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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
1
Baseball action reports from Pittsburgh and cities including New York and Boston highlight two games. Pittsburgh won at home with four runs on five hits while New York defeated Brooklyn with solid hitting and sharp defense. Boston defeated Philadelphia as both teams committed errors and key players left with injuries.
Boston beat Philadelphia 4 to 3 with RBoston hitting off Russell and Hauck. Colling and Lewis stood out in the field. In New York, Washington fell 11 to 6 as New York's offense exploded late. Walker pitched poorly for Washington while New York’s batters connected.
A parent recalls a sudden death told to a child. The patient seemed not seriously ill, the nurse brought a baked potato the sick man wished for, and before tasting it he died. The boy asks in a baby voice what happened to the potato.
A fragmented clipping cites themes from Carlyle on obedience and cowardice, recalls a preacher who pawned a watch and preached long to fund a pawn broker, and mentions a town making cheese with dairy workers and residents enjoying the result.
Listings show results from multiple baseball games. In the American Association matches, Indianapolis beat Toledo with 5 to 0. St Paul defeated Milwaukee, Louisville beat Columbus 9 to 0, and Minneapolis lost to Kansas City 3 to 0. In the Central Association, Muscavine beat Burlington 6 to 0 and Keokuk won 15 to 5 over Galesburg. Hannibal edged Ixewanee 5 to 4, while Monmouth shut out Ottumwa 2 to 0.
Decatur 5 Davenport 4 in a three team league clash. Batteries-Couchman and McNealy for Decatur and Crabb and Coleman for Davenport. Danville 4 Peoria 6 with Batteries Reynolds and Hildebrand. Springfield 10 Dubuque 0 led by Turnham Raycraft and Hearne Retsinger. Bloomington 72 ...
Carl Brown of this city meets Johnny Hudson of the south in a finish wrestling match at the Majestic theatre next Monday evening with Farmer Burns as referee. Hudson arrives with his Greek manager Jerry McFarland and a card of preliminaries will precede the main bout.
President Taft defends his veto of three tariff bills and says only by a national verdict can the issue be settled. He argues the veto saved schedules from an unscientific plan and defends the anti trust law as essential for business. He urges arbitration and warns the party must not favor recall of judges.
Waterloo patients seek relief from chronic nose throat and lung issues and nervous debility. The ad highlights treatment of catarrh asthma adenoids enlarged tonsils heart trouble dyspepsia and kidney and bladder ailments. It claims twenty five years of study and promises personal attention and free confidential examinations.
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