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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
9
Weather prospects for the next two days weigh on grain markets as corn prices soften amid weak receipts. Cash oats, hogs, and wheat show varied responses with slight recoveries and ongoing hedging by market participants.
Miss Agnes McSwiggan, native of Wilton and Hershey hospital graduate, has enlisted as a Red Cross nurse and departed Muscatine Saturday night for Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana to begin duty. She carries an enviable record for efficiency.
General stock prices rose slightly before the market close after the war bulletin lifted trader sentiment. Prominent issues backed gains with Liberty bonds quoted near 94.89 to 99.80, while U.S. Steel showed modest losses and other key stocks moved in tandem. Agricultural futures and regional livestock markets also displayed varied activity, with Chicago and Kansas City seeing mixed tones in cattle and hogs.
Boston and Chicago split a tense game as the Red Sox won 7 to 4 in the third of the series. Mays, Danforth, Benz, and Wagner worked the mound for Boston, while Chicago used Benz for relief and Schang contributed at the plate.
Friends of Fred S. Keesler were shocked by his sudden death at 6 a.m. at his parents’ home 904 Parke Lane. Born April 8 1894 in Springfield Indiana, he moved to Mantatine in 1908, married Minnie Weber on April 4 1917, served with Battery Carl Brownsville during the border campaign, later discharged due to ill health, and worked at Day and Night Garage for six years. Survived by parents A H Keesler, two sisters Mrs Rogo Weber and Mrs Myrtle Price, and brother Clarence of Davenport. Funeral at 40 o’clock Sunday from parental home. Rev John Haotner of Evangelical Lutheran Church in charge.
Yesterday's results show Boston 7 Chicago 0, Washington 6 St Louis 4, Philadelphia 4 Detroit 3, Cleveland 7 New York 4, Boston 4 Chicago 9, Boston 1 Pittsburgh 0 with several games postponed. New York beat Chicago 9 4.
New York June 18 Fred Mitchell's big drive on the eastern front was checked as John McGriew's Giants beat the Cubs 1–0. George Mannon homered in the first inning for Chicago's only run. Tylar and Kiljofer starred for the Cubs while Perritt and McGarity pitched for New York. Boston then defeated Pittsburgh 1–0 behind Fillingim with support from Herzog Roche and Powell, lifting Boston to fourth in the league.
The fragment references a University of Minnesota football star who was wounded in France, mentions Chicago and Boston figures, and includes scattered notes on baseball charity events, a Cincinnati pitcher entering military service, and amateur and professional trapshooting results. It blends military service with sports and entertainment references from a wartime era.
A jumble of catalog like classifieds shows for sale items and listings. It includes stock and grain farms offerings wares like wall paper paints and varnishes along with wanted ads for rags learnings and secondhand stoves. Numerous phone numbers and place references appear with scattered names and locations.
London reports from Dublin say steps are being taken to establish training camps for Irish American troops in Ireland. Local committees will be formed to carry out the plan, with some favoring the idea as potentially beneficial. A noted Irreconcilable warns that Americans here may become Sinn Feiners within a month.
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