Bank cashier Smith joins Baldwin ditch scheme in Montana
J Montague Smith, a Lawrenceville Bank cashier and social leader, flees after being accused of wronging his employer. He becomes a hobo at a Rocky Mountain irrigation dam, reinvents himself as John Smith, earns a job, and is drawn into Colonel Baldwin’s faltering Timanyoni ditch project.
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J. Montague Smith
Lawrenceville Bank and Trust Company
Verda Richlander
Iis
Watrous Dunham
Smith
Dunham
Rocky Mountains
John Smith
Ditch Company
Colonel Baldwin
Hobo
Miss Corona Baldwin
Williams
Dexter Baldwin
Bartley
Baldwin
John
Hillcrest
Brewster
Baldwin Ranch
Miss Baldwin
Daddy
Corona
Smithsonian
Timanyoni
Tve
Mamia
Middle West
Santerby
Lanterby
Dougherty
Stanton
Red Butte
Treasury
Mickle
Kinzie’s
Drake
Promoter Crawford Stanton Faces Pressure Over Fraying Deals
In Brewster, Crawford Stanton and a loyal aide argue over a stalled inland scheme where three partners fled after a hobo from Williams’s mob forced them out. The scene underscores Stanton’s iron business methods and uneasy underworld pressure in the Gloria district real estate push.
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Brewster
Gloria
Lake Topaz
Hophra House
Smith
Hillcrest
Crawford Stanton
Lanterby
Mr.Stanton
Williams
Boogerfield
War to Benefit Africans and Postwar Development
The article discusses transporting Africans from British and French territories to France for wartime labor and combat. It claims their return will accelerate civilization and agriculture in their regions, while noting Africa’s limited natural riches but vast plateau tracts with potential for agricultural growth.
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Africa
France
England
North America
Central North America
Tropics
Plateau
Korniloff
Brussiloff
Slo
Jover
Flanders
Lens
Chemin Des Dames
von Falkenhayn
Turkey
Bagdad
Maude
Sinai
America
Russia
Lewis
Illinois
Navy Department
Argentina
Atéamer Monte Protegido
Berlin
Liberia
Siam
China
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Paris
Ribot
Ech
Henan
Fae
Record-Breaking Corn Crop and Food Control Law Passed
The Senate approved the food control bill and related food survey measure, granting the president broad powers over food and fuel. The August crop report forecasts a record corn harvest of 3.191 billion bushels, with renewed efforts to boost wheat rye and fertilizer supply as mobilization proceeds and anti draft unrest rises in parts of the country.
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Senate
Clark
Wilson
France
Gronna
Hollis
Hardwick
la Follette
Penrose
Reed
Sherman
Gore
Bond
Middle West
Illinois
State Council of Defense
Lowden
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
War Industries Board
America
United States
Department of Agriculture
Chile
Washington
Geneneral Crowder
National Army
Oklahoma
Fritz Bergmeier
Volks-Zeitung
St. Paul
Canada
Dominion
Plot of capitalists’ irrigation ditch theft unfolds
The next installment reveals Eastern capitalists plotting to steal the irrigation ditch from its original owners. John Smith acts with decision to confront the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Sage Gargle Remedy From Sage Leaves
A simple gargle uses thirty sage leaves steeped in a pint of boiling water for half an hour. After infusion, add two tablespoons vinegar and two of honey, then strain and bottle. Use several times daily for relief. the mixture is harmless for children if a small amount is swallowed.
Child’s Grace Lesson Ends With Family Prayer Gaffe
An explanation shows Charlotte learned to say grace before meals. At a friend’s dinner a three year old brother whispered Amen and claimed Charlotte had left. The family paused as the line echoed a misbelief about Charlotte’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Braddock
Paris officials deny looming famine as winter nears
Paris reassures that hunger and cold will not grip the city, citing government reports that food supplies and clothing will be plentiful. The ministry of commerce also promises national footgear and cloth soon, easing fears of shortages amid submarine warfare.
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Michaelis
Germany
Kuehlmann
Zimmermann
Helfferich
Bonn’ University
Root
Russia
Kerensky
Elihu Root
Petrograd
Galicia
Bukowina
France
Paris
Seine
van ‘Sured
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Francis
Lyn DE
Paw Sa
Hye
Chas. Scribeer
Col. Baldwin
Ie Michel
Jacobs Well- Chow
Fortress Foe
F. Trubee Davison
H. P. Davison
The
Red Cross
Long Island Sound
Sick Project
Edward W. Pickard
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