Oriental Goods and a Salty Saga on the Maggie
Captain Phineas P. Scraggs, owner of the steamer Maggie, steers through fog and bad luck as crew mutinies and rivals seek vengeance. Gibney and McGuffey salvage the Chesapeake, sail to San Francisco, and each claim a thousand dollars, then the trio buys two boxes believed to hold smuggled Oriental goods.
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Maggie
Aho
Hicks
Flaherty
Margoyle
Scruggs
Scraggs
Gibney
McGuffey
San Francisco
Chesapeake
Gilbney
Gin Seng Company
Dupont Street
Gin Seng
Captain Scraggs
Opium Box Hoax On the Maggie Unfolds
On the Maggie an overnight haul seems rich as Ginseng turns out to be opium in sealed boxes. Gibney Scraggs and McGuffey react as a dead Chinaman is found inside one case and a scheme to salvage losses and seek a coroner’s reward is floated.
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Captain Scraggs
McGuffey
Mr. Gibney
Gib
Gibney
Secmaggs
Captain Scruggs
Mr. McGuffey
Twig
Scraggsy
Adelbert P. Gibney
Captain Scraggs Hires Gin Seng for Dead China Cargo
Captain Scraggs confronts Gin Seng of the Chinese Six Companies over two dead Chinese aboard the Maggle. Gin Seng may help repatriate the remains after Scraggs threatens exposure and extorts five hundred dollars. Gibney and McGuffey profit from the deal before Scraggs learns of the partial victory.
Munitions to Mexico Highlighted by Allied Leader
A prominent wartime statement urges rapid delivery of munitions to Mexican allies. The aim is to bolster cooperation and support front line efforts across the border.
For the Girl in the Flat Who Knows Nothing of Housework
A reflective line questions the girl who has always lived in a flat about her knowledge of housework. The remark contrasts rigid expectations with daily life realities.
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Green Pea Pirates
Peter B. Kyne
Webster
Oriental Goods
Wil
Mr. Guffey
Scmaggsy
Secraggsy
Th’ Bay
Worthy
Drumm Street
Drumm
California
Chinatown
No. 714
Chinese Six Companies
Schaggs
United States
Jackson Street
MacGuffey
Hop Sing Tong
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denmark
Diggin
Bart
Christendom
Figger Scraggs
Chinaman
John Chinaman
John
Ned
Scragerly
Secraggs
Mexico
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