Clipping:George Myers a carpenter in the off season

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Date Sunday, June 3, 1888
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George Myers, catcher of the Indianapolis League club, never loafs in winter, but puts his time to advantage. He is a carpenter by trade, and in accordance with an idea he conceived some years ago he builds a house every winter and generally sells it at a big profit in the spring. He hires a mason and a painter, does all the carpenter work himself, and by working all winter the three men finish the house before warm weather sets in. Myers has built five or six houses in this way, and has sold most of them. His home is in Buffalo, and he is said to be worth $20,000. He lives economically, and is credited with having never tasted liquors of any kind in his life.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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