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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1911

Page

6

Joe Harker Leads Bayville Win In Wild Frog Hollow Plot

In a Bayville schoolboys baseball tale Joe Harker Jr returns from a kidnapping to pitch and spark the Grammar School to a dramatic win over the Oyster Pirates. The Frog Hollow gang, led by Red Durkin, had plotted the kidnapping and a hangman's trap but Joe escapes and delivers a two run late rally before sealing the victory with a sharp double play and ace pitching.

Bayville Behoo Oyster Fkrates Joe Harker, Jr Bill Larkin Cyster Pirates The Red” Durkin Frog Hollow Joe Oyster Pirates Grammer School Bud Spofford Semtels Billy Larkin Blinky Andrews Blinky Bill Grammar School Pirates Spike McKay Oystermen Bud Billy Condors Spike Billy Frn Joe Harker Billy Conours Gus Leach Piratea Boves Hed Jere Their|eads Jor Harley Froghollow Gens Red Durkin Chic Samuels Bills Hice Short Paswledge Durkin Toe Red

Joe Beats The Thieves In Bayville Cart Chase

Joe grabs the reins from a butcher boy as a gang chase ends with Red and Durkin pursuing near Bayville. Joe uses a six dollar watch as bluffing leverage, then hurls a roast at the gang to restore order and pursue payback against Bli Larkin and the Hook gang.

Joe Aide Bayville Durkin Bli Larkin Red

How I Built My First Boat from a Harlem River View

A personal reminiscence describes a fourteen by four foot six inch by eighteen inch craft planned at age fifteen, inspired by proximity to the Harlem River yacht clubs. It contrasts with a DIY paper garden project using cardboard boxes, green and colored papers, and simple crafting techniques to imitate hedges fences vines and flowers.

Do It Yourself Doll Closet and Paper Garden Creations

A practical guide shows how to craft a doll closet with a wooden bar a box nails and screws painted white with a simple curtain door. It also details making a paper garden and a small wooden boat built from reclaimed wood with moulds ribs and a centerboard, launched in 1908 on Long Island Sound.

Bertha Hirschberg Long Island Sound

Puzzle Answers From Historic Wordplay Clues

The reader notes puzzle answers in a scrambled OCR style referencing dob igbed in at yore Free ion Boye and ai ie Nightingale Suight in gale and a river. It hints at solution themes tied to old time wordplay and river names embedded in quoted fragments.

Puzsle Dob Igbed Ion Boye Ai Ie Nightingale

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