Home Ownership Encouraged by Telephone Worker’s Garden
Lloyd L Heiple, a North Western Bell splicer, marks 20 years with the company and extols owning a home in a feature of their April magazine. Heiple and wife describe buying a six room house with a 45 by 150 foot lot, a garden plan with 100 strawberry plants along with raspberry bushes, asparagus, rhubarb, fruit trees and flowering borders, illustrating the joy of building equity over rent.
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Lloyd L. Heinle
Pearta Street
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Heiple
Waterloo
Waughleyr
Skippie
Skip
Wetple
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Florida
Like an easy shoe like an easy loan
A Waterloo merchant faces a monthly loan payment that remains constant through good and bad months, with higher pay during brisk periods possible but not required. Another Waterloo man seeks a five year loan but wants lower payments to enable steady saving and a cheaper rate, planning to buy a car.
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Waterloo
Busy Gardener Notes Seasonal Planting and Harvest Plans
The writer describes growing vegetables like spinach string beans asparagus and tomatoes to cut winter grocery costs. They outline plot rotation planting flowers such as cannas marigolds gladiolus and hollyhocks plus pansies and oriental poppies. They mention 150 varieties as a practical limit, keeping colors and varieties separated, and express satisfaction when gardens bloom and the space looks cared for.
Varnishing Hardwood Floors From the Architects’ Small House Service Bureau
A 1927 guidance article from the Architects' Small House Service Bureau explains proper surface preparation for oak and other woods before varnish. It covers filling pores, using fillers on open grained woods, drying times, sanding, applying coats, and maintaining a clean warm room to achieve a durable finish. It also explains cleaning varnished floors, refreshing worn finishes, and prudent removal of old varnish with safe solvents.
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Small House Service Bureau of
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Small House Service
Buureau
United States, Inc
Home Builders’ Clinic
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