Baseball suits rise from a washing machine firm
In a comic tale set at the Ne Plus Ultra Washing Machine plant, founder Amos Greer initially dismisses a petition to fund a baseball club. Sliver Fry convinces him with a radical ad plan using rival firms’ uniforms on a clothesline. The plan pivots to marketing washing machines for washing baseball suits under the motto We Clean Am All.
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Riends
Greer
Ne Plus Ultra Washing Machine Corporation
Petishion
N. P. Us
Mr. Greer
Shipping-Room
Yessir
Sliver Fry
Sliver
Amos Greer
Fred Haskins
Haskins
Haskin
Sliver Bry
Local notes from Patoka and surrounding areas
Miss Nina Doolen visits Patoka with Eli Logan family while Mrs Mona Arnold of Clinton spends time with her son Rob ert. Neighbors extend a charity shower to Oscar Doolen family now settled in the old Doolen home after a fire. Francis Griffin and sons work on roads and ditches toward the Burg creek area as heavy rains cause overflow. Local ads and funeral services listed for centralia and Patoka, with dental and mercantile notices in town.
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Nina Doolen
Patoka
Eli Logan
Mona Arnold
Clinton
Robert
Cecil Lowe
Eli Morgan
Edward Pombier
Oscar Doolen
Doolen
Doolen School
Matilda Chance
Blanche Doolen
Francis Griffin and Sons
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