Wishful Remodelers Face Price Spectrum On Home Upgrades
A local shopping tour of lumber yards and suppliers reveals varied costs for screens linoleum and finishing boards for modernizing homes. Prices span from 11 to 50 cents per square foot for tile boards to 160 dollars for certain door styles with glass and screen. pricing depends on size quality and labor. Aiming for a practical plan many families could finance improvements by modest sacrifices and careful estimates from dealers or contractors.
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Chicago
Directory of Better Homes Firms in Cedar Rapids
Directory listing multiple Cedar Rapids businesses including J. F. Technik and Son, Cedar Rapids Fuel Co, Builders Material Inc, Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co, Cedar Rapids Gas Co, Economy Lumber Co, Cedar Rapids Block Co, City Fuel Co, Sanfords, W. G. Block Co, W. T. Thomas, Limback Lumber Co, Wisconsin Lumber, Broulik Bros, Match & Brookman Lumber Co, Kriz Tent & Awning Co, Nagle Eaton Lumber Co, Wawkeye Lumber Co, Kings Crown Plaster Co, Maresh Sheet Metal Works.
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J. F. Technik and Son
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
Builders Material, Inc
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Economy Lumber Co
Cedar Rapids Block Co
City Fuel Co
Sanfords
W. G. Block Co
W. T. Thomas
Limback Lumber Co
Wisconsin Lumber
Broulik Bros. Match & Brookman Lumber Co
Kriz Tent & Awning Co
Nagle Eaton Lumber Co
Wawkeye Lumber Co
King’s Crown Plaster Co
Maresh Sheet Metal
Joostan Buys Home He Leased in SE Minneapolis
M W Joostan 1577 Second Avenue SE bought the house he had been leasing from Mrs Inez Westfall 2304 Hillcrest Drive SE. The Hedges company handled the sale. The firm also reported two unimproved lots sold: one on Tenth Street NW between L and M Avenues NW to Mrs Caroline M Hodgdon 842 Second Street NW, and another on Kenmore Drive NE to Clifford P Lawrence 3820 First Avenue E.
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M. W. Joostan
Second Avenue SE
Inez Westfall
Hillcrest Drive
Hedges Company
Tenth Street NW
L and
M Avenues NW
Caroline M. Hodgdon
Second Street
Kenmore Drive
Clifford P. Lawrence
First Avenue E
Cinderella kitchen transformation in Cedar Rapids home
L Berger renovates a Cedar Rapids kitchen into a streamlined space with black and white tile, masonite enamel, a U shaped work line, white cupboards with orange accents, and a centered double sink under a new window. Old layout changes include closing a corner window and adding a central wall window to improve workflow.
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Hawkeye
L. Berger
Sixth Avenue SE
John
Bergers
Cedar Rapids
John L. Berger
Reports Sale Of Three Residences
L. D. Yanaway buys 130 Thirty-third Street Drive SE, will possess August 1, through A. A. Doolittle and company. Also sold F. M. Wandel's house at 601 I Avenue NW to Mrs. G. R. Riley who moved in at once, and 1117 Eleventh Street NW to Charles W. Minor. The Minors moved into their new home Wednesday.
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L. D. Yanaway
Maplewood Drive
Thirty-third Street Drive
E. A. Rosenberger
A. A. Doolittle and
Tenth Street
Charles W. Minor
E Avenue NW
Investor Albert Sloan buys home on Fifth Street SE
Albert J Sloan of 1619 Fifth Avenue SE purchases the house at 703 Fifth Street SE as an investment. O P Myers, a realtor, sells the property on behalf of owner Mrs Bessie Nabhoiz of Ottumwa.
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Albert J. Sloan
Fifth Avenue SE
Fifth Stivel SE
O. P. Myers
Bessie Nabhoiz
Ottumwa
Railroad Bridge Repair Contract Awarded
Morehead Frederikson company of Cedar Rapids is awarded a contract to repair bridge piers and abutments for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad near Perry and Bayard.
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Morehead-Frederikson Company of
Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Perry and
Bayard
Midland Rubber Co Seeks Bids for New Factory
Midland Rubber company invites bids for a daylight factory at its Cedar lake site north shore near McLeod Springs. President B A Ruhling aims to start construction by mid July and have the $40,000 plant ready for occupation by late summer, for molded and mechanical rubber goods.
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Midland Rubber Company
McLeod Springs
Cedar Lake
B. A. Ruhling
Will Build Home In Pollock's Addition
Frank Machula, living at 65 Twentieth avenue SW, has bought a lot on Mount Vernon avenue near the new Twenty-fifth street SE to build a home in the C. J. Pollock addition. The lot was purchased through A. F. Dotson after selling his former home at 432 Gwendolyn drive NE.
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Frank Machula
Twentieth Avenue
Gwendolyn Drive
C. J. Pollock
A. F. Dotson
Mount Vernon Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
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Naomi Dobbel
Hatch
Brookman
8Th Ave. SE
You Too
Hawkeye Lumber & Coal Co
J. F. Technik & Son
Daniels Street
King's Crown Plaster CO
First Avenue W
Wes
3Rd St. NE
Directory Better Homes
Home Financ
Wwes Panek
Midland Rubber Co
Pollock
Kriz Tent and Awning Company
Ist
St. SE
Builders Material Incorporated
3Rd St. SE
Dial
A. Block Co
Ehone
Rth
FHA
9Th St. SW
Century
Ed Soboda
McRrith Ice Cream Building
First Ave
Eleventh Street
Johns-Manville
Ed Manilaw
Johns Manville
Limback
Third Street
Fairbanks-Morse
Home Coal Company
State Theater
Servel Electrolux
Servel
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Marion
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