Destructive windstorm sweeps Muscatine late Sunday
A violent windstorm strikes Muscatine and surrounding Sweethart Township ripping barns from frames, felling trees and damaging stock. The city’s lights go out as high tension lines snap, telegraph lines fail, and streets flood with debris. Numerous barns, chicken houses, and outbuildings are blown down or moved. several fatalities or injuries are feared as stock is killed and property destroyed.
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Wyelunis
Muscatine
Albert Wedekind
Sweetharch
Haydarracky
John Jazzier
August Fletnko
Cat
Glaus Hanson
Sweetland
Alltimer
iGrady
Theory Holtz
Otto Schwedel
Fred Vetter
Ln Pike Township
McKee and
Bliven
Muscatine Bottom Company
N. Tosenberger Hanve
Second Street
Aerous Tie Muscelline Sloweh
Merrimac Street
Ball Park
Juence
Pata
Thettics
Linginen Hive
Strest Cara
Barna
West Hill
Famous physiologist holds meetings here at high school
Linwost meeting of a series planned for tonight at 7 o clock at the local high school. Winfield Hall, professor of physiology at North ry university, delivers lectures on sex hygiene to parents, older people, girls and boys at various school sessions. He stresses candid talk and warns that many youths lack proper guidance at home.
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Linwost
Winfield
Hall
Northry University
Sintens
Jocalish School
Wiye
Tonigat
All Rex
Chitwgea
Suhoota
Poregon
Ottumwa Post Office Contest Highlights Kirkpatrick Support
Washington March 24 Special reports that Iowa sixth district congressman Kirkpatrick faces a crowded Otumwa post office race with Majors Stump Pickler McCarty French Curran and others vying. Kirkpatrick vows to name a candidate from the field and aims to answer every roll call and vote on all measures while serving in Congress.
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Awashington
D. C
Sunt Kirkpatrick
Sanyo
Kirkpatrick
J. MajOrs
Ottumwa
A. J. Stump
T. St. Pickler
C. W. McCarty
P. Hartman
B.C. Frenth
T.V Curran
Kirkpa
Wirkpatrick
McCarty
French
Curran
Gump
Pick- Jer
Irles
AL Albla
J. M. Gass
Monroe County
Mirkpatrick
Congress
House
Stone of Minds
Prouly
Woods
Muscatine Signs Helgeson Bolstering Musky Pitching
The Muscatine Musky baseball squad adds Byte Helgeson to bolster its pitching staff, strengthening the rotation heading into the season. Helgeson joins from Star Nebraska, bringing potential impact and depth to the mound.
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Musky
Byte Helgeson
Boyle Wins Victory Over Heuser Claim In Dubuque Contest
The Dubuque Three-League club wins the fight to secure pitcher Oscar Heuser from St. Joseph College Dubuque. Manager Frank Boyle welcomes the acquisition and expects Heuser to report by June, aiming to pitch against Town State University and Illinois University soon after, with a possible arrival in late May.
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Frank Boyle
Elcome
Farrell
Oscar Heuser
St. Joseph I College
Dubuque
Masertine
Warrell
Musky
Boyle Ig Webly
Heuser
Boyle
Town State University
Illinois University
Slingshot pitcher Helgeson joins Nebraska State League
Manager Frank Boyle closed the deal yesterday for Helgeson, a 24 year old 190 pound pitcher with a rough 3-4 record in seven games last year. Lisette from Boyle’s Waterloo circles recommended him, claiming major league potential and predicting him as a season sensation in the Central Association. Helgeson’s fielding average last year was 2000 percent.
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Frank Boyle
Helgeson
Boyle
Lisette
Waterloo
Lizette
Tinette
Felgeson
Lawn tennis dates set for coming season
The United States National Lawn Tennis Association announced the 1914 season schedule. Spring starts April 24 in southern California with a Lourne ment, followed by the Chevy-Chase club open in Maryland May 8 and an invitation doubles at Tuxedo New York. Major events span Illinois, Philadelphia, Hartford, Orange Lawn, Onwentsia Lake Forest and Tacoma with national championships on August 11 at Newport Rhode Island and indoor championships in New York in March.
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New York
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
California
East
Chevy-Chane Club
Maryland
Tuxedo
N.Y
Middle West
University of Illinois
Br Pana
Philadelphia
New Orleans
New England
Hartford Golf Club
Middle States
Orange Lawn
South Orange
N. J
Lake Forrest
Tacoma
Newsport
Rhoda Island
Muscatine Books Long Series With Winnipeg
Manager Frank Boyle confirms a week long pre season training trip as Winnipeg will visit Muscatine for April 26 and 27, part of a solid schedule building toward the 1913 Central Association season. The delay in trains delayed the plan but the Winnipeg visit is now booked.
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Frank Boyle
Central Association
Winnipes @inb
Muscatine
Boyle
Winnipeg
Winnip
Muscatine Snubbed From State Basketball Tournament
The Muscatine high school was not chosen among eight entrants for the Iowa state interscholastic basketball championships in Iowa City. The selected teams are Corning, Fort Dodge, Charles City, Clinton, Davenport, Ottumwa, Sioux City, and Jefferson, with Davenport hosting preliminary games Friday and the championship Saturday. Judges include G. F. Mareball, Eugens Heneley, and W. W. Blakely. N. A. Kellogg will referee.
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Muscatine
State Athletic Board
Iowa City
Otnbwa
Sioux City
Daveport
Jefferson
Corning
Charles City
Fort Dodge
Clinton
Amon
West Waterloo
Toy Fayette
Ottumwa
Mussanne
Wilson
Fort. Dodge
Davenport
Sterling
Wilton
G. Tf.mareball
Eugens Heneley
Grinnell
W. Wi.blakely
N. A. Kelogg
Iowa State University
Muskies Play Week in Ottumwa Prepare for Season Opener
Ime g is slated to play a week in Ottumwa with Ned Bea s C A champions. The week s engagements with te Camys should put the Muskies in fine readiness for the opening of the season Boyle will have splendid opportunity to watch the young recruits in action against a good team and all weak spots should be detected the more easily The wily local Yender is expecting to have a strong aggregation in preparedness to oppose the Burlington club on the first day of the new season.
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Imeg
Ottumwa
Ned Bea
C. A
Te Camys
Boyle
Yender
Burlington Club
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