Norcross Accepts Frontier Rail Bargain If Free Hand Given
In Portal City the rail boss Graham Norcross contemplates a bold plan to rescue the ailing Pioneer Short Line. Uncle John Chadwick explains the board’s crisis and Dunton’s New York circle while Norcross weighs accepting a general manager role with broad powers to avert receivership and revive the struggling railroad.
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Wall Street
Mr. Norcross
Chadwick
Pioneer
Shaffer
Portal City
Uncle John
Mr. Chadwick
Graham
Breck Dunton
Dunton
New York
George
Wheat King
Mr. Dunton
Strathcona
Basil Kendrick
Kentucky
Kidnapping Plot Unfolds At Railroad Boss Meeting
A hotel lobby scene reveals Dunton and Chadwick plotting over a receivership or a new management at the railroad. Two men overheard discuss a committee room meeting, possible takeover, and a plan to sway a future general manager. The narrator fears exposure as tension rises before the boss returns with Chadwick.
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Dunton
Clanahan
Chadwick
Beckler
Sand Creek Ming
Chad Wick
Shaffer
Henckel
Mr. Chadwick
Train Robbery Foiled by Wary Railroad Men at Sand Creek
Graham Norcross and secretary Jimmie Dodds, en route to Chicago and a Canadian GM job, are stranded at Sand Creek siding with Mrs Sheila Macrae and Massie Ann. They witness an odd train holdup as a special car vanishes into the hills, later revealed to belong to Maandar magnate John Chadwick. The group rescues Uncle John.
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Mr. Chadwick
Graham
Portal City
Dawes
Strathcona
Tiger
Mr. Norcross
Pioneer
Portland
Oregon
Jimmie
Oregon Midland
Stock Exchange
Incubus
Wheat King
United States of America
Illinois
Chicago
Graham Norcross
D.S.O
Maisie Ann
Rufus Hatch
Gustave Henckel
Hatch
Red Tower Company
John
Poe
Gretvald
Basil
Sheila
Bullard
Uncle John
Bynopsis
Jimmie Dodds
Sand Creek Siding
Sheila Macrae
Massie Ann
John Chadwick
Norcross
Sabbath and Sunday clash in modern word usage
An essay in the Brooklyn Eagle criticizes modern writers for misusing Sabbath as a synonym for Sunday. It argues Sabbath is Hebrew in origin and tied to Judaism, not Christianity, and notes the distinction was respected by the apostles who were rebuked for Sabbath-breaking.
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Brooklyn Eagle
And Still He Growls Knicker What Is Smiths Income
Becker says he will pay nothing in four instalments. The court discusses Smiths income tax in a terse legal note.
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Smith
Becker
Cuticura Talcum Ad Promotes Trio Powder
An advertisers note extols Cuticura Talcum as exquisitely scented for face skin baby and dusting use. It highlights the Cuticura Trio Soap Ointment and Talcum at 25 cents each and claims perfumes become superfluous with this regimen.
Woman Finds Old Dress Fails to Please Her
A woman expresses dissatisfaction as an aged dress is pressed into service, highlighting a humorous contrast between expectation and outcome.
Glue Stronger Than Steel Plywood From Milk Glue
A new wood product uses ply wood and glue from slaughterhouse blood and milk casein. The layered sheets, heated under pressure, produced a structure stronger than steel with advantages over metal. Panels glued and boiled for eight hours showed no ply separation.
War's disruption slows global steel steam tonnage growth
Despite U S sea tonnage rising by about 10.4 million tons since 1914 and heavy ship production in Britain and the United States, world steel steam tonnage remains 3.5 million tons short of warless growth levels.
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United States
Great Britain
Aquarius babies and their social gifts in public life
Good Time to Be Born describes Aquarius individuals born Jan 20 to Feb 19 as broad judges of human nature and reliable estimators of honesty. They are mixers, enjoy public entertainments, theaters, fairs, and ceremonies. They absorb information from many sources and excel at mimicry, seeing humor in life and adapting to mercantile or political pursuits.
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