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contributed to help the couple meet their financial needs. After Frank died, Mrs. Bettger repaid the money from insurance proceeds. The money was then put into a fund dedicated to others in need, thus providing the original funding for the
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Betcher. He started out his career playing for Johnstown, Pennsylvania in the Tri-State League, making US$ 175 a month in 1907 (equivalent to $ 5,723 in 2023). While there, he was demoted. Disappointed, he asked the manager why he was demoted. The manager responded
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Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania but was not initially successful, and considered quitting after 10 months. During a moment of reflection, he remembered what his baseball manager told him about his lack of enthusiasm. So he made a commitment to himself to start acting
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From that moment on, he played with vigorous enthusiasm. Starting with a D League team in 1908 at just US$ 25 a month (equivalent to $ 848 in 2023), it wasn't long before he proved himself, and he signed with the
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for US$ 185 a month (equivalent to $ 6,274 in 2023). Two years later, in 1910, he had worked his way up to the majors with St. Louis, but his baseball career was cut short by an arm injury.
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Bettger held insurance policies that would have benefited his wife after he died, but he lived into his 90s. Consequently, he and his wife outlived their assets. Members of the
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of asking "key" questions might work with selling policies. He tried it, it worked, and
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