there is understood to be a very important movement on hands to organize a new business which will t>e located in this building. The price paid by Mr. Long is considered very high and while the location is one of the very best in the city, the condition of the buildings make it almost necessary that they be replaced.