Water Tower For Compress Near Sikeston Completion
Water tower near Sikeston compress project advances with 58 inch added protection against fire. The 110 feet high tank will feed Sikeston municipal water system. Construction employs 115 workers as two 520 by 224 foot buildings rise. Storage capacity around 30 000 bales with a 200 ton press furnace and oil boiler. Residence on North Banner street being repainted white with green roof touch up.
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Sikeston
Tl O
Coppeege
Portageville
Resumé of HOLC Activities in Missouri
Missouri borrowers show strong progress as HOLC marks its sixth anniversary with 14.3 million dollars repaid on principal. About 1,100 loans fully liquidated, 16,000 in satisfactory standing, and 1,765 making adjustment payments keep accounts open. April collections reached 94 percent and May 98.5 percent. State manager Vandover notes historic shift from arrears to current payments and predicts more homeowners will come through.
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ST. Louis
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Missouri
HOLC
G. ©. Vandover
The
United States
Vandever
Enlarging of two buildings complete
The enlarging and remodeling of the Homestead Hotel and the Reiss Dairy building have been completed as to exterior work, with some interior work to be done on both buildings. Both buildings, located in the east part of town, have been greatly enlarged. Twelve new rooms have been added to the hotel. The dairy building has also been considerably enlarged, a new front erected and the interior almost entirely remodeled. Also, new equipment has been added.
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Homestead
Reiss Dairy
Elam Family Begins Frame Home On Sikes And College
Construction starts this week for Mr and Mrs Hiram A Elam on Sikes and College avenues. The new residence will be a five room frame home with asbestos siding on the exterior and a bath on the first floor. Second floor completion to follow later.
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Sikes and
College Avenue
Hiram A. Elam
Editorial urges cutting frills to lower house costs
An April Pacific Retail Lumberman editorial argues removing gingerbread details from homes trims costs and improves durability. It notes elaborate entrances and ornate accents boost price while offering limited value, urging builders to favor sound, long lasting design for better sales and customer satisfaction. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Potashnick redecorate their six room home on Trotte Street with wallpapering and floor polishing, finishing in about three weeks.
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Pacific Retail Lumberman
Ralph Potashnick
Trotte Street
Veranda Comeback As Social Center In Homes Today
The veranda, once removed in modernizing trends, resurfaces as a versatile social hub for dining living and sleeping. A summer kitchen porch with screened cooking space gains popularity across regions. The Frank Van Horne residence on North Banner Street is being repainted with exterior improvements planned.
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Frank van Horne
North Banner Street
New Residence Begun for Hubert Keasler
Excavation started this week for a rental residence in East Acres for Hubert Keasler. The frame home will have five rooms and bath with a two-thirds basement and fur nace heating. WC Cunningham is contractor in charge and completion is expected by September.
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East Acres
Hubert Keasler
WC. Cunningham
Millers Again In Win Column
Millers win after Bell City errors and timely base running. Bell City scores twice, one in the fifth and one in the sixth, with Richman and W Summers contributing a first base hit and later runs. Barber adds power with two more hits and multiple trips to the plate.
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Page
Bell City
C. Tucker
Millers
Barber
Richman
W. Summers
Nick Tucker
Decorating a Modern Gas Kitchen with White Cabinets
A homemaker decorates a kitchen with pastel blue tile walls and deep blue marbelized linoleum featuring a white stripe. Suggests blue edge paint on corner shelves, peasant ware on middle shelves, trailing ivy on lower shelves, flowers on the refrigerator, a red and white tray, red and white containers, and placing condiment jars near the range for convenient cooking.
Household Pests and Silver Fish Control Advisory
Advice on eradicating silver fish or fish moths recommends removing old papers, preparing starch paste with arsenate, and placing it on cardboard. Use camphor flakes or naphthalene in closets and drawers, and apply pyrethrum dust or fly sprays over books and magazines. Mrs Calvin Greer visited St Louis for business on Tuesday.
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Calvin Greer
St. Louis
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Banner Wagner
W. C. Holley
Telephone
Sikeston, Mo
Hiram A. Elams
Powell’s Insurance Agency Loans and Insurance
East Center Street
Malone Ave
the Complete Floor CO
Obermiller Floor & Supply Co
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Headquarters For Quality Building Supplies
E. C. Robinson Lumber Company
Marquette
Eberson
Lindsey
N. E. Fuchs
Sikeston, Missouri
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