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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1901
Page
6
The Muscatine Division of B. C. R. and N. shows daily passenger and freight times for Montezuma. Passenger service runs at 8:50 a.m. daily except Sunday and 7:10 p.m. Arrival from Montezuma lists 8:00 p.m. freight. C. M. Gould is the agent.
At Elrick Junction the St Paul Express Mason City Mail Peoria Mail and express way freight trains run daily or on Sundays with north and south departures listed. Coupon tickets are on sale to all points in the United States Canada and Mexico via Geo S Batty and L Seevers agents in Marshalltown Iowa.
Railway timetable details for Muscatine North and South by company including routes, stations, and schedule highlights. Passenger and freight services described with typical daily departures and regional stops.
The W. J. Young departs Davenport Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 20 AM for Davenport and 4 00 PM for Rock Island and continues to Buffalo Andalusia Muscatine New Boston Keithsburg Oquawka and Burlington with return trips to Davenport. Agents W Glock Son Muscatine Ia provide further information.
Miss Cecyl Millice departs to Des Moines to join the Iowa Children's Home as nurse. Local visits include Mrs. Anna Creese Beeson and Mrs. Harriet Olds. Travel reports mention Geo. W. Griffith visiting his son R. A. Griffith. Teen mishap: Chettie Webber breaks an arm. Funeral for Mrs. Lot Parker at the Christian church. Attendance from distant towns listed. Local social events and school notes cover tea, sociables, teachers’ institute, and family updates. Grant Kennedy grows 90 acres of corn.
Pine Bluff reports a 50 cent round trip for the Young from Fairport to Davenport on June 23 with a stop at Barr's landing around 8 oclock. Wil Anderson builds a 36 by 44 foot barn, August Kemper reshingles his barn, and Charles Fix with Bert Nettleton were Rock Island passengers aboard the Young last week.
Blue Grass news notes a fine rain but requests more. Henry Hintz survived a driving accident when a neck yoke failed and a tongue swung. Khreeke Bros. seek lost white dog. Jink Nicholson unveils a new road wagon. Walcott hosts a July 4 picnic by the M. W. A. A. Wintland’s house nears completion. opossum sighting offered at Hintz’s residence.
Oakland reports improving conditions for the corn crop over recent days. Local residents note social visits and minor illness updates including Mrs. McKean visiting Columbus Junction and Mrs. Baker improving after sickness. Hog sales by Willie Hines and social calls by Willie Morse are mentioned alongside routine sick lists.
Muscatine triumphed over Iowa City 12 to 2 after five local hits and three by visitors. Errors decided the game though locals outplayed the university city lads. Iowa City pitcher impressed with speed and curve, but Muscatine dominated at the plate and field. Manager Nevens notes season may end due to limited patronage and travel costs ahead of Burlington clash.
As darkness fell, Cunningham called the game a draw with the score tied at four to four, concluding a closely fought match.
Lady Schorr with jockey Bull Man on her back won the M. Lewis Clark Stakes at Harlem Saturday. The victory follows two poor outings, suggesting she was poorly handled in those races.
American League games today feature Chicago visiting Boston, Milwaukee at Baltimore, Detroit at Washington, and Cleveland traveling to Philadelphia. Key matchups include fierce divisional rivals and early-season tests for rotation depth.
Chicago beat New York 414 innings in a peculiar score. Pittsburg defeated Cincinnati 2 0. St. Louis triumphed over Brooklyn 11 to 5 in listed games.
Games today feature Philadelphia at Boston and St Louis at Cincinnati. Yesterday afternoon the New York and Chicago teams battled for fourteen innings in the final game of their series, fighting for supremacy in a tense close.
From New York on June 17 three Eastern entrants for the American Derby will race at Washington Park next Saturday. Sullivan Harris Sadie S., Bonnibert, and Beau Gallant sail or travel by rail from different hubs, with Sadie S. in Chicago, Bonnibert shipping tomorrow and Beau Gallant a day later. Bonnibert and a stablemate are slated to depart Sheepshead Bay at 6:00 am and reach Washington Park by 4:50 pm next day. Beau Gallant arrives Wednesday afternoon, with travel companion undecided.
London June 17 British trap shooters honor the American gunners who swept five 1000 targets side matches by holding a special Hendon contest for Americans. Fred Gilbert Spirit Lake Iowa won the shootoff after tying with Charles W Budd Des Moines Iowa both breaking 23 of 25 in the regular round.
Columbus Junction June 17 notes include C F Francis visiting daughter Mrs Prof C R Wallace from Davenport where he works for Martin Woode Co. Anna Johnston returns to Centerville to run a library for six weeks then teach there. Knights of P Memorial Day decorates graves in Columbus City cemetery. Mrs Brow and daughter visit Muscatine friend Mrs W J Jarhoe. Mrs T S Curtis and Miss Effie Cox from Bonaparte visit Burlington. Frank Duncan and Dr Hadley Brown travel to Burlington for a day outing. J F Humbert visits cousin Mrs O S Todd on way home from Wapello regarding his father’s estate. Wilt Church of Oxford and Geo Church Jr with Mrs Pressler attend Elder George Stone’s funeral in Muscatine. John Iden, retired Washington county farmer now in Washington, visits nearby. Mrs S S Hefflinger from Blairsville Pa visits ill father David Fetterman. Maggie Collins travels to Chicago to assist sister Crilley in hospital. G G P G J G club high school girls visit Conelake under Mrs E R Lacey and Mrs Clegg. Mrs Jacob Foster visits Muscatine on Rebekah lodge business. Col L Price meets daughter Roxie at West Liberty after Indianola school term ends. An aged lady and son stop in town for refreshments on a long one-horse trip from Oklahoma City to Davenport, five weeks on the road.
W R Crosby of O Fallon Illinois retired after breaking 7 of 12. Richard Merrill of Milwaukee, R O Heikes of Dayton and Chauncey Powers of Decatur Illinois each hit 21 of aa.
Reports circulated in Davenport and Muscatine that Lydia Fix of Monteplier township married John Sieh in Rock Island after being timid at the ceremony. Fix claims his daughter, age 17, and the groom were aided by family and friends who opposed the match, and he knew nothing until it was too late. John Munn and Julia Lieh accompanied the couple.
Mrs Geo Bird and son Loyd travel Saturday to Iowa City to join Mr Bird and establish a home. Miss Julia Koetting Mrs A Freyermark and Grandmother Freyermark ride the Firefly to Rock Island for a few days with relatives and friends. Miss Anna Kincaid, First Word teacher, departs Saturday on the Firefly for rest, visiting Chicago siblings, St Louis, and LaCrosse before returning to resume school in September.
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