The Rocket and the Stick Chapter in Brewster City Plan
Smith and Baldwin pursue a bold financial scheme to back Timanyoni Ditch using a national utilities backing and a lengthy advertising push. They secure a bank loan, a new charter, and stock deposition while expanding operations at the dam project and Brewster City National. The atmosphere blends high-stakes finance with political influence as the plan accelerates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster City
Baldwin
Smith
Independence
Timanyoni Ditch
Timanyoni Ditch, If You Please, Mr. Kinzie
Dexter Baldwin
Jehosha
PeaceaneDe
Bob Stillings
Brewster City National Bank
Timanyoni County
Hophra
Colonel Baldwin
New Town
Brewster City National
Stillings
Timanyoni High Line
Power and Light Plans Drive Timanyoni Ditch Expansion
The 1917 serial details a new electric light project linked to the Timanyoni dam and canal system. Smith expands financing and a major eastern utility purchases stock while courting Brewster council to sell electricity. Miss Corona Baldwin’s visits stir tensions as Smith balances business and social risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Stillings
Power and Light
Brewster
Smith
Windward
Colonel Baldwin
Kinzie's Bank
Timanyont Ditch
Maxwell
Starbuck
Treasury
Timanyoni
Baldwin
William Starbuck
Little Alice
Great Eastern Utility Corporation
Stanton
Escalante
Miss Corona
Hillcrest
Corona Baldwin
Brewster City National
Fashions of To-Day by May Manton
The article presents a kids coat pattern featuring a new cape effect collar and material options Cor duroy broadcloth serge pique linen. It details a rose pique coat with white collar and cuffs and blue serge with plaid silk trims. Pattern 9263 fits children 2 to 6 years, requires 2 yards of 44 inch wide fabric for size 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Manton
Fashion Department
Norton’s confession on the roof stuns Elizabeth at dusk
Hugh Parker arrives with Mr. Norton and Grace as Elizabeth lingers in the nursery. On the roof Norton declares his love and asks Elizabeth to marry him, admitting he is older and unsure, while she pleads for space and denies reciprocation as the scene ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Company
Hugh Parker
Mr. Norton
Tom
James
Grace
Miss Dart
Ezra
New York
Brewster Norton
Elizabeth
New State Police Station Established at Blue Ridge Summit
On June 5 a state police station was set up in the Blue Ridge mountain area at Blue Ridge Summit. Corporal C. H. Rhoads and Privates Campbell and Kantz from Pottsville will patrol there. Waynesboro station remains active with two officers. Mountain troops will relieve Waynesboro officers of part of their territory. The move fuels a rumor that President Wilson may spend a month this summer near Buena Vista Springs Hotel.
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Waynesboro
Blue Ridge Mountain
Blue Ridge Summit
C. H. Rhoads
Campbell and
Kantz
Pottsville Barracks
Blue Ridge Mountains
Wilson
Buena Vista Springs Hotel
Powerful Medicine Promises Rheumatism Cure
An advertisement claims Rheuma, sold by H. C. Kennedy and druggists, will relieve chronic rheumatism. It asserts relief within two days after a teaspoonful daily, offers a no-cure-no-pay guarantee, and notes the medicine has been prescribed across America for over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Kennedy
America
Their Married Life and a Millersburg Wedding
Frances and Viva discuss Viva plans to leave school and seek real work in New York. Viva reveals jealousy and a shift toward settlement work, while Frances weighs support and Helen’s influence. A wedding section follows: Miss Mary E. Heckert and Chauncey Craig wed at Millersburg Methodist Church. couple to reside in Noblesville Indiana after a honeymoon in Washington DC.
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Millersburg
Mary E. Heskert
J. 8. Heckert
North Market Street
Chauncey Craig
Noblesville
Ind
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. C. Skeath
Washington, D. C
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B. Francis
Lynde
Chas. Scribner's Song
Irwin Myers
International News Service
By McManus
Enouch
MR Jigggs
Tango
Mit
the Insider
Daily Dot
International
Frances
Viva
Carp
Helen
Night Court
Harley Tracey
D.d.m. E
Gorgas
J. Nelson Clark
Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Co. Fai
South Second Street
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