Y Faves In Game Tonight at Waterloo Y M C A
Waterloo Y M C A hosts Muscatine in a key basketball clash while Reinbeck and West High meet for a strong show. Muskies bring a clean season record and a win there could boost state title chances. Additional matchups and lineup details accompany the preview, with notes on officiating and costs.
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Waterloo “Y
Association
Muscating
Waterloo
Muscatine
Reinbeck
West High
Grundy
Rice
Armstrong
Gossard
Bennett
Walker
Lichty
Weller
Gates
Muscatinge
West
Kautz
Hahn
Smalley
Herman
Mallory
YY Juniors Win at Y Club Athletic Meet
In the Junior B all round contest at the Y under H R Lee, Jack Maynard led with 456 points, Cate Kilpatrick 450.25, and John Ordway 426. Events included side horse drill tumbling elephant dash and broad jump. Ordway set a broad jump record of 72 inches. four boys tied the 16 yard dash record in three seconds.
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H. R. Lee
Jack Maynard
Cate Kilpatrick
John Ordway
Tommy Atkins of Balldom in a Baseball Ballad
A humorous dialect piece portrays Tommy Atkins as a flawed baseball player facing heckling fans and self doubt. It blends slang and sport with lines about striking out, driving runners home, and the crowd’s taunts about heroes, errors, and beer signs. The narrator reflects on human frailty, pride, and the grind of the game.
Baseball player moves and contracts in early 1900s Illinois league
The Canton club loses salary disputes with Catcher McDonald and Pitcher Tammen, both declared free agers after appeals to Secretary Farrell. Bloomington signs several players including George Cochran of Carthage, Missouri, and Pitcher Wallace Burg from Ford. Greenslade is praised as a rising prospect while Cubs and Reds finish forecasts remain unresolved. Jimmy Murray enlists in training. A new 260-yard shirt record is set by Walter G. Hudson, surpassing prior marks. Lou Cr...
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Clost
Peoria
McDonald
Tammen
Canton Club
Canton
Farrell
Rowan
Bloomington
George Cochran
Carthage
Anthony Joyce
St Louis
Joyce
Egan May Show in Strange Role
Ned Egan’s brother Tom, a famed Italian lyric tenor known as Signor Tommaso Egani, may tour America or join Henry Savage’s opera project for The Girl of the Golden West. Tito Ricordi in Milan endorses Tom for the English production and has urged Ned to steer the deal.
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E. F. Egan
The
Speed Boys
Ned
Tom Egan
Italy
Impressario
Ton Egan
Signor' Tommaso Egani
Henry Savage
America
Tito Ricordi
Puccini
Chicago
Ricordi
Tom
Milan
Savage
New York
Jeffries Considers Timing for Potential Johnson Fight
The speaker notes Jeffries could defer meeting Johnson until physically ready, possibly delaying the bout for a year. Jeffries did not favor fighting Johnson right away, as the press and public clamored for a match.
Runaway Girl Kitty Sark Returned Home
After four days of searching for Kitty Sark 14, the runaway daughter of Mr and Mrs D D Sark near Manchester, police found her at the Fink boarding house in Westfield. She resisted a return attempt but calmed when her mother was mentioned and the brother took her home on the 1 20 Great Western.
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Kitty Sark
D. D. Sark
Manchester
Waterloo
McSweeney
Fink
Westfield
Weighing Mails on Iowa Lines Begins At Midnight
At 12:01 this morning weighing of the mails on all R P O s in the Sixth district began and may last 110 days. It is the quadrennial weighing that fixes compensation rates for railroads transporting mail. Three Waterloo youths James L Stewart weighing trains 402 and 21 on the Illinois Central between Dubuque and Waterloo T OConnor and Henry G Ludtke weighing between Waterloo and Albert Lea Minn. Weighers earn 3 dollars per day.
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James L. Stewart
Illinois Central
Dubuque
T. O'Connor
Henry G. Ludtke
Waterloc
Albert Lea
Minn
Great Rush in All Factories
Waterloo industrial plants run at full speed with new hires daily. Maytag Mason and Dart factories report strong demand and expanding payrolls. Galloway plant sees double receipts this spring versus prior years. Waterloo Drop Forge plans a night shift as orders overflow. Attorney George E. Pike to speak at the Personal Workers' club noon meeting at the YMCA.
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Waterloo
Maytag-Mason Motor Car Company
Westfield
Maytag
Kansas City
Omaha
Dart
Chicago
Galloway
George E. Pike
Personal Workers’ Club
Corbett Still Talks on Jeffries Johnson Fight in Pittsburg
James J. Corbett former champion pugilist arrived in Pittsburg with John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain and discussed the Jeffries Johnson bout He said if Jeffries had followed his advice he might not have lost to Johnson at Reno last July He proposed meeting Johnson in the ring first to study him while Jeffries watched from ringside
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James J. Corbett
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Corbett
Jeffries-Johnson
Jeffries
Johnson
Reno
Tommy Burns
Australia
Burns
Waverly Contractor Plans Waterloo Home and Business
G A Seekatz of Wa verly arrived in Waterloo and spent the day surveying sites for a residence and permanent relocation. He plans to enter the local construction business and has previously erected large structures and built many residences in Wa verly.
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Waverly
Waterloo
G. A. Seekatz
Man from Creston Seeks Funds for Tabernacle
Martin Fitzgerald of Truro in Madison county says a heaven visit led him to devote life to humanity. He reports Lord instructed him to buy a tabernacle and says pastors oppose him using church space to recount his heavenly experience. He plans subscriptions to raise the funds.
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Creston
Martin Fitzgerald
Truro
Madison County
Frank J Cheney Catarrh Bond in Toledo 1888
Frank J Cheney sworn to pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Document dated December 6 1888 before A W Gleason with Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio markets Hall's remedy and family pills for constipation.
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Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Coeney & Co
Catarre
Hall
Frank UV. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
J. Cheney & CO
All Druggtats
Hull
Grinnell Beats University of Iowa in Basketball
Grinnell defeated the University of Iowa by 21 to 10 at Grinnell Ta. last night. The first half ended 4 to 3. Carney, Grinnell's guard, starred with four baskets.
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Grinnell
Town
Carney
Dairy Train on C B Q Lines Heads to Des Moines
Dairy train equipment heads to Des Moines for a March 2 departure over the Burlington lines. The barrage car forms part of the two week trip, loaded with Jersey, Holstein and Guernsey cattle chosen from the region. Prof H G Van Peilt will accompany to finalize cars for the run.
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Burlington
Pape's Cold Compound Breaks a Cold in Hours
A 26 cent package of Pape's Cold Compound promises rapid relief from cold and grippe symptoms. It claims three doses every two hours can end misery, with no quinine and unique efficacy not matched by other medicines.
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Grippe
Pape
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