Fortune Hunter: A Youth's Rise Or Fall In New York
Nat Duncan, a country lad turned city dreamer, faces repeated employment failures until Kellogg, his ally and benefactor, pulls him from the brink. After a dramatic return, Duncan resists charity, contemplates leaving Kellogg’s world, and is drawn back by a celebratory dinner and a renewed chance at success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Nat Duncan
Winchell Smith
Louis Joseph Vance
New York
Robbins
Duncan
Willy
Kellogg
Drowned Supt Hinkson's Body Recovered After Five Months
The body of William Hinkson, superintendent of concrete work at the Brown's Island dam, was recovered from the Ohio River after five and a half months. He and Joseph Miller drowned December 1 when they went over the dam in a skiff. Miller's body was found January 26. A separate river find at Yellow Creek involved bones of a boy or young woman, with the skull and limbs missing, identified by local youths and coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hinkson
Brown's Island Dam
King’s Farm
San
Joseph Miller
Pittsburg
Hinkson
Wellsburg
George
Arthur Swingler
Homer Swingler
Ohio River
Moundsville
Chestnut Hill
Swingler
Darling
Fort Pitt
Foster
Wellsville
Yellow Creek
Willies
Phillips
Jefferson County
Address on James Ross to open Western PA History Meeting
Rev Dr A M Reid will speak on James Ross at the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania annual meeting in Pittsburgh on May 31. The session will cover steamboat centennial plans for October 18 to 20 and Society building, with anticipated addresses from renowned historians and a possible attendance by President Taft, Ex President Roosevelt, and Mrs Longworth.
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A. M. Reid
James Ross
U. S
Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburg
A. B. Hulbert
Marietta College
Ohio Valley Historical Association
Fish
University of Wisconsin
Randall
Ohio State University
Bringham
Worcester
Mass
MecLaughlin
Chicago
Stecker
Cincinnati University
Sparks
Pennsylvania State Colege
R. T. Wiley
Elizabeth
Taft
Roosevelt
Nicholas ‘Longworth
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Ing
Spaulding
Nathaniel Duncan
Eceiver
Messrs. Atwater & Spauld
Minneapolis
Harry
Ryou
Washington Square
Mr. Atwater
Worth Street
Kelloge
Grand Central Station
Madison Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Kellogg's
Mr. Kelloggin
Rie
Seltzer
Jim Long
Larry Miller
Nat
Long
Miller
Mr. Bartlett
Scott
Willy Bartlett
Bartlett
Is Robbins
L. J. Bartlett & Co
Forry
Larry
Adieus
Half Moon Club
Mr. Duncan
Old Man
Betty Graham
Joseph
Brown’s Island
DR. Reid
West Penna
Historical Society
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