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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
10
Washington visitors and residents travel to Arden Winona Davenport and Columbus Junction. Misses Bridges Kanoff Neff Flowers Nolte and others tour cities and attend fairs. Local sales and real estate ads appear alongside grocery prompts and doctor prescriptions.
An ad from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store touts Electric Bitters as a guaranteed cure for stomach back or bowel discomfort, claiming sensational sensations indicate danger and offering the remedy for 50 cents.
Central Second Street offers a first class business building put up for sale by proprietor G. M. Titus. The listing emphasizes location and quality with no further details on price or terms provided.
A newspaper note announces a rapid clearance sale starting tomorrow to clear summer merchandise and make room for fall goods arriving daily. It promises unprecedented values, urges careful reading of many marked prices, and invites customers to visit downtown at their convenience.
Muscatine Independents plan a string of key games over the next two weeks facing Iowa City Columbus Junction and Cross Countries. Rematches include a home date with Cross Countries last week 3 to 0 defeat then a return versus Iowa City with intent to rebound after a 6 to 4 loss.
Philadelphia defeated the White Sox 2 to 0 at South Side Park with Isbell scoring first on a strange first-inning play. Rube Waddell fanned 13, holding Chicago to two hits as Philadelphia seized third place in the standings.
In the American League Chicago 0 Philadelphia 2 Cleveland 2 Washington 1 Detroit 8 Boston 7. National League Boston 2 Chicago 3 Philadelphia 5 2 Cincinnati 2 1 second game seven innings New York 5 Pittsburg 20 eight innings Brooklyn 7 St Louis 6. American Association St Paul 1 1 Louisville 5 4 Minneapolis 1 Indianapolis 5 Columbus 4 14 Milwaukee 6 7 Kansas City 0 5 Toledo 2 6 first game fourteen innings Western League Des Moines 9 Denver 4 Lincoln 4 Pueblo 0.
The schedule lists games across major cities including New York at Chicago and Philadelphia at St. Louis. Other matchups feature Washington versus Detroit Boston clashing with Cleveland Chicago facing Boston and Pittsburgh meeting New York. St Louis visits Brooklyn while Cincinnati travels to Philadelphia.
Fragmentary OCR text shows unclear reference to a Pet CRD with a stray price and date fragment. The readable bits are insufficient to determine a clear event, parties, or location for a proper newspaper-style card.
P. W. Westbrook departed for West Liberty this morning to attend to professional matters and conduct business engagements.
Mason City Iowa August 23 fire destroys the mammoth barn at the Northwestern States Cement plant. Loss estimated at 8000 dollars. Hay grain harness wagons and other articles plus nearby cottages burned as a strong wind drove flames across the road. Origin of the fire unknown.
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