Baseball Talk in a Desolate Kansas Waiting Room
In a rain battered Kansas town a mayor recounts a season when his small team went undefeated except for a bone headed loss. A chance acquaintance with a wary stranger spurs a tense exchange as night train clatters by and memories flare of danger and a distant statue unlikely to be built.
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Kansas
Pepa
Yours Truly
Oklahoma
Shorty
Gazaza
Pleasant Avenue
Rick An
Ball Park
Bermuda
Pagoda
Dolly Varden
Ol’ King Cole
Puffin
King Cole
Oklahoma outfielder tale ends with king Cole pursuit
A rambler recounts a comic Oklahoma born outfielder who joins a Kansas town ballgame. He brags of prowess, struggles with a fly ball, triggers crowd frenzy led by Ol King Cole, and escapes by train, ending with a shout of victory for the Oklahoma outfielder.
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Ol’ King Cole
Thought Microbes In a Drop of Ink
A compact commentary argues that newspaper advertising ink spreads influence. It suggests a town’s vitality seen through ads and the perception of a well supplied, orderly community. The piece frames ink as a signal of local activity and prosperity.
The Silver Penny and the Saxon Mint History
High authority notes the silver penny of King Alfred as the earliest verifiable Saxon coin from the London mint. It outlines mint regulation by Athelstan circa 928, later debasement by minters, Winchester mint establishment under Henry I, Italian control in Edward I’s era, Henry III’s coinage reform and first English gold, and Elizabeth I’s recall of corroded coins with milled edges.
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Alfred
London
Athelstan
Henry I
Winchester
Stow
Edward I
Henry III
Elizabeth
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