Eddie Forbes Faces Trial and Temptation in Scottish Tales
Edison Forbes a Scottdale youth is implicated in a bootlegging death and serves a long sentence before a pardon leaves him and Patsy Jane to seek a northern land. He clashes with Sealman over back taxes and land, drifts into crime, storms back from Chicago, resumes work with Davenant, then resists liquor until a moment of temptation. Nance Encell returns, offers to cover debts, Patsy departs, and Eddie finds tire marks on his land signaling trouble.
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Forbes
Scottdale
Patsy Jane
Isaiah Sealman
Eddie
Sealman
Patsy
Game Gang
Chicago
Long Portage
Kinnane
Davenant
Lake Trail
Lake
Nance
Encell
Pat
Scar on the mound sparks tense confrontation
Eddie Forbes confronts the Brower estate buyer Kiddie as two laborers load earth into a truck near a scar on a northern Michigan mound. A verbal clash escalates into a brief fight as Eddie exposes theft and trespass while warning of the first of the month tax-title deadline.
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Encell
Brower
Telegraph
Eddie
Michigan
Mr. Forbes
Forbes
Scottdale
Eoldie
Doom for a bank forgery on the Portage farm
Eddie Forbes leaves a harsh world of liquor and threats at the Davenant ranch and discovers a forged bank check as he plans to redeem back taxes. He fights to protect Patsy Jane and recover dignity while unraveling the shady schemes around his property and a vanished bottle.
Wiped Out He Drives to Station and Sends Telegrams
He travels to the railroad station and dispatches two telegrams before proceeding to the county building. The fragment ends as he continues his unseen task, leaving his next move unstated.
Foley's Honey and Tar Remedy Ad
Never be without it. A Altoona Pennsylvania mother praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for children’s coughs and croup. The ad claims no chloroform or opiates and notes safety for night coughs and whooping coughs.
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Foley
Agnes Barnes
Altoona
Geo. M. Gosman
Potts
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Michael J. Phillips
Henry Jay Lee
Michael V. Phillips
Long Portage Expressman
Encell’s
Albert T. Reid
Nance Encell
Millig
Squarehead
Duavenant
Bull
Peter, Wimple
Peter
Portage Creek
Long Portage Bank
Gray Little Gilman
Harold Faunce
Gilman
Forddie
I. Sealman
Henry W. Robbins
Chapter
Liberty Loan
Treasury
United States Treasury
Liberty Loda
Bonda
Werther
Federal Reserve Bank
A. W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, D. C
Tribune Book Store
Sheet Music School
Montana
W. J. Romersa
Hughes & McCaleb
Lindbergh
St. Louis
New York
Paris
First National Bank
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