Albert's Fur Storage and Cleaning Promotes Spring Care
Cedar Rapids residents are urged to store furs with Albert's Cleaners using Fumi-Freeze, a government study backed method. The facility features a 50 percent humidity target, fireproof vaults, and separate garment hangers, with rapid cleaning via vibra mover. Service extends from Cedar Rapids to Manchester Anamosa Mt. Vernon, and delivery can be arranged.
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Cedar Rapids
Albert’s
First Avenue
United States
Albert
Albert's
Manchester
Anamosa
Mt. Vernon
Tru Art Engravers Offer AI Service For Yearbooks
Tru Art Engravers will finish touches on a dozen Iowa high school and college yearbooks in the coming weeks. The smooth engraving contract process affects whether yearbooks publish on schedule, with intelligent counsel helping editors and sponsors. The Severn building on Fourth Avenue and First Street SE houses a fireproof plant capable of full engraving production.
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Tru-Art
Iowa
Tru- Art
Severn
Fourth Avenue
First Street
Middle West
Tru-Art Promotes Modernization in New Severn Plant
Tru-Art highlights its $2,000 camera installation and the strip film method as time savers over the old wet plate process. The firm invites inspection of its new Severn building plant, touting efficiencies on large jobs and versatility in idea to engraving design work.
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Severn
Colonial Potato Bread Wins Fans For Flavor And Texture
Colonial Baking's potato bread gains popularity among factory workers and children alike. The loaf offers time tested Colonial texture and reliability, made from potato flour and ideal for lunch boxes and sandwich fillings.
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Colonial’s
Colonial Baking Company
Car Spring Lubrication At C. A. Fox Garage
The C. A. Fox garage at 109 Fifteenth Street NE urges motorists to service their cars for spring. It explains proper lubrication, correct grease types, and the risks of under or over greasing, promoting Skelly products and advising saving anti freeze for next winter due to anticipated shortages. Mr. Fox notes heavier summer oils and cautions about radiator drain practices.
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C. A. Fox
Fifteenth Street
Fox Garage
Mr. Fox
Nesper Co Offers Neon Sign Service Despite WPB Cutback
Nesper Sign and Neon co owner Walter Nesper notes WPB orders slash neon display production by 50 percent during April to June. The firm will still deliver some new and rebuilt signs, but after July 1 will stop making signs with more than 5 percent sheet metal or angle iron. The company will continue neon window readers borders and decorative lighting and urges prompt servicing of flickering signs to locate faults, as material access grows harder.
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War Production Board
Walter Nesper
Nesper Sign and Neon Company
Fifth Street SE
Nesper
WPB
Nesper Company
Neon Sign Displays Highlight Nesper Co Work in Iowa City
Nesper company operates five service vehicles ready for swift sign work including neon, painted walls, lettering and banners. A notable recent install is the Syndicate Clothing storefront sign with soft daylight white neon behind 40 inch letters. Other projects include Cartwright Decorating, Fox Head tavern and upcoming signs for Igram Kalell Killian Pabst Colonial Baking.
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Nesper Company
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Nate Moore
Syndicate Clothing Company
Loosen Rust When Painting Metals
When preparing uncoated iron and steel for painting scrape or wire brush to remove loose rust and dirt. In advanced corrosion crude oil or spent lubricating oil helps loosen rust but all oil must be removed with mineral spirits or turpentine to ensure paint adhesion.
Selecting a Paint Color with Large-Area Testing
The guidance advises choosing colors from a small sample but testing them over larger wall areas because colors appear darker when applied broadly. For exterior walls view from a distance, testing is crucial, especially for very light tints.
Removing Whitewash Before Painting Restores Surface
Instruction advises washing a coated surface with clear water using a brush, allow to dry completely, then apply fresh paint. Focuses on proper prep work to ensure paint adhesion, listing steps in sequence to avoid paint failure.
Morris Plan Promotes Quick Loans For Needed Goods
Government urges immediate purchase of next year’s coal supply while Morris Plan advertises fast loans to buy goods. It emphasizes ample cash for personal or family needs, loan sizes from fifty to thousand dollars, and loans completed within 24 hours at 100 First Avenues.
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Morris
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DIAL
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Vitamo
WMT
Iowa Milling CO
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Clicquot Club
Wm. Tehel Bottling Co
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Calder
TRU
Nesper Sign CO
Gazette
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Thorp Top and Body Service
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