Shadowed Norcross and a hidden plot in Portal City
Graham Norcross and his ally Jimmie Dodds witness a train car theft involving John Chadwick. Chadwick offers Norcross a railway post. Hatch and Henckel plot to murder Norcross with political support from Clanahan. Dodds uncovers a web of blackmail and crime as Norcross vanishes amid mounting pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Norcross
Jimmie Dodds
Sand Creek Siding
Sheila Macrae
Norcross
John Chadwick
Portal City
Dodds
Chadwick
Pioneer Short Line
Breckenridge Dunton
Nee Aceae
Rufus Hatch
Gustave Henckel
Portal Ay
Pioneer
Hatch and Henckel
Red Tower Corporation
Citizens’ Storage and Warehouse Comy
Sheila
Hatch
Henckel
Kestler
Pete Clanahan
Mr. Norcross
Bullard
Kendrick
Trishman
Pete
Dunton
Clanahan
Murphy
Dismuke
Night escape from Norcross gang in Montana rail yard
In a tense chase, the narrator dodges Hatch and Clanahan after seizing a warrant against Norcross. A pistol blast disables a lamp as they pursue through a rail yard, ending with the narrator hiding in a crane bucket while police close in and a patrol arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clanahan
Norcross
Henckel
Tarbell
Hatch
Tuyfel
Wallace Urges Farmers to Build Facts Group for Congress
Secretary Wallace told the conference of the American Farm Bureau Federation that Washington farmers should form an organization to present facts to Congress on agricultural issues. He deplored the view that farm appropriations subsidize a class, stating they benefit consumers in the long run, not just farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bandits rob messengers in Chicago clearinghouse heist
Four gunmen stopped two messengers near Chicago clearing house and escaped with 638000 in negotiable checks. Police hunt the suspects as the considerable theft shocks the financial district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Centralia Armistice Day Massacre Convictions Upheld
The Washington state supreme court affirmed the second degree murder convictions of seven I W W members linked to the Centralia Armistice Day massacre and refused a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Olympia
Wash
State Supreme Court
Bank Cashier Defends Bank In Cicero Holdup
Chicago S B Witoska cashier of the State bank of Cicero suburb shot at and repelled a six man automobile bandit gang. He killed one robber wounded two captured two others in the exchange and saved the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
S. B. Witoska
State Bank of
Cicero
Counter Question and Retort Highlight Early Matrimony Motives
A brief dialogue note from the Boston Transcript captures a couple’s exchange on marriage motives. The woman questions financial incentive, while the man counters with a reforming motive, illustrating social humor and courtship norms of the era.
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Manus Lynde
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Kirgan
Red Tower
Norcross Ig
Oregon
New York
Ward Heelers
Silver Bow County
Montana
Butte
Michael Clancy
Fred May
Delco
Delco-Light
Northwestern Motor Co
Leo Eit Leer
New York Dental Co
South Main
Holten & Bachman How
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Drs. Johnson & Bayard and
Tes Associa
Mgr
Met
Boston Transcript
Linton, N. D
Wolverton Hospital
W. C. Wolverton
M. D
Linton
N. Dak
W. H. Hinton
Prop
Leonard du Heaume
Linton, North Dakota
Chas
Coventry
North Dakota
A. L. Portz & CO
J. H. Shoemaker
Strasburg Auto CO
Distributors of
Ford
Enroll
Aberdeen Businessollege
George L. Kemper
A. M. Britts
Hollister
Stone Drug Co
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