The Pitcher Who Wasn't Needed Installment One
Frankie, a hopeful pitcher at Warmington High, trains alone before school and clashes with Coach Haggerty over noon practice. In a midgame mishap, his first outcurve causes a run, prompting a stern warning that he must earn a pitching spot or sit on the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atanoulis
Yrankle Lum
Waymington High
Ray
Frankie
Tom Polanis
Celeber
Hin
Daggerty
Iris
Tom
Warmington
Waile Roberts
Waoilte
Thomas
Vanderport
Waite
Ike
Tom Polonis
Pranide
Tha
Prankie
Ontfield
Thaf
Belden
Lneup
Vern
Warmington High
Gnomin
Altho Frankie
Eld
High Fly
Hemust
Amin
Prankle
Haggerty
Fm Henere
Outfitting the Boy's Workshop
Dale R. Van Horn outlines steps for creating a home workshop for boys with limited funds. He details essential tools, safe bench design, storage solutions, and basic equipment for tin work and turning. He notes location ideas, ventilation, heating, and emphasizes quality tools and proper sharpening.
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Dale R. van Horn
The Kitchenette by Aunt Helen and a Recipe Note
Aunt Helen lists her Chicago address for readers to send recipes and reprints a recipe for peanut brittle by Carol Newinger. The text also includes a brief story fragment with characters Tom Frankie and an unresolved baseball mishap, ending with a cliffhanger note.
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Helen
Dearborn St
Chicago
El Conancho's Campfire Stories Explain Bark Ridges
A reader asks why tree bark shows wrinkles and ridges. The explanation describes sap movement and heat expansion in spring, forming pressure that splits bark as new wood grows, creating the ridges. The piece ends hinting at the next story from El Comuniche.
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Sumer
EL Commuche
Chicago River Flows Unusually In Local History
A note describes a Chicago river behaving differently from typical rivers by flowing toward its source rather than downstream to a mouth. The small stream, six miles long, reportedly ran contrary to usual river behavior up to around 1960.
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Chicago
Sugar as preservative for life and humor
An editorial compares sugar to good humor and kindness, arguing that a cheerful disposition preserves the self and pleases others. It notes smiling makes one appear younger and warns against sourness, urging readers to mix in sweetness to avoid becoming spoiled.
Banking Lessons and a Chicago River Tale
The piece blends a youthful guide to earning and saving with a disclaimer on safe money handling and a historical note about Chicago turning the Chicago River to flow away from Lake Michigan. It discusses wholesale and retail buying and selling, profits on small goods, and cautions about prudent business choices.
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Io Owas
PUZZLE COLUMN TEASER AND CROSSWORD CLUES
The page features a puzzle column opening with a three letter word clue meaning two beverages and adds wordplay variants for wood a duck a pair and a rip. It also presents a four word square with clues for fortune teller therefore breakfast food and a fragrant flower, plus a centered black square crossword puzzle.
Word Chain Puzzle Challenge
A difficult word chain puzzle mixes horizontal and vertical clues with abbreviations. It asks to change GOLF to GAME in six tries, includes several abbreviations and names, and features humorous and varied wordplay elements across both directions.
Puzzle Answers From The Page
Answers to puzzles include brakes wheels running board and mut filer. Tea teal teal tenn tear. Seer Crgo eggs and rose. Cross Word Puzzle Solution.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Boyce Morgan
Cathy Heaggerty
van Horn
Lincoln, Nebraska
Ivan
Tin
van Worn
Mise
Sas
Mtofor
Drower
Carol Newinger
Tve
EL Conancho
Adventures OF
Peter Pen
BY Nick Nichols
Han' MY MY
Around the
Corse
United States
Editorial
John Y. Bests
The
Bankers' Monthly
WING
Youn Savings Account
Lake Michigan
Ghiaa
Chi
Miexiao
Higan
Lake Michipeais
Lake Michigan Crater
Southern State
North Side
PIAL
Mie
Gol — Gold
Solri—Nole
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