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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
7
The Eubanks Lumber Company began construction of a four room frame cottage on Hast Lake street for Leonard Bakers. The home will have a concrete foundation and sub floor, a large living room, two bedrooms, a kitchen with a breakfast room, a bath, and an attached garage.
This week work began on two small rental houses owned by Noah Heath. Both houses will be located on Fast Street and feature four rooms each. They will be frame constructed and modern throughout.
Construction advances on a Vernon avenue six room residence for the Harold T Lindley family due for occupancy in November. The two story home includes six rooms with a living room two bedrooms and a bath on the first floor and a bedroom and sewing room on the second floor. Hardwood floors plastered walls full basement and furnace heat add modern conveniences.
Construction is set to begin next month on a new puff brick English style home for Mr. and Mrs. Gus Martin on North Kingshighway. The dwelling includes a reception hall, living room, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms and a bath with an additional hall to the bedrooms, a screened east side porch, plastered walls in natural color, hardwood floors, and a full basement with heating plant and other modern conveniences.
Construction will begin on a cottage on East Gladys street for Fred Gwaltney. The home will have a living room dinette and kitchen two bedrooms a bath basement and furnace heat. Another residence on Taylor avenue is being built for Walter Tierney with five rooms in keeping with the new residential section.
A small closet or storage room repurposed for sports equipment offers practical winter value for homeowners. The space keeps gear organized and accessible, reducing clutter and easing seasonal transitions.
Work on the Scott County Milling Company elevator at Mill A advances with all excavations to be finished this week. A 140 foot derrick is under construction to support a new structure capable of handling 340000 bushels of grain. The Lee Bowman residence on West Gladys street was sold to Mr and Mrs R A McCord following twenty years of occupancy. A Center street residence owned by Miss Effie Sellards is being converted into two apartments, one upstairs and one downstairs.
Homes increasingly use glass to brighten interiors while preserving privacy. Glass blocks provide translucence and insulation, passing light but not clear images, reducing heat loss. Storm sashes further cut winter heat loss by about a third. Underground waste receptacles with pedals offer concealed garbage storage.
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