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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
2
A wide range of wallpaper colors and patterns is offered to suit modern living spaces. Advice covers aligning draperies, furniture, and wall textures to create cohesive rooms, with tips on ceiling treatments, space planning, and optimizing dining areas within kitchens or living rooms. Considerations include bedroom separation, cross ventilation, and laundry provisions in homes.
A historical note explains basement costs depend on climate and site. Frost and slope drive foundation needs, making basements sometimes economical when excavation is costly.
Scott County records list transfers from Charles Lumsden to Vira Corbett for 80 acres near section 14 township 29 range 12 at 1900 dollars. Other entries include 575 acres near St. Louis Southwestern Railroad west of blocks K and L for 1000, canning factory property at Morley for 1 dollar, and multiple 160 acre tracts in townships 27 to 28 with prices ranging from 1 to 3200 dollars. Additional parcels cover Sikeston and Chaffee areas with small lots and a mix of dollar sums. Read the Ads. They're News.
Construction of the Kroge Store on East Malone avenue is held up due to a material shortage. Work is expected to resume in two or three days. Difficulty securing steel delayed operations. The store, owned by T. A. Slack, aims to be one of the most ornate in Southeast Missouri.
Despite seasonal slump and material delays Sikeston keeps building at a steady pace with 61 permits issued this year. Recent approvals include a frame church in Sunset, a three room frame residence on Kendall, a South Kingshighway storage building, a Vernon avenue five room residence, and a Sunset addition four room boxed home.
Government notice states that every householder in Eire may purchase only a quarter pound of cocoa per week. The rule aims to curb shortages and ensure equitable distribution nationwide.
Camp Robinson reports an electricity usage of 412000 kilowatt hours for the month, detailing the amount consumed and the demand on power supplies.
All mail entering Camp Robinson passes through the Camp Post Office and current volume runs about 27,000 pieces of mail daily.
Construction began last week on a 57826 dollar field house at Camp Robinson for 35th Division soldiers. The permanent building will seat 3000 spectators and include a standard basketball court with provision for indoor wrestling boxing and other sports. Completion is expected by October 15 per Camp Quartermaster Captain G L Neblett.
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