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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
5
A Muscatine report highlights paper hats as the latest, cheap summer accessory sweeping the east. Women and girls craft hats from tissue paper in white blue pink and other shades matching gowns with fashion spread across local milliners and social circles.
Roy Lowe returns from Fairfield to Muscatine. Guy Kuder goes to Chicago after visit. A. J. Schmoker named local agent for the Iowa State Insurance Co. Essie Toland returns from Letts. Grace Parsons home from recreation with Roy Parsons in Ainsworth. Edna Welton fills Grace’s central office relief. C. M. Rynerson travels to Idaho for a printing job. Mrs. Rynerson to join later from Washington. R. N. Johnson and J. Carson Duncan in Kansas City buying stock. Dr Jarrard Cone and Mrs. Cone accompany Mrs. McCurley on a trip.
Dr Walter M. Long of West Liberty married Miss Grace Whitson at Clinton the wedding held at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs J T Whitson. The ceremony was performed by Dr J K Fowler with only relatives and close friends present. The couple will be at home after September 1 in West Liberty.
The Travelers Book circle will meet at Eyrie Saturday evening August 3 for one hour starting at 7 30. All who desire to renew association are asked to be present. C Weed
Muscatine baseball heads to Alpha to face Kewanee, the reigning amateur champions of Illinois, in the opening of the new Alpha Dase ball park. The clash highlights a league featuring strong Three I clubs and matches the Reds in recent sensational play.
In fourteen innings Cincinnati defeated Chicago by five to four while Boston shut out New York five to zero. Philadelphia also topped Brooklyn three to zero.
Cincinnati opening with long 14 inning struggle reports from a game in Cincinnati on August 1. The outline notes matchups including Philadelphia versus Brooklyn and Saint Louis versus Chicago with tense late innings.
Perfect weather and the largest crowd of the week greeted the Grand Circuit at the driving park. Last night’s rain left the track in excellent condition and all three heat winners in the 2:09 pace broke their records, as did Onward Silver, winner of the 2:12 trot. Thousands of dollars flowed into the pool box.
A Muscatine levee crowding dispute grows as five steamers and a boat house compete for space. A confined waterfront forces idle ties and losses of 10 to 20 dollars daily. A settlement was reached but legal avenues loom with threats of federal involvement.
The river will continue to fall at a decreasing rate below Dubuque and rise between Le Claire and Muscatine. The last month’s average stage was 5.7 feet above low water. Four steamboats landed recently with several loaded barges. the boat departs August 7 with music and meals noted.
Market prices cover corn oats rye hay and livestock plus vegetables and fruit with ranges for each item. Also listed are reduced rail rates to upcoming meetings and events along with contact details for ticket information.
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