The Curse of Progress and a Wedding Invitation
A fragmented reminiscence mixes a child asking for his father amid bills, a wedding invitation from the Robinsons for their daughter, and a City bridge department exchange as a voice-over recalls a Kansas City Star page. The piece threads small scenes of daily life, ceremony, and casual inquiry.
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Robinsons
Farnsworth Sifts Joe Louis Foes In Column Debate
Guest columnist Bill Farnsworth weighs Joe Louis against boxing greats from Sullivan to Braddock. He rates Louis’s speed and power as decisive against Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Burns Johnson Dempsey Tunney Schmeling Sharkey Carnera Baer Braddock, and notes baseball tidbits about Lefty Gomez Ty Cobb Myril Hoag and the Tigers run by catchers.
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Wilton
Slim” Farnsworth
Hugh Bradley
New York
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Bill Farnsworth
Jack Blackburn
Joe Louis
John L. Sullivan
John L
Joe
Sullivan
Jim Corbett
Corbett
Louis
Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Jeffries
Jeff
Tommy Burns
Burns
Johnson
Jack
Willard
Dempsey
Tunney
Gene
Schmeling
Sharkey
Carnera
Baer
Braddock
Lefty Gomez
Ty Cobb
Myril Hoag
Yankee
Detroit Tigers
Mickey Cochrane
del Baker
Cy Perking
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Bell Syndi
Bil
City Bridge Department
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