Norcross Returns to Lead Fight Against Monopoly
Graham Norcross, rail road manager, and his secretary Jimmie Dodds witness a collar train holdup and are drawn into a conspiracy led by eastern financiers Hatch and Henckel. Norcross survives a staged disappearance, forms a new anti monopoly company, and with legal ally Ripley strengthens the Citizens' Storage and Warehouse plan while Tarbell, a new telegraph operator, proves his worth. Dodds learns Sheila Macrae is married but separated, while Norcross reasserts control and vows an honest railroad future.
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Graham Norcross
Jimmie Dodds
Band Creek Siding
Sheila Macrae
Hatch and Henckel
Red Tower Corporation
Norcross
Citizens’ Storage and Warehouse Company
Dodds
Sheila
Portal City
Mr. Norcross
Mr. Chadwick
Dunton
Hatch
Henckel
Branderby
Mountaineer
Red Tower
Citizens’ Storage & Warehouse
Railroad
Ripley
Tarbell
Red Tower Consolidated
Clanahan
van Britt
New York
Chadwick
Dioe
Arroyo
Banta Yard
Timber Mountain
Shadowing on the trip to the hotel amid graft tensions
The narrator suspects trackers shadow the boss as grafters target him for a decisive blow. Kestler, a suspicious clerk, trails them from dinner to the lobby, overhearing plans as Mr. Norcross heads out to Major Kendrick’s to see Mrs. Sheila. The scene hints at campaign risks and public relations efforts.
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Tarbell
Ripley
Juneman
Bullard
Norcross
Hatch
Kestler
Counter Question Statement in Boston Transcript Style
A fragment captures a playful debate on marriage motives with a line from the Boston Transcript tone. The exchange questions whether affection or money drives union, hinting at social commentary on marry for wealth versus reform motives.
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Boston Transcript
Coal Pact Hope Brighter as Strike Eases
London yields optimistic view of a coal strike settlement as government proposes a three to four month state grant to insure miners against wage cuts beyond three shillings daily. Miners already accept a two shillings reduction, raising prospects for an accord next week.
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London
Mail robber gets 25 years in federal case
Minneapolis Delbert Smith, a confessed train bandit who robbed a Northern Pacific mail car near Little Falls on February 18, fatally wounded clerk E. Strong. He pleaded guilty to attempting to rob a United States mail car and injuring Strong, and was sentenced to 25 years in Leavenworth by Judge Page Morris in federal court.
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Minneapolis
Delbert Smith
Northern Pacific
Little Falls
E. Strong
Leavenworth
Page Morris
Smith
United States
Strong
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Delco-Light
Northwestern Motor Co
Delco Light Coen
Sle
Coal Pact
New York Dental Co
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South Dakota
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W. C. Wolverton
M. D
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N. Dak
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North Dakota
Chas
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Strasburg Auto CO
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Aberdeen Businessollege
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Stone Drug Co
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