Courage of Captain Plum on Beaver Island final stand
Captain Plum battles Mormon forces on Beaver Island to rescue Marion and seize Obadiah Price. Obadiah dies after revealing a secret package for the president and Marion learns her mother was killed by her surrogate guardians. Plum survives with Marion and Neil, sealing a vow of lasting love.
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Nathaniel Plum
Typhoon
Beaver Island
Etronehold
Obadiah Price
Nat
Franklin Pierce
United States
Price
Strang
Eho Price
Neil
Fff
Arbor Creche
Plum
Lacs
Marion
Win Daugster
Arbor Croche
Jaz
Sie
Nat Strang
Arbor Croehe
St. James
Sirang
Tie
Janer
Winnsome
Marion Mennil
Gaged
Nathaniel
Chicago
Michigan
Leutenant
Regan
Obadiaha
Obadiah
Plim
Kirtland
Jean
Missouri
Joseph Smith
Nauvoo
Franks Privilege Cited Amid Debate In Congress
In a discussion on franking, Senator Money called the frank a great privilege. A gallery spectator added that the frank helps send men back to Congress, a remark noted amid the flurry of documents sent from the capital, as reported by the St. Louis Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Money
Congress
St. Louis Star
Stimson Named New War Secretary in Roosevelt Era
Henry L. Stimson, a 43 year old progressive Republican aligned with Roosevelt, becomes secretary of war. A Yale and Harvard graduate, he rose from U.S. district attorney for the southern district of New York to prosecutions of the sugar trust and Morse case, then aided Roosevelt’s 1908 campaign and 1906-07 administrative roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lewis Stimson
Roosevelt
Stimson
Knickerbocker
New York
Yale
Psi Upsilon
Skull of Bones
Harvard
Elihu Root
United States
Sugar Trust
Charles W. Morse
Stim
Dempson
Columbus
Miss
University of Nashville
Columbia College
Leipzig University
Paris
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Chicago
Wisconsin insurgent Henry Cooper shaped party clash in Congress
Henry A. Cooper of Racine Wisconsin is identified as the first insurgent in Congress and fought rail funding reforms on the Pacific railroads committee. He was repeatedly re elected, joined Democrats in a 1907 rules challenge, and earned a reputation for resisting reg ular party lines amid Wisconsin stalwarts. The page also includes a long poem on fashion and self image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Allen Cooper
Racine
Wis
Congress
Cooper
Wisconsin
Robert Marion la Follette
Henry A. Cooper
Committee On
Pacific Railroads
Pacific Railroad
DeArmond
Missouri
Lincoln resigns Pullman presidency as Runnells named head
Robert Todd Lincoln resigns as president of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company due to ill health. John Sumner Runnells elected president. he has served as general counsel and VP, born 1844 in Bingham New Hampshire, Amherst College 1865, and previously US district attorney for Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Todd Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
John Sumner Runnells
Mr. Lincoln
George M. Pullman
Runnells
Ofice
Pullman
Bingham, N. H
Amherst College
Dover
N. H
Iowa
United States
Carnegie Gets Gold Medal for Benefactor of Humanity
Andrew Carnegie received a gold medal from 21 American republics, bearing inscribed phrases on peace and humanity. The ceremony in Washington featured Senor de Zamacona, Secretary of State Knox, and President Taft, with Carnegie noting the Buenos Ayres Pan American conference honor from 160,000,000 people across 21 nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Washington
Senor de Zamacona
Knox
Taft
Carnegie
Diplomatic Corps
Hall of the
Aest Es Ne Union Building
Buenos Ayres
Kindness Thwarted Again as Silk Hat Edifice Dream Collides
A pompous man with a silk hat extols the virtue of labor and future greatness while supervising an excavation. A wheelbarrow knocks his hat off and a crossing officer helps, prompting the man to file a complaint against the officer.
A Tense Tragedy Over A Waist In Debt
A dramatic scene unfolds as a beauteous girl pleads to loosen a grasp on her waist. He refuses, citing orders not to release until a ten dollar cash on delivery is paid. She finally retrieves the money and leaves with the waist.
Promoter Clashes Over Lion Stock Sale Details
A business dispute centers on the first stock promoter who claims involvement with a lion skinning and asserts control of the deal. The second promoter probes the number of shares sold to the controversial party, seeking accountability for the transaction.
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Captain Plum
Chaptel
Obadian
Sherry
James
Oliver
Curwood
Meguus G. Kettner
Bobbs-Merrul Go
Eee Stimson
Ladies Fair
Wilbur Dnes
Pullman President
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