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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1940

Page

25

Stemlar's service station offers complete spring tune up

Stemlar's Cedar Rapids 410 Second Street SE advertises a full car tune up with Siles-Barrett brake lining and adjusting gear plus a new Synerograph distributor check. The service includes battery tests, valve and piston checks, carburetor work, and 24 hour service. Trade in Seiberling tires during the coming week. Packard agency also on site.

Stemlar Second Street SE Cedar Rapids Sid Stemlar Stemi Ar’s Stemiar’s Stemlar's Stemlar’s Seiberling Tires America Seiberlings Packard Agency E. L. MakKibben Packard Thompson Chet Edgar Second Street

Albert's Cleaners Expands Service Across Eastern Iowa

Albert's Cleaners extends operations with plants in Manchester Anamosa and Mount Vernon and fast pickup delivery routes to Cedar Rapids. Garments are cleaned with the Crystal Clear process and returned to branches for expert finishing reflecting 28 years of experience under founder A L Albert and a trained staff of fabric specialists.

Albert's A. L. Albert

Old Houses Across America Show Durable Colonial Craft

Across the United States many century old residences endure near Washington and St Augustine. The White House itself remains sturdy after 1814. Williamsburg and Virginia's colonial trade centers preserve seventeenth century homes. Builders warn durability comes from quality materials and methods, with brick stone and lumber as key elements.

Washington White House America St. Augustine Fla United States Atlantic Seaboard Williamsburg Virginia

New Fluorescent Lights At Thompson Studio

Thompson's studio at 1245 Second Avenue SE has adopted fluorescent lighting for nine months, claiming illumination ten times stronger than other lights. The softer cool light reduces glare for sensitive eyes, promising vivid portraits at competitive prices with extra proofs, mounts, and frames offered.

Thompson's Second Avenue SE Thompson Coe College

Thompson's Picture Studio Aims to Improve Portraits

The ad highlights fine materials and expert workmanship as reasons Thompson's is preferred. It notes available street parking in front of a small Spanish bungalow dedicated to the business of making a better picture of you.

Tru-Art Engravers Promotes Comprehensive Service Model

Tru-Art emphasizes timely production and full preproduction assistance. Its team includes commercial artists and layout experts who convert client stories into messages suitable for artistic engravings. The firm highlights new color and electric etching processes for sharper plates and lasting detail, offering artwork for books, annuals, and brochures in color.

Tru-Art Service Tru-Art Tru-Art Engravers Midwest

Waylite blocks attract spring builders in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids residents plan new construction using Waylite blocks from Cedar Rapids Block company at 1214 Ninth Street SW. The lightweight, insulated blocks provide fuel savings, easier air conditioning, fire resistance, and sound absorption, with precast concrete joists marketed for economical floors. Visitors are welcome to view the Waylite blocks and joists.

Cedar Rapids Waylite Cedar Rapids Block Company America

C. R. Auto Club Answers Motoring Inquiries

Taylor, manager of the Cedar Rapids Auto club, says staff have compiled hundreds of responses about winter highway conditions as summer travel approaches. He predicts a strong travel year with World's fairs on both coasts and notes plans for new club quarters downtown.

T. Taylor Cedar Rapids

Spring Screen Maintenance Tips for Homeowners

In springtime homeowners repaint screen frames and wire cloth to keep a fresh look. Scrub lightly with a brush and soap, rinse, and dry thoroughly. Paint one side with vertical strokes and horizontal then diagonally. Treat the other side with a dry brush in the same fashion.

Yorktown Moore House Surrender Scene Recalled

The historic Moore house in Yorktown Virginia, two stories with dormers and a large chimney, marks the site where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington, a pivotal moment in U.S. history still standing today.

Moore House Lord Cornwallis General Washington Yorktown

M Cach Glass Co Offers Paints For Many Needs

Spring shopping at M Cach Glass Co 909 Second Street SE features Pittsburgh paints Sun-Proof Titanic Semi-Paste White and Titanic Outside for outdoor use with strong hiding power and lasting color. Vitol oil adds to paints for smooth leveling and reduced brush marks.

M Cach Glass Company Second Street Pittsburgh M. Cach Company Titanic M Cach Company

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Master Mechanics Albert First Avenue E Montrose Cedar Rapids Auto Club Taylor American Automobile Association AAA Mr. Taylor California Albert's Cleaners Iowa U.S 2Nd Ave Calder’s van & Storage Co., Inc Packers Pids The Iowa Milling CO Thompson Studio Chrysler Tynes First Ave Electrolux Cedar Rapids Gas Company Cedar RaPiDs Block Co Ninth Street Wagner Motor Co Third Ave Eighth St Plymouth Desoto Ambro Advertising Agency, Inc Dows Building FHA Inter-Ocean Reinsurance CO Fuel Oil Service Super Service Oil Company 2Nd Avenue and 8Th Street SE RT Ey Ee Hawkeye Motor Express Ninth Avenue SE C. R. Auto Club Nesper Cox‘co Gazette 5Th St Schmidt Typewriter Exchange 2Nd Ave. SE L. C. Smith and Corona Byron K. Anderson Oscar A. Anderson Generals Arent Equitable Life Insurance Co Towa Nat'l Bank Thorpe Top & Body Avenue NF the Loop DIAL Second Ave Iowa Electric First St. NE Henry Felding Company Malek Roosevelt WM. S. Cadow Met Cedar Rapids Airways, Inc Fox FOX Garage 15Th St. NE M. Cach Glass Co Morris Distributors of— Pittsburgh Paint Products 2Nd St. SE Mount Vernon Manchester Anamosa Patek Vormens Per Wooster Painter Third Avenue SE
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