Scheme to corner Borough Street railway stock unfolds
Suburban home of Obharies Wainwright hosts a web of schemes to secure a perpetual Borough Street railway franchise. Dick Horrigan, Alderman Phelan, and ally Gibbs maneuver against reformers as Bennet’s mayoral bid tests honesty. Complex betrayals and hidden pasts drive the power struggle and personal entanglements.
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Obharies Wainwright
Scott Gibbs
Borough Street
Dick Horrigan
Phelan
Horrigan
Wainwright
Wainier
Dallas
Perry Wainwright
Thompson
Judge Newman
Wainwrights
Alwyn Bennett
Gibbs
Perry
Cynthia Garrison
Cynothia
Bennett
Newman
Wainwrigt
Board of Aldermen
Borough Street Railway
Reform
Kennett
Garrison
Ainwright
Wil—Bennett
Wil—Alwyn
Ix—Gibbs
Alnwright
Xiiimorrigan
Kui
Herrigan
Xiv
Vallas
Williams
Roberts
Nine Years of Slavery Sparks Maniacal Fury and Threats
Thompson erupts in vengeance as Wainwright faces a parole exit. Phelan restrains, Williams interrupts, and Thompson swears to kill Wainwright if released. Nine years of anger, fear, and threatened murder saturate the room amid a tense confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Wainwright
Phelan
Lad
Thelan
Williams
Mr. Horrigan
Bribery clash ends as mayor thwarts graft plot
In a tense city hall confrontation, Alderman Bennett outmaneuvers Horrigan and Wainwright, ordering a police standdown and revealing a graft scheme tied to library and aqueduct contracts. Bennett’s shock move triggers fear and relief, while Alwyn Bennett faces a personal reckoning over the cost of justice and a budding romance with Dallas.
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Horrigan
Williams
Bennett
Alwyn
Hertigan
Merchant Gerritt Wagoner Dies After Sale Of Store
Muskegon Mich Sept 1 Twelve hours after selling the store he had operated for fifty years Gerritt Wagoner aged eighty died He had resided in Muskegon fifty four years
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Muskegon, Mich
Gerritt Wagoner
Muskegon
Say This Fast Betty Botta Tongue Twister
Betty Botta buys butter and faces a bitter batch. She tests better butter to beat bitterness, finding a bit of better butter makes her batter better. The tongue twister ends with Betty choosing the better butter to improve her batter.
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Betty Botta
Prize for best plant lice destroyer announced in Frankfort
A government report notes the Practical Counselor For Fruit and Garden Culture in Frankfort offered a prize for the best method of destroying plant lice. Fifty eight competitors entered. The winning recipe uses quassia wood soaked in water, boiled, strained, mixed with more water and soft soap, then stored in a petroleum barrel ready to spray on infested leaves without harming they. Repeated applications will drive off lice and leaves, including peach trees, remain undamaged.
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Frankfort
Ffty
Shade and soil improve tobacco yields and quality
The article notes that shading methods alter tobacco character in Connecticut and simple natural shading in other areas changes crop type. Kentucky tests show corn planted between tobacco rows yields finer texture and higher prices. Soils cropped to tobacco lose organic matter and require fertilizers. Cooley Hybrid Tobacco gains by year after year adding vegetable matter to maintain proper physical condition. A rich soil with depth, mellowness, water holding capacity and decayed organic matter is essential for heavy yields of tobacco.
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Connecticut
Department of Agriculture
Kentucky Experiment Station
George T. MecNeiss
Advise to a Farm Boy Eyeing Lighter Work and Expert Paths
A young man raised on a farm should not fear lighter haying or thrashing jobs but explore vocations suited to his build. Gardening, floriculture, poultry, civil engineering, and landscape work offer good futures, while an naturally bright person can excel in many fields with hands on training, starting at the bottom.
New England Queries on Cucumber Blight Remedies
The Department of Agriculture reports inquiries about cures for a cucumber melon and squash blight spreading along the Pacific coast. Dr. B. T. Galloway notes the disease is insect carried and advises steady vine growth with organic matter and nitrate of soda, Paris Green and Bordeaux mixture sprays, fresh ground each year to prevent infection.
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New England
Department of Agriculture
America
B. T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Pacific Coast
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Ray H. Dean
Cook & Sherman's
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Iowa
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Attorney-At-Law
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