Natural color home furnishings hit Chicago shows
Chicago exhibits at the International Home Furnishings Market and the American Furniture Mart showcase natural color finishes on walnut and mahogany woods, Swedish modern designs, transitional styles, textured fabrics, and new rattan and reed pieces. The bachelor apartment, extending tables, and novel wall treatments highlight current trends as buyers seek practical elegance for urban homes. The Colorado river aqueduct project is also noted.
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Merchandise Mart
American Furniture Mart
Monroe
Virginia
Hawaii
Modified Cape Cod bungalow at 393 Memorial Dr SE
Frank L. Buser completed a moderate income family home with a square living room front corner windows and 17 feet square living space. The design features two rear bedrooms, attic space for two more bedrooms, distinctive interior colors, built in linen cabinet, clothes chute, and arched front door with brass chimes niche. Corner windows are 40 inches wide and floor to within a foot.
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Cape Cod
Memorial Drive
Frank L
Better Homes DIRECTORY listing snapshot
Directory snippet featuring Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Co Wisconsin Lumber C R Fuel National Life Cedar Rapids Gas Co Nagle Eaton Lumber Co Perpetual Savings and Loan Sherwin Williams Economy Lumber Co reflects business listings in a regional directory.
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Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Co
Wisconsin Lumber
C. R. Fuel
National Life
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Nagle Eaton Lumber Co
Perpetual Savings and Loan
Sherwin Williams, Economy Lumber Co
Permits Issued This Week For Dwellings And Repairs
Local blog lists permits issued last week for several residences and a store. Entries include remodels at 2329 Bever avenue SE for $200 and 302 Seventh street NE for $12, remodels at 724 Second street NW for $200 and 814 Sixth street SW for $100, plus new dwellings at 624 Twenty first street NE for $3,000 and 354 Twelfth street SW for $2,800.
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O. H. Lundquist
D. L. Yardley
Seventh Street
Francis McPartland
Linn Boulevard
Elizabeth Chase
Second Street
Richard Ainsworth
Twelfth Street
Harry Steele
Twenty-seventh Street
H. K. Igram
Sixth Street
John Caito
Third Street
Ralph Foot
A Avenue
Tubbs Construction Low Bid for Maquoketa Electric Plant Extension
Tubbs Construction of Maquoketa was the lowest bidder at 16144 dollars for extending the Maquoketa Electric Light plant. Six bidders competed, Stark Construction of Cedar Rapids was second low. The project is part of a 95000 dollar REA financed improvement with about 90000 dollars for new equipment including diesel engines.
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Tubbs Construction Company
Maquoketa
Stark Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
REA
Construction Spending Highlights Waukon 1937 Developments
The 1937 Waukon building program totaled about 100000 dollars with major projects including the P. D. Cota theater at 45000, Decker residence 8000, Swebakken two residences 6000, Williams residence 5000, Meiners residence 5000, and a 4000 dance pavilion for the agricultural society. Additional sewer work 3100 and remodeling sites branch into several small homes and stores. Nearby improvements exceeded 30000 dollars with Rossville store hall 16000 and several residences and barns listed.
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Waukon
P. D. Cota
W. C. Decker
B O. Swebakken
Louis Williams
George Meiners
Agricultural Society
City of
Allamakee County
Waukon State Bank
Willard Gaul
Francis Gaul
C. C. Megorden
Presbyterian Church
John Beede
George Rose
P. F. Dravis
Rossville
Ed Helming
H. Britain
Donald Bulman
Everett and
Harley Leas
John Jenkins
New Internal Revenue Man Leases Apartment
John C. Grinde special deputy collector moved from Davenport to Cedar Rapids and has leased Mrs. Kate Kiburz apartment at 1557 Park Avenue NE. He will take possession about February 1 as Mrs. Grinde arrives. The lease was made through Fred E. Collard and Company. The firm also arranged rental of R. E. Niemeier bungalow at 1341 D Avenue NE to G. W. Pentz who recently returned from Pasadena California.
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John C. Grinde
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
United States Internal Revenue Department
Kate Kiburz
Park Avenue NE
Grinde
City
Fred E. Collard and Company
R. E. Niemeier
D Avenue NE
G. W. Pentz
Pasadena
Names Chairmen For Realtors Committees
Appointment of 1938 committee chairmen was announced Saturday by Frank L. Buser president of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate board. They are John J. Wagner appraisal committee chairman A G Bauder arbitration W Roy Harger entertainment Floyd H Knapp ethics and standards of practice John B Emery farm land appraisal Paul N Clark legislation Malcolm V Bolton multiple listing bureau Bruce A West membership Horace G Hedges public enterprise Howard Helscher publicity and Horace G Hedges taxes and assessment Members of the board will meet for luncheon Monday noon at the Y M C A
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Frank L. Buser
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
John J. Wagner
A. G. Bauder
W. Roy Harger
Floyd H. Knapp
John B.emery
Paul N. Clark
Malcolm V. Bolton
Bruce A. West
Horace G. Hedges
Howard He
Renewed Interest In Real Estate Purchase
Real estate circles see renewed activity after a Christmas lull with five days of inquiries for residential properties higher than any comparable five day period in three months. Several brokers also note pending leases of downtown business property.
Exchange Of Homes Effective February First
Mrs. Helena Strickel and daughter Charlene trade their five room bungalow at 904 Daniels Street NE for the six room home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Millard at 211 Thirty-second Street NE. The swap, negotiated by O. P. Myers, becomes effective February 1.
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Helena Strickel
Charlene Strickel
Daniels Street
Frank E. Millard
Thirty-second Street
O. P. Myers
Medley Whelpley Estate in Bedford Hills Featured in Magazine
Seven photographs of the Bedford Hills estate of Medley G B Whelpley appear in Country Life and The Sportsman. Whelpley, a former Cedar Rapids man, is a Guggenheim partner heading nitrate interests in Chile. The article notes architecture by Phelps Barnum and an English estate sensibility with field stone house and low stone walls.
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Bedford Hills
Medley G. B. Whelpley
Country Life
the Sportsman
Cedar Rapids
Whelpley
International Financial House
Guggenheim Brothers
Chile
C. B. Whelpley
Fourth Avenue SE
Guggenheim
Phelps Barnum
Bedford
Catherine Davis
George S. Davis
First Avenue
England
Westchester County
18th Century Pieces Set Auction Records
Fine mahogany furniture from the 18th century sold at top prices in London and Long Island sales. A Chippendale two-back settee and a needlepoint sofa led bids, with a George I era suite fetching 34 125 dollars, underscoring mahogany’s rise among premier cabinet makers.
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Christie’s
London
Genevieve Garvan Brady
George I
Giles Grentley
Clerkenwell
England
Globe Union official and wife lease Philadelphia apartment
Ben E. Wirth a Midwest district representative for Globe Union Inc of Philadelphia and Mrs Wirth leased an apartment in the Commonwealth through Malcolm V Bolton and company realtors. They took possession last week.
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Ben E. Wirth
Midwest
The
Globe Union, Inc
Philadelphia
United States Lacks Reciprocal Copyright Ties with Soviet Russia
A brief note states the United States has no reciprocal copyright relations with So viet Russia, highlighting policy limits and international copyright concerns.
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United States
Soviet Russia
Lake Park To Take Bids On Water Plant
Lake Park Iowa will open bids January 21 for construction of a new water softening plant estimated near 15000 dollars. Plans were prepared by the Howard R. Green company Cedar Rapids engineering firm.
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Lake Park
Howard R. Green Company
Cedar Rapids
Occasional Pieces Important In Artistic Home Furnishings
New York interior expert Mrs. Joan M. Dodd urges balanced budgeting for rooms. She advises saving for distinctive occasional pieces and accessories, reupholstering existing furniture, using classic reproductions, and choosing conservative modern styles to create beauty without waste.
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Tom W. Meore
Chicago
Frances. Westerfield
Cedar Gazette
Frances Moore
Los Angeles
Hawkeye
Lbr. & Deal Co
Nagle-Eaton
Thompson Photo
Better Homes Directory
C. W. Bloomhall
Bever Avenue
Tubbs Company
Maquoketa Bid
New
Internal Revenue Man
Medley Whelpley
Sherwin - Williams Cc
Third Ave
Wisconsin
Lumb
ER Company
Third Avenue
Perpetual Savings & Loan
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
New York
John M. Dodd
NEA
Sefa
Ve Chaie
de Bele
National Life Insurance CO
Montpelier
Vermont
Harvey C. McClary
Dews
Se el ) Cas CO
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