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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1891
Page
5
In a busy New York office Tom Bannick passes from small-time deals to a life changing offer from Count Lucien de Lisle. The French visitor proposes a monthly fortune in exchange for trusted management of his affairs and securing a house once linked to the Trent murder case.
In a Nassau Street building in New York, Thomas H. Bannick, a once promising but scrupulous lawyer from an Irish family, climbs from one office floor to another while money slips away. Born in Dublin and educated there, he sought wealth in America, endured losses in land and mining, and finally settled into a modest legal practice, married to a patient wife, yet never securing major success despite his integrity. On an October morning he arrives at his office to find no callers, reads about the French indemnity, Louis Napoleon, and other news weighing on a slow day.
Tom Bannick schemes to purchase a mansion from the Count de Lisle, arranging a half million price, power of attorney, and a swift winter relocation. The bargain spurs Bennett’s family to luxury buys and a Sealskin surprise, as Bannick revels in wealth and plans for the Raven circle.
A Balmoral tale recalls Queen Victoria in autumn boredom seeking a Scottish dancer. The girl asks for Mr Gladstone's head on a charger, but the queen declines noting his head was lost long ago.
Catch remains light but improves as fishermen note large salmon averaging thirty five pounds. Expect influx to grow as river water falls. James Hawthorn started fishing April 10 this year versus May 10 last year and is only eighty five cases ahead. Sea lions and seals feast at river mouth.
The Omaha World-Herald reports Byron Reed’s will likely be carried out by mutual accord among interested parties. The real estate is under 30 thousand dollars, but the coin collection is exceptionally rare and among the best in the nation. A value around fifty thousand dollars is seen as a moderate estimate for this carefully assembled result.
Sixteen salmon were taken at the Union Mills pools in Calais this past week and more hooked and lost. Fish weighed nine to thirteen pounds, with the river now full of salmon. The run is the greatest since 1885, inviting rod anglers to harvest. Langor Me Commercial.
Foraker has sold 7 000 acres at ten dollars per acre. The item notes the buyer and price per acre and marks the large tract transfer in a concise property notice.
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