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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1901
Page
5
A local golf club plans a Thursday handicap match with 50 cent entry. past results note July 4 winner W L Roach and July 15 winner Sam Berger. An official course bogey card and member scores are posted in the clubhouse, with handicaps based on official scores or committee judgment.
Frank Neidig reportedly logged seven rounds around the course in one day, beating many enthusiasts. The mile-and-a-half loop would total roughly 12 to 14 miles, as players battled dry, slippery grass before rain and now see the grass regrowing.
Newport July 30. Columbia won by 2 minutes 54 seconds in a splendid race to claim the $1,000 cup donated by Colonel John Jacob Astor. Constitution disappointed the crowd and may skip future races until its rig is altered, as owner Duncan criticized its performance.
Scores listed show Boston defeated Chicago 4 to 1 while Baltimore routed Detroit 10 to 5 with Milwaukee and Washington also noted as 9 and 1 respectively. The fragment provides brief game results and team pairings.
Baltimore Md July 30 Jimmy Handler of Newark started strong but in the ninth round Young Peter Jackson of San Francisco won the match after a late clash. A right to the jaw sent Handler to the floor though he rose to continue until the referee stopped the bout and awarded Jackson the decision.
The piece reports a dramatic population decline in India from famine with estimates of over 5 million deaths since 1896 and a central provinces drop of more than 1 million since 1891. It frames famine as a dire health crisis and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive ailments.
Columbus Junction notes social visits and travel. Rich ard Bahrns catered a Saturday ball. W H Gray of Des Moines visited on business. Miss Lily Gruwn traveled to Burlington to stay with her ill sister Mrs W A Colip. Families return home after fire losses in Buffalo Kansas. Multiple residents visit Burlington, Iowa City, Muscatine, and Ontario. The column includes local moves, schooling, and a note on a hardware sale to Lowell Hardware Co. in Janesville Wisconsin. Low rates to Buffalo Exposition offered via Nickel Plate with Chicago to New York specials and through trains.
Farmers anticipate continued price declines after rain reduces costs and signals a market break. Iowa corn and other farm products may slide. rye edges up briefly before a possible drop. Chicago markets show verdicts with corn down about two cents while butter and hogs soften. Georgia watermelons arrive at 25 to 30 cents.
Market report lists corn at 5¢, oats 34–35¢, rye 45¢, barley 4¢, hay values from 11 to 13 dollars, potatoes at $1.00, butter 14–17¢, eggs 12¢, live hogs $5.00–$5.10, cattle 3.50, calves 3.00–4.00, sheep 30–40¢ per lb, flour and meal prices, sugar, coffee, and fruit prices, and coal rates. Prices described as unsteady with wide item-by-item variation.
A reporter notes two country visitors, a woman and daughter, examining horse hats with holes in the sides and joking about their function. Nearby locals discuss Davenport fire rumors, saying some claim a huge blaze and river rise, then the reporter joins a cigar stand for a chat.
At Cedar Rapids Iowa on August 7 the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern RY will sell round trip tickets from all stations in Iowa at one fare. Prospective travelers should call on agents for rates and sale dates. John G Farmer A G P and ITAL B.C RS ON RY Comer Rapids IA.
Reduced rates to state conventions and encampments including the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias and Iowa brigade Uniform Bank encampment in Cedar Rapids August 11 to 15. National Encampment G A R in Cleveland September 10 to 14. Pan-American exposition Buffalo round trips from all stations. Home-seekers excursion Tuesdays monthly. Contact Cedar Rapids ticket agent for territory, limits, and schedules.
A notice promotes travel by Grand Trunk railway to Niagara Falls Muskota Kawartha Lakes St Lawrence River and Rapids Thousand Islands White Mountains and Atlantic Seacoast Resorts. For tourist publications contact city passenger and ticket agent 249 Clark Street Chicago. Read the Journal Want Column.
A reader notes that choices of premiums and promos can mislead shoppers. The piece cautions that cheaper goods often come with lower quality and urges vigilance in evaluating value over flashy displays.
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