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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1936

Page

29

Tru-Art Engravers Lead With New Engraving Innovations

Tru-Art Engravers of Cedar Rapids, located on the third floor of the Kresge building at 233 First Avenue E, leads the Midwest in adopting late engraving advances. The firm tests a new negative strip process and a color reproduction method to boost efficiency, quality, and market reach across commercial design, illustrations, and college annuals.

True-Art Corporation Kresge First Avenue E Midwest Tru-Art Iowa Arthur M. Tschirgi Pp. J. Flanders Franklin S. Battin

Tru Art Engraving Plant Promotes Unified Advertising Art

The Tru Art engraving plant emphasizes unity of idea and coherence in illustrated products, arguing that sourcing engraving from a single supplier strengthens advertising impact. Officials note growing recognition of illustration's value in business and its role as an ally to successful operations.

True Art Tru-Art

Cooler Weather Boosts Local Business Says Dun and Bradstreet

Walter Grady of the local Dun and Bradstreet office presents a July survey showing cooler weather aiding retail revival with a 5 percent rise for larger stores and 25 percent or more gains in hot weather driven lines. The report notes higher demand for vacation goods, canned foods, and fall merchandise, plus improvements in collections and a strong boom in heavy manufacturing and automobile sales. New building permits also exceed June. The Kresge building at First Avenue and Third Street houses Tru Art Engravers on the top floor.

Walter Grady Dun and Bradstreet Mr. Grady

Asphalt Equipment In Demand For New Low-Cost Highways

Iowa Manufacturing officials report rising demand for asphalt paving plants as farm to market roads expand nationwide. The firm highlights portable mixing plants, gravel and rock crushing lines, and quality construction as keys to low cost black top roads and durable home decor materials.

Iowa Manufacturing Company Continental Divide Montana New Jersey Utah New Mexico Iowa Cedar Rapids First Avenue Michigan Boulevard Chicago

In The World Of Bridge by JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON

This column discusses bridge strategy with example hands and brain twisters. It covers signaling a lead, discards, and how to plan to secure all tricks with precise play. It also includes problems and solutions from this feature.

Bridge Josephine Culbertson

Local permits issued in the last week report

The local blog lists permits including new garages sheds reroofs and remodels. Notable entries include Blanche Birky at 431 Twenty-seventh avenue SW for a shed $200 and Francis Birky at 394 Twenty-seventh avenue SW for a shed $70. Several dwellings and garages across multiple streets are also noted with respective costs.

Blanche Birky Twenty-seventh Avenue Francis Birky J. F. Pavilis A Avenue Hersch Garsac Greenwood Drive W. J. Burian Second Street G. H. Bergen Twenty-first Street Godfrey Hladky Tenth Street L. O. Hepker Eighteenth Street Henry C. Johnson Fruitland Boulevard L. F. Andrie Ninth Street Anton Armon Fourth Street E. T. Smith Carlisle Street George E. Harms Elmhurst Drive Standard Oil Company First Avenue Edward Valentine Ellis Boulevard R. M. Hewitt Third Street Fred Ritchie N Street C. C. Schaefer Third Avenue H. L. Nehls H. H. Apgar Fifth Avenue William Selba Sixteenth Avenue H. F. Blomquist Seventh Avenue George Miller Second Avenue Mrs. Morgan Sixteenth Street W. C. Luke Center Point Road Anton Popelka Twentieth Street Playground Commission Twenty-seventh Street Charles Janu Avenue NW

Great Care Taken In Manufacture Of Quality Wallpaper

J E Cameron of the Standard Glass and Paint company discusses his visit to the Imperial wallpaper factory in Glen Falls New York. He notes the company runs its own pulp mill color factory and printing plant to control all ingredients from raw material to finished product. He observed extensive tests to ensure high quality paper uniform design and color and non fading grounding.

J. E. Cameron Standard Glass and Paint Company Imperial Wallpaper Glen Falls N. Y Imperial Imperial Company Cameron

A E Housman Becomes Classic After First Book

A E Housman who died recently became a classic with his first book of poems A Shropshire Lad.

A. E. Housman

Gas heat adoption tops Cedar Rapids homes

More than 1 000 Cedar Rapids homes adopted gas heat in the last two years as the local gas company projects strong fall sales. Automatic water heaters have also sold rapidly with natural gas, reaching about 6 000 homes citywide and 500 units this year.

Cedar Rapids Ceedar Rapids

Also Mentioned on This Page

Tru- Art Tru-Art Engraving Tru-Art Engravers Declarer West East Jack Jen South Twister No North Qjé Safe Investments Scott McIntyre & CO the I. B. McGladrey Certified Public Accountants Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Neon Industries DIAL AAA Cedar Rapids Auto Club Montrose Rude Mfg. GO ING Tampers Rapids Crushers Prue Eet Lefebure Lefebure Corporation 8Th Ave Iowa Milling Company 6Th St. NE General Printing Publications Advertising Printing United State Bank 16Th Ave St. SW Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Wercompam C Avenue NW Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company Fox Garage Fifteenth Street Roosevelt Cadow Mar 3Rd Ave Greene Square Sma Milwaukee Des Moines Davenport Waterloo Messinger & Sons Cartage Contractors Fifth Street Voltas S Eka Elle PAN Ad Albert Dyers & Dry Cleaners Mer. W. D. Ralston
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