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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1940

Page

16

Iowa's Fighting Sixth Braces for Winter Snow Fight

In Iowa's sixth district the highway crews stock 1.2 million feet of snow fence and 8400 tons of sand treated with calcium chloride.106 snowplows and 77 light trucks stand ready as 8,400 tons of sand supply grit along guard rails. Division offices span Cedar Rapids Manchester Waterloo Davenport and Ames guides the war against snow and ice with twice daily status reports.

Iowa Iowa Highway Commission Cedar Rapids Chicago Benton Black Hawk Buchanan Cedar Clayton Clinton Delaware Dubuque Jackson Johnson Jones Linn Scott Waterloo Manchester Davenport

Weekly Ad Rite Contest Winners Listed

The Gazette publishes fourth week results of the Ad-Rite contest with numerous winners and addresses across multiple advertisers including Shepherd Agency, Rosenbaum's, Peoples Savings Bank, Champlin's Hatchery, Local Drug Company, and more. The note invites further entries and explains prize structure up to three grand prizes.

The Gazette Co. Shepherd Agency Ruth Bein Third Street Tom Termohlien Twenty-first Street Dorothy L. Freeman Robert R. Fickle Oelwein Leonard C. Wlash Twenty-sixth Street

Local Drug Company Promotes 29-Cent Dinners

Special 29 cent dinners are served around the clock at Local Drug, 110 Third Avenue SW. The store features a top fountain and luncheon department open 6 AM to 11 PM with a registered pharmacist on duty. Parking on Third Avenue West adds convenience for shoppers.

Third Avenue

Smulekoff's offers three room outfit for a small down payment

Only a few dollars are required to start payments on a complete three room outfit at Smulekoff's. The set includes a living room, bedroom, and dinette kitchen.

Smulekoff’s

Furnishings Offered as Separate Living and Bedroom Sets

The listing describes a living room ensemble with a davenport lounge chair tables lamps and smoker, and a Waterfall design bedroom suite with a bed chest coil spring mattress vanity and bench. It also notes a breakfast set with extension table four chairs dishes and a metal dish cabinet, plus a felt rug. Each outfit may be purchased separately.

Siebke and Taylor Firm Sells Diamond Engagement Rings

One of Iowa’s oldest jewelers Siebke and Taylor Inc offers diamond and engagement rings to youth following family tradition. The store also features silver ware watches and clocks with a large sterling and plated silver stock and exclusive Princess Cecilia sterling patterns in Cedar Rapids.

Iowa Siebke and Taylor Company, Inc Siebke and Taylor Cedar Rapids Princess Cecilia Sterling

Champlin Hatchery Builds Loyal Chicks Buying Crowd

Located near Cedar Rapids Champlin Hatchery sells day old chicks to a steady repeat clientele. New Christ ie strain New Hampshires and other breeds are booking fast for future delivery. Trade-ins on old brooders are offered with Humane Oil-o-Star models featured.

Cedar Rapids Champlin Hatchery Champlin’s New

State Income Tax Office Open Daily To Aid On Returns

The Cedar Rapids state income tax office in Room 627 at the Cedar Rapids Savings Bank building will operate daily 8 am to noon and 1 to 5 pm during the last two weeks of filing, with extra hours 7 to 9 pm on March 28 and 29. Returns must be filed by March 30 to avoid penalties. service is available to all Iowa residents at no charge.

Department Cedar Rapids Ames Cedar Rapids Savings Bank Guy J. Bondurant Mr. Bondurant Bondurant Linn County Iowa

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Mannerheim Line Fred C. Henson Intelligence Service C. R. Livingston Beyer Avenue J. A. Paulson District Highway Commission Rosenbaum's Nathan Greenberg Twenty-fifth Street Annette Jennings Twelfth Street Win Barbara Rayman al Doyle Sixth Avenue R. J. Darragh Tenth Avenue the Peoples Savings Bank Dale A. Myers Fourteenth Street R. M. Espeset Allview Drive al Schmidt Thirty-sixth Street R. R. Fickle Marie Barbara Rayman O Avenue Inez Pea Wilton W. E. Willson E Avenue George N. Toft Fifteenth Street Vernon W. Benda J Street Champlin's Hatchery C. W. Whetstine Second Street Sylvia M. Brown G Avenue Harold Kersten Olin Jerry Nemec E. F. Bowen Eighth Avenue Willis Morgan Fourth Avenue W. L. Cuhel Mount Vernon Avenue Helen Schmieder Amana Frank L. Skala Maplewood Drive A. DuBois Bever Avenue Myron K. Chapman Elgin E. Irwin Avenue Whetstine Cateond Street Sire Anna Baldwin West Liberty Landis Marion Tom Termohlen L. Skala Jessie Belle DeLaMater G. M. Newland B Avenue 8Th Avenue J. C. Penney Co Betty M. Merchant Reesh W. Smart Fifth Ave Walter E. Baldwin Nathana Grace Bowen Eighth Ave Imelda C. Morgan First Avenue Leonard C. Wiiach E. L. Miller Maquoketa Joy Laundry Nathah Greenberg A. T. Pleune Beyer Aveue George A. Kalous A Avenue Wilma L. Martin Emerald Drive Bessie Kouba Eleventh Street Leo Halsch Jerry Bys D Avenue Ys L. Podhasky Second Avenue OQ. Wilcox Seventh Ave Smulekoff Marie Barbara Rayman En Pose Gh. B. Bajasch Monticello John Buddin Hardender Joseph Kust Seventeenth Street Arthur T. McKean Thirty —Street L. A. Carr Whitsel H. B. Bajasch Moon Funeral Home Sylvian M. Brown Tom Termohien George Close First Street O Avenue NW New Process Laundry Zoric Onnia Barbara Rayman O Aveue Eighth Avenue SE Dalsbo First Avenue E Leonard Petrasek Fourth Street Tenth Ave Sherwin-William Sixt Avenue SE Lacy Ellis Boulevard Herbert Hirtzler Mount Vernon Marees Inez Glenn Harding Wilton Junction Okinaw S. E. F. Bowen Oshirney A. Greenberg Margaret L. Henderson Vernon Avenue A. T. Ple Anford Fourteensh Street C. F. Stocker C. H. Jackson Iowa City Src R. Woodford Seventh Avenue G. Newland Armstrong’s Catherine Wilcox Virginia Horsfall Robert Kennedy Edwards Alburnett Elizab. DuBois Rude Auto Company A. Carr Inia Cheney Seneee Carroll L. Failor Lisbo _Vanve Snepperd Tenth Street Wenerine Wilcox Fote Bowen Sytrin M. Browe Kiltian’s. ‘Sneste Barbare Rayman Avenue SA Vic CG Street J. 0. Wilcox F. Bervid Johnson Avenue Jack Davis 1D Avenue Bruls and Information America Sears Sears, Roebuck Third Ave DIAL Cedar Rapids, IA Yager Val C. Penney CO Sherwin Williams CO Dia Liberal Credit Smulekoff West Side Third Avenue Bridge W. Shepherd Agency National Life Insurance Company of Vermont Dows Siebke & Taylor Quality Jewelers Second Ave. SE Mercury Lincoln Killian Company Corner Ltd 2Nd St May's Champlin E Ave. NW Joseph Toman Local Drug CO Natl Bank Ride Paramount Pharmacy Paramount Theater Bldg Norge Rosenbaum Armstrong Hardendorf Camera Shop 3Rd Ave. SE Kodaks Eastman Kodak 10Th Street Second Ave 10Th Street East First Avenue East Palm Beach Morris Wolf’s Deanna Durbin Okinow Diamonds Hamilton Gruen Bulova Second Avenue SF H. G. Fussell Ff. H. A Inter-Ocean Reinsurance F. H. A. Loan Department Second Avenue SE Troy Laundry and Moth Proof Dry Cleaners Sanford
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