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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1925
Page
7
City engineer H. H. Fitzgerald reported to the council last night that permits issued in the past month totaled 38395. Nine permits covered new buildings worth 34550, nine were for repairs amounting to 1870, and 11 permits for new garages added 1975 in value.
The cooking school showcased edible art on plates colored with beer tones and rainbow hues. The jelly roll sandwich fooled the eye with a rolled sandwich filling and guests later received bouquets, crullers, timbles, and groceries as prizes.
Prizes for multiple residents listed with addresses including Mrs. J. E. Tuttle and Mrs. Henry Otto alongside others for flowers and cruller. Additional winners for timbles named with several addresses. Groceries awarded to a larger group. The passage notes that in eight hours this country uses as much gasoline as would supply China for a year.
Police reports show 47 arrests last month for intoxication 29 speeding 6 traffic code violators 3 vagrancy 1 army deserter 1 operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated 3 larceny 1 bad checks 1 attacking young girl 1 cutting corner 1. They also sent 105 hoboes out of the area.
Town officials reported adding overnight lodging for three more residents, locating seven missing children, and dispersing twelve groups of gypsies. They ordered fourteen beggars gone, recovered one stolen automobile, and collected payments on five bad checks.
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