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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1918
Page
7
Weather-driven shifts in grain and livestock markets spread across Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis. Corn and oats prices fluctuated with heat in the west, while wheat held steady despite higher futures. butter, eggs, and poultry markets in New York and St Louis showed firmer or unchanged trends amidst broad production receipts.
Moderate selling pressure pushes the market down after late morning losses. Steel, copper, and motor shares fall below previous closes while Colorado Wheat strength contrasts with a generally weak bond market. Livestock prices edge lower across Chicago St Louis and Omaha markets with cattle and calves trading softer and sheep steady to lower.
Sioux City hog market extended lower on 7,000 head, with light hogs at 16.65, mixed 16, heavy 10.40. Prices for cattle and other stock listed, but readable fragments show declines and activity in steer and cow trades.
From Es to Mass June 11 Rudolph pitched a one hit game holding Cincinnati to a single in the eighth. Boston won 1 to 0 as Magee walked in the Airth the only other visitor to reach base. Chase fumbled Powell in the sixth and Konetchy doubled with Powell advancing. Batteries Cincinnati Trosslar Alten Rudolph Wilson. Chicago Philadelphia Cubs won series finale 17 to 9 after a rapid strike. Nes series end with Chicago on defense while Philadelphia bats light up. Umpire Be knocked out briefly in Brooklyn Pittsburgh tilt. Brooklyn Grimes Miller Cooper Sela.
A fragmented sports brief lists club standings and results across teams including New York Chicago Cleveland Washington St Louis Philadelphia Detroit and others. Various scores appear such as Detroit 6 Philadelphia 4 and Chicago 6 Philadelphia 1, with several matchups and schedules incompletely shown.
In a crowded day of baseball action, Frank Shollenback, the California kid, shut down the White Sox with a string of extra-base hits. The former world champions defeated Chicago 6 to 4, while Detroit beat Philadelphia 6 to 4 and Washington edged St. Louis in 14 innings 2 to 1.
Letts defeats Muscatine 6 to 4 in a rough Sunday matchup. Lewin of Muscatine was struck by a bat in the fourth inning, injuring teeth and causing stitches. Lineup includes Mapentine Letts O’Brien Widebrand Youn Friehin Glor O’Brien Gage Lewin Curtis Lowit Ross Berry Collinge Schr odéer Lieberknecht Kindier Mecleary Stammer Vincent.
Waterloo Indiana June 11 Earl Craddock heavyweight wrestling champion will defend his title tonight against John Olin in a finish match. Craddock defeated Olin in straight falls recently in Des Moines. Oscar Thorson Des Moines promoter will referee. Craddock said he expects a big match with Lewin in Des Moines on June 21 to be his last until after the war.
County Superintendent H J Tiradley announced regular teachers examinations will be held June 26 27 and 28 with about thirty applications expected. The piece mentions sports events and other local notes including a Red Cross golf fundraiser and bombardment of Paris with casual references.
A jumble of 1910s want ads lists real estate acres for sale in Wapelle County at $100 per acre, various item sales like turbines, aprons, binders, and meteor talking machines, plus numerous job postings and rentals. The page features dozens of classifieds with names, phone numbers, and locations, reflecting bustling market activity and local commerce.
An American transport and a United States Army ship opened fire on a German U-boat about seventy miles off the New Jersey coast yesterday. Both vessels reported firing five and two to three shots respectively, but the submarine’s position remained unknown and the freighter continued toward the north without confirming any hits.
Provisional Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered Porto Rico and Hawaii to provide 17,000 draft registrants for the national army. The appeal seeks to mobilize territorial populations for immediate military manpower.
In Chicago June, word says pitcher Coumbe from Cleveland has been banished from the coaching line by the team area during the same period Boston was announced by John.
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