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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1939
Page
39
Local gardeners urge spring treatment to invite healthy grass. Prepare a seed bed with graded soil, apply organic matter, and use mixtures with bluegrass and clover. Re-seed if needed, fertilize twice, and add peat moss humus for moisture. Roll and maintain keep off rules. outcome depends on rainfall.
A small, unusually simple dwelling designed for a compact family. The house emphasizes space efficiency with a large living room featuring two side exposures and front and rear openings, illustrating a style growing in popularity each year.
The mixture is lime and commercial fertilizer. Dandelions chickweed plantain and similar weeds are controlled by digging them out and replanting the area with a blend of fescue grass and white clover.
Herbert Stamats at 2131 Linden Dr SE remodels dwelling for 2000 dollars. Park Avenue Realty at 1931 Washington Ave SE builds a new dwelling for 5000 dollars. W J Binney at 1203 Ninth St NW repairs dwelling for 500 dollars. Margaret McClellan at 1270 Second Ave SE remodels dwelling for 2500 dollars. M P Munsell at 818 Ave NW resides dwelling for 265 dollars. Sylvia Levin at 372 Nineteenth St SE repairs dwelling for 1000 dollars. J J Trimble at 605 Fourth St (incomplete entry).
SW reroof and remodel dwelling cost 265 dollars. L. N. Bruce at 325 Eleventh Street SW adds new garage for 150 dollars. J. I. Merritt, 1263 First Avenue E, remodel apartment for 200 dollars.
A new grocery outlet named South English Store opens under owner Max Sheaffer. The retail space adds local shopping options and marks a business expansion in the community.
The report notes Mr. and Mrs. Sheaffer plan to establish their home on Main Street in the near future, indicating a forthcoming settlement in the area.
Directory item listing multiple firms including Home Lumber Co Sanford's Suburban Gas Co Wisconsin Lumber Limback Lumber Co Nagle Eaton Lumber Co Maresh Sheet Metal Works King's Crown Plaster Co Cedar Rapids Gas Co Williams & Hunting Co Economy Lumber Co
Charles Moore of the Cedar Rapids Gazette will speak at the real estate board meeting at the Y M C A Monday at 12 30 p m A classified ad writing contest will also feature the meeting Paul Clark will judge and prizes of 3 2 and 1 dollars will be awarded to the top three winners.
A new five cents to a dollar store opened in Maquoketa in the former Ringlep Hardware location. Schultz Brothers of Chicago own it. Manager P. R. Maynard arrived from another assignment to supervise the operation.
Reedsburg Wisconsin is added as the fifth store operated by the company in Iowa. Other locations include Tipton Manchester Monticello and Waukon.
Bedell-Nissen acted as agent in four property transfers for the Perpetual Savings and Loan association. Properties include 112 Twenty-seventh street NE sold to G. H. Cockburn, with 2507 C avenue NE as owner contact, and paired deals at 357 Seventeenth Street SE to Paul O. French, 217 Park Court with possession April 15, 420 Fifteenth Street SE to B. L. Hasbrook, 512 Fourteenth Street SE with possession April 9, and 837 Fifth Avenue SE in a later transfer.
The association transfers possession to Frank H Rank of 1120 Thirty sixth Street SE. Possession to be given April 1. Sale completed with cooperation from Realtor A H Bauder.
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