A Stirk Story Opens in Fortuna Mexico
Bud and De Lancey ride into Fortuna in Old Mexico seeking a mining lead. They encounter a bustling American town under a Mexican sun with a jovial hotel host Don Juan and a spy of stalls and potential deals. The pair hope to cash in on Mexican ore and a forge ahead through a land of two peoples and a revolution that may be far off.
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Fortuna
Bud
de Lancey
Agua Negra
Old Mexico
Mexico
Phil
Hooker
Env
Deavy Listoy
Copper
Cavalier de Lancey
Boniface
Board of Strategy
Zarape
Burgos
Castile
Don Jov An
Don Juan
Liice
Mr. Brachamonte
S-s-st
How Foreign Ownership Shapes the Eagle Tail Claim in Mexico
The Eagle Tail mine sits inside a 80 kilometer frontier zone where foreigners cannot hold mining titles or land. A concession can be held as a lease with payment, while ownership may occur through Mexican corporations or with explicit presidential permission. Foreign stock in such corporations is possible, revealing graft opportunities via executive consent.
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Eagle Tail
Arizona
Old Mexico
Mexico
Tong
The
Republic
Eagle Tail Mining scheme in Sonora plot unravels
Hooker and De Lancey organize the Eagle Tail Mining company in Mexico with Agua Negra HQ and plan to hire a Mexican to locate the mine and transfer title. They target Cruz Mendez aka El Tuerto, a one eyed wood seller known to Don Juan de Dios, to secure the claim and cover denouncement fees, aiming to land the mine from Aragon y Tres Palacios through a staged fool's luck.
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Hooker
de Lancey
Cipriano Aragon Y Tres Palacios
Kruger
Cruz Mendez
de Laney
Don Juan de Dios
Sonora
Senor Aragon Y Tres Palacios
Don Juan
Sierras
Fortuna Vieja and the Aragon estate in Old Fortuna
De Lancey and Bud ride toward the Aragon mine frontier in Old Fortuna seeking Mendes. Don Juan describes Cruz Mendez and the Aragon household including a Spanish and Yaqui wife. the town’s layout, a mescal still, and a distant Eagle Tail mine loom as the pair follow burro tracks toward the old mining sites.
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Don Juan
Old Fortuna
Phil
Don Juan de Dios
Fortuna Vieja
Fortuna
Aragon
Mitad
Madrid
Villanueva
Senora Aragon
Mexico
Cruz Mendez
de Lancey
Castile
Bud
Mendez
Krucer
Old Forttuna
Senor Aragon
la Fortuna
Fortunas
Tropics
Don Cipriano
Mr Mendez
Eagle Tail
Narth
Kruger
Hooker
Phi
Drummer’s Maine Inn Visit Ends With Hazy Meal
A New York drummer touring Maine stays in a remote Aroostook hamlet. He endures a soupless dinner with fish, meat, and pie on one plate, questions plates’ separation, and accepts a $2.50 daily charge after a wary host chides his requests.
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New York
Maine
Aroostook
Vanderbilt rails against white slave movement in theater
The late George W. Vanderbilt criticized publishers impresarios and film firms for promoting a white slave movement for gain. After a theater visit he told a Washington reporter that the public wants managers to stop being white slave missionaries and reformers and to return to simply producing plays.
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George W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Washington
Carlyle Bride Fears The Wedding In Letter Quips
Thomas Carlyle and his wife faced wedding nerves described in a letter where she pleads for gentler humor to avoid a heart breaking scene. The exchange reveals their anxiety and humor surrounding the ceremony.
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Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Nature's Wonders in the Country Side
Swipes recounts a country visit noting abundant grass and rustic scenery in a light exchange with Chimmie. The cartoonish dialogue captures rural humor and natural surroundings in a playful, dated tone.
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Jing
Puck
Woman Wears Pearls from 10 Cent Store
A witty line contrasts a woman showing off an $1 800 000 string of pearls with the idea that she bought them at a 10 cent store. The quip also notes the belief gap between human nature and divine worth.
Woman Says Marriage Is Required for Perfection
A woman asserts that a man must marry to achieve perfection. This remark frames marriage as essential to moral or personal completeness within the discourse.
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Wes Hooker
Phil de Lancey
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Homer
Shea
Anne
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Plaza
Juan de Dios Brachamonte Y Escalon
Byron
Don Joo-an
Philip de Lancey
Mr. Hooker
Don
Mendes
Jose Maria Mendez
Ricardo
Pancho
Cruz
Frida
Haynes
Leece-Neville
America
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Haynes Automobile
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Kokomo
Indiana
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Omaha
Neb
Missouri Higas
Grand Ave
Kansas City
Dea Bracka
Allsourt
Kanaas
Iowa
Haynes Sella
Herana
Haynes Automobile CO
Main St . Kakm
Redwood
Fornia
ATLAS
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
W. Bennett Bee Building
Omeha, Nea
Nebraska
Paxton Cane Ricks
Lincoln
N. U
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