Spring gardening tips and honeysuckle varieties for home bases
Henry Pree offers simple spring garden ideas focusing on cut flowering branches like forsythia and flowering fruit trees for indoor bloom. The piece warns against overloading a garden with too many species and notes honeysuckle varieties Hall’s honeysuckle Lonicera japonica halliana can be invasive. It praises evergreen trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens for long summer color and warns on aggressive growth.
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Henry Pree
Hall
Garden Lupines Pests and Grapevine Fertilizer Query
Garden advice notes lupines infested by long brownish worms, suggesting black leaf 40 soap solution or lindane for aphids and four lined plant bugs, and marathon-containing spray if foliage damage occurs. Grapevines one year old yield few grapes. guidance urges contacting county agricultural agent for free bulletins on Fruits in the Home Garden.
Cement Pipe Joints Made Leak-Proof Now
Waterloo based Zeidler Concrete Machinery Products Company founders J N Schenck and J W Stewart introduced a leak proof joint for cement pipes. Their process uses a rubber gasket in the bell joint to seal leaks and reduce pumping at treatment plants when near water supplies.
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J. N. Schenck
J. W. Stewart
California Grows Em-So-Can We Gazette Photo Story
A photo caption discusses California’s housing growth and the idea that expanding home building will boost construction jobs. Koch argues cheaper homes increase buyers and sustain employment, noting year-round indoor work and better conditions for workers.
Gardening Tips for Winter to Spring Yard Refresh
Take weekly inspection tours to ensure mulch is not packed and plants are not smothered. Use evergreen branches as anchors when mulch is light. Paint garden furniture, build trellises, and study garden borders on sunny days to improve shapes. Feed house plants, watch for pests, and test leftover seeds by germinating 25 seeds between damp blotters.
Modern home growth urged by architect at National Show
Architect Carl Koch argues factory-built homes can be cheaper and larger yet adaptable to family growth. He says walls need not rely on 2 by 4 studs and floors on 2 by 8 joists, with movable walls and posts on 16-foot centers enabling vertical expansion as children arrive and leave. Koch leads Techbuilds Homes Inc and promotes modular construction nationwide.
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Chicago
Jean
Carl Koch
Cambridge
Mass
Koch
TechbuildsHomes Inc
Cedar Rapids Building Permits List Major Additions
A Cedar Rapids permit roundup shows Theodore T. Manning et al filing for new dwellings on Mansfield avenue and Twentieth street SW with $9,000 and $8,000 valuations for parsonage, garages, remodels, and commercial repairs across multiple streets including Fifth avenue SE Sixth street SW and 1400 Second avenue SE. Notable entries include Rapaport Investment Company repair at 411 Fifth avenue SE for $2,500 and Commonwealth Apartments remodeling at 1400 Second avenue SE for $500.
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Assembly of God
J Avenue
J. F. Sykora
K Street
George Jennings
Nineteenth Avenue
Rapaport Investment Company
Fifth Avennue
Gertrude Nekola
Fourteenth Avenue
Eneaie Panosh
C Street
W. E. Hampton
Mt. Vernon Road
Henry Matejka, Jr
H Avenue
Thomas Suchomel
Second Street
A. L. Albert
Third Avenue
Paul Jones
Thirty-fourth Street
Commonwealth Apartments
Food Center
Fifth Avenue
Floyd McIntosh
Tenth Avenue
Walter F. Ashbacker
Elizabeth Avenue
Alan L. Parker
Eighth Avenue
Morehead Construction
Comany
Seventh Street
Ann Novak
Sixth Avenue
Robert Wepies
Trail Ridge Road
H. J. Bjornsen
Staub Court
Charlotte
Millian
B Avenue
Davis Cleaners
First Street
Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church
First Avenue
Sammy de Hook
Eighteenth Street
Real Estate Board Quiz Set for Monday Luncheon
Members of the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board will host a True or False quiz on real estate law and practices during a Monday luncheon. The session takes place in the Piccadilly room at the Roosevelt hotel.
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Cedar Rapids
Do It Yourself Simple Drawer Racks For Cutlery
A home building guide by J Ralph Dalzell explains how to solve kitchen cutlery storage with simple wooden or metal drawer racks. It covers rack layouts for multiple drawers, slot sizes for spoons knives and forks, and steps from marking cuts to cementing racks and lining drawers with velvet for neat organization.
Shelf Display Slot Fit For Upright Picture Y
A description notes a shelf arrangement where a picture labeled Y rests in a slot and is kept upright by the surrounding slots. The compact setup ensures stable display and visibility.
How to whiten yellowed tile grout and remove mildew
The advice suggests using ordinary bleach powder with hard scrub scrubbers to whiten yellowed grout. It notes tile grout cleaners are sold at hardware stores and explains mildew is a fungus that grows in damp fabrics and leather. Fresh mildew wipes away with soap and water, while older mildew may need chloride or lime and preventive solutions from hardware or drug stores.
Picture Window Table Reveals Bird Cage Backpiece
New York reports a mahogany backpiece for picture window tables that resembles a split birdcage with curved bars. The two‑section cage fits on a table, can be wood finished or painted, is removable, and some sets include planters and knick‑knack shelves. Prices start around $140.
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New York
INL
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Ninth Street
Frank Janda
Eighth Street
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Robert Whitters
Og Twentieth Street
Piccadilly
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Heinze Electric CO
First Avenue West
Allen
Pigkart Bros. Window & Awning CO
1St Ave
Dial
J. Ralph Dalzell
C. D
Dave" Berry
C. M
Doc" Manley
Sto-A-Co
Manley-Berry Co
Cy" Brown CO
2Nd Ave
Taege
F Avenue
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Westinghouse
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Nane DO
Ogden & Adams Lumber Company
Stanley Tools
Wickly
Finest Glass
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8Th Avenue SE
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Muscatine Catholic High School
Muscatine
Muscatine Hotel
Elow
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