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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1944

Page

5

Sell or Trade Your Better Furniture

Ad copy announces a furniture buyback and trade offer with prices and discounts. The quirky numbers and formatting imply a 1970s sale promotion urging readers to sell for cash or trade up. The message emphasizes higher payments for used furniture and encourages quick action.

Collard & CO

Killian's Clearing House Ads and Auto Listings

Help Wanted ads note compliance with WMC regulations and state female applicants. Listings include 1940s era autos: 1942 Hudson Coupe, 1941 Ford Deluxe Tudor, 1939 Pontiac Coach, 1937 Ford Fordor, and other Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet models. Local businesses mention Ever Eat Cafe and Hotel Montrose.

WMC Montrose Baxter Motor CO Ischamberger Motor CO Harlan Pruess Clarence Iowa Langhurst Motor Co Cath Ave Petriclean Chrysler 6Th St FORD 8Th Ave Belle Plaine 2Nd Ave

Used Car and Domestic Goods Ad Listings Downtown

A dense page offers 1940s to 1941 cars for sale including Chevrolet Plymouth and Studebaker models with cash buyer ads from Rapids Chevrolet Co and multiple auto parts services. Also numerous secondhand items for sale such as furniture clothing radios and household goods with local shop names and contact details.

Studebaker BUICK Tiffin Chevrolet Kadlec Bros Ave Willys St. NW Auto Parts & Service Rosen's SIO 4Th St Chamberlain Electric Pronnes Iowa Electric Light & Power Co TNS 3Rd St Morgan Bros 3Rd Ave Cedar Chest Brinkmann Insulation Co 1St Ave. E Marion Dial Keller CO 2Nd Ave K&m Pharmacy Boat Office South Aieewood School Beverly ST Ginsberg's 2Nd St Rene Ellis Standard Tire Co Newman Iman RED Texaco Nortable WAL Gazette Abrams Wid Isé St Madison Dini J. Hayward Apt. D Newman's Corot Furniture Singer West Side Kroerler Cartwright's Davenport D Ave Ce Cyber RGA Dresser Majestic Tange Tang Barnett Appliance Co 1St St Vanity Spring, Mattress Ihe 8Th Ave Sinner Spuing 1St Ave Pili Ahape 14Th St. BE St. NE Vernon Rd Dia Holton Avion MUSIC_CO del Ave Hiltbrunner Music CO Paul Lebeda 16th _ Avenue E. Comn & Sons. Inc 9Th Ave Delcotron Delco 9Th St Fred Snyder Blackcap Angus Griffin Parnell Economy Lumber CO 1St St. SE Springer Heifers Jerseys Guernsey Dean Tiffin” Machine Shop F. J .John Harness Store 10Th Ave Paul Rinder Albert Martin Ray Konpp Rte Marlon

Trade Listings and Real Estate Ads in a 1940s Local Paper

A dense page of classified ads lists electronics stores like POLAR-AIR Radios and Service and various repair shops, plus numerous real estate offerings. It highlights home prices from several neighborhoods, investment properties, and rental-ready houses with features such as modern kitchens, garages, and nearby schools. The notices include names of Realtors, agencies, and contact numbers.

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Cmd Killian’s Clearing House 3Rd St. SE Autos & Trucks Hearn - Stevenson Rapids Chevrolet Co 1St Ave. B Allen Motor Co 10 &T Ind Ave. SE 10Th Street Mmost Middle West Auto Parts & Service Tires O.P.A B. F. Goodrich Silver Town BLORE 2Nd Ave. SE Rapaport Auto Paris West End 16Th Ave Shell Jones’ Shell A_Ave 2Nd St. NE Goodyear Goodyear Service Andrew Lillia AL el Ee Art Kelly Delhi Des Moines Ith Ave Tucker Padzensky Kadena CO Ridgeway Drive San Pepe Chicago Arte Singer Sewing Machine Co Majestic Radio Mt. Vernon Ave I Ave 12Th St. SE Vermin pRour Mid-West Insulation Co Babel & CO McKinley St White Elephant Shop BABE FOX. Fur U.S. Army Smulekoff Sears Roebuck Pire W_ PETERSON CO Leventhal Luberger Radios and Service NeNprompt Se Iowa Radio & Refrigeration Service 4Th Avenue Nards Radio & Electrico Baneys Radio 1St St. SW Seeger Checker Electric Schmidt Typewriter Exchange Wildwood DR Merveaux Typewriter Ehrke Roofing Co B Ave Baba Florida Duster Bros Victory Gardens Nursery Mt. Vernon Rosd Rosemont L. E. Wood New Zealand Bridge Wanted CASIS ICASH Morris Fur Shop Rosen‘s 4Th St. SE White Eagle Coal Lwurre Eagle Coal Co Linois Furnace Hawkeye ONIN Anil Ideal Spn Nis Business Opportunity Bureau Igonsult Knapp & GO Merc Chants National Bank Henry Gundling Russell F Knapp LILIA The Peoples Savings Bank Pilon Tuoh Ced Morris Plan Isle Ave. E Interstate Finance Corp Sth Citizens Loan CO C. Garpenter Mpr Bank Joni Atc Ude Household Finance Corporation Ilgley Cor Washington St Waterloo Commercial St Dows Cedar Rapids Loan CO Merchants Nat'l] Bk Federal Federal Discount Corporation Mund Bath Bus Inc Hollywood C Ave 7Th St Bus Wilson High Nnrty Allied van Lines, Inc Fargest Calder's van & Storage Co., Inc LYNCH Lynch Transfer & Storage Co Armstrong Bowla Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids Selecion Wauite Sweeker Pee Ag River HS Praia Aai Ee Ee St. SE Hamilton St Harry Edleman A_ Ave Briney Olson O. P Myers Eve Leefers Myers Mt. Vernon Floyd H Knapp Malcolm V Bolton & CO Realtors Guaranty Frutchey Center Point White Joe Wicke Jorge Jet Stark Bertram F Birch 42Nd St Center Point Road Toms Realtor Gurace Daniels Sth Ave Shefried Homes For Sale Franklin School Bever Avenue Gartue the Hedges CO Gov. Griffith Yuill & Gohmann JP Grace Gies Fred FE. Collard & CO K Street O. H. Lundquist Ifranklin and Johnson Bever Woods GEO P_ WITWER & CO Merchants Bank Earl Cae St Uptown 5Th Street J Frank Cravens Mr_Bollen Park Avenue 4Th Ave Stark Realty CO 17Th St Bedell-Nissen CO Realtors Doolittle & CO Call Waters Alde Onway & CO Eabin H- Birch Hatfields Realtors Bowling Street Pazdera Speeder Corp T.E. Ravenscroft Vernon Hetshis Hiingalow New Franklin School Wilson & Company Tait & Wagner Co. Restors Third Ave Ial Glenn Stricklane Saic Lyle Chermak ST ST SE Belmont Fark Alice Gustafsson Ruth Dose Alma Hedman E_ Inquire Snyder Realty Co Tait & Wagner Co Reckers Cura the Gazette Advange Ceder Rapids Sunday Gazette Bam Happel & Sons Falliecios Keystone Tipton Anamosa Monticello Marengo Elkader Manchester Solon Rapids Towa Wisconsin Lumber CO McCormick Lpony Chester _E. Riley Norway Poland Hampshire Cross Farrow Norris Lovig Joe Conway Jersey Mark Miller Center Point Rd Leonard Kohl H. A. Ferguson Olin Montgomery Ward Farm McCormick-Deering Draler Iowa Tractor & Machinery Co Second Ave McCormick-Deerling Burton Masterhan Central City John Deere Farmers Implement CO John Stookes Palo Farm Seeds & Feeds Quaker Feeds Farmers Supply CO Better Buy Farmers Implement CO Davis Feed & Seed Paul Xaink Atkins Phone Atkins Champlin Vinton Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Hatchery Dialecsis Mra O. E. Lantz 1St Ave. SE Hampshire Evergreen Hatchery Dysagt LaPorte City Uast Toms Hatchery Oakland Jones Hatchery Aya Nani Inl Pillsbury S Grouine Pillsburys Carpenter Johnson CO Avenue East Popol Lll LDL AORTE Thini Pats Ae Company R. I. aTech Ane Rapids 14Th Avenue Post Office Toms Cedar Rap da Jong Isigs Tarsis Iarry Soleman Olson Furngce Schop Travel Road GEO P Witwer & CO Memorial Drive Delco Electric Joe Ulc Rock Road JOE _ULCH Buchanan Co R Brenner Aia Great Bend Kansas California J C. Jacu Hubert jGuaranty Biqnes Ted GEO P. Witwer & Co Ene Merchants Bank Bldg jJohn B Ee Farms Arkhalter Insurance Agency Nog Security
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