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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
5
The Wallopers shut out the Cannibals 5 to 4 as poor baserunning and Walsh errors fueled a second defeat for Cannibals. Hannibal, Muscatine, and Keokuk edged closer in the C A race as the old Missourians fell behind.
In Kewanee Illinois on June 7 Pressy and Bell star as pitchers and Bell supplies the key hits. Burlington wins 2 to 1 with Clifton scoring both runs. Keokuk, Ottumwa, and other regional results follow along with league games across the circuit.
National League games listed for Pittsburg Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Boston St Louis with conditions cloudy clear and times. American League matches Chicago New York St Louis Boston Detroit Philadelphia Cleveland Washington given weather notes and start times.
Packey McFarland defeated Phil Knight in ten rounds in Cleveland on June 7. The Chicago challenger used sharp jabs to rack up a wide margin, cutting Knight’s face, while Knight fought hard and surged back at times but could not land the knockout.
Fire at the Three Eye league baseball park in Springfield Illinois destroyed the grandstand and box office. Investigators believe arson due to gasoline found at the scene with a loss estimated at 2600 dollars.
Wapello Iowa residents share visits from Burlington Des Moines and Chicago. Notables include Mrs Arthur Springer and Dr Elisha Hook family, plus travelers Bertha Kreiner Earl Kreiner Walter Hartman and others visiting relatives and attending services. Local society events such as Crescent and Limit meetings and a picnic are noted alongside editorial ties and regional greetings.
The Camels, led by Joan Lou Walters, surge toward the pennant as they chase first place two and a half games ahead of Galesburg. Ottumwa series looming, errors and timely hits shape recent wins while Wallopers and Hannibal struggle in head-to-head play.
Mrs Dipple and three children Ora Ethel and Conrad have recovered from measles and are about again. I R Bancks learns his sister Mrs Robert Bunker died Friday in South Dakota with sister Laura at her side. interment was held there. Mrs Edwin Rostenbach of Buffalo visited Bancks sister. Local social notes include visits by Mr Lundy, Dan Grimm and family, and a Grange ice cream social at the Prairie.
Tortured for 15 years by a cure-defying stomach trouble, John W. Modders of Moddersville Michigan sold his farm and nearly gave up. He credits Electric Bitters with restoring his appetite and allowing him to eat again. Its surely a grand remedy for stomach trouble and liver and kidneys. Every bottle guaranteed at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store priced 50 cents.
A large Muscatine audience enjoyed the Muscatine Ladies chorus first appearance at the Grand Opera House. The program opened with The Rose of Avon Town cantata and featured Davenport performers Robert N. MacDonald Ruth Benkert and Miss Gertrude McNutt, plus local soloists. The event ends with Hawley's Spring Song and prompts forming a permanent chorus for future engagements.
Routine matters engaged delegates at the national Conference of the Church of the Brethren in St. Joseph Missouri as the final session was expected to be held that night.
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