Land of Broken Promises Spoiled by Banking Mexico Venture
In a snakebit tale set around 1704, Hud Rooker and Phil Da Tauneny travel from the Old States into Mexico amid a revolution, chasing a mining claim. They encounter Don Juan de Dios Brachamonte y Escalon, a hotel owner who offers aid as they plan to exploit a fortune. The scene shifts to Fortuna in Anuwoclean with a bustling American-led camp and a sprawling Mexican town, where the pair drink and scheme, and De Lancey teases locals while Tallying a plan to find welcome allies.
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Hud Rooker
Phil da Tauneny
Mexico
Old States
Chaliden
Bud
Henry Reiger
Priar
Kruger
Aragon
Moxicon
Bleaker
de Lancey
Agrid
Agna Negra
Yvnqueras
Phil
Hooker
Adios
Maintains
Cevalier de Lancey
Fortuna
Creak Bank
Panare
Ganyon
Solta
Pru
Tall About & Company
Hortuna
Boniface
Board of Strategy
Partuna
Plaza
Alen
Bim
Juan de Dios Brachamonte Y Escalon
Don Juan
Byron
Philly de Lancey
Mr Hooker
Don
Juan de Dios
Don Trovani
Amile
Juan
Amiious
Mr. Brachamonte
Syod
da Lancey
Mendez
Jose Maria Mendez
Inquins
Ricardo
Pancho
Cruz
Dos Juan de Dios
Fortuna Vieja
Mitad
Senora Aragon
Cruz Mendez
Castile
la Fortuna
Castina
Don Cipriano
Mr. Mendez
Japan
Eagle Tail
Old Fortuna
Turna
Eagles Tail scheme threads Mexican law and graft risk
In a Mexican border tale, Hooker and De Lancey organize a Mexican company to seize the Eagle Tail mine. They plan to recruit Cruz Mendez to locate the claim and transfer title, while avoiding risks of foreign ownership in the prohibited zone near the boundary. The duo shadow Old Fortuna on a quest through Fortuna Vieja, shadowed by Aragon and his family, seeking a legal path to their denouncement and control.
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Eagle Tall
Arizona
Old Mexico
Mexico
The
Republic
Hooker
Lancey
Gadsden
Hagle
Tall Mining Company
Republic of Mexico
Agus Negra
Aragon
Henry
Kruger
Hocker
de Lancey
Cipriano Aragon Y Tres Palacios
Cruz Mendez
de Laney
Don Juan de Dios
Sonora
Senor Aragon
Palacios
Don Juan
Storres
Drummer’s Maine Stop Ends In Humble Pie Scene
A New York drummer on his first Maine trip travels to a remote Aroos region hamlet. He is served fish, meat, and pie on separate plates, worries about multiple dishes, and confronts the inn’s odd dining setup. He pays $2.50 a day in advance and accepts the unusual service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maine
Aroostook
Hamlet
The White Slavers and Carlyle Wedding Frights
The late George W. Vanderbilt, a scholar, dismisses the white slave movement as a public misdirection and urges managers to return to play production. Thomas Carlyle and his wife are described as wedding frightened, with a sharp exchange over letters and terrors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Vanderbilt
Fim
Vanderbilt
Washington
Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Ahe
A-One Limited Train Stalls Amid Broker Panic
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph clipping a famed A-One Limited from Zingville to New York stalls between western stations. Millionaire investors fret over delayed arrivals as cash, shares and pride ride on time. Conductor and engineer scramble to restart the legendary service while publishers snip literary excess in a separate inky quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Harvey Tickertacker
Coticura Offers Cure After Psoriasis From Camp McCoy Trace
A veteran from Troop H, 6th Cavalry at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, recounts a two year battle with scaly psoriasis. After trying several treatments, Cuticura Soap and Ointment cleared the condition in three months following a local sample and purchase, as signed by Walter Mahony on October 22 1912.
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A. 3
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Née
Walter Mahony
Cuticura
Dept
Boston
Young Bryan Refuses Drink In Illinois Stop
A young William Jennings Bryan visits a small Illinois school to demonstrate voting. An old farmer secretly guides him to the back, offers whiskey with growing pressure. Bryan declines politely three times, the man visibly distressed as the moment passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Ilinois
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Anecdote of Sargent in Paris Disciples Relate Tale
Parisian followers of the pompous French painter recount a tale from Venice last autumn. Sargent observed a painter sketching the Grand Canal, praised the work, and advised an exhibition in Paris. He handed his card, then the amateur revealed he was American John Sieger Sargent who had exhibited in Paris twice.
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Sargent
Venice
Grand Canal
Paris
Artistes Francais
John Sieger Sargent
John D. Wells
Duffalo News
Shernan
Te Wollses
Jamestown
Training German Soldiers in Mock Warfare on Tracks
A report describes German soldiers trained with target figures mounted on tracks drawn by cables and operated by electric drums. The realism includes infantry and cavalry imitations, designed to practice firing and trench maneuvers, with automat ic responses such as running then dropping into a trench.
Woman Recounts Relief From Female Complaint
Philadelphia woman describes displacement backache and fatigue improving after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Providence case also cites relief from bearing down and weakness. Article promotes the remedy for women with backache nervousness and general female disturbances.
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Philadelphia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amy Fisner
Juniata Street
Providence
Lydia Pinkham
Amiri Awe Bon
Lippitt St
Lydia J. Pinkham
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Magicians’ Club
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London
Mr. & Co
Maurice
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Walla
Zingville
Knockefeller —Horgan
Hall Caine
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Yngve Langstrom
Denver
City of
Santa Maria
Bride
Orator
Wright
Puch
Penman
Lang
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Newport
E. Pinkham
Carter
Npealalbes
Daisy Fly Killer
Cuttur
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Ove Seton
Senet
Rellwbin
HUCK
Ewcatina
Wnare
Tne
Nipelek Ibeiter
Berk 1
Gil
Chlemay
Mupwhare
Ol Wenete
Biile Kral
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Idan
Areneer Baete
Mate OF Fantad
Lane Tay Laver
Capronn
Dewald Ave
Mrowblyy
Watnow St. Colemmr Wert Lin I.e Svuby Sree
Nfo Meek Rele
Ww.n. Uy
Milwaukee
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Anya
Cantona
Astoria
Albert W. Kahl
Buffalo
Gustave A. Elsengracher
St. Paul
Minn
HE. J. Dennin
St. Louis
S .A. Buchanan
J. E. Simpson
Chicago
Til
BR. E. Eskildeen
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Notts
Mathers
Edwin F. Pardee
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ita Hind
Centaur Company
Rantecad
Baron Betes
Brown Medical CO
Waoteriologists
Goshen
Ind
Faverntock
Mawiwreaw
Nemonin
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