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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1906
Page
8
Town notes list insurance firms and local agents then routine visits, ministerial schedule, shopping and travel updates, social events, and lodge programs. Remarks include Sleepy Bye flour, water heaters, milk and egg buying, and upcoming May 1 2 events with Koontz orchestra and drill team exhibitions.
In the American League Cleveland leads with 22 wins and a .545 pace while Washington and Detroit sit in pursuit. National League shows Cincinnati at .316 and Philadelphia near .500. American Association highlights Louisville and Minneapolis atop the standings with strong winning percentages.
In ten innings Detroit edged Chicago 2 to 1. Philadelphia defeated Washington 6 to 3. Boston beat New York 13 to 4. St Louis triumphed over Cleveland 4 to 3.
Scores from multiple games include Philadelphia 6 over Brooklyn 2 and New York 8 over Boston 2. Pittsburg defeated Cincinnati 3 to 0 with a rain postponement affecting Chicago against St Louis.
Weathered field conditions in St. Louis forced a postponement of the Chicago game yesterday as wet grounds hindered play. Players Batteries Check and Phelps, Phil Lippe and Petite were noted in reports from the scene.
Brooklyn hosts Philadelphia as the visitors outplayed the home team. Battery details list Pettinger and Doolin for Brooklyn with Scanlon and Bergen for Philadelphia. Final score references show Philadelphia ahead 69 to 27 in a rout.
Boston and New York met in a baseball game on May 1 with New York routing Boston 8 to 0. Pfeiffer and O Neill pitched for Boston while Ames Bresnahan joined New York in the batteries.
In Cleveland and Chicago and Philadelphia and New York battery listings name agents Hess Buelow Glade Rickey Walsh Sullivan Seiver Schmidt Bender Bowers Falkenburg Kitteridge Chesebro Newton Kleinow Tannehille Winter Graham with associated city connections and numeric codes. The fragment notes multiple battery pairings and agent names across venues.
Open high low close figures for wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and related items from Chicago markets dated May first. Includes prices for May July and Sept contracts, cash grains and live stock receipts, withChicago Produce Market summaries and poultry figures.
In twelve innings at Louisville Milwaukee won 4 to 3, at Columbus Minneapolis defeated Columbus 4 to 2, at Toledo St Paul won 3 to 2, and at Indianapolis Kansas City tied 2 to 2.
The schedule shows St. Louis at Cleveland, Washington at Philadelphia, and Boston at New York with games set across major leagues.
Chicago faces St Louis as Philadelphia tangles with Brooklyn and Pittsburg plays Cincinnati while New York meets Boston in a packed early season slate.
Cincinnati report notes the locals failed to connect on successive passes with Phillipe during a critical delivery. The sparse data shows minute details and misfires in the sequence, leaving the outcome unresolved.
Butter markets in New York show weakness with creameries holding at 15 19 cents and factory goods at 11 to 16 1/2 cents. Extra firsts fetch 18 cents with seconds around 16 1/4 cents as bees markets stay steady.
New York market report shows alive poultry steady with chicken 12 cents, fowls 14 cents, turkeys 12 cents. Dressed poultry firm with chickens 19 cents, turkeys 15 to 16 cents, fowls 11 to 14 ¾ cents.
Market notes from St Louis on May 1 show wheat for July at steady levels, corn at 45 6 cents, oats at 30 percent 31 cents per bushel with minor fluctuations across futures.
Peoria market notes corn oats wheat prices for No 3 corn 471éc retail oats 35c per lb. Butter eggs greens and poultry prices listed with live ece and turkeys ham beef and fish values. Multiple items include cabbage onions potatoes cabbage and a wide range of produce, meats, seeds and nuts with per pound per peck and per bushel rates.
An advertisement lists linoleum and oilcloth by the yard with prices and patterns, plus wood grain flooring options and curtain stretchers. It also promotes genuine Bissell carpet sweepers in multiple colors as a top cleaning tool.
Twenty large 9x10% feet rugs advertised with pretty patterns and all wool Brussells tapestry. The Boston Store promotes quality colors at ten dollars, noting retail prices reach thirteen to fourteen dollars in large cities. Come this week for low prices and selection.
We showcase a grand selection of goods suited for graduation and class day dresses. Young ladies are invited to visit our store to see for themselves. Silk and wool fabrics priced at 50c 65c 8c and 1.00 yard. selected specially for graduation purposes. Come this week.
Ad announces Brussels rugs with 9x10% style emphasis and a strong claim that customers will like them.
A Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul passenger train No. 3 collided with a freight on a siding in Kiel Wisconsin on May 1. The crash demolished the passenger locomotive and several cars. Mail Clerk F H Libbey Fireman John McLean Fireman Harry Snyder and I W Isaacson were seriously injured.
Chicago Ill May 1 the main track of the Rock Island between Davenport and Council Bluffs will be rebuilt this summer at an estimated cost of 1 250 000. The relaid sections run between Newton and Colfax Booneville and Earlham and Menlo and Atlantic. Reballasting of fifty miles and rebuilding all bridges from Davenport to Atlantic are planned.
The Imperial Council Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine convention in Los Angeles enables Iowa Central Ry to sell round trip tickets to San Francisco and Los Angeles from April 25 to May 5. Return by July 31 at one fare. Travel via any direct route there and back via any other direct route. Stop-over privileges granted. For details contact A. B. Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
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