Davis home opens with dream details on Elmhurst drive
A feature on the Davis family new white brick home at 1365 Elmhurst Drive NE with full design notes. Clifford G Davis and wife Melba plan an open house while daughter Lyndall enjoys a rose and blue themed bedroom and special built ins.
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Coco
Clifford G Davis
Lyndall
Elmhurst Drive
Pisa
Cliff Davis
Mount Mercy Junior College
Academy
Davies Lnok
Chiff
Melba
Landall
Anompson
Clifford G. Davis
Davis home features coral bathroom with linoleum and storage
The Davis residence shows a bath with coral linoleum wainscot and matching upper walls, a blue ceiling, and coral venetian blinds. Built in storage includes a deep towel closet and a dressing table with pull out board. Emory Hofer listed as contractor.
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Lyndall
Emory Hofer
Davis
Coca Cola Bottling Buys Adjoining Lot
The Coca Cola Bottling Company at 116 Fifth Avenue SE bought a vacant 60 by 140 foot lot at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street SE. The Hedges Company sold the parcel for the P. E. Hall estate, and it immediately adjoins the plant.
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Coca Cola Bottling Company
Fifth Avenue SE
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street SE
Hedges Company
P. E. Hall
Unequal Tire Pressure Causes Front Wheel Shimmy
A short note explains that unequal tire pressure can make a vehicle’s front wheels shimmy. Drivers are advised to check tire pressure regularly and ensure uniform inflation to maintain stability and steering control.
Newcomer Rentals Fill Several Homes in Busy Move In
William C Neu moves with family from Peoria to 2208 Mount Vernon avenue SE, taking possession about March 25. He works for O A Giltner Insurance Service and rents via Fred E Collard and company. The firm also leased 815 Eighteenth street SE to Paul and Mrs Ewing from Des Moines who plan to move next week after Mr Ewing bought Barr Fond Products. J R Howe of Petersen Baking Company, moving from Oelwein, rents 1420 Sixth avenue SE through Tait and Wagner. an apartment at 1639 First avenue E goes to A T Tracy moving from St Paul to be district rep for Central Auto Market of Des Moines.
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William C. Neu
Peoria
Mount Vernon Avenue
George E. Fanborg
Mr Neu
O A. Giltner Insurance Service
Fred E. Collard and Company
Eighteenth Street
F. M. Fisher
Alburnett
Paul Ewing
T. Tracy
St. Paul
Tracy
Central
Des Moines
Tip-Top Company Moves To Terminal Warehouse Building
Tip-Top Manufacturing last week moved to the terminal warehouse at 1211 Ninth Street SW leasing about 11 200 square feet from Cedar Rapids Transfer company. Expansion of lines and business prompted the move from 904 Third Avenue after eight years. Roger D Finkbine of Des Moines is president with branches in Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Storm Lake. Dale D Andrews manages the Cedar Rapids branch at 339 Twentieth Street NW. The Hedges company arranged the lease.
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Tip-Top Manufacturing Company
Ninth Street
Cedar Rapids Transfer Company
Third Avenue
Roger D. Finkbine
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Storm Lake
Dale D. Andrews
Twentieth Street
Hedges Company
Market Opening For Higher Priced Lots And Home Sales
Real estate activity shows interest in higher priced building lots from 1500 to 2000 with expectations of 8000 to 15000 dollar residences this summer. Several homes were sold through Lundquist and Birch and other brokers, with buyers taking possession in April or May at multiple addresses in Cedar Rapids area.
Almanac Record by John Somers of Oxford in 1380
The first known almanac was authored in 1380 by John Somers from Oxford England, marking an early milestone in calendar and astronomical knowledge.
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John Somers
Oxford
England
Directory of Cedar Rapids Building Suppliers and Services
Directory listing various local vendors and contractors including Maresh Sheet Metal Wks J F Technik and Son Sears Roebuck Walter French Nazgle Eaton Lumber Cedar Rapids Fuel Builders Material Sanfords Recker Roofing-Insulating Floyd W Sapp Landscape Architect Inter Ocean Reinsurance Kriz Tent and Awning Klepach Bros Limback Lumber Cedar Rapids Gas Economy Lumber Cedar Rapids Block Co Wisconsin Lumber and Kings Crown Plaster Co.
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Maresh Sheet Metal
J. F. Technik and Son
Sears Roebuck & Co
Walter French Co
Nazgle-Eaton Lumber Co
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
Builders Material, Inc
Sanfords, Recker Roofing-Insulating Co
Floyd W. Sapp
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co
Kriz Tent and Awning Co
Klepach Bros. Limback Lumber Co
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Economy Lumber Co
Cedar Rapids Block Co
Wisconsin Lumber
King's Crown Plaster Co
Band Box Hat Shop Moves to Holly Shop Location
The Band Box Hat shop will relocate from the Montrose hotel building to the Holly Shop at 223 Second Avenue SE about April 1. Agnes Dinnie, manager, announced the change, with Jerry Libal handling remodeling and fixture installation. Montrose hotel plans to remodel and expand led to lease cancellation.
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Band Box Hat Shop
Montrose
Second Avenue SE
Agnes Dinnie
Jerry Libal
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Davis Home
Naomi Doebel
Incorporated
3Rd St. SE
Dial
First Ave
FUA
J. F. Technik & Son
Daniels Street
Cpeat
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams CO
L. Dawson
Third Avenue SE
Sanford
Coca Cola Bottling
OO Seay Seed & Coal CO
Johns-Manville
Newcomer Rentals
Floyd W. Sapp Landscape Architect
Sir Dows
Becker
Becker Bonded
The
Bureau of Standards
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Rudy Gas
Rudy Maro
Maresh
Sheet Metal Works
FHA
Wisconsin
3Rd Ave
Imperial
Standard Glass & Paint Co
Second
Lundquist and Birch
A C Switzer
E Avenue NE
Leo G Chalupsky
Seventeenth Street
Harry Christensen
L . Lamb
Frank L. Hird
Second Avenue
Maplewood Drive
John C. Gorup
Tait and Wagner Company
S M Worley
Thirty-first Street
John Beacom
Tenth Street
Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Association
Jess L. Mershon
Thirty Fourth Street
Louis Maresh
Twenty-third Street
Drive
Frank Knapp
Inca Realtor
O. P. Myers
Facia
Kriz Tent & Awning Company
1St St. SE
St. SE
Directory Better Homes
Truckers
South Amana
Mr. Zuber
Webster
Eading
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