Wreckers Plot Down Nevada Avenue and a Locomotive Theft
I rush to the Mountaineer editor Cantrell with Branderby’s overheard plot tying Clanahan men to stealing a locomotive and wrecking the Fast Mail. Norcross was sent a note and taken aboard the Ten-Sixteen as Kirgan and Gorber propel the light engine toward Portal City at fifty miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantrell
The
Mountaineer
Ife
Major Kendrick
Branderby
Lower
Nevada Avenue
Clanahan
Wirgan
Bullard
Kirgan
Gorber
Mr. Norcross
Billy Gorbher
Portal City
Arroyo
Norcross Returns to Run Portal City Amid Rail Fight
In Portal City the Norcross leadership resumes control after a dramatic night. Kirgan Gorber and Jim trace a hidden engine and rail tampering linked to Cantrell talk while Dismuke challenges the boss. Ripley and Tarbell join the watch as legal battles loom and Red Tower opposition intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portal City
Mr. Norcross
Mr. Chadwick
Dunton
Hatch
Henecker
Branderby
Mountaineer
Red Tower
Citizens’ Storage & Warehouse
Railroad
Ripley
Norcross
Tarbell
van Britt
Yuan
Ncern
The Boss Returns to Hold Up and Rescue
Graham Norcross and Jimmy Dodds are stranded at Sand Creek siding with Sheila Macrae and her cousin Maisie. They witness a train car kidnapping tied to John Chadwick. Chadwick offers Norcross Pioneer Short Line management to challenge eastern speculators led by Dunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Norcross
Jimmy Dodds
Sand Creek Siding
Sheila Macrae
Maisié Ann
Norcross
John Chadwick
Portal City
Ife
Dodds
Chadwick
Breckenridge Dunton
Rufus Hatch
Gustave Henckel
Pioneer Short Line
Nlatch and Tenckel
Red Tower Corporation
Citizens’ Storage and Warehouse Company
Sheila
How Asiatic Eagles Are Trained By Hunters
The Detroit News recounts Asiatic golden eagles, large and swift. Eagle hunters lure a fox to draw the bird, trap it with a net, and starve the bird’s sleep while drums beat to break its spirit. Trainers then gradually feed and tame the bird over months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Vine on Roanoke Island Sparks Age Debate
On Roanoke Island near the Lost Colony site a famous Scuppernong vine stirs dispute over its age. Local lore links Raleigh planting the original vine, while researchers argue the variety grew wild in Tyrrell County before 1760 and later appeared on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
Virginia Dave
Walter Raleigh
Tyrrell County
Scupper-nong River
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Story
A Lowell Massachusetts woman reports severe anemia since age sixteen. After using Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she recovers strength, can work and sleep normally, and has a healthy eight pound son, with doctors previously saying pregnancy would be impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkam
Elizabeth Smart
W. Sixth St
New Life for Sick Man
A patient reports quick relief from acid stomach bloating and indigestion after taking two boxes of Eatonic. O O Frappir says the remedy has done more good than anything else and helps the stomach digest food naturally, with a big box priced modestly under the druggist’s guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatonic
O. O. Frappir
Red Cross Ball Blue Promoted for White Clothes
A vintage ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue as safe for fabrics and whitening clothes. It claims the product leaves garments snow white and undamaged and lists grocers selling it for five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
All Good Grocers
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Francis Lynde
Charlies Scribner's Sone
Virgin
Mel Roe
Jimmie
Tve
Matt
Iirgan
Gorcher
Kirgap
Mim
Matt Kirgan
Mr. van Britt
Banta
Billy
Portal
Banta Yard
Graham
Reme
Dismuke
New York
Dismike
Ened
Boiss
Sips Riean
Ashe Yx
Drote
Alost
Cuticura
Enslow Floral Co
Lincoln, Neb
Mammoth Jacks
Aks Er Ry Mall
Boek. Or, Co
Michigan Ave
Florida
Oyster Growers
Apalachicola
W.N. A. Lincoln
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