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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1909
Page
8
An unidentified advertisement touts the Go Cart Store as the official go cart shop with a selection of English perambulators and a range of carts including the one motion collapsible and plain carts priced down to $3.50. It urges customers to visit before buying elsewhere.
Chicago wins 4 to 3 over Brooklyn in New York after Hofman belts a clutch eleventh inning homer with two outs. Sullivan's youngsters edge Yankees 2 to 1 in another note, as weather and lineups test the home squad.
Iowa City May 25 Donald Wagner the freshman star at Iowa University drowned when a canoe capsized on the Des Moines river during a visit home The promising quarterback and ground gainer was lost to the Hawkeyes while Miss Dorothy Vorse was rescued The report notes Wagner’s extraordinary punting ability and predicts he would have been a top back for Iowa in future seasons
Yesterday's American League results show Chicago 2 over New York 1 and Detroit 10 over Washington 1. Cleveland beat Philadelphia 6 to 2, while the St Louis Boston game was rained out.
In eleven innings Brooklyn falls to Chicago 3 to 4. New York loses 1 to 3 at St Louis. Philadelphia trails Cincinnati 1 to 5. Boston defeats Pittsburg 6 to 2.
In a marathon set of games the Cedar Rapids and Springfield tilt ended tied after fourteen innings, both teams scoring two. Rock Island defeated Peoria, Davenport beat Bloomington in extra innings, with Bloomington and Davenport each tallying four runs.
Kewanee defeated Dubuque 2 to 0 and Waterloo edged Decatur 3 to 0 in ten innings. Other games were postponed.
The schedule shows New York at Chicago Boston at St Louis Washington at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland Chicago at Brooklyn Pittsburg at Boston St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Charles Grade rolled 255 pins to break all high bowling scores at the Commercial club on Saturday evening. The Muscatine musician chalked up nine strikes and one spare with only a single error, witnessed by a small audience.
A. W. Morgan, the local druggist, promotes Zemo as a curative external preparation for eczema. He claims it stops itching instantly and destroys germ causes, noting it has cured more chronic skin cases than other remedies.
The Twilight Baseball League is organized with O. E. Johnson of the YMCA as organizer and general manager. John Mapes serves as secretary and John Herwig as treasurer. Plants pay a $5 entrance fee to fund gloves bats and equipment for the first games at Fair Grounds Park starting Thursday at 6 30 p m.
Fredonia Iowa social notes list visits and travels among residents. Mrs J C Books and daughter Ida see the ailing Lyman Huff south of Columbus City. Walter James and Lawrence Crull attended a Burlington shooting tournament. Several residents visit relatives in Muscatine Cedar Rapids Washington Columbus City Columbus Junction and nearby towns.
Sunday gatherings include Mr and Mrs Jesse Biebinger and Mrs Ed Knott with daughter in law Mrs Will Knott. J L Shellabarger and wife left for Missouri to visit son Scott and family. George Russell and D D Mapes from Los Angeles and Columbus Junction visited A Williams family. Sweete Johnston improves after appendicitis. C F Lee visits daughter Mrs W W Jones and family at Columbus City.
Keota Iowa May 25 Special On Sunday May 30 at 11 a m union memorial services will be held in the Christian church with Rev L F Davis preaching before the G A R and W R C On Monday May 31 at 2 30 p m the G A R and W R C will conduct memorial services in the Methodist church The program includes music invocations readings solos and an address by Charles Dewey of Washington Afterward the Post Corps and audience will march to the cemetery for the decoration service
Iowa City mayor Ralph Otto fined H F Pocock for third time for running Sunday shows and mulching four performers at the Bijou vaudeville. Pocock plans to discontinue Sunday performances next week to avoid more fines as contracts bind performers. Otto also fined several citizens for speeding motorists.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a remedy for colds and coughs to prevent consumption. It is priced at 50c and 1.00 and offered by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
List of letters remaining unclaimed at the Muscatine Iowa post office for the week ending May 25 1908. Men and ladies names shown with several given initials and surnames. one foreign entry. Recipients urged to say advertised to claim letters.
Claim that their fifteen dollar suits equal more expensive options for value. Argues material, workmanship, fit, and modern styles meet demand at a good price with emphasis on long wear and appearance.
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