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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
5
A vivid ad promotes a boy medium offering trance readings on love marriage health law suits and personal issues with unfailing certainty. It claims cures for illnesses and bad habits and promises development of magnetism clairvoyance hypnosis and control at 124 East Second Street across from McColm's.
Miss Pearl Groves and Bruno Luedtka were married at St Marys Catholic church at 9 oclock this morning in a ceremony performed by Father J I Grieser. About fifty relatives and friends attended. The couple will reside on Monroe street and plan a wedding dinner follow ing the ceremony.
The Muscatine area reports the death of Mrs Louis Freyermuth of Kansas City Missouri aged about 55. Survived by husband four sons and a daughter three sisters and two brothers funeral planned for Thursday afternoon. The message gives no cause of death and notes her Milwaukee origin.
Bishop Goodsell warned of the temperance fight at the General Conference in Baltimore. He cited prohibition progress, attacked liquor traffic, saloon politics, and praised temperance unions while urging a nationwide war cry against alcohol.
Colds lingering into spring sap energy and weaken the system, publicity notes. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as quickly stopping coughs and expelling the cold with safety and sure results, as stated by druggist A. W. Morgan.
An OCR fragment promotes muffins made with Gold Medal Flour. The note reads like a consumer tip or ad line suggesting a recipe idea and product use.
Visiting New York I offer a city tour that saves time and money, promises extensive sightseeing in a half day, and guards against confidence schemes. Services include meeting at the depot and hotel arrangements with ununiformed escorts, plus shopping by mail. Edward Butler N C Tourist 47 W 19th St New York.
Prof W Earl Flynn will publicly demonstrate his disease cures at the union prayer meeting at First Congregational church tonight. Miss Bosworth will show women in a separate room how cures are effected while Flynn assists men. Earlier Flynn spoke at the high school about concentration and memory and teachers organized a class at First Methodist church for next week.
Harry Metzger announced plans to rebuild the broom straw warehouse destroyed by fire and to keep the broom factory running without interruption. A cement fireproof building will replace the prior structure, with plans to secure designs immediately and use cement blocks for a larger, safer facility. A carload of broom straw remained intact, enabling continued operations until new Oklahoma shipments arrive.
Secretary A. J. Neidig and Thomas Ogilvie were chosen as delegates to the Iowa Retail Merchants convention and industrial exhibit in Ottumwa Iowa on May 26 27 and 28 1908. About eight or ten other grocers will attend with Ottumwa hosting the event via special effort by the Ottumwa Retail Grocers association. Meetings will now be held weekly on Tuesdays.
In Philadelphia on May 14 the White Sox defeated the Athletics 2 to 1 in a pitchers duel as Walsh edged Dygert. The heat reached the 80s and all players benefited from the conditions in a game where manager Jones was ejected after disputing a decision. Cubs idle due to rain in Chicago the same day, postponing their clash with the Phillies and leaving games to be made up later.
In the National League results Chicago and Philadelphia were noted by Iain. St Louis defeated Brooklyn 5 to 2, Cincinnati beat Boston 6 to 1, and Pittsburgh won against New York 5 to 1.
Major league results show Philadelphia leading with 1 win, Chicago and New York both at 7, Cleveland 2, Boston 3, Detroit 10, Washington 1, and St. Louis 2 in a concise rundown of team results and scores.
In Minneapolis and several other cities weather interrupted games with Columbus defeating Minneapolis 4 to 0. Other pairings including Milwaukee against Indianapolis, St. Paul versus Toledo, and Kansas City against Louisville were rained out or postponed.
In Ottumwa 0 Jacksonville 2. Waterloo 4 Keokuk 3. Three I League: Decatur 2 Peoria 0. A compact report of local and league results with late 19th or early 20th century tone and numeric outcomes.
Schedule shows pairings across cities including Philadelphia Chicago New York Pittsburg Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn St Louis Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Washington Cleveland New York Detroit Boston. Games pit city rivals and cross league teams.
The piece reviews C. F. Carter’s question on annexing Alaska and contrasts it with a plan to drain U S swamps. It cites Geological Survey estimates of 78 million to potentially 100 million acres of swamp lands and highlights Carter’s June Technical World Magazine article on reclamation work as a major national project.
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