Pension purge on Confederated board stirs power struggle
In a heated Confederated Companies meeting, director Cornelius Croyden proposes to cut all pensions not expressly authorized by the board, sparking clashes with Kennard, Rogers, Maddox, and Spaulding as legal and ethical stakes rise. After a tense adjournment, Kennard plans a stockholders move to outvote the majority, while a stranger with a Jacqueminot rose watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Croyden
Croyden
Kennard
Associated Companies
Mr. Harlan
Trundell
Harlan
Harkness
Rogers
Daniel Rogers
Old Rogers
Dave Maddox
Maddox
Amalgamated
Mr. Trundell
Mr. Croyden
Spaulding
Kennard Confronts Culver as Harlan Plot Unfolds in secrecy
Kennard confronts Culver about a deadly confession tied to Miss Harlan and a $5,000 payoff scheme. Culver reveals a plan involving Leslie Harlan and a hidden wrongdoing, leaving Kennard shaken as Dave Maddox reports a wage cut plot and a charity ball invitation hints at further intrigues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennard
Culver
Mr. Harlan
Mr. Kennard
Miss Harlan
Curious itemized lawyer bills and a Gibraltar post office crowd
A London Chronicle report recounts strange charges in solicitor bills from attending a dinner to paying for a diamond pin. It recalls a client’s omnibus fare loan and a grateful client who paid for a theater box after a lavish dinner. The Gibraltar post office area is described as a global crossroads with a mix of nationalities and languages during letter distribution.
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Dan Leno
Hampstead
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Europe
London Chronicle
Glorious City of Contrasts Sees Kennard Enter Delmonico's
Kennard leaves a director’s meeting and threads Nassau Street amid crowds and scrutiny. He seeks calm in Delmonico’s refined atmosphere where Francois reports that M mendox was not present that evening, as the city’s tug between hustle and elegance unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennard
Nassau Street
Delmonico’s
Panama
Renard
Francois
M’sieur
Darlington death mystery fuels insurance and graft talk
In Darlington South Carolina a coroner's jury ruled Robert Keith Dargan's death a self inflicted tragedy amid rumors of a staged burial, missing funds from a vast oil trust led by Dargan, with claims of bribed officials and a Paris wax image of Dargan. Witnesses including the barber, coroner, and Dargan's brothers debate whether the body is truly dead as investigations probe the missing money and insurance tied to the doomed oil empire.
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Dame
Pegram Dargan
Ette Observer
Naeron
8. C
Robert Keith Dargan
South Carolina
Independent
Cotton Oil Company
France
Darlington Oil Company
Anson Oil and Ice Company
Chesterfield County Oil Company
Charleston
Dargan
Darlington Trust Company
J. G. McCall Mercantile Business
Bright Williamson
Paris
Pegram
W. F. Dargan
Dr. Edwards
Robert
Rogert
Keith Dargan
J. K. Doyle
R. K. Dargan
H. C. Burns
Mr. Williamson
C. H. Martin
North Carolina
Pegraim Dargan
Joan Charles McNeill
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Frederick A. Stokes & Co
Ma Sieur
M’sleur
Delmonico
Peter McMannis
Guardian
Confed
Washington Square
Ixennard
Harlan’s
Neil Croyden
Neil Croydon
Croydon
Leslie Harlan
John Kennard
Dave
Del's
Rdner
Jack
Dox
Kend
Miss Har
G. K. King
Williamson
Columbia
Florence
Japan
Glan Shimose
Flower Empire
Russia
United States
Germany
England
Shimose
Hiroshima
Imperial University
Yale
Harvard
Tokio
Ceanet
Dr. Shimose
Brooklyn Eagle
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