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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
5
Pittsburg crowds watched the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 6 to 2 as the Cubs halted in transit to Philadelphia. The game featured two Pirates pitchers against one Cubs and served as partial revenge for last week’s series win by Chicago.
National League results show Pittsburg 6 Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1 New York 3, Brooklyn 7 5 Boston 4 1. American League Cleveland 4 Detroit 3, New York 6 Boston 9. St Louis Chicago games postponed due to rain. Three I League Dubuque 0 Davenport 1 in ten innings. other games postponed by rain.
W A Schwane of Minneapolis ships the Little Queen on a fast launch trip from Muscatine to Lake Minnetonka preparing for next year’s regatta season. He plans to move the boat via Mississippi to Fort Snelling Mn to Chaska then overland to Excelsior and says Minnesota will produce a faster, more dominant craft.
Summer travel offers described on the Grand Trunk system linking Chicago to New York via Niagara Falls and extending to Boston Montreal and Portland. Double track from Chicago to Montreal with several route options and special low round trip fares. Descriptive literature provided by W. S. Cookson A G P A 135 Adams Street Chicago.
Chicago faces Philadelphia and St. Louis plays Boston. Pittsburg meets New York while Cincinnati locks with Brooklyn. Chicago also hosts St. Louis in a doubleheader. Philadelphia visits Detroit and Washington travels to Cleveland.
A grand excursion and dance for the Switchmen is set for Sunday July 11. The event features dancing in the evening with music by Starck's Military Band aboard.
Secretary Robert Thompson of the Geneva Golf and Country Club lists revised handicaps for the second of three matches between the Reach and Sterneman teams. Set to begin tomorrow afternoon at Geneva links, the changes follow a round where most players reduced handicaps, signaling tougher gains ahead.
J D Cady of Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club loses to Ralph Hoagland of Riverside by 8 holes at the thirty sixth, with a $14,400 stake. The last thirty six holes postponed to July 25 due to Cady hand injury from baseball.
Fairview mourns Cyrus Satterthwaite with funeral held Wednesday at 2 pm and Klein's Cemetery interment. Community extends sympathy to his family. Also notes Miss Mabel Kopf visiting Muscatine aunt, and several locals returning from Blue Grass and Cedar area visits.
Officers of the association return to the city at noon to recount politics from the annual meeting. A flotilla of boats from Burlington arrives, including Lamb IV Mosquito O G Muscatine Iowa City cruiser, Scamp I II Devil Pretzel Scrapps Alice Jewell, E L K Planet Ethel Spray, others expected later. Muscatine delegation aided Peoria in gatta race. Ft Madison crowd concerns cited.
The widely praised remedy Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy claims to relieve bowel complaints and save lives. It is described as invaluable for both children and adults and touted as the most successful medicine for these ailments.
Ainsworth Iowa week end scene includes visits from Dubuque Omaha and Washington residents plus travelers from Wichita Chicago Iowa Falls and Columbus Junction. Families and friends greeting relatives in town during the Sunday gathering.
Grogan and Fosberg, the famed two slingers, faced off in Galena as Muscatine met Galena in the first game of a series. Fosberg allowed only four hits as he pitched well, but Muscatine used timely hitting to score twice off Grogan. Grogan then yielded to Nahrgang who closed the game for a 2 to 1 victory. Grogan announced his signing with Rock Island Three-Eye league and asked for a release.
Ed McLaughlin youngest son of Mr and Mrs John McLaughlin died early Wednesday after a period of illness that followed a southern winter trip seeking health. He was educated in Wapello high school and studied law at Iowa State University before practicing in an Oklahoma town. Funeral planned at the Catholic church in Wapello with burial in Dodgeville. He leaves parents five brothers and one sister. Neighboring notices mention Congressman Francis W Cushman and local residents A L Holiday and Mrs L A Reiley.
Elm Grove Iowa July 7 Thomas Cross and family and Lillie and Hugh Fuller and other relatives gathered for a local family reunion with several generations present. The brief item highlights kinship ties and community records from the town.
Picnicked at Buzzards Bay Saturday. Marcellus Teel and wife of Columbus Junction visited relatives nearby Sunday. Mrs. Dave Fox spent Friday afternoon at G. H. Stingrey's. Various families and individuals, including the Simmons, Pigman, Weaver, Duncan, and Raymond households, exchanged visits and attended picnics and gatherings across the area. Al Raymond delivers hogs at Columbus Junction for $7.50 per hundred.
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