Ideal English atmosphere in U S home reflected in antiques
Mr and Mrs Frank E Machen preserve an English style in Cedar Rapids at 1638 Third Avenue SE. The home displays era furniture, silver, porcelain, and English documents from 16th to 19th century, with trunks, paintings, and a lineage tracing back to England. The Machens, born in England, seit 35 years in the U S, express concern for war but faith in British unity and victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E Machen
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
America
Machen
Machens
England
Mr. Machen
Mrs. Machen
Sheffield
Julius Mueller Buys Scherrebeck Home
Julius C Mueller and his wife have purchased the Walter J Scherrebeck residence at 1331 Third avenue SW and taken possession. Fred E Collard and company handled the sale. The Scherrebecks have moved to the Miller apartments. A bungalow at 3434 E avenue NE, owned by George C Mulholland, was sold through Collard to Wilfrid L Struve of 1324 12A avenue NW.
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Julius C. Mueller
C Avenue NW
Walter J. Scherrebeck
Third Avenue
Fred E. Collard and Company
Scherrebecks
Miller
E Avenue NE
George C. Mulholland
Collard Company
Wilfrid L. Struve
A Avenue NW
Fischer buys lot on Twenty-ninth Street SE for home
Floyd A. Fischer of Memorial Drive SE purchased a lot on Twenty-ninth Street SE just south of Meadowbrook Drive SE from Irah Kraft Bordner of Jesup. He plans to build a home on the site, with the sale handled by O. P. Myers, a local realtor.
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Floyd A. Fischer
Memorial Drive
Twenty-ninth Street
Meadowbrook Drive
Irah Kraft Bordner
Jesup
O. P. Myers
Building activity and business changes in East Iowa towns
East Iowa communities report milestone celebrations and new ventures. Elgin marks Thoma Brothers 60 year era of general merchandise begun by Louis Thoma in 1880, later run by his sons Gus and Max. Independence sees optician Dr A H Wallace retire after 34 years. Dr W C Jensen and Dr B W Scott acquire practice. Vinton to welcome Fred Wright who will open a drug store in the Horridge building, previously Urice flower shop. Maynard sees O J Otteson take barber shop duties, moving from Sumner. Mount Vernon notes two housing transactions and new arrivals, including Prof and Mrs Robert A Warner from New Haven, Conn. Traer begins a new residence project by Paul Dickinson, with the Kern couple planning to move back soon and continue state CID work.
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ELGIN
BW. Scott
W. C Jensen
Minneapolis
Dr. Wallace
Gedney
Dr. Scott
Chicago
Vinton
Fred Wright
Ankeny
Horridge
Maynard
J Otteson
Sumner
Otteson
Anton Haas
Mount Vernon
John Kaliban
Ada Stewart
Merle Long
William McLaughlin
S G Fouse
Glenn Cunningham
Robert Kirkpatrick
Robert A. Warner
New Haven
Three Youths Hurt As Truck Goes Into Ditch Near Vinton
Three youths were injured when a truck driven by 18 year old Lee Bendall left the road seven miles west of Vinton about 2 am. Bendall suffered a head wound and possible shoulder injury. Donald Johnson sustained head cuts. Wayne Johnson escaped with bruises. All were treated at a local hospital then taken to the Johnson home. In a separate sheriff’s report, Mrs. Ed Lutz of Dysart suffered a nose cut after a collision at a county line road intersection near Dysart Friday night involving a Jabens car.
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Vinton
Lee Bendall
Donald Johnson
Wayne Johnson
Bendall
Warne Johnson
Johnson
Garrison
Wm. Bendall
Dysart
Laurence Johnson
Ed Lutz
W. M. Jabens
Jabens
Lutz
Plans Completed For Hills Homecoming Tuesday
Special to The Gazette Hills plans for the annual homecoming next Tuesday feature a 10 30 a m parade led by the Junior eee and Bugle corps of Yowa ito. Prizes for floats and bicycle events, 1940 revue at 1 30 and 7 30 p m, Kalona Riverside accordion and guitar band, chicken dinner by church women, platform dance to close.
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HILLS
Eee and
Bugle Corps
Yowaito
St. Joseph's Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Great Heroine of China hailed by Rear Admiral Yarnell
Miss Minnie Vautrin, lauded by Rear Admiral Harry E Yarnell as one of China’s greatest heroines, saved hundreds of Chinese women at Ginling College in Nanking after Japan’s 1937 occupation. She sheltered 10,000 refugees, organized food, clothing, and schooling, and led a long rehabilitation effort aided by Chinese and American supporters while awaiting return to Ginling for a future teaching mission.
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Nanking
Iowa City
Vautrin
China
United States
City
Admiral Yarnell
Cedar Rapids
Ginling College
Chengtu
New York
Col
Tsen
Vauton
Shanghai
America
Minnie Vautrnright
Francis Chen
Blairstown Landmark to Be Razed for Locker Plant
The Blairstown Corner cafe, a landmark for over 80 years, is being razed for a new locker plant by the W. A. Drake Company. The site, moved from its original town location near the Henry Meyers farm, has stood empty for the past year as preparations proceed for October readiness.
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Blairstown
Corner
N. C Ransom
W. A. Drake Company
Henry Meyers
Big Grove
Permits Listed For Homes And Buildings In Last Week
Local blog item details numerous permit actions including new dwellings, garages, reroofs, remodels, and commercial repairs across multiple addresses in SW NE NW SE and SF sectors. Notable entries include new dwellings at 3218 C avenue NE and 2018 Mallory Street SW, and a large industrial building for Midland Rubber at 915 Shaver road NE.
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Rudolph Zumer
K_ street
Frank Volak
Nineteenth Avenue
Wesley Striegel
Sixteenth Avenue
Fred Phillips
FE Avenue
Ray Woodward
Oakland Avenue
Tony Kratochvil
Nye Avenue
J. de Hook
First Avenue
BE. L. Crowley
Tenth Street
Frank J. Sturm
Fourth Street
Edwin Benedict
Sixth Avenue
William Wendell
Linn Boulevard
Newmans
Second Street
Dr V. Q. Hasek
Twelfth Street
Harry Preston
Shaver Road
John Mandas
Charles Doupmk
K Street
Kenneth Kohl
C Avenue
John Drahoveal
Fruitland Boulevard
Clevenger
Fifth Street
C Thurston, Jr
Schaeffer
John Dostal
Twenty-second Avenue
Joss Lawterce
Thirty-ninth Street
Hellenic Orthodox Church
A Avenue
Ralph Johnson
Twentieth Avenue SW
J. J Sladek
Twenty-second Street
John Kale
Park Avenue SF
Novotny
Third Street
Henry Fianeman
A Avenue NW
Edeard Haspecorsky
Wilson Avenue
Charles E Martin
Rose Binko
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Joe Melha
L Street
Edward Brewha
Hamilton
Evelyn Hill
K Avenue
Tom Costello
First Street
Robert Stenzel
G Avenue
George B Shaler
Sophia Hoffman
Johnson Avenue NW
Frances Wolfe
Frank Trachta
D Street
Wil S Collier
Washington Avenue
L. W. Walroth
Center Point Road
Ambrose Muller
Burch Avenue
Midland Rubber Company
F. A Zahradnik
Garnett de Vore
Seventh Avenue
Joseph Kofron
Mallory
A. S. Long
Second Avenue
Eal
Science to Wall Street. Chemurgic Council notes stock links
The National Farm Chemurgic Council reports that 24 of 49 NYSE stocks beginning with AY are direct chemical operations. Fourteen are indirect chemical merchants dealing in dyes, fibers, bleaching and food chemistry. Eleven are nonchemical, but rely on research progress.
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Science
Wall Street
Columbus
Chemurgic Council
New York
Decth Chemical
Winle Net Chemical
Power resources to be coordinated under one agency
The White House announced that President Roosevelt will coordinate the Columbia River power resources by merging the marketing of power from the Bonnville and Grand Coulee dams into a single agency.
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Washington
Trouce
Rooosevelt
Columbia
Bonnelle
Grand Coulee
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U.S
Earl of Stanley
Family Bible
Chicago Art
California
Mexico
Alaska
Art Snider
Economy Lumber Co
St. SE
Hercules Stokers
Sears
Iowa
Julius Mueller
Scherrebeck
Thomas
TF. Thomas
Avenue NE
Yarnell
Naomi Dofbel
Nagle-Eaton
Geo. J. Wilson
Fairway Terrace
Nagle-Eaton Lumber Co
Seventeenth Street
Kolstoker
Rey
R. C. Bort
Ind Ave. SF
Hatch & Brooke
Hatch
Brookman
8Th Ave
Century
Ed Soboda
Cedar Rapids Fuel CO
JF Herbel & CO
McKinley Street
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