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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1941
Page
25
The living room should be the largest and most functional part of the home, with layout choices to maximize sun light and views. Consider multi use spaces like a living dining area, plan for easy entry through a hall, avoid long corridors through the room, and position a fireplace to foster intimacy. Furnishings should promote relaxation, proper illumination, and harmonious decors to balance cheerfulness with restfulness.
In planning a home's lot layout a small service yard should be set aside. It should be readily accessible from the street and adjacent to the kitchen. The yard may be screened by shrubbery and used for garbage cans. A drying clothes space should be convenient to the kitchen or basement door.
The guide advises metal weather stripping on in swing casements and a bottom mold to shed water, while out swinging sash is preferred for weather tightness. It covers attic venting with gable end louvers and dormers for cross ventilation, plus a turnbuckle rod fix to raise a sagging screen door bottom.
The national survey from the National Association of Real Estate Boards highlights 211 cities, noting Cedar Rapids leads in new residential building activity. It cites 60 percent of local construction in the 4500 dollar to 6000 dollar range, 25 percent in the 3000 to 4500 dollar class, and widespread price increases.
A local log lists numerous permits granted last week for new dwellings garages and commercial work. Notable values include a new dwelling at 306 Twenty-fourth avenue SW for 3200 and a new industrial building at 38015 First avenue E for 1500. Other projects include reroofs remodels and a retaining wall with varied costs across addresses and firms.
The article explains when to remove worn varnish from linoleum and cautions against paint removers due to oils in linoleum. It recommends washing thoroughly, drying, then sanding with wet or dry paper, noting clear lacquer and linoleum varnish or floor wax are common long wear coatings.
Milwaukee railroad engineer Earl L. Manholtz earns a 4 PM WENR Chicago national broadcast slot with his self made musical bottle rack. He built a keyboard like arrangement using 32 bottles tuned by water levels and played with sticks while his son Earl Jr. accompanies on harmonica. Manholtz has 33 years in railroading and a history in local bands and vaudeville style performances.
Leather finds growing use in decorating from furniture veneers to dress table skirts with cutout embroidery. At a recent exhibition it even appeared as a border at the top of a painted wall.
Portland Oregon built fireproof brick walled home valued by the FHA at 4000 dollars including lot. Features corner living and dining room windows, large bedrooms and closets, inside entrance to garage and a spacious utility room. Costs may vary by community. repairs and installations noted include heating plants drives plumbing and water heaters. Fish catching bats inhabit Mono Island near Trinidad.
Summer is seen as ideal for repairs due to warm weather. The article notes repairs across various kinds of work and discusses how contractors plan projects to take advantage of the season.
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