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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1940

Page

21

Vitamo feeds promote home market gains and refunds

Iowa Milling of Cedar Rapids markets Vitamo concentrates and pig meal with a money back guarantee. The program claims faster gains for cattle hogs and poultry fed with Vitamo alongside home grown grains, plus lower costs and higher profits for farmers.

Iowa Milling Company Cedar Rapids Vitamo Iowa Sixth Street F. Mueller and Sons London Grand Mound Oxford Junction Sunbury Maquoketa Calamus Clinton Tipton Herb Kruckenberg Lowden Elmer Schmidt Edwin Wenndt Lowereff Louis Sander Melvin Thien

Hollywood Goes In For Food, Colonial Baking Head Says

Jack Walsh of Colonial Baking notes Hollywood’s swelling demand for all edible goods after a report from the film capital. Studios push commissaries to buy more daily, then face shortages as supply strains rise.

Walsh MGM Players Hollywood Middle West Colonial Baking Jack Walsh Colonial Baking Company Film Capital

Atmosphere Of Home In Commonwealth Hotel Apartments

Commonwealth hotel apartments at 1400 Second Avenue offer 104 living quarters with 87 equipped for housekeeping. Units available furnished or unfurnished. The Colonial dining room recently redecorated with a dusty pink, green, and blue motif, reflecting a homelike atmosphere and featuring a 25 cent luncheon and 50 cent dinner.

Commonwealth Hotel Second Avenue See

Commonwealth dining room offers 25 cent lunch for business men

The Commonwealth at Second Avenue and Fourteenth Street advertises a quick 25 cent lunch with soup sandwich and beverage. It highlights prompt service ideal for busy professionals, quiet surroundings, and full mail dry cleaning laundry pickup and delivery services for guests.

Commonwealth The Second Avenue Fourteenth Street

Precision Tools At Fox Garage Add Distributor Tests

C A Fox garage at 109 Fifteenth street NE adopts a new Allen syncrograph for complete distributor tests. The device combines a contact angle meter with a neon tube to check distributor action and performs multiple vital tests for improved engine performance and efficiency.

C. A. Fox Fifteenth Street Fox Forage

Nesper Co Provides New Fluorescent Kitchen Bathroom Unit

Nesper Sign and Neon at 212 Fifth Street SE introduces a deluxe white fluorescent fixture with chromium trim and two Mazda daylight bulbs aimed at homes. Installation takes under five minutes and pricing is low. Walter Nesper invites demonstrations at 202 Fifth Street SE, with immediate delivery and a one year factory guarantee on all new and rebuilt units. The company also offers used neon signs, transformers, and repair services across eastern Iowa.

Nesper Sign and Neon Company Fifth Street SE The Gazette Nesper Walter Nesper Town Iowa

Ambro Advertising Adds Two Staff Members

Ambro Advertising Agency expands its copy writing and art staff to handle new accounts. New hires include BS Raymond Cox, a University of Iowa journalism and advertising graduate and former publicity director at WMT Cedar Rapids, and William Rasley, previously with the Des Moines Register in radio promotion.

Ambro Advertising Agency Raymond Cox William Rasey Cox University of Iowa WMT Cedar Rapids Des Moines Register Rasley

Money Corporation Loans Do Not Require Chattel Mortgages

Money Corporation offers loans from 25 to 300 with no chattel mortgage on furniture or autos. Managed by Wilson C Carpenter at Merchants National Bank building second floor, the firm emphasizes note security and flexible repayment to consolidate debts and cover medical bills education and living needs.

Money Corporation Merchants National Bank Wilson C. Carpenter Carpenter Money

Large Deal Handled By The Business Opportunity Bureau

The Business Opportunity Bureau Inc on the Higley Building fifth floor closed a major sale last week. The New Twin Towers, formerly owned by Mr and Mrs John Cox, sold to Dr and Mrs A H Krause of Marengo. Management took possession within 24 hours. The site, developed by Mr and Mrs Cox a year ago, is becoming a top state tourist camp with a cafe and filling station. The bureau connects buyers to thousands of businesses across Iowa and neighboring states with no obligation and no buyer charges.

Business Opportunity Bureau, Inc Higley John Cox A. H. Krause Marengo Cox Business Opportunity Bureau Iowa

Proper Brush Cleaning After Paint Jobs

The article explains brushes must be cleaned thoroughly after each paint job to prevent hardened paint on bristles. If not cleaned, stiff bristles create grooves in fresh paint, leading to an unsatisfactory finish.

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Iowa Milling Co Fox Garage Jessen Corporation Thompson Photos Thorpe Thorpes Calder’s van & Storage Co., Inc Paas Au Ae Livestock OWA Milling CO Nesper Sign & Neon CO Neon Sales & Service 5Th St. SE Third Ave Eighth St Plymouth Desoto Thompson Anyr 2Nd Ave Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy Co FHA Inter-Ocean Reinsurance CO Second Avenue SE Master Tire .and Treading CO Nesper Co Cedar Rapids Gas CO Cedar RapiDs Block CO Ninth Street Pittsburgh M. Cach Glass CO 2Nd St. SE 15Th St Dial teoPr Uality Seiberling Tires Adie Lear Rcce Es PATEK Wooster Brushes Cedar Rapids Paint Supply CO Third Avenue SE Money Corp Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company Second Ave Schmidt Typewriter Exchange Qknco Co OWA’ DE Acer Morris Firet Fuel Oil Service Super Service Oil Company 2Nd Avenue and St. Street SE Hawkeye Motor Express Ninth Avenue SE Thorpe’s Esa
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