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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
8
Local notices list Paudhet's band planning the first moonlight trip of the season on the steamer W. W. for May 24. Numerous residents travel to visit friends in nearby towns and cities, with short trips to Davenport Wilton Rock Island Bayfield and Summit noted along with outfits for sale and services offered.
Mrs. Mary Dean Laughery, the oldest resident of Shueyville, Johnson county, died there in her 95th year. She lived in Lee county from 1844 to 1877 and in Johnson county from 1877 to the end. She is survived by five daughters and three sons, plus 39 grandchildren.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters provides painless relief from kidney trouble and back pain. It notes the product costs 50 cents and is sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
River bulletin lists stage heights at LaCrosse Dubuque LeClaire Muscatine and St. Louis with current feet and daily changes. Notable readings show Muscatine at 13.5 feet, St. Louis at 20.0 feet, and slight declines at multiple sites as temperatures vary.
Physical Director Johnson plans a big wrestling event at the Y M C A gym on Saturday May 15 featuring a bout between McCleary and Elder. Elder, a deaf and dumb lad, seeks a close rule victory after a strong prior battle. The program also includes handball tournaments with senior and junior divisions and ribbons for winners.
Chicago May 6 Cubs walloped Griffiths 5 2 to pull level for fourth with their opponents as Orvie Overall starred on the mound in a high scoring opener. The White Sox also won 6 5 in Cleveland as they turned the tables on the Naps in a wild game marred by miscues.
Muscatine high school manager Ed McDonald completes arrangements for a Saturday track meet at the fair grounds between Muscatine and West Liberty high schools. Each school fields 10 men as rivals prepare for a close contest with West Liberty arriving Saturday morning and the meet starting at 1 pm to fit the 3:20 train return.
National League results show Chicago 5 over Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 6 over St Louis 5 Brooklyn 8 over Philadelphia 3 and Boston against New York on wet grounds. American League standings list Cleveland 5 over Chicago 6 Philadelphia 3 over Washington 4 New York 2 over Boston 0 St Louis 1 over Detroit 2 in ten innings. Central Association reports Keokuk 1 over Waterloo 9 Quincy 6 over Ottumwa 1 Jacksonville 19 over Kewanee 1 Hannibal 4 over Burlington 2.
A 25c box of Dr. King's New Life Pills offers a remedy for stomach liver and kidney trouble. The ad promotes quick relief with a small price and simple use.
Cincinnati faces Chicago and St. Louis meets Pittsburg as New York plays Boston in a sequence of key intercity games. Philadelphia hosts Brooklyn while Chicago visits Cleveland and Detroit travels to St. Louis. Washington goes to Philadelphia and Boston visits New York.
The Muscatine high school freshmen captured first in the inter class field meet at the fair grounds. Seniors finished second with 31 points and sophomores had 30. Elmer Appel starred for the sophomores with five firsts and one third, helping their 26 points despite a bumpy track.
Cummins warns senators that rising calls for custom house tax relief will swell like a vast roar across the nation. He argues the public desires substantial duty cuts on key schedules and cautions that delaying justice will empower the people to enforce it. The discussion shifts to the lumber schedule.
Local forecaster J. M. Sherier expects the Mississippi River stages to slowly fall over the next 48 hours from Dubuque through Muscatine.
Appel led in the 100 yard dash and shot put while Baker won discus. Payne topped the 220 yard dash and half mile. Eshleman led pole vault. Hahn and McKee swept 440 and discus in a day of strong performances with Townsley and Steinmetz also placing high.
A flannel piece taped to the seat of pain, dampened with Chamberlain’s Liniment, and bound in place is claimed to be superior to any plaster for relief.
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