Remodel boom in Cedar Rapids apartment housing noted
City Building Inspector Leefers reports a sharp rise in remodeling permits for multiple dwellings in the first six months of 1938, with valuation up from 2,650 to 26,100 and a permit count up from five to twelve. He says renters tire of shabby low priced apartments and builders respond by upgrading existing housing. Total remodeling and repair costs for Cedar Rapids reach 112,785 in six months, slightly below 1937.
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Leefers
Cedar Rapids
Playroom For Father And His Gang
A basement recreation room in the Novak home at 1831 K street SW was transformed from a weather playroom into a social space. Twenty four men gathered there, as a stoker furnace and air conditioner replaced the old coal setup and a plywood bar, laundry area, and fruit closet were added. Indirect lighting with 100 watt bulbs completes the updated space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. P. Novak
K Street
Dad
Novaks
Novak family recreation room with flexible use
A basement lounge in the Novak home blends frosted glass, green ames, and rust tile. It features a light recess with a reflector, a pinball game, reading lights, and movable hooks for laundry lines and Therese aged six and Carol Ann aged two.
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Therese Novak
Carol Ann Novak
Dad
Longevity and Yield of the Orange Tree
An orange tree can produce between 3 000 and 4 000 oranges annually and may live from 100 to 150 years, indicating substantial fruiting over a long lifespan.
Better Homes DIRECTORY Listing of Local Lumber and Supply Firms
Directory entry lists Nagle Eaton Lumber Novak Heating Wisconsin Lumber Limback Lumber Hawkeye Lumber and Coal R Fuel Cedar Rapids Gas Williams Hunting Kings Crown Plaster Economy Lumber 60 Sears Roebuck as local suppliers for home construction and improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagle-Eaton Lumber Co
Novak Heating Co
Wisconsin Lumber
Limback Lumber Co
Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Co. Co
R. Fuel
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Williams & Hunting Co
King’s Crown Plaster Co
Economy Lumber
Sears Roebuck
Empress Cafe In West Union Sold
Empress cafe in West Union was sold last week by Owen Olson of Hawkeye to a feminine business firm led by Mrs. H. J. Millwright and Miss Esther SchweineRus. Mrs. Millwright served as office secretary to County Engineer O. C. Thompson.
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West Union
Empress Cafe
Owen Olson
Hawkeye
H. J. Millwright
Esther Schweinerus
Millwright
O. C. Thompson
Cafe staff changes noted for Schweinerus crew
Schweinerus hires indicate Mrs. Florence Knutson will cook and Miss Mary Cashen assists in waiting on trade while Schweinerus continues operations with the new staffing.
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Schweinerus
Florence Knutson
Mary Cashen
Mrs Mae Walsh Buys Home on Fourth Avenue
Mrs Mae E Walsh of 507 First Avenue West buys the property at 109 Fourth Avenue Southwest from Cora B Frisby. The deal was handled by Mrs Elizabeth Giblin. Walsh plans to remodel the home before moving in.
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Mae E. Walsh
First Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Cora B. Frisby
Elizabeth Giblin
Walsh
Leibsohn Buys Simpson Dry Goods Store in West Liberty
The Howard Simpson Dry Goods business in West Liberty was sold Tuesday to Philip Leibsohn of Cedar Rapids who assumed possession immediately. He plans a clearance sale and later redecorating and updating the store with new merchandise and ready to wear. Mrs Simpson continues to operate the business after her husband’s death two months ago. The Simpsons had operated the store for about 38 years.
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Gazette
West Liberty
Howard Simpson
Philip Leibsohn
Cedar Rapids
Leibsohn
Iowa
Simpson
Simpsons
New Federal Homes Rise in Montezuma Lighted by Two Shipshape Dwellings
In Montezuma two new houses are under construction. One owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fisher marks the community’s first federal housing residence. The other, a white bungalow with green roof, six rooms and a bath, will完成 in about two weeks. Builders are Charles Gorsuch and Charles Zirbel.
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Montezuma
Ed Fisher
John Fulton
Charles Gorsuch
Charles Zirbel
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U.S.S.R
Gimco
Father
Naomi Doebel
Suburban Gas Co
Marion
Suburbaé Gas Co
First Street
Feeder Rapids
Home Oil
Ninth Avenue SE
Better Homes Directory
J-M
Srd St
Johns Manville
Horta
Economy Lumber CO
Magnetic Pole
True North
Wisconsin
Third Avenue
Stokol
Investi
Dial 3
Sears
Lewa
Dwight James Baum
Curtis
17Th Street
Narroline
Yee A Eit
Chrysler
Hall Manufacturing Company
First Ave
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