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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1909
Page
13
Present directors and leading shareholders express dismay over poor support and place the fate of next season in the hands of fans. The Commercial club advertising committee plans to sell 200 booklets for 500 dollars as part of efforts to boost attendance and extend the season toward October.
The new Yello toasted cornflakes are produced in the world’s largest mills from the finest yellow corn, touted as the best of all toasted cornflakes.
Joe King of Lake Town Township left this morning for Davenport to attend to business matters in that city.
Davis and party depart on Rock Island No. 1 for Columbus Junction to play the Maroons over the next two days. The Muskies will tour southern Iowa with games at Col. North English Corydon Mystic and return August 29th amid hopes of strong attendance and financial gain.
Physical Director Orrie Johnson completes fall and winter gym classes at the local Y M C A with new hours. Men are split into three groups: those in Business No. 1 will play basketball, No. 2 becomes a health club focusing on calisthenics, and No. 3 covers calisthenics apparatus work and games.
In Boston on August 11, Eddie Reulbach earned his fourteenth win as the Cubs defeated the Dodgers 8 to 1 in the final game of the series. The Cubs broke the game open in the sixth after Pastorius departed, with Reulbach tying Jack Chesbro for the league pitching lead. Meanwhile the White Sox dropped a fourth straight to Boston, 3 to 2, in an erratic eight and a half inning contest.
National League results include Chicago 8 Brooklyn 1 and St Louis 5 New York 6 in twelve innings. American League saw Boston 3 Chicago 2 and St Louis 12 innings 1. Three I League games list Bloomington 8 Decatur 3 and Peoria 4 Springfield 3 in twelve innings. Central Association fixtures show Keokuk 7 Ottumwa 2 and Burlington 11 Jacksonville 2.
Albert McKee of Grandview Des Moines topped 32 qualifiers in the ninth annual Iowa Golf Association tournament at Ottumwa. He carded 156 for 36 holes, four under bogey, with Arthur Gordon second at 169 and Dwight Baker third at 162. Hyperion Des Moines won the team title with 669. Match play began today.
Major matchups listed include New York at St Louis and Chicago at New York. St Louis visits Philadelphia while Detroit faces Washington and Cleveland travels to Boston.
Delayed items from Wilton Iowa recount departures visits and travels of residents and guests to nearby towns. Activities include visits to Des Moines areas at West Liberty Sioux City and St Paul tied to family and entertainment events including Pamahasika and a Griffis lecture The piece mentions the K P lodge grand lodge attendance and a frontier life anecdote tied to California Joe.
A report on a lecture by Mr. Riggs blending poems songs and whistling with stories about religious and national songs. He praised My Country Tis of Thee and warned about the void if church music disappears. The Macey Concert Company’s performance closed the event with noted success.
Local residents and guests visit relatives and attend events in Morning Sun and nearby towns. Names include Mrs A P Corneliis, Miss Elsie Porter, J H Trotman, Mrs Smythe, Maud, A H McIntyre, Thos McClintoch, W J William, Bess, Bert Shipman, Chas Johnson, Will Boltz, Oscar Boltz, Walter Jarvis, Miss Mary Orayer, Cris Himsle, Ed Metts, and Cripple Creek Colorado trip. Several trips to Chicago, Kansas, Cairo, Burlington, and Temple noted.
Miss Bessie Cupp returns from Des Moines. Rev. Edward Weil visits Riverside. Myrtle Snider visits Lone Tree. Fritz Marhofer visits Cedar Rapids and Rich mond. Kate Tice attends Woodman picnic in Lone Tree. Aaron Shetler visits M. D. Miller home. Mrs Sheppard and two daughters from Oklahoma visit Mrs. Miller. Mr and Mrs McDowell of Keota also noted.
Mrs. M. V. Long hosted relatives last week while Mrs. E. L. Palmer and Miss Alice Phieffer traveled from Kalona to Cedar Rapids to visit Mrs. E. L. Ackerman. Wm. Brown, Mrs. Haigler, and Mrs. Bailey from Manhattan Kansas paid extended visits to their relatives.
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