Grist of Love and Labor in Wahaska
Kenneth Griswold, an honest writer with socialistic leanings, steals $100 from Bayou State Securities president Andrew Galbraith and goes undercover as a deckhand aboard the Belle Julie. He lands in Wahaska, Minn., where Margery Grierson and Charlotte Farnham navigate danger as he faces pursuit by Broffin and a plotting Raymer while the town texts a tangled tale of love, money, and labor strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Griswold
Andrew Galbraith
Bayou State Securities
Charlotte Farnham
Wabaska
Wahaska
Minn
Flo
Margery Grierson
Jasper Grierson
Margery
Griswold
Broffin
Edward Raymer
Raymer
Galbraith
Charlotte
George
Doctor Bertie
Kenneth
Madge Grierson
Labor War Escalates at Raymer Plant and Grierson House
In a tense industrial clash, Raymer and Griswold push for a firm wage stand while Clancy the ward boss stirs support. Miss Grierson confronts her father Jasper about his scheming, seeks leverage, and hires the Colburne detective Broffin to gather blackmailing proof related to Galbraith and pine lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Grierson
Margery
Murray
Galbraith
Trade Journal
Margery Grierson
Iron Works
Heeler
Grierson
Madge
Morgan
Miss Grierson
Winnebago House
Broffin
Matthew Broffin
Colburne Detective Agency
Andrew Galbraith
Miss Farnham
St. Paul
Gates of Brass Part in the Night Shift
Griswold and Raymer plan to weather mounting tensions at the plant as night guards take over. Griswold hides his fear and grips a weapon, eager to hurry to Margery while grappling with a dawning self-critique about cowardice and violence. The scene ends with a hint of looming conflict.
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Wabaska
West Side
Pottery Flat
Raymer
Griswold
Kenneth
Ned
Man of Peace
Utopia
Herod
Margery
Grierson
Draw moisture from watch in wilderness or with sun
When a water soaked watch lacks a jeweler, remove front and back to drain the water, reverse the crystal, and lay the watch to reflect sun through the crystal. Sunlight draws moisture in fifteen to twenty minutes. If needed repeat, then wipe and replace the crystal and have a jeweler check soon.
Captain Muller's trench fireplace request in underground quarters
Captain Muller of the Bavarian landwehr ordered a fireplace in his second line trench quarters. He called for two men able to bricklay or similar skilled work, preferring practical laborers over volunteers such as professors or doctors.
Experimenter Documents Amazon Trip With Indigenous Chiefs
The narrator recalls photographing indigenous people in the Amazon using a Kodak camera. He notes the chiefs’ curiosity and initial trust, the need to distribute ribbon to placate the tribe, and the tense moment when the camera nearly caused flight. He describes the primitive use of film and the camera as a plaything. The piece shifts to a Southern Town With Vision column praising Harrisville West Virginia for municipal gas ownership and plans for a railroad.
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Amazon
Kodak
United States
Harriavilla
W. Va
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Federated Iron Workers
Jasper’ Grierson
Jet
Irjeri
Oman
Nee Haraér
Edward
Val
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Chicago
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Clancys
Picayune
Pinkerton
South
America
Tange
T Treat
Peraph
S “Group
Ain
Sarges
Vick
New York Town
Companian
Harrisville
Lydia Fehams
Louisville
Pelle
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Pinkham
West Broadway
Permanen Carter
E Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Farmer Wayback
Newark
L. P. Wilcox
California
Baltimore
Kansas
Nicholas
New
McPherson
Doan
Ed Foster-Milburn
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