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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1927

Page

5

Steady Building Activity in Muscatine Reports

City records show 56 new buildings permits totaling 383000 and a year total of 439000 including remodeling. Major completions include the New Jefferson School on Mulberry Avenue and a large Huttig Manufacturing storage building on Orange Street.

Muscatine Jefferson School Mulberry Avenue Middle West Lincoln School Park Avenue Friends Church Sycamore Street Gilbert Oberhaus East Third Street L. A. Heitz East Second Street International Harvester Company Farmers’ Mutual Packing Company Cm 9 Oregon Street W. F. Nelson Wapello Grandview H. H. Fitzgerald Phelps and Phelps Orange Street Henry O. Rehbehn Ninth Cypress

Remodeling and construction progresses through 1927 entries

A detailed list records remodeling and building projects with dates from July to December 1927. Entries include J N Greathouse on Whicher street for 1000 dollars, Huttig Manufacturing on Orange street for 2500, and Dr B Houk on Monroe street for 5000, among many other residences and commercial works.

Swift & Company Busch Street Glen Heezen Sycamore Street Tom Burroughs S. E. Houk Monroe Street Francis J. Bauerbach Orange Street Frank Bisesi East Front Street George Schmelzer Ninth Street Peter Olson Heeman A. Lange Broadway F. B M. Batchelor Union Street M. A. Conway Carl L. Foster John Nicolay Washington Street Glenn Heezen John C. Petersen Leroy Street Emma Rehbehn East Tenth Street D. Anderson Chestnut Street

Palace Theatres doubles program opens this Sunday

Palace theatre management announces a two day double feature starting Sunday. The program will showcase a pair of films likely drawing local cinema goers to the venue for the weekend engagement.

Palace Palace Theatre

Bygone Days: Billiards Match and Local Firm Change

A Journal item recalls a $50 billiards match this evening at Shamrock hall between Ed Litzen of Council Bluffs and William Baer of Muscatine with both noted as skillful. Another item notes a firm change in Titus & Jackson with Col. D W Jackson retiring and G M Titus succeeding him.

Journal Roy Murphy Associated Press The Signal Service Ft. Dodge Muscatine Army Shamrock Billiard Hall Ed Litzen Council Bluffs William Baer Col D. W. Jackson Titus & Jackson G. M. Titus

Crull Buick Taken at Jefferson Gym

L A Crull reported his blue 1927 Buick coupe stolen from near the Jefferson school gym between 8 and 9 p m Friday night while Crull watched the Muscatine Burlington basketball game The car carried license 64 6733 Orville Hubbard reported a heavy blanket stolen from his radiator

L. A. Crull West Third Street Jefferson School

Hucke Implements John Deere Line At Hucke Implement

Hucke Implement and Hardware at 326 East Second street features the John Deere line of farm implements in the former Bowser Implement space. H T Hucke manages the firm and Stewart Houvenagie leads repair and service. South Bend malleable ranges and Aermotor windmills are highlighted along with a full repair parts stock.

John Deere Hucke Implement and Hardware Company East Second Street Bowser Implement Company H. T. Hucke Merly Hocke Establishment Stewart Houvenagie South Bend Malleable Aermotor

Also Mentioned on This Page

New Jefferson School Huttig Oberhaus Harry, Rininsland Holly Street Board of Education William Fuhlman Oak Street Harry Cooper Walter Hahn West Fourth Street Sunshine Mission Dewey Street B. M. and N. W Iowa Avenue G. F. Crull Glen Fisher Margaret Emmett East Seventh Street Clay Kneese East Fourth Street George Bumgardner Neidig Avenue Charles Pitchforth Grandview Avenue Latter Day Saints Church East Ninth Street J. W. Havercamp John W. Blaesing Ed Towers West Front Street J. C. Petersen Orchard Avenue J. Weber, Jr J. F. Hill Magnolia Street Sissman Glass Second Street H. B. Caple Lucas Street Harold Potter Culver Street Otto Gundrum Cypress Street Florence Smith Mill Street W. S. Howe Brower Oil Company Meryl Thomas Canon Avenue Prentiss Daniels New Hampshire Street J. N. Greathouse Whicher Street Huttig Manufacturing Company B. Houk Christ Werner H. F. Boston German Evangelical Lutheran Church Aldrich Mary Garden of Robert Finley William Reik D. A. Barton West Tenth Street S. D. Folsom I W. Gage Letts Hershey Hospital Harry Jacoby A. F. Beisner Hershey Bldg Fisk Tires Pitchforth Storage Battery Co Crull Buick Jefferson Gym Hucke Implement John Deere Line Gremmel’s Cigar Store Herb Washburn, C Siudebakers Erskine America Europe Studebaker D. G. Roos Pierce-Arrow Locomobile Marmon W. S. James U. S. Bureau of Standards American Automobile Association C. M. Weber (Inc Rock Islan
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