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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
6
Bebb's Midgets won the first game 8 to 2 against Cedar Rapids and lost the second 15 to 3 in a rain swept doubleheader. A third inning collision left MecGreer and Cook unconscious, undermining the infield as Bohemians capitalized with a flurry of runs.
In a letter from C. F. Sparks Machine Co of Alton Illinois R G Webb notes Aiton will be well represented at the Muscatine regatta July 3 and 4 Their 46 foot cabin boat Sparks recently won a 43 mile race against three St Louis boats and will be featured at the event Alton launchmen plan to attend in force.
The complete Muscatine Chautauqua program booklets are ready. They may be picked up at the P. M. Musser Public Library the Journal office the News-Tribune office or Neidig's for Seiler Brothers' book store. Out of town residents may request by mailing a card to W. F Chevalier Muscatine Indiana.
Medicine ad notes Bucklen's Amica Salve cures many bruises quickly as it does sores and burns. Includes price 25c and Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store mention.
Nick Altrock shined on the mound and in the field as Chicago beat Washington 2 to 1 after ten innings. Anderson delivered the decisive hit in the tenth, and a separate note shows a White Sox 5 to 4 victory over the Senators. Other NL results include Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 8 and Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 5.
American League games saw Chicago beat Washington 2 to 1 in ten innings and St. Louis defeat Philadelphia 1 to 0 while Detroit beat Boston 9 to 5. In the Three I League Decatur lost 2 to 5 at eleven innings. Springfield won 4 to 3 in eleven innings over Bloomington. Rock Island fell 2 to Cedar Rapids 7. Clinton beat Dubuque 6 to 5. Central Association results had Waterloo 1 over Oskaloosa 4 and Burlington Quincy rained out. Kewanee 8 defeated Ottumwa 2 in eight innings.
Games for today include Washington at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis Boston at Detroit New York at Cleveland Chicago at Boston St Louis at New York Pittsburg at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Amusements notes that The Man from Home ended its Chicago Opera House engagement on June 1 after thirty six continuous weeks. It averaged about ten thousand dollars weekly, with total box office over three hundred fifty thousand dollars, a unprecedented achievement in a first class Chicago theatre.
W. W. Gentry hires three X ray operators and four elephant trainers to image the interior of an elephant in a bid to recover a $450 diamond ring swallowed during peanut feeding. The effort marks the first elephant X rays using the largest apparatus, with the Kelley Koett team supervising. The process paused by an electric shock but continued after calming the animal with hay and sugar.
In the second game at the fair ground park yesterday McGreer and Cook, two fast Midget squad players, collided while attempting to stop a grounder hit by Biederman. Both were unconscious for about ten minutes. McGreer suffered a severe forehead gash. Cook had a lacerated upper lip, loosened teeth, and a bruised head. McGreer returned to Iowa City and plans to return soon. Cook is recovering.
Mrs Frank Butsler and her son Herbert traveled from Arden to Haskins Wednesday morning for a several days visit with relatives. Miss Nellie Downer of Muscatine spent Friday and Saturday with her family in Arden.
An old ad touts Havercamp's Prescription Drug Electric Bitters claiming they cure dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints and debility with a price of 5 cents. The copy notes most food is poison to the dyspeptic and promotes the remedy.
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