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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
5
The Roach led Sterne man by a margin, but the three dozen point swing reduced the gap to thirty two in the third game of the final golf match at the Geneva links yesterday. The clothiers won by four points as Rev. B. C. Preston posted the low score of 43 with the tally to follow.
Muscatine Independents travel to Columbus Junction to face the Junction club at the fair. They rely on strengthened out of town players and aim to win after a vigorous season push. Return tonight with four games against Keota starting tomorrow. Keota is known as a fast southeastern foe.
National League results include Chicago sweeping St Louis 5 0 and 8 2, New York vs Boston 3 4 and 8 5, Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 5 and 6 1, Pittsburg 3 Cincinnati 1. American League opponents St Louis 4 Chicago 3 Detroit 2 Cleveland 1 New York 2 Philadelphia 1 Boston 5 Washington 2. Three IT League Cedar Rapids 9 Decatur 1 Dubuque 4 Springfield 3 Clinton 6 Bloomington 0.
Rock Island 5, Peoria 3. Quincy 11, Burlington 5 in game one. Burlington 6, Quincey 1 in game two. Jacksonville 4, Ottumwa 1 extended to twenty innings. Waterloo 7, Kewanee 2. Keokuk 6, Oskaloosa 3.
Chicago plays Pittsburg. New York tangles with Philadelphia. Boston faces Brooklyn. Cleveland clashes with Chicago. Detroit meets St Louis. Washington runs against New York. Philadelphia meets Boston.
FE B Lewis and Dr F Halstead spent yesterday on a fishing expedition at Drury's landing. The outing featured calm waters and a focus on leisure activity along the river.
The Muscatine Launch Club finalizes Labor Day events with races at 8:30 9:30 and 10:30 a m prizes include cups trophies and cash. An informal dancing party with an orchestra runs 7:30 to 10:39 p m. A $25 Duro Storage battery prize is awarded to the first boat to finish within trial time.
Street Commissioner George Fuller has begun grading Fifth Street between Linn and Spruce to widen the thoroughfare. After grading, permanent walks will be laid. Walks are also ordered on Linn Street from Fourth to Sixth streets.
An old advertisement touts a weight loss mix from a druggist combining Marmola Cascara Aromatic and Sirup Simplex. It promises fat reduction of 12 to 16 ounces daily without exercise and claims no wrinkles or stomach harm. The piece argues the method is gentler than drastic dieting.
Mrs. Rovie Kaufman of near Wilton and H. F. Freyermuth of Bloomington township returned from Kansas City after attending the funeral of Louis Freyermuth. Freyermuth, well known in Muscatine, died suddenly of heart failure at his Kansas City home on Monday afternoon.
Hiram Cromer of Orange street is critically ill at his home with heart trouble. His son Charles, living in Iowa City, was telephoned to come at once as his condition worsened since Monday with no improvement.
Miss Neva Keily of Burlington is the guest of her aunt Mrs. Geo Parker. Katherine Cameron left Tuesday.
An advertisement touts ZEMO as a clean external liquid that draws germs and toxins to the surface and destroys them. It claims instant relief and permanent cures for skin and scalp diseases and lists E. W. Rose Medicine Co. of St. Louis and A. W. Morgan of 107 W. and St. as distributors.
Seattle area brief records visitors and travelers from Morning Sun lists residents in transients and relatives. Names include John E. Wilson Oaksville Mrs. Wright Fredonia Iowa Neill Trotman Clinton Miss Emma Rock Charlesville Iowa and many others with trips to Burlington Farmington Des Moines Cairo Mediapolis and beyond.
Local items note a second cook position opening at the Commercial Hotel. Mrs J A Sanders of Montpelier shopped in town. Miss Maude Marshall of Wilton visited friends. Hirt and Fesler Piano Co offers Columbia Gold moulded records at 25c. John A Robbins sells fire insurance. Mrs Henry Zeidler Mrs Chris Otto and daughter Myrtle of 113 East Seventh street spent the day in Davenport. Robert Jamieson of Chicago visiting Joseph Wier of 407 East Front street then returned home. Miss Lillian Maurath of Chicago returned from a Muscatine visit with Miss Mae Ankel of 216 Walnut Street.
The Globe restaurant on Iowa avenue has reopened under H. S. Klaiss with regular meals at 25 cents and short orders all hours. Mrs. George Hayden of Evanston Wyoming visits her parents at 205 West Fifth Street and heads to Bradford Illinois en route to California.
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