Waterloo Fifth of Iowa Cities in February Building
Waterloo ranked fifth among Iowa’s principal cities in February building activity, with $33,000 in new construction. Cedar Rapids led at $93,550 and Des Moines followed at $81,700, while Sioux City totaled $107,475. The combined value for listed cities reached $464,695 in February 1928 and $1,655,857 in February 1929, with January at $568,227.
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Waterloo
Iows
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Rapida Dubuqui
Fort Dodge
Keokuk
Mershalltown
Mason City
Otkumwa
What You May Want to Know About Building
Answers from the Architects' Small House Service Bureau cover attic insulation with plastered board, no extra tar paper needed if already under shingles. Advice on paint mixing and putty repair, fireplace smoking causes, shutter usefulness, and attic cooling by applying insulation between rafters per manufacturer directions.
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Small House Service Bureau of the
United States
Ime
Inc
Preparation and Proper Care Makes Roof Life Longer
The Architects' Small House Service Bureau advises that a roof is vital to a house’s protection and appeal. It promotes painting or staining shingles or tin to extend service life, achieve weather resistance, and harmonize with surroundings. Shingles should be prepainted or prestained before installation, with a final coat after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small House Service Bureau of the
United States, Inc
Tin Roof Painting for Longevity and Protection
The article explains that weather tight tin roofs should be painted both inner and outer surfaces to prevent rust. It warns that undersides corrode from moisture and condensation, making under surfaces vulnerable. Upper surfaces require repainting every two years, while copper flashings need no paint. Proper initial painting reduces leaks and long term costs.
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Small House Service Bureau of the United States, Inc
Barking Dog Saves Five After Deathly Gas Incident
Ariington Heights, Ohio, March 23. A pet dog’s barking revealed the death by self-inflicted gas exposure of Frances Lemke, 54, who had turned on the kitchen gas. The gas seeped to the sleeping husband Otto and four of nine children before the dog woke him, saving five lives.
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Ariington Heights
INS
A& Husband
Accidentally Killed Near Aredale Farm
Aredale Iowa March 23 4 Dan Srissy a farmer living near here was accidentally killed Friday afternoon It is believed his gun discharged while he was climbing a fence while hunting Furfural used in making synthetic resins solvents and insecticides is now manufactured from corncobs and other form wastes
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Aredale
Dan Srissy
Here
Goms Natl Go Installs Stock Quotation Wire
Commercial National company installed a new telephone typewriter style stock quotation machine at 327 Fourth Street East Waterloo. It is the second of its kind in Waterloo, the other at Lamson Bros. & Co. 203 Marsh Place. E H Bryant says it speeds quotations with no margin purchases. An AT&T representative supervised the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial National Company
Fourth’ Street East
Waterloo
Lamson ,Bros. & Co
Marsh-Place Building
American Telephone &Telegraph Co
Chicago
Des Moines Nurse Sends Rose for Foch
Mrs. D Pirie Beyea a state health lecturer and former Red Cross nurse under General Foch in the World War cabled an order from Des Moines to Paris for a single rose to lay on Marshal Foch s bier. The message recalls a Meaux scene in July 1918 when a French peasant woman laid a rose on an American soldier s heart and notes Mrs Beyea s personal acquaintance with Foch.
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Des Moines
D Pirie-Beyea
Red Cross
Foch
Paris
France
Meaux
Removal Sale of Inlaid Linoleums on Fourth Floor
Advertisement notes a removal sale offering good patterns with regular values up to $2.00. Linoleum priced at $1.19 per square yard. Located on the fourth floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axminster
Sekine Ba Chet
Billy Boy
Removal Sale Curtains Draperies Moves To Fourth Street
Removal sale announced as drapery and curtain departments relocate to the fourth street side of the building. The move aims to reduce stock, with discounts like 25 percent or one fourth off on draperies and fabrics, plus 33 1/3 percent on lace curtains and ready made sets.
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Argonne
Fourth Street
Orinoka
Sunfast
Zenith Mills
Canterbury Fabrics
India
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Sioux, City, Cedar, Rapids
GOM
Rose
Jefferson St
Morris Plan
Morris
W.4th St
Y.at. OC. A
Fairbank’s
Falls Electric Co
Main St
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Currie Construction Co
Possie
Hartmann
Crosley
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