Midland Rubber Company Starts Its New Plant
Midland Rubber company begins a new Cedar Rapids factory on a 20 acre Cedar lake site leased to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus. The concrete steel building 60 by 150 feet costs 40 to 50 thousand dollars and will be equipped with a steam plant to double production by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Rubber Company
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Lake
McLeod Springs
McIntyre Construction Company
B. A. Ruhling
A Avenue NE
Building activity and business changes in East Iowa towns
In OWA area towns several business changes unfold. John W. Meyer buys the Gamble store in Ware and Mrs Dorothy Bartusek relinquishes management to her son Julian at Bartusek Cleaners with new staff joining. Bruce Wenster buys half interest in H. J. Smith Clothing in Webster City with Robert Dahl as partner. La Porte City sees three new businesses, Glasener saw mill moves and plans jointer planning, Mars theatre opening Aug 22, and Nelson Osborn to build twelve rental garages on Main Street. Decorah sees Robert Olson and Nels Haugen buy L B Willis’s interest in Decorah Furniture. Anamosa reports Dr. L W Kellogg relocating to Main and Ford with contractor Bob Ireland and tradesmen named. Mount Vernon notes Assmus drug store acquired by Max Twentier from Meridith. Traer homeowner Rupert Brubaker modernizes his house with roof, bath, basement shower and electric water heater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Bruce Wenster
Douglas Clothing Company
Storm Lake
H. J. Smith
Webster City
Robert Dahl
LA Porte City
Glasener
Rock Island
Marvin Fosse
The
Mars
Kline
Nelson Osborn
Fultz’ Market
McLaughlin’s
Main Street
Decorah
Robert Olson
Nels Haugen
L. B. Willis
Decorah Furniture Company
Willis
Anamosa
L. W. Kellogg
Hyde
Jack McCullough
Main
Ford Streets
Bob Ireland
L. Boyd
Mechanicsville
James Kidwell
H. H. Norton
Mount Vernon
Assmus
Walker
Max Twentier
Meridith
Traer
Rupert Brubaker
Dinsdale
New Ultra Modern Milk Plant Under Construction
Construction advances on a sanitary dairy plant for Sani tary Farm Dairies at Second street and F avenue NW. The steel frame is up and the building spans about a half block by a quarter block with daylight through brick and glass exterior. A laboratory run by a licensed bacteriologist will monitor daily quality control and the design emphasizes sanitation and easy disassembly for sterilization. Completion is expected by Oct 1 with a public opening then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Second Street
F Avenue NW
Midwest
Norman Hatton
Cherry-Burrell
C U. S. Public Health Service
Stark Building Co. Wins $230000 Contract for Plant Building
Stark Building Co of Cedar Rapids wins a $230000 contract to construct a six story manufacturing building for John Morrell and Company at the Ottumwa plant. The structure measures 120 by 106 feet with a 20 by 45 foot wing and work starts Monday after nine bidders competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morrell and Company
Ottumway
Stark Building Company of
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Permits Reported For Last Week
A Cedar Rapids permit roundup lists numerous projects across addresses in Rockford road Bever avenue SE and beyond. Home remodels reroofs new dwellings garages foundations and sheds dominate the entries with costs ranging from 10 to 51 860 dollars and including commercial remodeling for Midland Rubber and a factory foundation for Arthur Barlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Rula
Rockford Road
A. W. Pailthorpe
Bever Avenue
City of
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
B. F. Webster
C Avenue NW
Clyde Davis
Seventeenth Street
Frank Nassif
A Avenue
Kelly Stastny
Twenty-first Avenue
J T. Shaw
Sixteenth Avenue
F.B Shears
Howard C. Pettit
Hazel Drive
C. Bohren
Thirty-fourth Street
A. H. Lankau
Grande Avenue
Arthur Barlow
Country Club Parkway
Ethel Beach
Second Avenue
Frank L. Buser
Thirteenth Street
Perl B. Kennedy
Sixth Street
O. E. Dickenson
Otto Slapnicka
Francis Brinkman
M Avenue
F. A. Ahring
Twentieth Street
Midland Rubber Company
Shaver Road
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Third Street
Adolph Barta
Eighteenth Avenue
T. L. Tucker
Local Home Repairs and Builds Noted on SW NW Addresses
A series of small-scale remodeling and building projects listed by residents. F. E. Basker at 107 Bowling Street SW reroofed for 112 dollars. Joe Novak at 1420 Second Street SW repaired a dwelling for 150 dollars. Ida May Green at 1683 Thirteenth Street NW constructed a new dwelling for 400 dollars. Ray Watson at 1350 Twenty-second Avenue SW remodeled a dwelling for 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Basker
Bowling Street
Joe Novak
Second Street
Ida May Green
Thirteenth Street
Ray Watson
Twenty-second Avenue
Radial Glass Brick Used in Higbee Store Entrance
Cedar Rapids pioneering use of radial curved glass brick in the Higbee shoe store entrance on Third avenue SE. The front will feature a copper base and trim and include 308 bricks totaling 182 radial and 126 standard. The Higby store building is owned by Elmer A Higby Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue SE
Higbee Shoe Store
Higbee
Elmer A. Higbcy, Inc
Boiler House For Link Belt Speeder
Loomis Brothers will start a $10 000 boiler house and 75 foot smokestack for the Link Belt Speeder heating plant next Monday. The one story boiler house, part of the project, has the general contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Link Belt Speeder Corporation
Loomis Brothers
Newcomer Rentals Land Cedar Rapids Homes in Move In
New residents lease multiple houses in Cedar Rapids and area. Herbert Levin moves from Waterloo to 206 Twenty-seventh Street Drive SE under Mrs Zella Flenniken. G. Cartwright takes 1828 Park Avenue SE bungalow with Dr. E I Copeland ownership. Charles Fels, Iowa highway patrol new member, rents 375 Seventeenth Street SE under Perpetual Savings and Loan. Robert Olson rents 1969 B Avenue NW owned by C F Osborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Levin
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Zella M. Flenniken
Kenard Whitman
Evanston, NL
Levin
Syndicate Clothing Company
Fred E. Collard
Sompanes
Rike
O. P. Myers
B Avenue NW
C. F. Osborn
Rayton
Floyd H. Knapp
Robert L. Olson
Moving housing rentals tied to Cedar Rapids changes
Local movers list new tenants and leased homes across Cedar Rapids areas. Names include Claude Salazar linking to Collins Radio in Denver, J B Dede from Bedford renting in Marion, and John L Ewart joining Benjamin Franklin school faculty in Cedar Rapids. Properties on 3322 C avenue NE 828 Twentieth street SE 1319 F avenue NW 2900 Oakland avenue Ni 1732 Sixth avenue SE. Leases arranged by Tait and Wagner, Herciges, Bedell Nissen, and Malcolm V Bolton firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPlant-Choate Company
Cedar Rapids
St. Ansgar
Claude Salazar
Denver
Colo
Collins Radio Company
A. M. Davis
C Avenue
Tait and Wagner Company
Bedford
Ind
J. B. Dede
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad
Marion
Twentieth Street
Ethel M Height
A Avenue
Herciges Company
F Avenue NW
Jessie Sweeney
Thirteenth Street
A. R. Miller
Chicago
John L. Ewart
Iowa City
Benjamin Franklin School
Oakland Avenue
B Gable
Eighth Street
Bedell Nissen Company
Andrews Cracker
Muscatine
Sixth Avenue
Charles 3B Schaad
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Malcolm V. Bolton
Many Changes Made In Average House
The average American home is never complete as it undergoes many alterations. A study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows more houses are remodeled than built new at any time. Causes include evolving family habits and new building materials and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Honeymead Builds Growth Through Innovation and Expansion
Honeymead highlights include adding dextrose to all protein lines and introducing Honeymead Dexile, over 50 percent dextrose. In 1937 a Cedar Rapids plant was built for flaxseed oil extraction. the firm expanded into pelletized feed and toasted products to boost palatability and nutrition. Since 1936, the Cedar Rapids operation has invested over $300,000, employs 175, sources raw materials nationwide and abroad, and expanded storage to 650,000 bushels with a 300000 bushel grain elevator. The firm ships from the Great Lakes to Montana, guided by R P Andreas and family, with added locomotives. The Crandie route partners include A R Swein, Marvin Wright, and J S Reid coordinating traffic and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iowa
Honeymead
Cedar Rapids
Great Lakes
Montana
R. P. Andreas
A. M
Crandic Maintains Modern Carriers
Crandic expands modern equipment and schedules on Cedar Rapids Town City route. Air conditioned coaches, speeds over 80 mph, 44 minute 27 mile trip, 14 weekday and 16 Sunday trains per direction. Fares cut to 50 cents one way and 1.00 round trip, plus 2.50 for ten ride weekly passes. Freight handling improvements begun with 1940 fleet purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raidway
Cedar Rapids
Town City
Crandie
Crandic
Century Oil Burners Sold In 48 States
Century Oil Burners are offered in three furnace burner models seven sizes with latest style blowers and airwashing for purification and humidity. Boiler burner units provide hot water or steam heat in five sizes and include domestic hot water options of 150 and 200 gallons per hour at 80 degree rise. Century officers include J Lattner M D McWilliams J A Lattner L P Davis and George Kelly. Cedar Rapids Fuel and Oil Burner Service sell and install these units in the local territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Century Corporation
J. Lattner
M. D. McWilliams
J. A.lattner
L. IP
Davis
George Kelly
Eastern
Cedar Rapids Fuel Company
Fighth Avenue
Second Street
Oil Burner Service Company
First Avenue NW
Invention to align steel sheets at Youngstown mill
William Newby, draftsman at Niles Rolling Mill, designed a feed table device that self feeds and straightens steel sheets for rolling. The system uses revolving discs to hold sheets between them on an advancing conveyor, aligning edges to reduce scrap and prevent damaged corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, C
INS
William Newby
Niles Rolling Mill Company
Efficient Kitchen Setup For Enduring Comfort
The article advises proper kitchen ergonomics to save energy. It emphasizes correct working heights for sinks and counters so the user can align knuckles with the sink floor and palms on the counter. It promotes arranging commonly used equipment to minimize reaching and bending during meal prep.
Harper-McIntire Marks 84 Years Serving Hardware Dealers
The Harper and McIntire wholesale hardware firm began in 1845 and has operated in Iowa and northern Missouri from Ottumwa. Since 1922 its Cedar Rapids 411 Sixth Ave SE warehouse supports retailers with new stock, catalogs, and service aimed at strengthening small towns and modern stores while promoting Globe heating and cooking equipment including Dutch Oven ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper and McIntire Company
Iowa
Missouri
Ottumwa
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Harper and
MeIntire Company
State Hardware Association
Compans
Tralor
Globe
Harper and MeIntire
Clothes Rod Built From Galvanized Pipe In Wood Brackets
A three-quarter-inch galvanized pipe set in wooden brackets makes a satisfactory clothes rod. It does not bend and is small enough in diameter to take any sized coat hanger.
Also Mentioned on This Page
East
Owa
Marengo
John W. Meyer
Ware
Gamble
Paul Reichstad
Dorothy Bartusek
Bartusek Cleaners
Julian
Glenn Welsh
Margaret McGivern
Leonard Rotter
Julian Bartusek
Cedar Rapids Block Co
St. SW
Stark Building Co
Messinger & Sons
Fifth St. NW
Newcomer Rentals
J. T. Thomas
A. R. Swein
Marvin Wright
Royal
Pella
Kriz
Tent & Awning CO
First St. SE
Dial
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association Home Loans
3Rd Street SE
Century
States
Harper-McIntire
Sears
W. c. Block Co
Serand St
Fairbank-Morse Stoker Co
Fairbank- Morse
Home Coal CO
Century of Heat
Fo Soboda
Cedar Rapids Fuel 60
ED Soboda
Graw
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Third Ave
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