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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
2
West Side gloom as Chicago loses both Decoration Day games to St Louis. The morning 15 inning affair ended 4 to 2 with Jack Pfiester striking out 17, a season record. In the nightcap St Louis bunched hits to defeat Lundgren 6 to 1.
A roundup of scores across leagues with teams such as Muscatine Galena Cubs Wilton South Muscatine West End Red Sox St. Louis Chicago Brooklyn New York Pittsburg Cincinnati Philadelphia Boston Detroit Cleveland Washington and others. Morning and afternoon games note weather delays and postponements across the Iowa cities including Des Moines Sioux City Cedar Rapids Dubuque Rock Island and Ottumwa.
A list of scheduled games includes Chicago at Cincinnati, New York at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Pittsburg, Boston at Brooklyn, Chicago at Detroit, St. Louis at Cleveland, Philadelphia at New York, Washington at Boston, and Muscatine versus Galena at Moline.
The western intercollegiate tennis tourney on the University of Chicago courts saw semi finals set with Gray of Chicago Hayes of Cornell Loesch of Wisconsin and Cogswell of Iowa as contenders. Hayes recent triumphs include the Middle Western championship at Omaha and the Iowa City state title after a five hour battle.
Muscatine officials expect a strong turnout for the Monday contest with Davenport of the Three-I league. The piece notes Davenport is stronger than Rock Island and aims to compare Muscatine against a higher class, with upcoming July away games shaping attendance and scheduling decisions for Sunday games.
Foley & Co. Chicago originator of Foley’s Honey and Tar warns of numerous imitations with similar sounding names. The genuine remedy comes in a yellow package and is the best cough and cold remedy. Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store is noted.
Muscatine Independents edged Galena 3 to 1 as Eis pitched a near shutout and the locals capitalized on errors. McKee doubled for Galena while Maloney, Koll, and Rudd led Muscatine with timely hits and aggressive baserunning. Attendance reached about 1,000 at the local grounds.
Wreaths and flags were placed on graves in local cemeteries to honor deceased members of Company C Fifty fourth Iowa National Guard and Spanish-American War veterans. Mrs Captain Norton led a ladies committee in crafting C shaped wreaths with Maj Tillie and Sgt Madden overseeing the decoration effort. A growing list of local graves marks continues to grow each year with names like Battey Beard Cummins Ewing Garlock Howe Jester Kincaid Kennedy Lauder Morgridge Munroe Prodgser Raff Smith Stewart Van Nostrand Dougherty Thompson Ruckdeschel Thompson Neidig Ludlow Cromer Schenck Stern Warner Zeug Gobble Stocker.
Changes take effect June 3 on the Wilton branch timetable for Rock Island trains. Muscatine morning 6:30 train moves to 6:25, noon train remains 3:20, and 9:30 p m train becomes 9:25 p m. Return noon arrival stays 12:30. Train 361 arrives 5:50, train 363 arrives 11:55. Trainmaster Kennelly gains two division territory Nahant to Trenton. J N Marker replaces Collins at Nahant. Collins moves to Eldon dispatcher’s office.
J H Whistler an old Buffalo resident and Christian church minister died after a lengthy illness. Born 1831 in Rockingham County Virginia he moved west at 21. He taught school and worked as a photographer before ministry. Survived by daughter Mrs J Armentrout five sisters and two brothers. Funeral at home then shipping to Almont Iowa for interment.
Friends report Clarence Haifleigh in critical condition at his home near Claraville Oklahoma after contracting typhoid fever. He has long served as assistant sexton at Greenwood, and after moving with his father in law G W Barden last October took up a 160 acre claim nearby.
Wilton high school defeated the local Cubs 14 to 9 in a Decoration Day contest at Wilton before a good crowd. Agnew did not start for Wilton, replaced by understudy Parker. Schenck pitched for the Cubs with Buster Freeman at short.
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