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CHRIS E. KLEIS
CHRIS E. KLEIS.
Organized in 1865, the company, a continuation of the firm established by Christian E. Kleis was located at 455 Ninth Street. Seven workmen were employed in manufacturing soda water in seven different flavors, ginger ale, seltzers, and all kinds of carbonated drinks. The company's capacity of soda water production in 1910 was 300 cases daily. (1) The bottling works also manufactured a large amount of pop and the more popular flavors of "jersey cream" and cherry. (2)
In 1871, Kleis expanded his business by opening a plant in Waterloo with William Ewald. The property had been the site of the Shulze & Kicherer bottling plant. Operating this plant as Kleis & Ewald, the business met declining sales by the mid-1870s. In December 1876, Kleis sold his interest to Ewald who continued in business into the 1890s. (3)
In 1910 the company sold its products within a one hundred mile radius of Dubuque in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
The 1922 Dubuque City Directory through 1948 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed 455 9th.
The 1909 Dubuque City Directory gave the address for this business as 455 9th.
The 1923 through 1951 Dubuque City Directory listed 55 E 9th.
See: Christian E. KLEIS See: SECOND HAND ROSE
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Source:
1. "Dubuque Soda and Carbonated Water Business Largest in State," Telegraph Herald, March 10, 1910, p. 10
2. Ibid.
3. Burggraff, Mike. 2010 Update to the Antique Bottles of Iowa. Fairfield, Iowa: Frontline Printing & Design