Young settler joins a newspaper grind for escape
In a dusty truck stop town a young man leaves mining to become a reporter. He negotiates a share of the claim with Buck and Shorty and joins Marcus at the Black Jack. He writes a dramatic tell of a bank holdup and faces a future in print amid camp life and rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Jackson
Liverpool
Matin Street
Black Jack
Henry
Smith
Marcus
Henry Seward
Shorty
Tancred
Buck
Siegel's Beer Hall
Myers’ Variety Theater
Jack Eckstein
Evening at the St. Louis lodging house and Mrs Barnaby's
The narrator recalls a night sleeping at the St. Louis lodging house after a late shift at the Courier. He describes cramped, grim quarters and a shared compartment with three miners, then breakfast at Mrs. Barnaby's boarding house where the proprietor tests him as a regular customer and jokes about pay and eggs. He settles in as a regular boarder despite rough surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus
Courier
Ike
Thad
Siegel
St. Louis
Manin Street
Marcus Handy
Buck
Breaakfaust
Mrs. Barnaby
Baltor
Ethors
Mrs. Barna
Morning at the boardinghouse with Mrs Deane
The narrator recalls breakfast with Mrs Barnaby and meets Mrs Deane at a sunlit cabin. He discusses editors work, past mining troubles, and social barriers, noting her reserve and curiosity about his occupation while contrasting pleasures and proprieties of frontier life.
Joint Dubuque Jones Counties Drainage District Assessments
In a July 9 1927 Dubuque Jones counties Iowa joint session the boards fixed assessments for lands in the Dubuque Jones Counties joint flood protection drainage district number one to cover costs and improvements across tracts lots private utilities railroad right of way and public roads with detailed owner by lot entries in Cascade Jones County including Aitchison Banghart Beringer and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boars of Supervisors
Dubuque and Jones Counties
Iowa
Dubuque
Dubuque-Jones Counties
Cascade
Jones County
Aitchison
J. B
Shaffer
J.B
Sunny Side
Banghart
Eliza
Mary Livermore
Beringer
Victor
Merrill
Nick
Hill
Ae Ag
Berger
Antone
Faber
Nicholas
Berger Antone
Bricht
Ezekiel
Sobeina Gat
Bright
Job OE
Breitbach
Mary
Itiate Ake
Breittbach
Pendeer
Jacob
Sresssgee
Vedtdott
Becker
Pearl M
Gery
John B
John M
Connelly
William
Crotty
Dave
Cooley
W. J
Conter
Clement
Michael
Cascade State Bank
Doud
Henry
Anna
McQuillen
Walle
McQuin Hills
Cowae Tee
McQue
Olive Hill
Dehner
H. L
H. L. Hill
Dominy
James B
Margaret
Dwight
Dahlem
P. M
Deichl
John
Ivan
Net
Neti
Felton
Felix
Flanigan
M. B
Fluckinger
Gordon
Alva
Grogan
Bernard
Ida
Gerhart
Grolinger
Peter
Herald
Husch
Mary and
Paul
Hilmer
Otto D. Or Kremer
Nic
Otto D
Kremer
Koob
Hillar
Koster
J. P
Loes
Kirchen
Merrill's
Kenny
Agnes
Letton
Nefers
Nejers
Mullady
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ls Iti
Chapter
Mill Lamn
Wllichtly
H - Lee
Comstock Lode
Edward K. Croly
Tam
Telegraph
News of the World
Denver
K. C
Congress
Mrs. Deane
Mrs. Burnaby
Mr. Deane
Mr. Penne
Cottonwood Courier
Mauricus Trandy
Othis
Devil
John Wesley
Buick
Flint
Midi
Frank W. Page
Eastern
Nebraska
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Chicago
Seattle-Tacoma
America
Milwaukeee
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