The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
Brouillard, chief engineer on the Ni Quola Irrigation dam, investigates a strange night and encounters an automobile camp at the canyon portal where he meets J Wesley Cartwright. A moral query asks which is guiltier a rich briber or the man who accepts money, and whether the bribe-taker faces prison.
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Brouillard
Ni- Quola
Canyon
J. Wesley Cartwright
van Bruce
Cartwright
Chicago
Vincennes
Antoine
Wabash
Niquofa Canyon
George
Mr. Brouillard
Genevieve
Gene
Antoine Brouillard
Mr. Cartwright
Navajo
Victor Brouillard
Niquola
Quesada
Buckskin reclamation project draws Chicago financier to desert
Brouillard meets J Wesley Cartwright and his daughter Genevieve while touring Buckskin valley. Cartwright, a Chicago banker, introduces himself and shows keen interest in the Buckskin reclamation plan to build a two hundred foot dam and canal system using Portland cement and heavy industry backing.
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J. Wesley Cartwright
Miss Cartwright
Brouillard
Department of Agriculture
van Bruce
Reservoir
Cartwright
Desert
No Easy Mark Sparks a Drowning Power Scheme
Brouillard discusses a cement plant and local labor with Cartwright as they scout a Buckskin valley. They flag ore at Massingale mine and consider a river power dam that would flood the Niguoyastcadie valley, warning private capital may resist such schemes. A man named Tig Smith and a rider arrive, adding romance and tension to the business talks.
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Mount Chigringo
Brouillard
Miss Cartwright
Massingale
Miss Genevieve
Harding
Niquola
Massingales
Red Butte
Hophras
Congress
George
Brouillard Prepares Great Dam Build Amid Cartwright Move
Brouillard rapidly mobilizes forces and equipment for a massive dam project at Quesada as Cartwright and lawmakers push concession campaigns. The narrative hints at a forthcoming clash with political interests and outlines plans for an aggressive construction phase. The next installment promises developments.
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Brouillard
Cartwright
Plainfield City Clerk James MacMurray resigns after 22 years
State briefs report Plainfield city clerk James T. MacMurray resigns after a 22 year tenure. Other items note East Orange graduate Robert Roche going to France with the American Ambulance Corps, and multiple local civic events including church revivals, fund drives, and new fire alarm installations.
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James T. MacMurray
Plainfield
Robert Roche
East Orange
Princeton
France
American Ambulance Corps
Faith That Fires the Runner to Persevere in Faith
Lesson centers on Hebrews chapters 11 and 12, defining faith as assurance grounded in God’s word. It recalls Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Moses and others as examples, urging believers to lay aside weights, resist sin, run with patience, and look unto Jesus as author and perfecter of faith.
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Jesus
Congress
Carnegie “Hero Fund
Stephen
Abel
Enoch
God
Noah
Abraham
Sarah
Moses
Christ
Egypt
Obsolete Equipment
A buyer mocks novelties in a playful exchange with a stationer. The man, purchasing a calendar, asks for modern gear including a reliable inexpensive watch and a gas oiline driven harvesting machine, challenging Father Time’s traditional imagery.
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Father
Varied Newspaper Types Worldwide and Their Peculiar Functions
A survey of unusual newspapers around the world notes state owned papers in native dialects in India and Dresden's municipal daily. It mentions niche rags from England and Paris, plus Zurich's Engaged Couples Advertiser and Budapest’s Hirmondo which phones readers the news daily.
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Government of
India
Dresden
Paris
Zurich
Switzerland
Hirmondo
Budapest
Stock Exchange
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Francis Lynde
Charles Scribner's
Sens
van Bruce Cartwright
Tig Smith
Tri’Circ
Savez
Tonneau
Canyon Passage
Eve
Millonaire
Smith
Tri’Circ’ Smith
Genie
Chapter
Pactolus
Ernest A. von Diezelski
United States
Paulsboro
Wenonah
Herbert Parrish
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Lambertville
Martin Ney
Millville
Woodbury Girls’ Minstrel Club
Woodbury
Merchantville
Haddonfield
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Paulsboro Fire Company
New Sharon Fire Company
Gloucester Country Firemen's Association
Easton
Bert McCrea
Belvidere
American Ammunition Company
M. BE. Church of
Collingswood
Salem
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Swedesboro
Bullock
Vineland
Cumberland County
Andrew Carnegie
Collingswood Borough
W. F. Taubel Company
Trenton Council No. 240
Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phillipsburg
Jitney Association of
Bayonne
Avenue C
Public Service Company
Dennis Francis McGrath
West Shore Railroad
Weehawken
Ridgefield Park
Daniel Cady
England
War Office
Board of Trade Journal
British Consular Service
Lunatic Herald
E. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
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