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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1911

Page

8

Virginian bor r plainaman trails raiders in Carson City

SYNOPSIE, Janik ccolth, a Virginian, now a bor r plainaman, travels toward the Banta. He spots a campfire and a wagon with raiders on ponies. Keith finds two murdered men and a woman’s portraits, vows to punish the killers, and is jailed after a confrontation with pirate Bart. Nab the Negro speaks, Neb is accused, and fugitives hide in the sand and desert near Carson City.

Janik Ccolth Borr Plainaman Rg Toam Keith Carson City Belna Bart Parder Bibley Wills Waits Tabin Melth

Desert rendezvous deepens mystery in frontier tale

Keith and Christina Maclaire hide with a lone voice of trust as they navigate a isolated desert station. Hawley’s guise and Fred Willoughby’s fate loom while Ned the slave recalls a Virginia past. A hidden ranch crew and mounting danger press for escape and truth.

Miss Maclaire Keith Carson City Fred Fred Willoughby Hawley

Chapter X Hawley Reveals Himself in a Night Scene

A candle lit scene shows Kelth and Nob handling a sawed off gun while a chase unfolds. Keith and a hidden ally observe as order is restored. A new arrival, tied to a murder case, enters and the girl reacts with wary relief as a marshal’s witness case unfolds. TO BE CONTINUED.

Mr. Hawley Nob Keith Christie Santa Fe

Uncle Cal and the world’s weighty question set by a veteran editor

A New York editor recalls George Cary Eggleston’s Confederate service memories at the Authors’ club. He tells of Uncle Cal, Eggleston’s enslaved body servant, who moralizes on astronomy by the campfire. Cal questions what keeps the world up at night, prompting the humorous reply about traction and a sunlit horizon.

George Cary Eggleston Ald New York Authors’ Club Uncle Cal Eggleston

Chateaubriand Sold Stockings On Commission

New archival note reveals Chateaubriand in 1790 while an officer in royal service faced a 200 pound debt. He appealed to La Morandals in Switzerland, who sent 168 pairs of stockings with a generous commission to sell among his circle, a scheme he reportedly carried out successfully within his regiment's stores.

Chateaubriand la Morandals Switzerland

Government seeks dissolution of United States Steel and subsidiaries

A petition filed in a Trenton New Jersey court seeks the dissolution of United States Steel and related companies. It names Morgan Perkins Gary Schwab Carnegie Frick and Rockefeller as defendants with about forty subsidiaries. The filing accuses the merger of curbing competition and aims to permanently enjoin the parties from further monopolistic actions. It also targets an era lease between rail and mining interests and implicates Theodore Roosevelt in alleged misrepresentations during a White House visit in 1907. The bill requests that the corporation be adjudged illegal and dissolved. It includes subpoenas for figures such as J P Morgan John D Rockefeller and Charles M Schwab.

United States ‘Steel Corporation Carnegie Steel Com‘pany Federal Steel Company American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey American Tin Plate Company Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company J. P United States Steel Corporation Great Northern Railway Great Western Mining Company Megal Louis W. Hill Lanning Trenton Gary United States Steel’ Corporation John D. Rockefeller J. P. Morgan John DB. Parsons Charles M. Schwab Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Anandera Tennessee Coal and Iron Company Steel Corporation Henry @. Prick BE. H. Gary White House Roosevalt Trick New York

Notable Courtroom Accident Mischance Headline

A curious newspaper snippet recalls a dramatic but misread headline about court plaster injuring many headed, while a courtroom ceiling collapse during a trial prompted relief and laughter as readers learned the true harmless context.

Pessiom

Universalist Leader Speaks of Deeds and Courage

A universalist leader questions how anyone can hide behind bravery, comparing it to concealing a grain of corn in fertile earth. The remark emphasizes visible action over hollow bravado and invites reflection on true courage.

Universalist

Eye Salve Seme Attempts and Moonlit Nights

The fragment presents a marketing style claim for Ettits Eye Salve for all eye diseases, alongside dialect verse asking why the moon shines on bright nights and dark nights, with a remark about the land creating dark nights so poor colored folks can have chicken without paying.

Chile

Ellen Key Origin and Swedish Lineage Noted Author

Ellen Key, a prolific writer and public opinion influencer in Sweden, traces her ancestry to a Scots Highlander, Colonel McKey, who served Gustavus Adolphus. Her father lost his fortune in 1880, after which she worked as a teacher and later spent two decades lecturing on the history of civilization at the Popular University of Stockholm.

Ellen Key Sweyden Colonel McKey Gustavus Adolphus Miss Key Hag Popular University of Stockholm

Fine course in pharmacy praised by college president

A college president tells a parent that the pharmacy course is very fine. The father says his son plans to become a druggist. The school notes its features include soap stamps cigars perfumery soda water candy city directories telephone books and stationery.

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Christin Maclaire Seriou Tustlera Learned Caron City Bar X Virginia Dan de Keiths Jack Ned Neb Masea Jack Rascal de Keiths Virginia Carson Randall A. OG. McClurg & Co Cal Steel Trust Oued Dissolution OF Combine Morgan, Rockefeller Carnegie Perking Hills Washington United States Court N. J Jacob M. Dickingon Intra Cane Universal Portland Cement Universal Portland Cement CO W. Adams Street Chicago Gracora Postuto Gereal Co., Ltd ButtleCrosk, Mich
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