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Jerry A. McCoy posted in Washington Star / Washington Evening Star / Washington Star-News Jerry A. McCoy 9:34am Oct 20 Evening Star, October 20, 1912. View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

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Russ White posted in Washington Star / Washington Evening Star / Washington Star-News Russ White 11:46am Oct 18 A fine friend, Pam Johnstone Hitt sent me this clip from GHOSTS of DC. I hope you don't mind my sharing it with you. A year after my "scoop" ran in he Washington Daily News, the Washington Star hired me. I loved these two papers and loved whipping it to the Imperial Post with every ounce of energy in me. Russ. D.C.'s Biggest-Ever Baseball 'Scoop' ghostsofdc.org It was perhaps the biggest baseball 'scoop' in Washington, DC history: Ted Williams to return to bas... View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

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Russ White posted in Washington Star / Washington Evening Star / Washington Star-News Russ White 2:44pm Oct 17 Wall Photos ONCE UP A DIAMOND, Senators wore spikes. They played at a ballpark even though it was called a stadi... View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

Facebook Wall - Evening Star, October 15, 1912

Jerry A. McCoy posted in Washington Star / Washington Evening Star / Washington Star-News Jerry A. McCoy 12:13pm Oct 15 Evening Star, October 15, 1912. "This is no country for that sort of thing." Clifford Berryman depicts Uncle Sam grabbing failed presidential assassin John Schrank by the scruff of the neck. Schrank tried to kill former Theodore Roosevelt the day before in Milwaukee where the former president was campaiging on the "Bull Moose" ticket. More info at http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/z_x26a_g.htm or read a 1912 account of the attempt at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21261. View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

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Jerry A. McCoy posted in Washington Star / Washington Evening Star / Washington Star-News Jerry A. McCoy 5:11pm Oct 13 Evening Star, October 13, 1912. This Mission Oak furniture suite with "carved scene from the diamond" headrests was sold by House of Herrmann at the corner of 7th and I Street, NW. $50 for the three pieces is equivalent to about $1,500 today. In 1912 the avarage yearly income was $1,033. What incredible crossover appeal these pieces would have to arts & crafts collectors as well as baseball fans today. The value of these pieces, if any even have survived, would be astronomical! View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

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Jerry A. McCoy posted in Washington Star / Washington Evening Star / Washington Star-News Jerry A. McCoy 4:49pm Oct 13 Evening Star, October 13, 1912. Oddly, no indication of this location in period city directories could be located. View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.