March 22, 1963 – The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that Bremers Clothing Store has been destroyed by fire – with arson suspected as the cause.
The Bremer Brothers sold their Iowa-based stores to Julian Brody in 1941, and over the next 20 years, Brody expanded the enterprise to include two stores in both Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. In 1962, Brody sold out to Earle Murphy and Lloyd Berger, but in March 1963, disaster hit as fire totally destroyed Bremers largest store – 120 East Washington Street – in Iowa City.
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