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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1907
Page
10
The school announces the appointment of Geo L Zimmerman of Colorado Springs Business College as principal. He will teach bookkeeping and assist with shorthand courses, after the move to the new location and strong demand for scholarships.
A selection announces Miss Mae Neff of St Paul Ist as shorthand and touch typing instructor. A Carlisle Business College graduate, she taught last year at St Paul Business College and has served since March 1 as head stenographer in the Northern Pacific Freight Claim Dept. The honor includes tripling her previous pay.
English Miss Vera Peck trained at the State Normal of Illinois will present English this year. She is praised as an artist in grammar and superior to any local teacher. The Muscatine college offers low tuition with a refund if placement fails. Night school opens Sept 9 with nine months tuition 30 dollars, six months 20, eight months 12, books free.
Local items report shopping trips and visits among Wilton and Muscatine residents including Miss Hilda Maurer Miss Emma Drish and Miss Katherine Wiley plus several shoppers from Wilton. The page lists furniture sales footwear offers horse poultry prices and real estate notes with ads for Cherry's shoes G M Titus Ford Vail Produce and more.
The ad extols tailored garments made to the buyer’s exact measurements. It argues off the rack clothing distorts lines and ruins shape, while clothes made expressly for you provide lasting fit without mat or blemish.
A Muscatine Business College instructor, Prof. M. B. Dewey, earns high praise from his former and current evaluators. The letter urges visiting the office to view the instructor’s exemplary penmanship samples and notes Dewey’s training by Mills and Ransom and by Smithdeal and Trow colleges.
Twenty golfers at the Geneva golf links played yesterday in qualification rounds for Labor Day match tournament. Rev. B. C. Preston posted the low score of 42, one over bogey, as others hope to improve today and Sunday for rating.
The Muscatine Meteors beat the Wilton Hawkeyes 11 to 4 in a fast amateur contest. Borgstedt pitched masterfully, holding Wilton to four runs while the Meteors built a big lead behind strong fielding by George Chayka who had nine putouts and a solo unassisted double play.
In Pittsburg eight thousand fans watched the Cubs win the second game 6 to 0 after dropping the opener 1 to 2. The crowd used field glasses to follow Lundgren and Tinker's fielding as the Teddy bears evened the twin bill. Meanwhile in Cleveland speculation arose that Bill Sullivan may become the White Sox manager as Fielder Jones plans to retire after this season.
Velma Miller left for Wellman yesterday and will spend a short time with friends there.
American League games showed Philadelphia beating New York 6 to 3 in nine innings while Boston defeated Washington 4 to 3 and New York edged Boston in a six inning rain delay. National League scores included Pittsburg 2 Chicago 0 and Chicago 6 Boston 3 in seven innings. Iowa League results feature Keokuk 4 Burlington 8 and Cedar Rapids 14 Dubuque 4 among others.
In the American League games include Chicago at Cleveland, St Louis at Detroit, Boston at Washington, and Philadelphia at New York. In the National League matchups feature Chicago at Cincinnati, St Louis at Pittsboro, Brooklyn at Philadelphia, and New York at Boston with two games.
Advert reads that many suffer from dyspepsia constipation and related ailments and that Dr King’s New Life Pills cure. It claims a guaranteed relief price 265 cents and cites Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store as seller.
Columbus Junction resident Henry Smith was in the city yesterday on a business visit, meeting with local firms and discussing potential deals. He spent the afternoon visiting several downtown offices and left with contacts for future negotiations.
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