Rail chief Norcross escapes kidnap and plots reform
Norcross and Dodds rescue John Chadwick from a train hijack at Portal City. Chadwick offers Norcross the Pioneer Short Line manager post as rivals Hatch Henckel scheme to control the line and thwart board reorganization. Dodds uncovers the conspiracy and Norcross schemes to cleanse the railroad and rebuild leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapthr L
Graham Norcross
Jimmie Dodds
Sand Creek Siding
Sheila Macrae
Norcross
John Chadwick
Portal City
Dodds
Chadwick
Pioneer Short Line
Eastern 8 Lators
Breckenridge Dunton
Poray
Rufus Hatch
Gustave Henckel
Drectora
Pioneer
Dunton
Shadow Plot In Port City Rail Campaign
A shadowing of the boss leads to a hidden meeting in a rail yard where Hatch Clanahan and allies discuss plotting to murder the rival Norcross. The conspirators warn each other that a political fire must be fought with swift decisive action as the election nears. The divekeeper Clanahan resists, fearing ruin for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatch
Chadwick
Dunton
Norcross
Ripley
Tarbell
Arman
Clanahan
Jimmie Dodds
May
Fred
Juneman
Bullard
Butch
Keatler
Kestler
X Waiman
Roriway
Pete Clanahan
Kendrick
Pete
Murphy
Dispinke
Dismuke
Portal City
Ip Henckel
Rafter
Hutch
Henckel
Kestle
Ness
Clanahen
Ron
The Crow as Friend and Foe in Public Bulletin
The piece discusses a U.S. Biological Survey bulletin on crows, weighing benefits and harms. Crows eat grain and pests like May beetles while also preying on young birds and eggs. Despite losses, the overall balance favors crows. they adapt, become intelligent, and can be sociable pets when raised young, though mischievous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Biological Survey
George F. Burba
Columbus Dispatch
Thield
Gladstone and Smoking In Victorian Courtesy
The piece recalls Gladstone’s strict stance against smoking in public and how even he acquiesced briefly to smoke when dining with the Prince of Wales to spare his guest discomfort. It notes Hawarden Castle’s early lack of smoking rooms and contrasts with the prince’s well known habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kestler
Hatch
Henckel
Gladstone
T. I. O’connor
London Sunday Times
Herbert
Hawarden
Prince of Wales
Mr. Gladstone
Snake Crushes Trainer During Swiss Theatre Performance
A Hungarian trainer named Ciro was fatally crushed by a giant python on stage in Serbruck Switzerland as applause drowned out her screams. The audience mistook the danger for part of the act until Fraulein Ciro’s manager shot the snake after the tragedy had occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serbruck
Switzerland
Ciro
Fraulein Ciro
Warman
Languages of Belgium as a linguistic map in 1910
In 1910 Belgium had 7,428,784 people with language patterns including 38,220 Flemish only and 2,838,384 French only. Bilingual Flemish and French numbered 871,278, with 1,415 German speakers and 14,983 French and German speakers. 8,652 spoke Flemish and German and 62,547 spoke all three languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
East Flanders
Wes Flanders
Antwerp
Limburg
Brant
Liege
Namur
Hainaut
Luxenbourg
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Lynde
Chan. Scribner's Sons
Hatch and Henckel
Red Tower Corporation
Ciusens
Shella Macrae
Henckels
Cnadwick
Vi—Dodds
Kirgan
Arruvyo
Buniu
Timbes
Mathuni 2 and CO
Red Tower
Howtie
Mr. Norcross
Uncle Sam
Bill Stedman
Arctic
Class
Carl Roger
New York
M. Missick
Swifte
Freeh
Fleischman
Vennet
P. Jorgenson
Petersburg
Alaska
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