The Goddess Luck
A tramp causes an auto wreck in Chicago and an uneasy arc of deceit follows. Fitzhug h seeks money through dynamite threats, is jailed as insane, escapes with Esther, confronts Nikolay and Kathleen Otis, and ends as a con man linked to bogus stock schemes in a hunger for wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Randolph Fitzhugh
Chicago
Esther Strom
Fitzhugh
Symington Otis
Otis
Kathleen Otis
Esther
Kathleen
Nikolay
Witzhugh
Quigg
Henry Hunt
New York
The Queen Bee Stock Scam Ends in a High Stakes Pivot
Fitzhugh, posing as a Western rancher, joins Quigg & Peevy in a Chicago swindle scheme involving Queen Bee stock. He nears a fortune through a concrete poker payoff while Quigg loses big. A bear raid setup by Sleary Hunt targets September wheat with Symington Otis as the orchestrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter
Quigg & Peevy
Quigg
la Salle Street
Daniel Witzhugh
Liverpool
Peevy
Fitz
Pitt
America
Fitzhugh
South Side
Luck
Burton & Burton's
Board of Trade
Paing
Bunt
Hunt
Symington Otis
Otis
Flour Town Whistles Turned to Business Sound
A traveling salesman arrives in a small country town and finds a flour mill town in name only. The hotelier reveals they built whistles to simulate factory activity to attract business, creating a lively but misleading illusion of industry. The tale ends with a humorous quip on the town’s fakery and the visitor’s confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Balance the Books Oct
It advises saving and balancing finances by listing items money can and cannot buy. The piece emphasizes checking expenditures and ensuring essential needs are covered while avoiding waste.
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Purple Dreams
By Edwin Baird
FP. G. Browne & Co
the Goddess Luck
Queen Bee
Mr. Pattington
Mr. Quigg
Mr. Blake
IEEE
Ral
We Samuel
Tne
Gentami Goupan
YORK
Ene
Usp
Gastoria
Spohn
Spohln Medical CO
Goren
Worf
Macau
Prise
Theresa Reason
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