Sterling's Stratagem in Boneville Baseball Plot
Fred Sterling, captain-manager of Boneville's baseball team, contends with personal and family pressures as Annie Hertig pushes him to elevate her brother Dave into a baseball role. Dave, a clumsy bank clerk with no athletic polish, struggles in tryouts and endures a harsh introduction to management. Despite early misgivings, Boneville wins the pennant without Dave's help.
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Fred
Annie Hertig
Baneville
Fred Sterling
Boneville Iron and Oil
Sterling
Boneville
Dave
Dave Hertig
Anni
Willie Jones
Young Hertig
Hertig
Warren
The Man's Fault
A western court ruled that a man may darn his own cocks but cannot do so on the front lawn to draw neighbors’ attention to his wife’s neglect of his personal comfort. The piece condemns his need for public display and urges aligning with a willing partner over such vanity.
Mrs Larz Anderson Hosts Christmas Party for Blind Children
Mrs Larz Anderson, back from the Philippines, travels to Brookline Massachusetts to give her annual Christmas party for blind children and other wards whom she entertains each year. Though living in Washington she puts her little friends first and is regarded as Washington’s most popular hostess.
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Larz Anderson
Philippines
Brookline
Mass
Washington
Abandoned Plot Lines Prompt Comic Exchange
A brief quip about abandoned farms in Indiana gives way to a joke that a writer can supply an abandoned plot for a novel. The exchange hints at storytelling and humor rather than any real event.
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Indiana
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Kentucky
Advocate Pub. Co
Bank Street
Mt. Sterling, Kentucky
By Stacy E. Baker
Associated Literary Press
O. K
Ivy
Paris
Paris Green
Mt. Sterling Drag Co
Strother & Frazer
Mt. Sterling
Aundry
Hadden & Evans
Court St
Antwerp Ave