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Jim Eberton, riding his bicycle to Baltimore from Roland Park, was approaching the Cedar Avenue Bridge over the Jones Falls River when he realized that his left wrist had become swollen, turned blueish, and was so painful he could barely grip the handlebars. So he held that hand up against his chest while steering solely with the other…
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The Black Jellybeans EPISODE TWO
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Introducing the female bicycle rider who pedaled up beside Jim Eberton in Druid Hill Park that Saturday afternoon: Dr. Anna Beale (1876-9999). Dr. Annabelle Anne Beale was among the first female physicians to establish a practice in Baltimore. She specialized in women’s medicine.
2 O’clock, Saturday, June 9, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore
She was the same age as her one-time college boyfriend in St. Louis, Jim Eberton. They broke up when he took up with Little Sweets, a high-spirited, part Cherokee, part White, part Negro accordion player who played with her family’s two-step band at the Fairgrounds Dance Pavilion.
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2 O’clock, Saturday, June 9, 1906-Druid Hill Park
Coincidence? While Jim Eberton was steering his bicycle through hilly, curvy Druid Hill Park using only his right hand because his left wrist was swelling and turning blue, a past girlfriend pedalled up beside him with a black physician’s medical bag strapped in the rear basket of her bicycle.