The Making of a Big Leaguer
A veteran ballplayer recounts his rise from amateur to minor leagues and the big leagues. He describes a swelled head phase, firing after a wrong move, and a comeback that led to a return to the majors. He recalls nerves before a pivotal game, the manager’s guidance, and his first successful at bats on foreign soil.
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Hugh
Fullerton
States
Epee Eee
Toe
Tes Pest
Dophe
Boston
Rane Poe
Miachen'é
Joci
Base player recalls early minor league grit and risk
The narrator describes repeated attempts at the mate, a clean hit to second, a sacrifice to Jes, and a steal of third. In the clubhouse the manager warns the recruit to stay humble while the narrator reflects on tough times and resilience.
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Jes
Apen
Our Entertainers and the 10 Percent Rule
A feature discusses the 10 percent of Americans who work to amuse the rest across theaters sports and film industries. It names performers promoters engineers stagehands and many related roles in moving pictures amusement parks and various venues.
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America
United States
Death of Mr. Millions and Daughter's Claim Reported
An obituary style notice notes the death of Mr. Millions intestate and mentions his daughter and family reaction amid incomplete medical details. The fragment hints at an imminent operation and a family conversation surrounding the incident.
Fair Haven Society Members Set For New York Rehearsals
Mr and Mrs George C Clark and Mr and Mrs Harry Emmerson depart for New York to rehearse for an upcoming season. Miss Josephine Halverson of Brooklyn visits the Kirk sisters on DeNorlandis Avenue. Clinton Wilber returns home after a two week vacation. Miss Mabel Chadwick visits in New York after a week with her parents. Pauline Fielder of Long Branch and Mabel Volkland of New York visit Mr and Mrs Charles Toss.
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Harry Emmerson
New York
Josephine Halverson
Brooklyn
Misses Kirk
DeNor- Landis Avenue
Clinton Wilber
New England
Mabel Chadwick
James Chadwick
Pauline Fielder
Long Branch
Mabel Volkland
Charles Toss
Local Notes and Brief Ventures in Itinerant Life
Weath field and New Haven visitors to Rev Estk Wolcott and the Broadmeadows in Brooklyn join others from town. Wolcott and King families return to New York after visits. A mix of anecdotes and quotations from newspapers accompanies these social snippets about regional movement and literary lines.
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W. H. Woolley & CO
Broadway
N. J
Fast Company
Simmons
Chicago
Liszt
Massenet
Lisst
Mary
St. Louis Republic
Baltimore
Rey ‘ Ee
Fair Haven News
The
Daily Record
Eatontown News
Wellington Wolcott
Weathfield
William Wolcott
New Haven
New-York
Stanley
Livingston Murshaw
Balkan States
Kansas City Star
Boston’ Transcript
Chicago Tribune
S-A-L-E
Hanson the
Rose
Henry Marsh
Iny
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