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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1907
Page
8
Busy Muscatine pages show residents shopping in city and visiting relatives from Letts Clinton Fos ter Riverside and West Liberty. Several passengers head to Davenport Chicago Waterloo Ottumwa Mt. Pleasant and West Liberty for visits funerals and events. Local businesses promote drugs short cake and aluminum ware while farms and land offers appear for gulf coast country and southwest.
Charlinson visited Davenpe while Mrs. E M Burnell of Letts shopped in the city. Ed McSwiggin sailed to Wilton for a weekend visit. Miss Myrtle Richards left for Arden to teach. George Chayka travels to Davenport for a short visit. Mrs R S McDaniel of Columbus Junction also shopped here Saturday. Extra fine mackerel offered at Linders Delicatessen. Rev and Mrs H Reinemund attend their daughter Lucy's graduation in Red Wing. George Fry returns to New Era after a city stopover. L Umscheid and wife depart for Denver for a month in the mountains.
An injured man, Post of Threet, Alabama, was healed of his wounds by Bucklen's Amica Salve. The ad urges readers to try it, priced at 25 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Mt Clemens, The Mineral Bath City, is reached without change of cars only by the Grand Trunk Railway System. Time tables and a descriptive pamphlet will be mailed free on application to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., 185 Adams St., Chicago.
The Cubs beat the Pirates 4 to 3 at home in Chicago after returning from the eastern trip. Smith and Lunegren exited early and Steinfeldt may carry a sore back as a souvenir of the contest.
The Muscatine Independents routed a Chicago lineup as poor fielding and locals’ hits produced an 8 to 9 win for the home team. Loihl allowed weak tosses as Chicago mustered six hits and costly errors helped Muscatine’s eight runs.
National League results show Chicago 4 over Pittsburg 3 and Cincinnati 9 over St. Louis 1. American League games include Chicago 3 over Detroit 4 and St. Louis 4 over Cleveland 1. Other league results feature Peoria 2 Decatur 3 Bloombeton 9 Springfield 3 Clinton 5 over Rock Island 1 Cedar Rapids 5 over Dubuque 4 in 15 innings. Iowa League standings note Marshalltown 3 over Waterloo 5 Ottumwa 0 Oskaloosa 6 over Burlington 1 Keokuk 3 over 1 Quincy 4 over Jacksonville 1.
Pittsburg visits Chicago. Boston hosts Philadelphia twice. St Louis travels to Cincinnati. Brooklyn plays New York. Chicago faces Cleveland. Philadelphia meets Washington. New York visits Boston.
All pupils intending to enter the Muscatine chautauqua spelling contest are asked to send their names to W F Chevalier presider Muscatine chautauqua. Several contestants have already enrolled.
Mr and Mrs Co F Port and daughter Miss Irdlene travel to Chicago to attend son Irwin Port graduation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons with honors. Dr Port will begin hospital work in Chicago. Community friends extend best wishes for his career advancement.
Local residents and visitors move among Davenport Muscatine and Cedar Rapids for family visits church duties and school activities. A baby boy was born to Prof. and Mrs. Focht. several departures for Illinois Iowa and Nebraska accompany professional and familial duties.
Arthur Madden and Miss Agnes Rabbitt were passengers yesterday on the Reach and Musser excursion to Davenport. They spent the day there and returned to the city on the midnight train.
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