Wreckers, Rail Boss Faces Monopoly Plot in Portal City
Graham Norcross and Jimmy Dodds aid Sheila Macrae and cousin Maisie Ann at Sand Creek as a train hold up unfolds a car stolen by John Chadwick. Chadwick offers Norcross leadership of Pioneer Short Line to counter eastern speculators led by Breckenridge Dunton. Dodds uncovers plot among Portal City financiers Hatch and Henckel. Norcross forms Cimans Storage to curb Red Tower control. Dodds rescues Chadwick and uncovers a murder charge plot, while Durgin’s bribed dispatch leads to a near collision and his death.
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Breckenridge Dunton
Norcross
Bhella Macrae
Portal City
Dodds
Rufus Hatch
Gustave Henckel
Chadwick
Pioneer
Hatch and Honckel
Hed Tower Corporation
Cimans’ Storage and Warehouse Company
Shella Macrae
Dodde
Sheila
Jimmy
Pioneer Short Line
Dismuke
Dunton
Jinmie
Red Tower
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Sheila Macrae Dodds
Howard Collingwood
President Dunton
Durgin
van Britt
Tarbell
Ripley
Morply
Clanahan
Timber Mountain
Limberton Hills
Murphy
Bossa
Hatch
Henckel
Boas
Foget
Graham
Portia
Strathcona
Buck Chandler
Jimmie
Maclise
Mr. Norcross
Chandler
Buck
Upton
Mr. van Britt
Strath‘cona
Enginne
Burrell
Bullard
Kendricks
Mr. Dunton
Bauxite Junction
Mr. Hornack
Macrae
Hornack
the Kendricks
The Rail Boss and the Strathcona Mine Meeting
In the wake of a staged rail threat and political backlash, Norcross presses reform on the Short Line. Tarbell unearths conspirators, while a risky Strathcona mineowners meeting tests courage, with Van Britt thwarting sabotage and Sheila’s whispered influence shaping strategy.
Finny Tribe Survives Winter Without True Hibernation
The article explains that many fish species do not hibernate in winter. Some hide in holes or under rocks, yet remain active enough to live through cold months. They endure with less food as water chills, unlike bears and groundhogs.
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Dawes
Railroad Club
Major Kendrick
Jimmie Dodds
Graim
Apecini
Mackise
Nippo
Canyon Run
Little Mountain
Barry
Sheila Macrae
Noah