Material Dealers Urge Quick Action on Home Building in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids material dealers and bankers say no government freezing exists on home and farm building. Builders should secure wiring plumbing and heating gear now as critical materials like copper wiring grow scarce. Financing for new homes remains possible though tighter than before with permits urged and work to start promptly.
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Cedar Rapids
William H. Badeaux
Iowa Homes and Farm Buildings Foundation
Iowa Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Badeaux
Better Homes DIRECTORY and local suppliers list
Sanford's Home Lumber Co J T Thomas Cedar Rapids Fuel Co Illinois Iowa Gas and Electric Co Perpetual Savings and Loan Association Heinze Electric Co Economy Lumber Co. stock guidance notes purchases not fixed to exact items. Government encourages repairing properties for health and sanitation to maintain habitability.
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Sanford’s, Home Lumber Co
J. T. Thomas
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
Illinois-Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Heinze Electric Co
Economy Lumber Co
Permits Issued Last Week For Residential and Commercial Work
Local blog lists permit activity including H W Stewart remodeling a garage for 300 dollars at 118 Twentieth Street NE and Nyere Apartments adding dwellings and garages at 2069 Eastern Boulevard SE for 4 000 and 200 respectively. Commercial projects include Link Belt Speeder Corporation adding a 45 000 and a 1 750 project at 1201 Sixth Street SW and Cedar Rapids Block Company adding 2 500 in additions and remodels at 1215 Tenth Street SW.
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H. W. Stewart
Twentieth Street
Joseph Hrabek
Twentyfifth Street
Everett Chandler
Memorial Drive
Nyere
Eastern Boulevard
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Sixteenth Street
New Commercial
A. L. Huggins
C Avenue
Link Belt Speeder Corporation
Sixth Street
Turner Company
Seventeenth Street
Joseph Jelinek
Twenty Second Avenue
Charles Lange
Glass Road
Verdi F. Lenzen
Hillcrest Drive
Co. J. Pollock
Twenty-fifth Street
Edward Thompson
Center Point Road
Paul Taft
L Avenue NW
Eulalia Hauser
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapids Block Company
Tenth Street
Floyd Mosberg
G Avenue
Kuba Purchases Home From Rose
William Rose sells his built house at 2900 E Avenue NE to William S. and wife. The Kubas had just sold their home at 10 Blake Terrace SE. The deal was handled by George P. Witwer and Company.
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William Rose
E Avenue NE
William S. Kuba
Blake Terrace
Rose
George P. Witwer and Company
Pionke Home Sold To R. M. Threlkeld
The residence at 2408 Fourth avenue SE, owned by Mr and Mrs A F Pionke who moved to Chicago has been purchased by R M Threlkeld formerly of 114 Eighteenth street NE who has taken possession. The sale was cooperative by Floyd Knapp and Yuill and Gohmann. Through Yuill and Gohmann Fred Burwinkle who intends to leave the city sold his house at 314 G avenue NW to Mr and Mrs Howard Leinbaugh who will take possession April 1.
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Fourth Avenue
A. KF. Pionke
Chicago
R. M. Threlkeld
Eighteenth Street
Floyd Knapp
Yuill
Gohmann
Fred Burwinkle
City
G@ avenue NW
Howard Leinbaugh
Thirty-second Street
C Avenue
Tait and Wagner Company
John I. Burke
Bangor
Mich
Nash
Collins Radio Company
Nineteenth Avenue
George P. Hardy
E. W Dunker
West Liberty
Dunker
Shellane Bottling Company
John F. Gibbs
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Capt. Gibbs
United States Army
Twentieth Street
Max Alberts
Galesburg
Ill
Fred E. Collard and Company
H. Frank Hoffman
Butler, Mo
Second Avenue SE
Max Bromwell
Twenty-first Street
Hoffman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Farm Loan Division
R. M. Bachman
Brownsville
Tex
Bever Avenue SE
F. B. Schlack
Bever Avenue
Bachman
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Larkins Buy Lehl Residence in NE Minneapolis
The bungalow at 336 Twenty first street NE transfers from Louise Jiehl to Mr and Mrs William H Larkin via Fred E Collards. The Larkins will move in March 15 after selling their Maplewood home to Eugene D Lewis.
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Twentyfirst Street
Louise B. Jiehl
Fred E. Collard and
Gifford-Brown Opens Branch Warehouse in Des Moines
Gifford-Brown, Inc. of Des Moines, distributors of Motorola radios and parts, has opened a branch warehouse in the Miller building at 106 First Street SW. Robert Hammond of Marion will be the branch manager. the lease was negotiated by the Hedges company for the C. L. Miller estate.
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Gifford-Brown, Inc
Des Moines
Motorola House
Miller Building
First Street
C. L. Miller
Robert Hammond
Marion
Hedges Company
Cedar Rapids rental notices list multiple new tenants
Newcomer Rentals reports several Cedar Rapids residents leasing houses citywide. Casimir Krance and others move from New York City, Waterloo, Grand Rapids, Goshen, St. Louis, West Liberty, and more, with leases handled by Tait and Wagner, Hedges, and Fred E. Collard firms.
Oklahoma Name From Indian Word Meaning Red People
The state name Oklahoma derives from a Choctaw word used by Native Americans meaning red people, reflecting historic indigenous ties and linguistic origins of the territory.
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Oklahoma
Lots Sold to Men Planning to Build Homes and Investment Properties
Last week Bruce A. West and Company closed sales of two buildable lots and an investment property. Everett Chandler sold a Meadowbrook Drive SE lot in Chandler addition to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Tosh who plan a brick colonial home. Josephine Hart of Los Angeles sold a Hart's addition lot at Thirty seventh Street and First Avenue E to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cypra. The investment property at 1025 B Avenue NW was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jasa from H. L. Jones, who had lived there.
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Bruce A. West
Richard Cypra
Second Avenue SE
B Avenue NW
Joseph Jasa
D Street
H. L. Jones
Clyde Randolph
Bruce A. West and Company
Dorans Bay House Sold to Doran Couple in Mount Vernon Area
Mr and Mrs Edward D Doran of 1101 A avenue NE bought the house at 2120 Mount Vernon road SE from Miss Maud Sund of 924 Thirty-sixth street SE. Floyd H Knapp acted as agent in the sale. Knapp also handled the sale of 521 Thirtieth street drive SE from Ossian Abbe to Earl Thomas. Mollie Flater of 406 Eighth street SE purchased the Cumley home at 352 Twentieth street SE in a cooperative deal with Uptown Real Estate Company.
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Edward D. Doran
A Avenue
Mount Vernon Road
Maud Sund
Thirty-sixth Street
Floyd H. Knapp
Thirtieth Street
Ossian Abbe
Center Point
Earl Thomas
E Avenue
Mollie Flater
Eighth Street
Myr
W. H. Cumley
Twentieth Street
Uptown Real Estate Company
Modraceks Invest in Multiple City Properties
Mr and Mrs Edward Modraceks of 310 Fifth Avenue SW bought 306 E Avenue NW from Anna Unger of Tracr through broker E F Shors. They also acquired 449 Eighth Avenue SW from B H Burkhart via Louis Detlefs of 882 Tenth Street SW. Shors also handled 1318 First Street NW transfer from the Frank ert estate to Jerrom Josiek.
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Edward Modracek
Fifth Avenue
E Avenue NW
Anna Unger
Tracr
E. F. Shors
Louis Detlefs
Tenth Street
Eighth Avenue
B. H. Burkhart
Shors
First Street NW
Frankert
Jerrom Josiek
Borgstroms Purchase Paul Nissen Home on 27th Street
Mr and Mrs Russell Borgstrom of 1558 Bever Avenue SE bought the new home built by Paul Frank Nissen at 741 Twenty-seventh Street NW and will take possession today. The sale was handled by Bedell Nissen Co.
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Russell Borgstrom
Bever Avenue
Paul Frank Nissen
Twenty-seventh Street
Bedell-Nissen Company
Kings Buy Home on Tenth Street SE in Seattle
Mr and Mrs John King purchased the property at 1000 Tenth Street SE from John A Wooden owner and broker of 1128 Second Avenue SW The Kings had been renting an apartment at 625 Sixth Street SE
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John King
Sixth Street
Tenth Street
John A. Wooden
Second Avenue
Cheney House Sold to Louise Renner in Cooperative Deal
The Cheney property at 2419 E Avenue NE owned by Mr and Mrs Earl W Cheney sold to Miss Louise Renner of 216 Thirteenth Street NE. The sale was a cooperative transaction arranged by O P Myers Company and Stark Realty Company.
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E Avenue
Earl W. Cheney
Louise Renner
Thirteenth Street
O. P. Myers Company
Stark Realty Company
Chemically nourished window garden yields tomatoes at school
Chester Crowell of McKinley School proves a chemically fed window garden can produce tomatoes. Six vines grown in sterile sand with weekly five gallon feedings yield 65 tomatoes, some 3 inches in diameter, with several more on the way.
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Chester Crowell
McKinley School
Jack
Willis Hahn Buys Home From Mrs Stickley
Mr and Mrs Willis S Hahn of 210 Fifth Street SW purchased the new residence at 1135 Avenue NW from Mrs Mae Stickley of 423 Eighth Avenue SE. The sale was conducted through Harger Real Estate Company.
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Willis S. Hahn
Fifth Street
Avenue NW
Mae Stickley
Eighth Avenue
Harger Real Estate Company
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Trade Organization
Naomi Doebel
Better Homes Directory
Sanford
WM. Rose
Wes Panck Photo
Walter A. Heathel
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Pionke Home
William H. Larkins
Lehl
Gifford-Brown
Osu Eit
Lowe enotHers
Newcomer Rentals
Casimir Krance
New York City
Twenty-sixth Drive
Theola H. Arnott
Kranc
Century Engineering Corporation
O. P. Myers and Tait and Wagner Company
Frank T. Wright
Seventh Avenue
H.L. Urban
Iowa City
Wright
Reid-Murdoch Company
Charles G. Brown
Anamosa
B Avenue
Arthur Anderson
Mr. Brown
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Lyle Huntington
Waterloo
Birge
Birre
America
Chi-Namel Paint Store
3Rd Ave
Dial
Dorans Bay
Modraceks
Anna Unger Property
Borgstroms
Joan Kings Buy
Cheney
1St Ave. W
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association Home Loans
3Rd Street SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Crowell
Gazette Phote
Sparta
J.T. Thomas PiuiEins
Willis
Hahn
Sahara
ED Soboda
Roper
Fowa-Tllinots Gas & Electric CO
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