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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1912

Page

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Cubs travel at rapid pace in big league results

Chicago outslugs Boston 10 4 with Hess strong on mound and Evers suspended for a run in with umpire Finner. Zimmerman fined 60 dollars for the same incident. St Louis tops New York 8 6 while Cincinnati edge Philadelphia 2 1. Pittsburgh bats fail as Brooklyn wins 8 5 in the sixth.

Boston Mass Chicago Hess Evers Finner Zimmerman Donnelly Rariden Lavender Smith Cincinnati Philadelphia Fromme Rixey Alexander Phelan Hoblitzell Killifer Pittsburgh Brooklyn Rucker Adams Gibson Miller Bostone Washington Andy Detroit Cleveland St. Louis New York LL. Pet Galloway P- Stud Postoffice Tdi Omaha Bt. Joseph Des. Moines Bronx City Agates Wichita Lincoln Toneka Springfield Davenport Quincey Decatur Danville Sa Dubuque Ee Bloomington Qu Gu TBS Galesburg Hannibal

Courier Uplifters Triumph Over Galloway 3 to 1 in Five Innings

The Courier Uplifters beat Galloway 3 to 1 after a disputed fifth inning at Prospect Park. Rees pitched five innings with six strikeouts and two hits allowed, while Bowen of Galloway produced a late rally but fell short. Umpire decisions sparked a tumult as players argued after a close play at first.

Courier Prospect Park Rees The Galloway Boys Bademix Bowen Insight Per Galloway Roaters

Cleveland Beats Chicago 3 1 in American Teague

Cleveland defeated Chicago yesterday by 3 to 1, Walsh driving in a run in the fourth and Baker adding a run with a single. Kahler and O'Neil pitched for Cleveland while Walsh and Kuhn starred for Chicago in a foggy, busy American Association slate with several rain and darkness delays across the circuit.

Cleveland Chicago Walsh Baker Kahler O'Neil Kuhn Indianapolis Kansas City Louisville Toledo Milwaukee

Keokuk Burlington RAMO Postponed By Rain

Central Association schedule notes Keokuk and Burlington RAMO game postponed due to rain. Other games listed include Hannibal possible dates and Kewanee with a double header.

Cobb Plays Ball Despite Injury in Syracuse Game

Roughie Jennings and the Detroit team defeated the Syracuse State league club 3 to 1 as Ty Cobb trotted out to left field despite a minor painful knife wound in his shoulder from an attack on the Detroit train. Batteries Works and Kocher and Onslow, Sitton and Knotts.

Syracuse N. Y Roughie Jennings Detroit Ty Cobb

La Porte Amateur Trap Shoot Set for Aug 21

The La Porte City gun club chaired by Charles Hummel plans a one day amateur trap shoot on Wednesday August 21. The program includes twelve events totaling 200 targets with starts at 1 39 o'clock. The jack rabbit system pays 10 cents per broken target plus purse shares, plus $40 added money. Fred Whitney will cashier the event.

la Ports City Charles Hummel Fred Whitney

Murphy says Giants need aid to win pennant in NL

Chicago August 13 Charles W Murphy president of the Chicago club of the National League charges New York would not win the pennant without undue aid from others He objects to a New York world's tour plan tied to Bresnahan and warns against any financial scheme influencing the race The NL title race should be decided on merit not manipulation

Chicago Charles W. Murphy New York Roger Bresnahan St. Louis Murphy Bresnahan Giants Cardinals

One Hundred Dollar Reward For Catarth Remedy

An offer of one hundred dollars rewards a damaged 19th century notice cites F J Cheney Co Toledo and Amar wholesale druggists advising trust in a remedy Catarth Cure taken internally. The misspelled text mentions testing, payment terms, and a sale of patent medicine.

Hall Tataruke F. J. Cheney & CO F. J. Cheney Orn Wannia Kinwan Amar Toledo Trattmaninis

Bat Nelson to Fight Ketchell on Labor Day in 15 Rounds

Kansas City reports former world lightweight champion Battler Nelson plans a comeback with a 15 round bout against Steve Ketchell in St. Joseph on Labor Day to mark his 17th year in the prize ring. Nelson predicts life after years and hints at another book titled A Fighter's Experience With Women Folka.

Kansas City Battling Nelson Steve Ketchell St. Joseph Bat St. Joe Ketchell Battler Wallace

Ad Wolgast and Packey McFarland to Fight in October

Chicago reports Ad Wolgast and Packey McFarland will meet in a 10 round bout under Garden Athletic club in New York on October 3. Both boxers to weigh 135 to 136 pounds at 6 oclock. Managers to travel to Cadillac, Michigan for contract details. Bout arranged by Billy McCarney for Billy Gibson. Real estate transfers listed include Waterloo Loan & Trust Co to Joe Currie and several property sales from Grace M. FE church and others in Waterloo and surrounding towns.

Chicago Ad Wolgast Packey McFarland Garden Athletic Club New York Fastern Club Cadillac Mich Billy McCarney Billy Gibson The Garden Athletic Club of Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co Waterloo Loan & Trust Co Joe E. Currie Soash Park Waterloo Grace M H. Pearsall Bishop's 2Nd Addition la Porte City Sophia E. Peattie Paul B. Bennett West Park Elmwood Cemetery C. W. Werlaufer Cc. W. Bown Floyd H. Knapp Maple Leaf Addition Galloway-Gibson Investment Co Wm. Bell Prospect Hills

Peddler Problem To Be Considered At Iowa Meeting

Iowa City officials discuss peddlers license issues at the League of Iowa Municipalities meeting in Sioux City. City Clerk George T. Reddick will speak on Transient Merchants and relate Iowa City's experience with a license ordinance struck down by the Iowa Supreme Court. The license ranged from 250 to 500 dollars yearly. Representatives may draft an ordinance to survive the court ruling while protecting home merchants from transient peddlers.

Iowa City League of Iowa Sioux City George T. Reddick Supreme Court of Iowa

Blood Poison Causes Death of Frank N. Walker

Frank Nathaniel Walker died yesterday afternoon at 4 50 at his home 906 Conger Street of blood poisoning complicated by heart trouble. A plasterer by trade he injured his foot stepping on a wall four weeks earlier and infection followed. Born July 6 1861 in Winthrop he was 51. He came to Waterloo five years ago and is survived by his widow three sons Arthur and Bert Walker and Frank Walker all of Waterloo and Mrs Pearl Smith of Chicago. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 19 oclock at the Peterson Bros chapel with Rev J A Haehlen of Calvary Evangelical church officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

Frank Nathaniel] Walker Conger Street Walker P. Wood Epperson Decedent Winthrop Waterloo Pearl Smith Arthur Bert Walker Chicago Frank Walker Peterson Bros J. A. Haehlen Calvary Evangelical Church Fairview Cemetery

Reinbeck Real Estate Auction Sets Local Records

Reinbeck Iowa August 13 the largest real estate auction sale in this area was held Saturday afternoon. O P Alexander sold 860 acres at 152 dollars per acre totaling 54 720 J A Meisson sold 286 Meissner estate 80 acres at 145 dollars per acre totaling 11 600 Emil Beuck sold a dwelling in Reinbeck for 2 750 grand total of all sales 112 470 All the land except eighty acres went to local buyers.

Reinbeck O. P. Alexander J. A. Meisson Meissner Emil Beuck

Orchard experiments at Woodbine aim to prove self fertilization

D. W. Longpeich plans to harvest apples from his trees with Wagons of Winesaps Grimes Golden and other varieties. He carefully tended his orchard spraying and bagging blooms to test insect and bee fertilization. An 800 apple yield from one Winesap tree and 600 from another were noted as part of the study. He earned $2 per box last year and will box all fruit this fall.

Onawa D. W. Longpeich Woodbine

Youngest Mother in Iowa Delivers At 11

An 11 year old girl from near Davenport gave birth to a healthy eight and a half pound child at University Hospital in Iowa City. The record marks the youngest mother in Iowa medical history and was noted yesterday in a local report.

Iowa City Iowa Davenport University Hospital

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