Land of Broken Promises A Stirring Mexican Revolution Tale
Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancey pursue a rich Mexican mining claim in Fortuna near the Eagle Tail. They hire Cruz Mendez to secure title while Aragon protests. Phil courts Aragon’s daughter Gracia causing tension as rebels appear nearby and violence rises.
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Bud Hooker
Phil de Lancey
Mexico
United States
Gadsden
Bud
Henry Kruger
Kruger
Aragon
Hooker
de Laney
Fortuna
Cruz ‘Mendéz
Mendez
Phil
Gracia
Aragon Yails
Desert Mines and Yaqui Allies at Eagle Tail Camp
Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancey manage a rough mining camp in Sonora using Mexican workers and a trusted Yaqui, Amigo Ignacio. A refuge for a stolen mine becomes tense when Aragon and a rural accuse them of theft while Amigo proves his value and a gold-bearing rock hints at a forthcoming legal struggle.
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Muckers
Sonora
Bernardo Bravo
Madero
Chihuahua
Sierras
Ike
Bernardo
Phil
Don Felipe
Bud
Trabajadores
Amigo
Sen Bo
Hooker
Hardihood
Yaquis
Eagle Tail
de Lanecey
Fortuna
Aragon
de Lancey
Porphyry
Orozco
Salazar
Moctezuma
Kruger
Copper Bottom
Ignacio
Mira
Stawano
Mexico
Don Cipriano
Great luck and risk in a desert gold chase
Bud and Phil chase a world class prize, a title within reach as officials delay. Mexican miners retreat content with their gain, while the main players press on toward wealth. The narrative suggests a pivotal moment with opportunities and danger.
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Bud
Phil
Beggar and Gentleman Exchange Tale of Hunger
A beggar appeals for food saying he has no sustenance for two days. The gentleman repeats the claim, noting a similar story a week earlier, prompting a plaint that the man has not eaten for nine days.
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Boas
Bostonu Evening Transcript
Not in Polltics Says Practical Person on Politics
A quoted exchange contrasts knowing the outs of politics with the value of practical outcomes. The Practical Person argues that political knowledge alone yields little reward, while the other figure remarks on citizens understanding political processes after statesmen testify.
Bride’s lace request echoes in a new marriage tale
An Indianapolis News brief recalls a new groom’s vow after a wife asks for lace to finish a dress. He scours shops, learns the pattern is four leaves, a sprig, four leaves, a sprig, two threads over an inch wide, and resolves to never be so compelled again.
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Indianapolia News
Effeminate Ways Joke At Dinner Unfolds
Congressman Peter J. Dooling recalls a dinner remark about effeminate ways. Smith recounts an exchange about a man named Brown. Smith quips Brown speaks loudly but talks constantly, provoking Mrs Smith’s puzzled reply.
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Peter J. Dooling
New York
Smith
Smiths
Brown
John
Philadelphia
Perfectly Natural by Herbert Cory Carnegie Dinner Tale
Herbert Cory recalls a dinner with Andrew Carnegie in which Carnegie, after speeches began, brushed his hand through his pocket, dropping small change. Adima fled, Carnegie crawled under the table to retrieve it and finally found 15 cents. The tale appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Herbert Cory
Andrew Carnegie
Corey
Mr. Carnegie
Adima
Saturday Evening Post
Ice cream in hell remark shocks sea church crowd
A preacher at the B and B congregation described the Bad Place with molten iron hissing like a monster and proclaimed shipmates that they use that stuff for ice cream in hell, drawing a stunned reaction from shellbacks.
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Hell
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Frank A. Munsey
Muchas Gracias
Hombre
Senor de Lancey
Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
S. A. Allen
Barclay St
National Surety Company Public Official Department
West Street
New York City
America
U. S
Board OF Trade
Toccva
Georgia
Tella How
May Mfg. Co
W. 49Th St
W. N. Y. New York
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