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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
5
Darkness halted the Sox and the Boston nine after ten innings at the South Side Grounds with the score 2 to 2. Cy Young faced Frank Smith and Doc White in a hot pennant clash as 1,000 fans stayed warm despite cold weather.
In Cincinnati on September 29 Chicago postponed a NL game with Cincinnati to avoid a protest by John T. Brush. Brush threatened action under league rules that tied or postponed games be played in the next series. The adjustment followed orders from President Herrmann to head off trouble.
American League games ended with Chicago 2 Boston 2 after ten innings and darkness, St. Louis 12 Detroit 2, New York 3-1 in a two game split with seven innings, and Cleveland Philadelphia rained out. National League saw Cincinnati Chicago rained out, New York 7 Philadelphia 6, Boston 3 Brooklyn 2.
Boston faces Chicago in a two game set while Philadelphia visits Cleveland for two games. New York travels to St Louis for a two game series and Washington plays Detroit in a single confrontation.
Pair of basketball matchups listed with Chicago visiting Cincinnati and Philadelphia visiting New York. Also noted are two games between St Louis and Pittsburgh and a separate Brooklyn at Boston encounter. The brief schedule outlines four contests across major leagues.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a fast cure for ordinary diarrhoea with a single dose, a second dose only for severe cases. It touts thirty five years of reputation and urges purchase from all druggists.
Readied for a Friday reception at Yeoman Hall from 2 to 5 PM hosted by the Highland Noble Lodge of Muscatine with delegates from Waterloo Davenport Clinton Iowa City Marion and Cedar Rapids. Supreme Protector J L Rose and others will speak. Committee led by Mrs Maude Mec Corde includes Elma Scott and O L Pyeatte.
Samuel Boke, described as muscular, assaulted his wife at 902 East Ninth Street after demanding seven dollars. He pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Judge Howe's court and received the maximum thirty days in jail. The judge criticized his actions and suggested a whipping post for wife beaters.
In Kokomo on September 29 Charley Thresper and William Lindley drank a jug of whisky at a gravel pit believing local option law would cut supplies. Both men died, Charles Lindley was dying, while Greentown school teachers and pupils used the scene as a temperance object lesson.
Foley's Orino Laxative is presented as an improvement on older laxatives, promising no griping or nausea and a pleasant taste. The guarantee is noted and A. W. Morgan, Druggist, endorses the product.
A board meeting outlines hiring Miss Bessie Hoopes as Bible secretary for six months at a penny a day per person. Fundraising will be by month reps and four workers each with seven donors weekly. Mrs Emerson Hoopes is elected to fill a vacancy. social, gym games, millinery class, and shirt waist class scheduled for upcoming evenings.
An advertisement touts Samose as a flesh forming food that, taken after meals, aids digestion and fat retention for steady flesh, nerves, and health. Havercamp's Drug Store guarantees refund if it fails to make thin people plump and rosy.
Unusual interest surrounds the Y M C A member drive with Emil Johnson leading the greens who hold first place with 140 points and eyeing 200. A. H. Kile heads the red team with 48 points as all four teams push to recruit new members amid citywide interest.
Kelly and Papke agree to a ten round bout to be staged in Milwaukee on October 15 with Charley White as referee. The purse includes a $5,000 guarantee and Ferrell to receive 55 percent of receipts, with Zea aiming for a $20,000 house.
The first of four entertainments in the local lecture course will be Friday at the high school auditorium featuring humorist Bill Bone reading his poems. A Japanese bazaar and illustrated lecture by Choyei Kondo will be held tonight at the Methodist church from three to five. Local evangelistic meetings continue through the week with no afternoon session tomorrow. Several residents and visitors pass through town, including Dr I B Schreckengast and Paul Armbright, with others returning from short trips to Illinois, Keota, and Des Moines.
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