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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1916
Page
6
Teams from Minnesota to Northwestern brace for brutal schedules after last weekend’s upsets. Coaches drill players on blocking, tackling and quick, snappy drills as intercollegiate contests loom. Notable games include Minnesota vs North Dakota and Harvard facing North Carolina with strong lineups expected.
Coach Walgren announced the opening of a season for Mish High School teams with freshmen and seniors in scrimmage last week and upcoming games next week. Juniors clash with Sophomores in initial battles as preparations for KAmMes advance. players aim for regular team positions and strong bids.
An Oct 11 note from Journal Sprelat sereleny reports Iowa University will renew football activities today under Prof. G. Schroeder and Grover C. Jacobsen. Kennett Von Lackum, nursing a dislocated shoulder, remains active in practice while Taleo recovers on crutches.
San Bernardino California high school football player Alan Rowe Currier, a sophomore, died Monday at Ramona Hospital from injuries suffered during a practice game. Currier was tackled and thrown to the ground causing a broken head injury leading to his death.
Rawin L Riley secretary of the Tad Sox received a letter from President J J Lannin of the club, now in Brooklyn, stating that his services are no longer required. No explanation was offered.
The New Era basketball team opens under the Boys and Men's glad of New Era with weekly practice at the Memorial Gym. A season schedule will be announced soon as opening date is set. The Phinandorn society girls may form a net team posing a challenge to rivals. A bazaar at Woodward Episcopal Church tomorrow features a chicken supper and a New Era Band performance.
Members of the Curia Regia club at the high school held their first meeting at the home of Mrs Odatto and Mrs Taylor on West Third Street. The gathering celebrated Virgil’s birthday with club colors red and white and featured a program of Latin topics and a new tomboy word.
Iowa City report from October details Coach Jones starting the drill session for the Hawkeyes amid injuries. Jacobson with a broken leg, Lackum with a dislocated shoulder, Scott nursing a toe injury, and Van Pelt limited by a frat game. only partial practice noted.
New York report says Charles J. Feltman, Coney Island restaurant proprietor and business man, discussed purchasing the Brooklyn baseball club with FE bots and is eager to become a buyer. He named a conditional on Week partners’ approval but would not exceed a high price. Edward McNgavor, a partner, said it would take 32,000,000 to buy the club.
Physical Director Clinton Wilts announced plans for a hike by YM and Preps. More than twenty members from two departments will meet at nine Saturday morning and split into two squads to guide a three mile route along the Mississippi side.
Brown's Business College hosted J Samuel Standt to speak on the psychology of individual influence and efficiency. He argued that mass progress follows strong leaders who cultivate personal power and that societies imitate singular figures rather than collective effort. The talk drew students and many outsiders to the auditorium.
The feature presents social pretensions from Atlantic to Pacific as false standards tied to wealth and ambition. Virginia Pours stars in a Southern verity titled Hyppocriny about a wife of a man of the world, whose lover and husband chase money, gambling, and social climb, leading to debt and ruin.
The Journal’s Sperial Service reports Iowa State rifle squad selections for the national tournament. Contributors include Major W. Brookhart and C. Munuma, with 14 candidates named from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Washington and other towns. Leaders and scores are cited from Jacksonville and Des Moines tryouts. Donald W. Price leads with 281 points.
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Nash a well known Lak a township woman who died Monday at Dollevue hospital were conducted by Rev J B Randall of First Presbyterian Church. Services were at home at 1 3 0 o clock and at the church at 2 o clock with pallbearers Jon Noll William Noll Frank Huber George Huber John Balder and Frank Woyter. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
A Routar dispatch from Amsterdam states that bombers attacked Stuttgart yesterday evening. The report says no walls or buildings were hit and no persons were injured.
South Muscatine officials say sidewalks now in progress in the South End are expected to be completed within several weeks. Additional street improvements will include layhue of new walkways as crews aim to finish before cold weather. Local notes report residents John Eltora and others traveling to Little Dutch Colony for a family visit and extended trips through nearby parks, with several plans to visit Garden City and Columbus Junction before returning home.
A special meeting of the A F G ALM No 2 held in the lodge room concluded with the third degree and installation of several new members. Justice C Center’s office handled warrants for Gideon and Ritter as friends and relatives gathered yesterday for the ceremony.
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