Farm Home Near Traer Showcases Modern Basement Design
JoA Podhajsky and wife live six miles southwest of Traer in a new farm house featuring a basement with a direct entrance to a separate cellar and shower, a modern kitchen with electric fridge, hot and cold water, and a double sink. The home emphasizes tight insulation, functional storage, and a rear vestibule for coats, with a first floor master bedroom, dining room bay, living room, and a two-bedroom second floor set around an L-shaped hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joa Podhajsky
Traer
Ernst
Podhajsky
J. A. Podhajsky
Cedar Rapids Expands Air Conditioning Across Businesses
New cooling systems installed this year in Cedar Rapids include major work at the Montrose hotel and Roosevelt hotel plus projects at Killian's store Morehead Frederikson company installed the third floor wing system at Montrose and other sites such as Boyson's Jewelry store the Windsor hotel cafe and Dr Hanson’s office The expanded network covers hotels restaurants offices and shops throughout downtown and surrounding streets with multiple units added in July and earlier in the season directed by Natkin and Company and Filter Supply company General Air Conditioning Corporation also contributed across several local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Montrose
Natkin and Companys
Omaha
Neb
Roosevelt Hotel
Morehead- Frederikson Company
Killian's
Boyson
Windsor Hotel
First Street NW
Kory Inn No 2
First Avenue E
Dr. Ho. Hanson
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
F. W. Mulson
Garden Drive
Herbert S. Stamats
Linden Drive
General Air Conditioning Corporation
Third Avenue
Vanity Beauty Shop
Second Avenue Pantry
Second Avenue
Uptown Village Cafe
Greene Square Tavern
Fourth Avenue SE
New Heating Units Installed In Marion Schools
Heating units will be installed by Sept 1 in all Marion buildings formerly heated by city steam. Iowa Electric Light and Power plans and funds the project with gas and stoker units chosen by patrons. Two large boilers and coal stokers serve the Marion schools, with forty five other units included.
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Marion
City Steam
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Directory item featuring Wisconsin lumber and builders firms
Directory lists Better Homes Limited firms and Cedar Rapids suppliers including Limback Lumber Co. Wisconsin Lumber Match Brookman Lumber Kriz Tent Awning Nagle Eaton Kriz King’s Crown Plaster Maresh Sheet Metal Cedar Rapids Fuel Home Coal Builders Material Inter Ocean Reinsurance Cedar Rapids Gas Economy Lumber Perpetual Savings & Loan Cedar Rapids Block W G Block J T Thomas and others.
Coal Stokers Solve Ash Moving Problem
Coal stokers relieve the householder from shoveling ashes as a clinker forms around the edge of the coal burn retort. A continually fed auger from the hopper keeps the process automatic, daily clinker removal is needed with special tongs, and residential hoppers hold about 400 to 500 pounds of coal with typical use around 100 pounds per day depending on weather.
Safe storage tips for mops and rags to prevent fires
FHA officials advise hanging mops and brooms with cord loops on hooks in a utility room or back hall or rear porch. Ventilation holes or a small top and bottom door cut allow safe closet storage.
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FHA
Moths in Furniture: Gasoline Soak Warned
Advice warns that moths in stuffed furniture can be killed by a gasoline soak. Do the soaking outdoors or far from any fire risk to avoid ignition.
Iowa Home Owners Maintain Properties with FHA Plan
Iowa home owners keep properties in good condition under the FHA property improvement credit plan. In the first half of the year, 3,442 notes totaling $1,170,859 were reported for insurance, financed by banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations and others.
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Iowa
FHA
Oscar A. Brandt
Federal Housing Administration
Saving and Loan Associations
Newcomer Rentals Moves Into Cedar Rapids Area
Frank M Currie Jr moved from Shreveport Louisiana to Cedar Rapids with his family and rented 1784 Park avenue SE through Fred E Collard and company. He runs a food specialties distributorship. Ivan Kramer moved from Center Point to Cedar Rapids and rented the duplex at 111 Sixteenth street SE owned by Dr Henry H Hamilton. Kramer is a carpenter.
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Frank M. Currie, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Shreveport
Park Avenue
Fred E. Collard and Company
Mr. Currie
Ivan Kramer
Center Point
Sixteenth Street
Henry H Hamilton
Kramer
Cellar Trunk Room Solves Major Storage Problem
A trunk and luggage room in the cellar provides a compact storage solution. A small dry space, fully enclosed to keep dust away, with shelves for small bags and a raised platform for trunks and larger items.
Clarence Zuber Buys Apartment Building in Minneapolis
Clarence Zuber, 1517 Washington Avenue SE, purchased the four apartment building at 1432 A Avenue NE from L. W. Herdlicka, 239 Highland Drive NW, with possession set for August 15. The sale was arranged by Bedell Nissen Company. Other Bedell Nissen transactions include a home at 1729 D Avenue NE to Joseph G. Geraghty and a home at 1605 B Avenue WE to John B. Buresh, both with possession dates August 15 or immediate. A lot on Twenty Ninth Avenue SW was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wittenmeyer. Additional Belmont addition lots on Thirty-eighth Street NE near B Avenue were sold to Gene Stark and to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome B. Altwood.
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Clarence Zuber
Washington Avenue SE
A Avenue NE
L. W. Herdlicka
Highland Drive NW
Bedell-Nissen Company
D Avenue NE
Edith A. Jensen
Joseph G. Geraghty
Seventeenth Street SE
B Avenue WE
Dora E. Wayman
John B. Buresh
Center Point Road
Twentyninth Avenue
George P Nissen
Second Avenue
Raymond Wittenmeyer
Belmont Addition
Thirty-eighth Street
B Avenue
D. Feierdisen
Second Street
Gene Stark
Marion
George P. Nissen
Jerome B. Altwood
Mrs Blake Building Balconied Residence in Cedar Rapids
McKay Brothers Construction began a red brick residence for Mrs James E Blake at 1920 Linden Dr SE Cedar Rapids. The design features a full width second story balcony and two bay windows flanking the entry. Second floor includes a study and three bedrooms.
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Cedar Rapids
Linden Drive
McKay Brothers Construction Company
James E. Blake
Crescent Drive
Charleston
S. C
New Orleans
Harold J Rowe Buys Dr Kay Residence
Mr and Mrs Harold J Rowe of 1919 Grande avenue SE purchased the home of Dr and Mrs G Kay at 2232 Country club parkway SE. They plan to take possession about October 1. Mrs Kay will move September 1 to Dallas Texas to join Dr Kay who has been city meat inspector there since April 1. Sale handled by The Hedges Company.
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Harold J. Rowe
Grande Avenue SE
G . Kay
Country Club Parkway SE
Early FHA Planning Rules For New Homes
Builders urge prospective buyers to learn FHA insured loan requirements from first sketches. Key standards include minimum room sizes for bedrooms living rooms and kitchens, glass area and window openness, street access, storage space, and yard setbacks. One story and multi story homes differ in area rules and lot coverage limits.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Storage Tanks Underway For Soybeans At Dewey Ave
Iowa Milling begins excavation at 614 Dewey Avenue NE for new concrete storage tanks with 175000 bushels capacity. Ryan Construction obtained the building permit valuing the project at 19500 dollars. Tanks slated for completion this fall.
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Iowa Milling Company
Dewey Avenue
Ryan Construction Company
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Conomy
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