The Missing Engine And The Norcross Mystery
Jimmie and Kirgan chase a tangled tale from Portal City to Port City as Norcross vanishes and a 1016 Atlantic engine disappears. rumors of Red Tower graft, Timber Mountain ties, and a looming sale swirl around Warden churned offices. The pair probe a hidden gravel-pit engine grave and a sly plot to install a new manager while kept in suspense by a political web.
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Senopeds
Gratia Nove Davith
Babi Craikroad
Jimmie
Chadwick
Hain
Spoodlabirs
Aeneidae
Danton
Norcrans
Sheila
Portal City
Iwefore
Dodde
Kutay Horth
Gustave Henckel
Shella Macrae
Podds
Shell Martin
Norcross
Kirgan
van Britt
Sam
Moses
Dean
Dewides
Jimule
Red Tower
Jinnie
Necken Woods
Matt
Portal Division
Arroyo
Tanta
Banti
Steels
Port City
Banta
Ranta
Sand Creek
Timber Mountain Lumber
Timber Mountain Company
Kirgon
Kirgun
Goreher
What’s Gone Wrong In Pioneer Short Line Newsroom
By Francis Lynde the scene centers on a chaotic office. A terse message asks where Mr Norcross is and who is replacing the Pioneer Short Line general manager. Chadwick returns from Canada amid speculation, while Van Britt’s whereabouts become urgent as a wreck investigation looms and a wife calls from the wire.
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Aurgun
Alon
Banta
Mr. Norcross
Tne
Norcross
Chadwick
New York
Pioneer Short Line
Old Wheat King
Chicago
Mr. van Britt
Mr. Chadwick
Clarity in Night Thoughts and Midnight Insight
A meditation on how the brain reveals clearer truths in the still of night with quiet thoughts and memories sharpened by early morning stillness. It notes a nocturnal spark of certainty, the role of rest, and the sub conscious mind at work during sleep. The piece shifts to survey New Zealand's 1913 food and fuel shortages amid a general strike and to Tasmanian rural life, highlighting labor, governance, and common ax skills on farms and fences.
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van Weitt
Hiltoughby
Nerenee
Ns Reat
Hiether
Qaiestion
Dusserger
Mote
Ryttowdett
Delhi
Mr. Norcroes
Citizens’ Storge & Wireline Company
van Hritt
Ipley
Mateh
Noterwee
Stoke & Warehouse
Mr. Ripley
Nwa
Bowen
Grinner
van. Tritt
New York Atic
Fred May
Ballard
Fred
Ripley
Sheila
Grimmer
New Zealand
Iat
Tasman
Dominion
House of Representatives
Leaning Tower of Pisa Described in Sage Style
A fragment notes the Leaning Tower of Pisa made of Carrara marble in the sage style. It mentions its departure from perpendicular being debated, but attributes its rise to soft soil and claims the tower has stood for over six centuries without rent or decay.
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Tottering
And He Did Blossom-Did You Pay For This Electric Battery
A clipped dialogue fragment from a newspaper page shows a valet and a speaker trading a terse exchange over payment and charging a battery. The tone hints at a humorous or satirical local item, with the passerby’s quip about being told to charge it.
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Blossom
Lis
Fou
Road Building Durability and Highway Classification
Chairman George Diehl of the American Association of Highway Officials argues roads will not all share equal durability. He envisions a system classifying highways by traffic and weight limits, with separate freight and passenger corridors and a traffic control department to direct load and routing decisions.
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Diehl
George ©. Diehl
A. A. A. Good Roads Board
Chief of Engineers
War Department
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Ughter
Oper Tors
Eee Wind
Lghter Rafio
Trafic
Farmer Back Of Good Roads Sparks Rural Support
The article argues farmers and rural dwellers now back major road building as autos expand travel. It notes prior hesitation to fund roads but credits faster harvests and markets for pushing hard road construction, citing Iowa contracting activity and the broad social value of better highways.
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United States
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Vin Britt
Vic Britt
Cantretl
Mountaineer
Lola
Novernes
Aston
Mountaineer Office
Offic
Oregon
Ike
Earth
Dunton
Round House
Gorber
Diebt
Atlantic
Francis Lynde
Mr. Dismuke
Iowa
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