Return to Nature and a Railroad Strike War
The scene follows Kent and Ormsby at the Camelot club as a rate war erupts in railroad circles. Kent foresees swift destruction via a price fight while facing legal limits, while Ormsby weighs risk and loyalty. Kent resolves to press the battle, betting on stamina to outlast opponents.
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Kent
Ormsby
Camelot Club
The
Argus
Massachusetts
Bostonians
Loring
Boston
MacFarlane
van Brock
Guilford
The Wreckers Chapter XIII and Guilford Policy
Major Guilford's rate cuts trigger a rail sector surge across Trans-Western. towns revive, deposits rise, and land values rebound as ships and merchants flock to the lower fares. Kent consults Hunnicott on Gaston assets, while Marston suggests a drastic political step to end the corruption.
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Guilford
Trans- Western
Desuetude
Nee Perser
Stephen Hawk
Cfe
Rent of Way
Larabee
Gaston
Hawk
Juniberg
David Kent
Blashfield Hunnicott
Kent
Hunnicott
Jupiter
Jim Guilford
MacFarlane
Hildreth
The
Argus
Marston
Union Station
JudgecFarlane
Real Suffering in Silence as Widow Speaks
A humorous exchange on gender roles appears in Smith's Weekly with a young widow lamenting silent suffering and a bachelor approving the notion. The dialogue contrasts feminine endurance with male skepticism, framed as a light quote feature in the periodical.
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Smith’s Weekly
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Troy Weekly Call
Earth
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Trans-Western
Francis Lynde
Bobba-Merrill Co
John Riebold & Son
A. Heddergott
H. C. Gerfen
Market and
Hickory Streets
Troy, Ill
Troy
W. W. Jarvis
D. @. JARVIS
Inguranca
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