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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1941

Page

25

Colorful Studio Home of Morgan Davis in Meadowbrook

Naomi Doebel describes Morgan Davis residence at 2534 Meadowbrook Dr SE with Pecky Cypress studio walls and an Empress Josephine portrait. The yellow dining room features magnelia print wallpaper, brown scalloped trim, white dado, and dried muslin curtains. Living room combines a spring chintz wall with a white plaster paneled wall and flower steel engravings centered by the fireplace.

Waubeck Galena Wes Panek Morgan Davis Meadowbrook Drive Davis

Interior portrait of a Cedar Rapids home by Mr. Davis

A detailed description covers the Cedar Rapids residence of Mr. Davis, highlighting a beige living room with turquoise and white accents, white woodwork, and wall treatments. The basement includes a dark room, laundry, and gas furnace, with pecky cypress walls in the studio and attached garage.

Mr. Davis Wallace M. Moore G.A.R Battle of the Wilderness Gettysburg Davis Conger Metcalf

Spider Builds Entire Web in One Hour

A spider completes a full web in about sixty minutes. Researchers note rapid construction and efficient silk deployment enabling a near perfect capture area. The observation highlights the spider’s precise angle placement and rapid strand weaving.

Newcomer Rentals Lease Duplicates Across City Listings

New tenants include G E Leckington moving from Waterloo to a duplex at 333 Thirtieth Street SE, and Louis Grieder renting 909 Eighth Street SW in the Belle Plaine estate of the late Retta Lee. Fredric J Shoemaker takes a Y M C A boys work post, renting 816 Camburncourt SE, with other moves to 1730 Fifth Avenue SE and a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific brakeman role noted.

G. E. Leckington Waterloo Roy E. Choate Thirtieth Street Hedges Company Leckington Wilson and Company Louis Grieder Belle Plaine Eighth Street Retta Lee Grieder Purity Bakery Fredric J. Shoemaker St. Paul Y.M.C.A Camburncourt SE Henry J. Hartmann Florida Fred EF Collard and Company Fifth Avenue SE George Naxera G. P. Tower Minneapolis Tower Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company

Encouraging Outlook for Small Homes in Cedar Rapids

City building inspector J. H. Lilly predicts continued construction of mid priced and small homes in Cedar Rapids this winter. Builders report ready access to plumbing, hardware, wiring and heating supplies though copper wire remains scarce and fuel tanks for oil burners are hard to obtain.

Cedar Rapids J. H. Lilly Lilly

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