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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1936

Page

4

Crandic Pioneers Door-To-Door Passenger Service Plan

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railroad to start door-to-door passenger service Tuesday with taxi pickups from homes to interurban and Iowa City stations. Fares drop on total trip to 75 cents one way, 1.40 round trip, plus 5 scrip option lowering costs further. Eleven daily trains will operate to connect with Rock Island lines and boost athletic event travel.

Cedar Rapids Iowa City Crandie C. R. and IL. C University of Iowa Crandic All Rock

Cedar Rapids Iowa City interurban taps door to door transit

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railway announces a new interurban schedule linking Crand ic Route Island trains with North Western and Waterloo services. A student special runs Cedar Rapids to Iowa City before classes, with late trains enabling university events and later returns. Door to door taxi style service will shuttle riders from homes to stations at reduced fares alongside standard routes.

Iowa City North Western Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern Cedar Rapids University of Iowa Des Moines Interstate Transit Lines

Real Estate and Mortgage Reports for Linn County May period

The Linn County Abstract Company records conveyances and mortgages from May 22 to May 28. The report compares May totals to the previous year, noting 104 conveyances and 111 mortgages for May 1936, with a mortgages aggregate of about $231,268.62 and conveyances about $273,015.45.

Linn County Abstract Company Linn County

Lefebvre Corp introduces Nu-Flex bookkeeping system

Lefebvre Corp unveils the Nu-Flex a complete daily records set offered in two compact binders designed for non machine bookkeeping. The package includes purchase records sales journal cash received and cash disbursed forms with a levered binder for quick access. The firm also markets four posting trays and a welded steel county records file cabinet. Since 1931 Lefebvre has supplied Presto Lock binders and their use has grown in county offices nationwide including Tulsa Oklahoma.

Lefebvre Corporation Rock Island County Court House Tulsa County Okla

Weekly Local Permits Update for City Residences and Businesses

James E. Hamilton files a re roof of 2345 Linden drive SE for 200 dollars. Frank Jelinek adds to 2714 O avenue NW. Peter Procek repairs Me morial drive SE for 30 dollars. Multiple entries list remodels additions sheds and garages with varied costs from 10 to 25 000 dollars across addresses in SE NW SW and NE districts. Sumner Quarton reports a 25000 dollar new dwelling at 514 Sinclair avenue SE and others file smaller projects including reroofing and remodeling at numerous streets.

James E. Hamilton Linden Drive Frank Jelinek O Avenue Peter Procek Memorial Drive Henry Jungklaus Sixteenth Street B. Abraham Third Street Mary Wright Schaeffer B. Tapper Seventeenth Street Harold Pickerill Country Club Parkway Ed Deckman Mount Vernon Road W. Tickal W. S. Saylor Fourth Avenue Frank Jekerle Tenth Street Lillian Gongwer Waveland Drive Orren Jackson Fiftieth Street W. H. Burnwinkle Thirty-fourth Street W. J. Barngrover Bever Avenue Witwer Grocer Company Tenth Avenue Fred T. Calkin Twenty-fifth Street Drive Rachel Hromatko Matt Pashakarnis Center Point Road M. F. Jones First Avenue Joe Janda Kenmore Golf Course Frank Casper Tenth Avenue SE V. J. Miller Oakland Road John Stolba, Jr Fourteenth Avenue Nels Fagerstrom Pioneer Avenue Leo Florer Culver Street James Maloney Johnson Avenue NW Emma _ Stearns Forest Drive S. H. Shrader Fifth Avenue Robert Harger J. F. Messinger and Sons Fifth Street C. E. Ward Sixth Street C. E. Hewitt E. C. Cooper Twentieth Street A. A. Herrbach E. Cerny Sixteenth Avenue Frank J. Smid J Street Emma Krofta N Street Rev. J. P. Willis Thirty-fifth Street L. Slick Sumner Quarton Sinclair Avenue Lelia Finson W. A. Kibbie Ninth Street Earl Harper Twenty-first Avenue Izzie Ginsberg First Avenue E Thomas Suchomel Sanana C. O. Tisher B Avenue J. N. Klekar A Avenue G. I. Medhurst Twenty-sixth Street John Nemec First Street F. W. Koob Frank Sramek E Avenue Jennie Little W. Gatto B. M. Henderson H Avenue NW Ed Stefan Seventh Avenue SE Esther Nezerka F. W. Yanda Fourth Street Smulekoff Furniture Company Third Avenue Dan Scanlon Sixth Avenue

Champlin Hatchery Ends Season After Record Egg Total

Champlin hatchery at 1950 E avenue NW closes its season two weeks early after incubating about 1.5 million eggs since January 12. Approximately 900,000 chicks hatched are marketed locally through Champlin flocks. Mr. Champlin cites full use of eleven incubators and U S approved stock, with June chicks praised as ideal when cared for properly.

Champlin Hatchery E Avenue NW C. H. Champlin International Baby Chick Association

May sets new Linn County car registration record

May this year saw 359 new cars and 49 new trucks registered in Linn County, surpassing all prior Mays. The Linn County Abstract Co report notes car registrations rose while truck figures did not reach the high mark, with yearly comparisons from 1932 to 1935 showing varied totals.

Linn County Linn County Abstract Company

Retail Trade Surges Ahead Of Spring Sales In May

Dun and Bradstreet monthly review notes trade ahead of last year by 5 to 10 percent in the area. Industrial activity shows a 50 percent rise in some lines, boosting skilled labor and easing typical spring slowdowns. May sales strong due to warm weather demand and weekend promotions, with auto sales 30 percent higher than May 1935. Wholesale trade remains solid but collections are slower than a year ago.

Dun and Bradstreet

Also Mentioned on This Page

Thompson United States Real Estate and Mortgage Reports Lefebvre Corp Rude Auto CO Automobile Headquarters FORD Lincoln Zephyr Safe Investments Scott McIntyre & CO Second Avenue Third Street SE J. B. McGladrey Certified Public Accountants Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Neon Industries DIAL Cedar Rapids Auto Club Hotel Montrose Cedar Rapids Gas CO Lefebure Lefebure Corporation Broulie 2Nd St. SE Laurance Press CO United State Bank Cedar Ee Iowa H. L. Nehis Mgr. W. D. Ralston MFG. Co., Ing Tampers ICE & Fuel CO Fox Garage Fifteenth Street Rapids Crushers Ida Een Iowa Manufacturing Co Cedar. Rapids 8Th Ave Pree Wer Trae Universal C Avenue NW Cartage Contractors Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company Roosevelt Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Rabias E Ave. NW Motor Company 2Nd Ave Dodge Cae Dodge Trucks Albert Dyers & Dry Cleaners
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