A headline today:
Morning blast shatters windows in New York Starbucks
How disappointing. Why couldn't it read:
Morning blast shatters windows in New York ACLU?
The more positive the news the better, I say.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Former Joplin, Mo., resident and all-around good guy Ferrell Anderson with his bat in 1946 on a sunshiny baseball afternoon, pictured here in matte finish on card stock in his Brooklyn Dodgers uniform. Ferrell Jack Anderson (Andy) was born in Maple City, Kan., and went to college at University of Kansas. He played major league baseball from 1946 to 1953 as catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Anderson was signed by the New York Yankees in 1939 after spending four years as an all conference football tackle at the University of Kansas. He was purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Yankees system in 1942. Only a few months into the season he was drafted and went into the Army. He left the service in 1945 and returned to the Dodgers minor league system. He appeared in 79 games for the Dodgers in 1946. He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1951 and then purchased by the St. Louis Browns. In 1953 he was sold again, this time to the St. Louis Cardinals. He played in 18 games for the Cards in 1953.
Photo maker's story
This photo was produced by the Burke/Brace studio, not a modern-day reprint. Burke’s larger-format 8x10 photographs are much scarcer than his standard 4x6 or postcard-sized photos and were usually the ones that the players themselves got. The longest-running operation of all the great early photographers, George Burke and George Brace covered baseball in one form or another for the better part of the 20th Century. A case of mistaken identity made by the Chicago Cubs resulted in Burke becoming the official photographer for the Chicago Cubs. (George Burke was mistaken as Cubs former photographer Francis Burke.) To undertake his new "big league" endeavor and having little experience with the sport Burke sought the help of the baseball-knowledgeable George Brace. Ever-present at Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park, Chicagoan George Burke set out in 1929 to compile the most complete portfolio of player portraits - a feat made possible by the presence of both an American League team and a National League squad within the same city. As the official photographer for the Chicago Cubs, Burke quickly became renowned for his candid pre-game photos and thought-provoking portrait depictions. Over the course of several decades, the photos comprising this impressive archive - most of which were hand-developed from Burke's original negatives (only a small percentage are were taken by earlier photographers and re-produced by Burke in the 1930’s and 40’s as 2nd-generation photos) - were produced by the Burke/Brace studio in the 1930’s and 1940’s, and were obtained by a Chicago-area collector directly from the studio. The significantly extensive assortment of mainly first-generation photos has truly captured the essence of America's game as it existed during the early 20th Century. Each original masterpiece reveals a fresh portrayal of the bygone ballplayers, many of whom were obscure, short-term roster occupants whose likenesses were rarely preserved in photos.
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GIRL FILES STRANGE SUIT
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Asks for Damages From Man Who
Refuses to
Get a Divorce and Marry Her
Special to The Herald.
• TULSA, I. T., Oct. 18.— Miss Daisy
Wallace of Galena, Kan., has filed suit
for $22,620 damages against R.S. Wad-
dell, one of Tulsa's best known busi-
ness men, because he refuses to get a
divorce and marry her.
She alleges In her petition that she
is deprived of the "support and society
of a husband" by the situation, and
wants $10,000 for that. Because she
had prepared for an approaching mar-
riage, and is now deprived thereof,
"causing humiliation and mortification
of facing her friends and comrades at
Galena and other places," she wants
$6000, and for the suffering and loss
of health caused by the acts of de-
fendant, she wants $6000. The extra
$520 Is for the trousseau she bought.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1905, Part II, Page 3
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GIRL FILES STRANGE SUIT
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Asks for Damages From Man Who
Refuses to
Get a Divorce and Marry Her
Special to The Herald.
• TULSA, I. T., Oct. 18.— Miss Daisy
Wallace of Galena, Kan., has filed suit
for $22,620 damages against R.S. Wad-
dell, one of Tulsa's best known busi-
ness men, because he refuses to get a
divorce and marry her.
She alleges In her petition that she
is deprived of the "support and society
of a husband" by the situation, and
wants $10,000 for that. Because she
had prepared for an approaching mar-
riage, and is now deprived thereof,
"causing humiliation and mortification
of facing her friends and comrades at
Galena and other places," she wants
$6000, and for the suffering and loss
of health caused by the acts of de-
fendant, she wants $6000. The extra
$520 Is for the trousseau she bought.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1905, Part II, Page 3
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Murder With Vengence
EMPIRE CITY. Kans., July 6 — Sam
Mitchell, husband of the Postmistress of
this city, wiped out an old feud here by
shooting and killing Link Cole, ex-City
Marshal. The men met on the street,
and Mitchell shot without warning. Cole
killed Mitchell's brother a year ago.
July 07, 1897, Page 5
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Kansans Fight a Fatal Duel
GALENA. Kans., Feb. 13 — In a duel at
a resort here today, Charles Trotter and
Earl Gent emptied their revolvers at each
other. Trotter was hit in the neck and
shoulder and fatally wounded, and Gent
was shot in tbe leg. Five years ago Gent
was implicated in the killing of a young
man at Empire City, Kans.
February 14, 1903, Page 4
San Francisco Call
EMPIRE CITY. Kans., July 6 — Sam
Mitchell, husband of the Postmistress of
this city, wiped out an old feud here by
shooting and killing Link Cole, ex-City
Marshal. The men met on the street,
and Mitchell shot without warning. Cole
killed Mitchell's brother a year ago.
July 07, 1897, Page 5
...
Kansans Fight a Fatal Duel
GALENA. Kans., Feb. 13 — In a duel at
a resort here today, Charles Trotter and
Earl Gent emptied their revolvers at each
other. Trotter was hit in the neck and
shoulder and fatally wounded, and Gent
was shot in tbe leg. Five years ago Gent
was implicated in the killing of a young
man at Empire City, Kans.
February 14, 1903, Page 4
San Francisco Call
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Titans Landings
by Bryce Martin
I'm totally guessing:
1. Albert Haynesworth to Kansas City.
2. Vince Young to Tampa Bay (I know he's not a free agent, but he is a free radical).
Swoosh...
The 7-11 chain needs to revitalize its Slurpee drink using Titans head coach Jeff Fisher. The way Fisher sucks in his 'stache when he talks, he would be a natural. I used to do that with mine after I had drank some liquid that lingered. It got to be a habit soon even when I had not drank anything. Fisher has picked up that habit.
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by Bryce Martin
I'm totally guessing:
1. Albert Haynesworth to Kansas City.
2. Vince Young to Tampa Bay (I know he's not a free agent, but he is a free radical).
Swoosh...
The 7-11 chain needs to revitalize its Slurpee drink using Titans head coach Jeff Fisher. The way Fisher sucks in his 'stache when he talks, he would be a natural. I used to do that with mine after I had drank some liquid that lingered. It got to be a habit soon even when I had not drank anything. Fisher has picked up that habit.
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Vols Men's Basketball an Ugly Sight
by Bryce Martin
Watching the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team on the telly is rough on the eyes, for four major reasons.
1. The uniforms. Enough already. Orange you are, but do you have to give us a full blast of the color. Why not orange stripes or something toned down a bit. You are a lot more proud of orange than any of us outside your locker will ever be. Besides, you're not even the Orangemen. That's Syracuse.
2. Bruce Pearl is getting as round as a dog tick. Didn't we have enough of that with Fat Phil? For once can't we see someone who has become successful show some slimness to go with it. Does career success bring with it a bigger appetite?
3. I nominate Tyler Smith to the All-Hillbilly Team. His sloppy pants and top would get him at least an honorable mention, but the Mammy Yoakum thing with his orange (don't we see enough of that color?) mouthpiece dangling from his mouth every time there is the slightest break in the action, elevates him to top-five status. Can't they find him a mouthpiece to fit so he doesn't have to rest his gums every minute or so?
4. Doff the white head bands. It's not so much the bands, it's the affected way they are worn, especially Wayne Chism's jauntily-angled one.
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by Bryce Martin
Watching the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team on the telly is rough on the eyes, for four major reasons.
1. The uniforms. Enough already. Orange you are, but do you have to give us a full blast of the color. Why not orange stripes or something toned down a bit. You are a lot more proud of orange than any of us outside your locker will ever be. Besides, you're not even the Orangemen. That's Syracuse.
2. Bruce Pearl is getting as round as a dog tick. Didn't we have enough of that with Fat Phil? For once can't we see someone who has become successful show some slimness to go with it. Does career success bring with it a bigger appetite?
3. I nominate Tyler Smith to the All-Hillbilly Team. His sloppy pants and top would get him at least an honorable mention, but the Mammy Yoakum thing with his orange (don't we see enough of that color?) mouthpiece dangling from his mouth every time there is the slightest break in the action, elevates him to top-five status. Can't they find him a mouthpiece to fit so he doesn't have to rest his gums every minute or so?
4. Doff the white head bands. It's not so much the bands, it's the affected way they are worn, especially Wayne Chism's jauntily-angled one.
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