Hey Doug,
Yes, a few pics from your initial post were not showing up. I've tried myself to post pics and seem to have issues still. Not sure why. So kinda gave up with posting pics at the moment.
My post with WaJo salary history was from Baseball Fever, which is overall a good baseball website source.
https://www.baseball-fever.com/forum...rical-salaries
This is what I found of WaJo salary history with my research with newspapers:
1913 - $12,000
1914 - $12,500 (9/13/1913 Wajo asked for $12,500....signs for that amount on 10/2/1913 for the 1914 season)
1915 - $12,500 for 3 yrs signed on 12/19/1914.
*has a confusing timeline with the Fed teams & Wsh offers.
Washington offers
$16,000 ann. salary from June 1914 - Nov 1914
StLFeds offered
$20,000 ann. salary for 3yrs but withdrew on Nov. 26, 1914
Dec 4, 1914 Wajo signs with ChiFeds for
more than $16,000 ann. salary for 2yrs.
---legal stuff---
Dec 19, 1914 Wajo signs with Washington for
$12,500 ann.salary for 3yrs.
I would agree with your timeline as well for when the poster was likely released Dec. 1913 or early 1914. Even though Wajo made the same amount for when the April 1915 issue came out.
I feel if the magazine company went all out adding that extra text & unique vertical style to the poster-it would be for something big news or report. I don't know if that poster being release for the April 1915 issue would have the same effect, since Wajo was already making $12,500 salary in 1914. That's just IMO.
I too wonder why no ads for a unique poster from the m113 series, but my guess is it's probably out there somewhere! Hopefully it can be found.
**Edited for update**