The Strange Bucket of Paint That Won a Pennant
A vivid tale explains how a forty five gallon bucket of white paint on a ball park center field fence helped the Baltimore Orioles win back to back National League pennants. The paint aided hitters by contrasting the ball against a bright relief background, improving eye focus and batting averages across the season.
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Orioles
West Side Grounds
Chicago
New York
Anson
Giants
Bill Lange
Janet Meekin
Lange
van Haltren
Om Sid
van Hualtren
Tange
Hele
Pel Glen
Guiber
Wen
Rerkc
Baltimore
Willie Keeler
Polo Grounds
Coogan
Walter Thornton
National League
Pietro Gladiator Browning
Hugh S. Fullerton
Washington Star
Lueth Bros Bakery and Ice Cream Offer
Lueth Bros advertises a full line of bread cakes pies and daily fresh ice cream in assorted flavors and colors. Available in brick or bulk with contact at phone 107 142 and 4th Ave.
Good Farmers Are Wanted
Reports from the Wisconsin College of Agriculture claim graduates with real proficiency can find many paying jobs. The demand for skilled farmers may exceed the number of graduates this year, challenging the notion that farming pays poorly. Scientific farming is growing more lucrative each year.
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Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Local Health Notes From Ash Street Area
The city reports Mrs. William Marriott seriously ill with rheumatism of the heart at her Ash street home. Mrs. George McArthur Sr. shows notable improvement. Tony Vanderveer is reportedly very low this afternoon.
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William Marriott
Ash Street
George McArthur
Tony Vanderveer
A Story of the Chicago Slums Christmas tale
Antoine, a French lithographer in a crowded Chicago tenement, endures cold meals and countless cigarettes as he seeks acceptance. His neighbors snub him until his quiet perseverance turns him into the community’s hero in a tender, enchanting Christmas tale from McClure's.
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Antoine
Very Low Rates to International Livestock Exposition
Ex excursion tickets offered December 1 to 5 on the Chicago North Western Line with favorable return limits. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
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INTER
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western B’y
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Childern
von Wald
R. F. Ouleaule
THE
Buster Grown CO
J. Hoppe
Sauk County
South Side
Co. Pecre
Ball Field Stories
4Th Ave
Round End Poole
Pease
Ivers & Pond
Julius Bauer
Kohler & Campbell
Baraboo
Charles Wild Music House
Wisconsin
Presbyterian Bazaar
Mrs
R. B. Griggs
Twentieth Century Club
R. B. Maloney
National Livestock EX
Fisher’s
Fisher
Marriott Shoe Co
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