Crystal Theatre and McGuire Drug Store Major Building Permits
Waterloo permits issued in the first week of May totaled 33 with valuation reaching 42145. The week highlighted rebuilding of the Crystal Theatre by H A Maine Co for 18000 and a two story brick business building for George F McGuire at 1223 25 Fifth St W for 14600. Additional permits included three houses valued 3000 4000 and 1500, four garages, seven house additions and porches, three moving permits, six heating permits, several dry cleaners permits and one billboard permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
D. Be -Toenjes
Crystal Theatre
H. A. Maine Company
George F. McGuire
Fifth Street
Waterles-dry Cleaners
Building Advice from Architects Small House Bureau
Answers from the Architects Small House Service Bureau cover financing options like contract for deed, winter foundation construction, frost protection, safe conduit wiring, and finishes for maple floors. The guidance emphasizes understanding all terms, risks, and costs before committing to a house building program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil
Tracery for Trinity Church front window nearing completion
The large 10 1 2 by 35 foot central artglass window for Trinity American Lutheran church at Fourth and South streets is nearing completion under William McGlade. St Joseph Art Glass of Missouri will start setting the window once stone tracery is in place. The main window colors depict The Ascension. Brickwork is finished and roofing progresses. interior decorators will begin in six weeks with full completion before August 1 per architect J S Bartley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity American Lutheran Church
Fourth
William McGlade
St. Joseph Art Glass Company
St. Joseph Mo
J. 8. Bartley
Real Dutch Flavor In This House Not True Dutch Colonial
A house labeled Dutch Colonial is examined, noting authentic Dutch features like a true gambrel roof and proper detailing. The plan showcases a central hallway, many lighted rooms, multiple closets, a rear entry refrigerator, and a porch integrated into the structure with a wide overhanging roof. Plans come from the Architects Small House Service Bureau with government endorsement and a public service aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ditech
Small House Service Bureau of the
United States
Planning needed to get workable sink in kitchen
The article discusses choosing kitchen sinks and drainboards, stressing material choice like enamelware, and the need for proper height. It notes features such as dual drainboards, hinged boards, right-hand orientation, and the sink being mounted on legs or wall hooks. Proper height prevents back strain and improves workflow.
Convenient Kitchen Layouts And Sink Space Guidance
Open space beneath sinks should be kept clear for plumbing access and knee room during tasks. Damp cupboards under sinks foster water bugs. well built drainboards may still allow under-sink storage. For authoritative guidance ask the Bureau of Home Economics bulletin on Convenient Kitchens, five cent copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of
Mome Economics
United States
Capyright
Small House Service Bureau of the United States, Inc
Hiome Builders’ Clinic
City claims sole outside component for insulation plant
Winterbottom stated today that the only component made outside the city is the air cell insulation. The Taultless Heater Manufacturing company has operated since 1620.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterbottom
Taultless Heater
Bricklaying Starts on Venetian Theatre
Progress on Waterloo's half million dollar Venetian theatre moves forward with brick laying on the rear stage wall. Structural steel for the stage and orchestra pit rises 62 feet, to be encased in brick and tile as the auditorium frame goes up. The Fourth street commercial block will be concrete faced with cut stone. One of the dome carries arches has been installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Fourth
Water Streets
Fourth Street
Faultless Heater Firm Takes Over Caward-Dart Line
The Faultless Heater Manufacturing company at 163 Ninth Street East has taken over Conard-Dart patents for oil burners and gasoline pumps and will manufacture them alongside Faultless fuel savers, oil boilers, and unit heaters. Winterbottom, manager, says the plan includes expanding production with W. E. Johnson and W. J. O’Neil as partners. The fuel saver aims to cut fuel use by reclaiming chimney heat, and the first installation was in the Courier building. The Faultless line is nearly 100 percent Waterloo-made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street East
Caward-Dart
Winterbottom
Conard-Dart
W. EF. Johnson
W. J. O'Neil
Courier
Iowa City man sentenced for incest to 25 years
Iowa City, May 7. John Davis, 54, pleaded guilty to incest before Judge Ralph Otto and was sentenced to 25 years in the state reformatory at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
City
John Davis
Iowa City
Ralph Otto
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Davis
Public Invited to Inspect New Insulation at bungalow
The C. W. Chapman Lumber Co invites the public to inspect their new insulation used as plaster base on the 1302 Williston Ave bungalow at the corner of Ninth Street. The material is featured on exterior walls and ceilings and by contractors and homeowners for homes and roofs. Plastering begins Monday noon. inspect before then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Chapman Lumber Co
Theonsent
Williston Ave
Ninth Street
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Npguire Drug Store
Small “House Service Bureau of the United States, Inc
American Institute of Architects
Department of Commerce
Trinity Church
the Architects’ Small Hopuse Service Bureau of the United States, Inc
Pou
Ralee
W. H. Brunn
Pres
Eickelberg, Seey
Pittsburgh
Velumina
Waterloo Paint & Glass CO
West Fourth St
Hisa
Sherwood
E. 4Th St
Bryant Paying CO
Black Hawk Building
Bird Neponset Products
Waterloo Lumber Co
Davidsons Tomas
Iowa Securities Company
Caward-Dart Line
Bovee Furnace Works
Weatherwax Ins
Agency B. V. Hughes
Mer
Black Hawk Bldg
Dunkelberg, Leeper & Cropper, Inc
Bers
BC Retineet
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