The Grafters Francis in NDE Chapter Continues
Kent visits Hildreth at the Argus as news of a capitol caucus and a looming railroad strike roils the state. A receiver mishap and a secretive dispatchers’ plot threaten a massive Overland lease, with Kent pressuring for sensational front-page exposure tomorrow.
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Kent
Argus
Hildreth
Manville
Capitol
Hendricks
Rogers
Cassatti’s
Meigs
Crowley
Brunswick
Guilford
Hawk
Hawk and Halkett
Gaston
The
David
Kent Seeks Quiet Route Through Narrow Crisis
In a tense exchange, Kent and M Tosh discuss the Civic League threat and Callahan's risky plan as militia surround yards. They debate whether to intervene, then decide to return to town amid potential violence and railyard danger. A separate anecdote shows Blackfoot workers jeering a white bicyclist, calling him a "cheap lazy white man."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawk
Kent
Civic League
M’tosh
Callahan
Donerail
Schofield
Agua Caliente
Guilford
Patsy
Tischer
Twentieth Avenue
Yard Limits
George
Wurre
Montana
Review of the War and Naval Triumphs Across Eras
A sweeping, period tone survey details battles from 1588 Armada to 1898 Manila Bay and 1904 Russo Japanese conflict. It links Togo’s Port Arthur victory to historic naval legends, naming Nelsons, Lepanto, Trafalgar, Camperdown, and Perry with notes on casualties, sieges, and prize captures.
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Russia
Japan
Rojestvensky
Togo
Far East
China
Manchuria
Korea
Rusala
Yellow Sea
Varlag
Korletz
Chemulpo
Port Arthur
Nogi
Kinshan
Haituashan
Miao Tsin
Fort No. 16
Taku Shan
Shaku Shan
Stoessel
Sevastopol
Forta East Keekwan
Rihlung Shan
Sung Shoo
Pan Lung
Wan Tai Forta
Tokyo
Mukden
Tie Pass
Wonson
Vladivostok
Nelson
Stark
Makaroff
Withoft
Howard
Francis Drake
John Hawkins
Spain
England
Bess
Rojestvenaky
Kingsley
Philip II
Duke of
Martin Alarco
Inquisition
English Channel
Charles Howard
Drake
Hawkins
John Paul Jones
Richard
Pallas
Scarborough
Constitution
Isaac Hull
Yalu
Manila Bay
Dewey
Santiago
Cervera
Judges and Jurors with Railroad Passes in Nebraska
A Nebraska account recalls juror bribery issues with railroad passes. A juror was dismissed for using a railroad pass while a judge who issued the ruling held an annual pass from that railroad. A liquor dealer case showed a gallon of brandy given to a juror, and later the same judge sat on a railroad case with a pass, prompting questions about conflicts of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
A Ride Up Pike's Peak Ended In A Thrill And Woe
A Baltimore man recalls a trip up Pike's Peak aboard the cog railway from Manitou. Two companions fell ill before the halfway stop, a young woman suffered a dramatic hemorrhage, and others pressed on to the summit. The narrator felt the altitude and decided the ascent was enough, deeming the mountain a one time experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike's Peak
Manitou
Baltimore
Garden of the Gods
North Cheyenne Canyon
Sky
Baltimore News
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Francis
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Jove
Union Station
Sensation
Associated Press
Associated
M'Tosh
Donahue
Patrick Callahan
Durgan
Halkett
Clark
Bicknell
Overland
Union
Junta
McTosh
Donohue
M’'Tosh
Review OF the War
Fusan
Seoul
Cheng Ku
Wiju
Chiuliencheng
Kuroki
Feng Wang Cheng
Liao Yang
Takusen
Pitsewo
Kinchow
Kwang Tung
Nodzu
Telissu
Oku
Kaiping
Haicheng
New Chwang
Fen Shui
Motien
Ta Passes
Montienling
Yantze Pass
Yushulin
Anping
Ansanchan
Kuropatkin
Oyama
Sha River
Sha
Grippenberg
Sandiapu
St. Petersburg
Haba Pass
Fan River
Linovitch
Gunshu Pass
Boyarin
Petropoviosk
Askold
Diana
Novik
Ryeshitemi
Kamimura
Vladivostock
Korean
Rurik
Gromobol
Wamlp
Ivan Madhnow
Charkoff
Warsaw
Machnow
Imperial Guard
London
Hugh Couch
Paul Pioneer Press
Scotland
Ireland
Elizabeth
St. Paul's
Lepanto
Mediterranean
Don John of Austria
Charles V
Venice
Genoa
Malta
Papal State
Bay of Lepanto
Greece
Trafalgar
Cape Trafalgar
Villeneuve
Aboukir
Nile
Napoleon
Egypt
Admiral van Tromp
Britannia
Dover Straits
Blake
Downs
Channel
Beas
Portsmouth
Calais
Holland
Camperdown
Texel
Duncan
de Winter
la Hogue
France
Russell
Rooke
Tourville
Lont
Paul Jones
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