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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1955

Page

15

Do It Yourself Marble Type Blocks for Damaged Walls

Do It Yourself Marble-Type Blocks Will Rejuvenate Damaged Walls By J Ralph Dalzell explains using sixteen inch marble type blocks to cover cracked surfaces. Step by step: remove baseboard, install a wood strip, attach blocks with clips or adhesive, and maintain a 1/32 inch gap for expansion. Include cutting around windows and doors. trim moldings for exterior corners. Also offers quick home repair tips on rust prevention and cleaning acoustic ceilings.

Look for These When Investing in Antiques

New York experts advise amateurs to seek early U.S. furniture with maker labels, uneven turnings, and scoop marks on undersides. Chalk labels are unreliable. genuine pieces show hand tool marks and grain-based shrinkage.

New York INS U. S Constance Williams

Antique signs and 1949 home remodeling bids listed

A catalog of 1949 remodeling work shows multiple addresses with bids for reroofing remodeling and new garages. Entries include owners and costs for properties on avenues SE SW NW and NE plus streets like Bever Second Third Fourteenth and Wisconsin. The list reads like a local contractor ledger detailing tasks and prices.

Cedar Rapids Building Permits List Crews Update

Building permits issued in Cedar Rapids include Richard Sahl for a new dwelling with attached garage at 644 Nil sen road NE valued at 12000 dollars. Other permits cover new dwellings, attached garages, remodels, and reroofs at multiple addresses with values ranging from 370 to 10000 dollars. Notable entries include Burton Kolek at 31 Wilson avenue SW for a two stall garage and Kenneth Lindsay Jr at 3270 Bever avenue SE for a dwelling foundation.

First Avenue Walter Wegner Fourth Avenue Emanuel Musel Fifteenth Street Gracie Thompson Tenth Street Constance L. Anderson Bever Avenue Ise Ina Kverting Richard Sahl Nilsen Road Burton Kolek Wilson Avenue Kenneth Lindsay, Jr M. A. Smith G Avenue Joseph V. Trestnar Henderson Avenue E. H. Skinner Center Street Crissinger Brothers Culver Street Harold Griess Lake Avenue Kenneth Mercer Mildred Myers Thirty-fourth Street A. J. Prochaska Mt. Vernon Road Charles Vileta Coldstream Avenue August Gureno Third Street Florence Narber

Surging Home Electricity Use Reported by American Builder

American Builder magazine notes a fourfold rise in household electricity usage over the past decade driven by greater use of electrical appliances and devices in homes.

American Builder Magazine

House in Tacoma Built With 17 Sliding Doors

Tacoma note describes a $20,000 prize home nine miles north built with 17 sliding door closets and storage cabinets. Sponsored by the Greater Federal Way Chamber of Commerce, the four bedroom dwelling features hardwood floors, a glass heavy wall area, louvre windows, a master bath, a 16 by 20 living room with a pink pumice brick fireplace, plus a double carport and covered play area.

Tacoma Wash Here Greater Federal Way Chamber of Commerce Progressive Architecture

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J. Ralph Dalzell National Arborist Association Apequaré Yaeffinine Central 10Wa Adequate Wiring Bureau Zephyr Pickart Bros. Window and Awning CO Clyde & Lyle DIAL Grande Avenue Donald Derr Martin J. DeLacy Second Avenue J. L. Jakubec K Street George Cabalka Fourteenth Avenue Wendell P. Paxton C Avenue Erwin C. Darrow Hendersonavenue Roland W. Diehl Thirty-third Street Joe Verda Seventh Avenue Alva Hart Thirtieth Street Shirley Daniels Thirty-fifth Russ A. Adams J. J. Doherty Lester Dostal D Street William Dvorak Schaeffer Helen Schraeder Third Avenue Raymond K. Ruggiero New Ga Rage Wisconsin Street Wayne Short Ninth Street Cline Warren Norman W. Curtis Eighth Street Regina Lancaster Francis Johnson Cann Uun Jack Ware Washington Avenue Frederick Moses Chris Thompson First Street Summerwell Ray Franks Pine Avenue G. H. Chipley L Street Roy E. Gitt Laverne Sandberg Thirty-first Street Puvuy Kenneth Coquillette H. E. Vaill Fourth Street Harry P. Hacket Wvyou Burt Rosenberg Cedar Rapids Quality Furnace and Sheet Metal CO ST. N.E Egree Rummells Electric Remington Sherr Siana Oln Don Ing Eiet ABC Glass CO Joe Kristan Third Street SE Ake LA le Iowa Illinois Cedar Rapids, la TMM Em SA Id Enamel 1St Ave M. W. Freese Robins LenNox Ilten & Taege F Avenue NW Westinghouse Iowa Busco CO 4Th Ave Greene Square Hatch & Brookman’s Hatch & Brookman Northview Drive Marion Trademark Registered Lumber Dealer’s Research Council Super Mart LOT and Foundation Eye North Star B. A Lakewood Sitchen M. Capp E. Court Dept. CB Des Moines Carl Miller D Avenue NE
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