Wreckers Recruit New Pioneer Short Line Chief
Graham Norcross is named general manager of the Pioneer Short Line with headquarters at Portal City. He informs his secretary Jim Graham that he will overhaul staff, seek a new corporation counsel, and confront Red Tower Consolidated’s control over regional industries as he takes charge.
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Graham Norcross
Pioneer Short Line
Portal City
Chicago
Graham
Dunton
Boas
West
John
Ripley
Red Tower Consolidated
AnOhena
Red Tower
Ble
Porta City
Hatch
Henckel
Pete Clanahan
Fire and Firing on the Pioneer Short Line
In Portal City the new manager Norcross conducts a radical house cleaning, firing rivals and reshaping the staff to restore loyalty. Kirgan, Van Britt, and Billoughby push reforms as Hatch and allies fight back with newspapers and legal threats while Norcross plots bold financial moves and confronts a looming struggle with Red Tower and bondholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie
van Britt
Saw Horse
Billoughby
Juneman
Ripley
Hatch
Dle
Citizens’ Storage & Warehouse
Mr. Norcross
Red Tower
Mrs. Sheila
Sand Creek Siding
Hateh
Henekel
Bullard
Mr. Hateh
Mera
Macrse
Sand Creek
Sable skin coat not world’s costliest fur item
The text notes a £10,000 sable coat, but the czarina once received an ermine mantle valued at £12,000. An eastern Greenland explorer found a native girl in a dress of silver fox skins worth about £30,000 at current prices. The Boss disappears. (TO BE CONTINUED) Shock for the Explorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
London
Arctic Sheep Raising In Extreme North
An American agricultural expert tells Popular Mechanics Magazine that Arctic Canada offers rare chances for hardy sheep cattle and Siberian alfalfa and even fruit. He endorses cross breeding Canadian and Siberian sheep to gain resilience for extreme cold winds and long winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Canada
Popular Mechanics
Hie Beat and Pa Engage in a Whip’s Hold Exchange
An odd dialogue fragment shows Hie Beat and Pa trading lines about a whip and an anchor. Beaton Tramaccipt is referenced in the garbled text, suggesting a literary or playful exchange rather than a clear report or event.
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Beaton
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The
Francis Lynde
Chapter
Norcross
Shaffer
Dantonites
Jack the Ripper
Kirgan
Midland Construction
Mr. van Britt
Mr. Hornack
Overland Central
Sendog
Herald
Missouri River
Tom McClure
Colonel Lethal
Oregon
Fred May
van Burgh
von Britt
Nazareth
Pioneer
Bossa
Mr. Norcroas
Johnson
Cailroad Company
Mr. Noverom
Sheila
Maime Ann
Basil Kendrick
Kentucky
Mr. Chadwick
Major Kendrick
Maisie Ann
New York
Mire
Ghella
Macrae
Basil
G. Norcross
G. M
L. Common
Chadwick
RUSH
Rufus Hatch
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