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This Pitcher Had 4 K’s

January 25, 2017

In the early 1900’s in Wittenberg, Missouri, William and Esther (Mueller) Kieninger had four children, all boys.  One of these boys, Nelson Kieninger, was born on January 25, 1909.  He was the second born son. William started out as a farm laborer in Pocahontas, Missouri, but after he married Esther Mueller, in 1906, he became … More This Pitcher Had 4 K’s

Farrar Fastballs

September 29, 2016

September 29, 1935 was the day that Hilda Detjen married Walter Luehrs at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri.  This marriage drew my attention because when I attended Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska, there were two young men attending there from Perry County, one of them named Gerald Luehrs, and the other named Dean … More Farrar Fastballs