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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1906
Page
2
A December 11, 1906 item notes a humorous poem criticizing wealth excess and a banker convention statistic reporting one embezzlement daily in the United States. It implies distrust of officials and politicians and jokes about ensuring honesty in money matters.
Dialogue snippets reveal a domestic scene with jests about a prospective son in law and a husband who outwits. A comic aside mentions Hamstein living a double life and a band, while a line hints at a comic misfire when a man is struck by a peck.
Ernest Harwood, a clever schemer, becomes entangled in a complex Capital Cities railroad fraud involving Creamer, Lingard & Co., and a young woman, Miss Hilda Lawrence. Harwood discovers a plot to seize control through forged bonds. He and Miss Lawrence face danger as the conspiracy unfolds, with Harwood aiming to uncover who truly betrayed whom.
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