Local Retail Sales And Employment Display Upward Trend
A 1936 survey shows Linn county retail sales and employment rising with a stronger finish in 1935. Cedar Rapids employment reached 5,074 in June with 26 firms reporting, and building permits through July 1936 totaled 159 permits valuing at 157,521 dollars compared with 157 permits worth 100,002 dollars in July 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Iowa
Stae Board of Assessment and Review
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Labor
Invasion of rodents troubles gardens and tips on control
The article notes droughts and pests stress gardeners and warns suburban residents about an invasion of chipmunks, short tailed field mice and voles. It describes damage to tulips and other bulbs, explains underground tunneling, and shares trapping methods using Go Whiz or Three Way rat traps baited with raw peanuts and protected from birds.
Rabbits Threaten Gardens In Drought Years This Fall
The drought drives more wild rabbits into cultivated gardens where they devour nasturtiums and other plants. Gardeners resist trapping them as the timid animals are considered innocent, though hunters will have plenty of rabbits to harvest for potpies and hosenpfeffer as the season opens.
Local property work and contractor notices list
Numerous individuals and companies report small construction and remodeling jobs with addresses in various city districts. Projects include new sheds reroofing remodeling and move in dwellings with stated costs ranging from forty to five hundred dollars. Names include Emil Vohaska George C Keyes Joseph Hayek and others with addresses on SW NW SE and NE avenues and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Vohaska
Fruitland Boulevard
George C. Keyes
Tenth Avenue
Joseph Hayek
Twelfth Avenue
E. Lester Elam
Fifth Street
Joe Musel
Center Point Road
Emery Kennedy
Tenth Street
John Cummins
Eighteenth Avenue
Louis Kelsey
Polehna Brothers
Sixteenth Avenue
Joe Mateju
Maple Drive
Harry Strothers
Nineteenth Street
William Brose
Twelfth Street
A. C. Switzer
Noel Robertson
Grande Avenue
Nat Pisikirnes
Home Oil and Gas Company
Second Avenue
William Hanson
Belmont Parkway
Nagle Eaton Lumber Company
Seventeenth Street
Linn County Real Estate Conveyances and Mortgages Report
Linn County Abstract publishes the real estate conveyances and mortgages recorded Aug 7 through Aug 13 with a year ago comparison. Mortgages totals show $48 750 for conveyances and $115 535 17 for mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Abstract Company
Linn County
Caio
Conor Rce
Ho Aid Ok Os
Ainsi Rees Hanes
Color Work Drives New Business At Laurance Press Co
Laurance Press Co in Des Moines reports strong demand for high quality color work driven by new processes. Summer sales rose yearly since 1932 with several large contracts and near capacity operations. The firm notes steadier work, overtime in several departments, added machinist staff, and broader advertising service offerings under one roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurance Press
First Street
Laurance Press Company
Horsky
Paseka
Iowa
Iowa Machine Co Sees Best Year In Five Since 1931
Iowa Machine Co at 40 Eighth Avenue SW reports a 20 percent lead over 1935 with expectations of continued growth. Owners M Horsky and William Paseka cite revived industrial demand for repair work, better maintained factory machinery, and rising agricultural equipment repairs including welded cutting-edge plows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Machine Company
Eighth Avenue
M. Horsky
William Paseka
Horsky
Mr. Paseka
Mothers to drive national push for auto safety says Iowa rep
W D Ralston of Iowa Mutual Liability, 512 Second Ave SE, says mothers will lead the drive to make highway safety a household issue. He notes women have spurred major social reforms and predicts a coming wave of protest from mothers against auto accidents, ending passive resistance to safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Ralston
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Second Avenue SE
Ralston
The
Iowa Mutual Company
Iowa Mutual Liability Company
Mr. Ralston
Messinger Co. Busy With Several Wrecking Projects
J F Messinger company at 1302 Fifth Street NW reports its busiest period in years with wrecking jobs active on the Hubbard home at Eleventh Street and First Avenue E and the Dows home at 705 First Avenue E. Materials including wild cherry wood are being sold, stone sold in one lot, and plans for razing two rooming houses at 517 and 521 First Avenue E for the Rude Auto company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Messinger
Fifth Street
Joe Messinger
Hubbard
Eleventh Street
First Avenue E
Messingers
Dows
First Avenue
Rude Auto Company
Elkader
Toddville
Messinger
Can Opener Burglar Fails To Crack Safe In Randsburg
A burglar in Randsburg California broke in through a tin roof using a can opener to reach the office of George Jewell an insurance agent but the safe remained intact only the dial was damaged Undersheriff Rea Pyle reported the incident with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randsburg
Calif
George Jewell
Jewell
Rea Pyle
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Hawthorne
Thompson
Hawthorne Drive
Rock Island
Amos Melberg
Sturptown
J. L. Rhea
Rude
Safe Investments
Scott McIntyre & CO
Third Street
the I. B. McGladrey
Certified Public Accountants
Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway
Neon Industries
DIAL
Lefebure Corporation
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
MFG. Co., Ing
Tampers
Iowa Milling Company
6Th St. NE
General Printing Publications Advertising Printing
de Pant Ed
Laurance
ST. S.E
Laurance Press Co
Iowa Machine Co
Express Service
Pt Freight
Nsurert Anas
Cartage Contractors
C Avenue NW
Cedar Rock
Raust Vel
Ati
And
Rapids Crushers
Tada By
Nene
Iowa Manufacturing Co
United State Bank
Cotet Nett
Niels
AAA
Cedar Rapids Auto Club Hotel
Montrose
Cedar Rapids Gas CO
H. L. Nehls
Mgr. W. D. Ralston
Albert
Dyers & Dry Cleaners
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
C.A. Fox
Fox Garage
Fifteenth Street
Roosevelt
Cadow
Mgr
Prat
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Messinger Co
3Rd Ave
Greene Square
Straka Travel
Bureau
Higley
8Th Ave
Veyors
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