Wall Street Panic Plot in a Sugar Stock Scheme
Thomas Wuierro Leoh presents a serialized tale where Bob Brownley, aided by Jim Randolph and Beulah Sands, drives a sugar stock frenzy then triggers a market crash. The plot tracks betrayals, romance, and the rise and fall of fortunes as Brownley manipulates prices and confronts the consequences.
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Bob Brownley
Wall Street
Jim Randolph
Randolph & Randolph
Brownley
Randolph
Beulah Sands
Virginia
Reinhart
Miss Sands
Barry Conant
Standard Oil
Sugar
Bob
Bulls
Street
New York
Prownley
Anti-Peoples’ Trust
Panic Plot Exposed On Wall Street By Robert Brownley
The speaker outlines a scheme to trigger a stock panic to recover losses and ruin rivals. He reveals a billion-dollar plan to buy up to 10 million shares, offering a blank check to Barry Conant to cover debts, signaling a dramatic confrontation on the floor.
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Barry Conant
Bob
Stock Gambler Brownley Predicts System Collapse
A dramatic chapter unfolds on the exchange floor as Robert Brownley foresees a collapse of stock gambling. He warns that short sales and repurchases could end if the governing committee clamps down, prompting a furious battle led by Barry Conant and a crowd of brokers.
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Exchange
Robert Brownley
Brownley
Barry Conant
Wall Street
Bob
Bob Brownley
Conant
Mountain blackmail plot ends in double tragedy
Bristol Tennessee reports reveal Manassas Sorrells and his wife used charm to entrap men for hush money. Senator Jace Burleson paid $2000 to silence a scandal after a hunting visit. deputies confront Sorrells on a mountain road. Sorrells and a deputy are killed. the wife is jailed and later confesses.
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Bristol
Tenn
Altapass
Mitchell County
North Carolina
Buchanan
Faul
Manassas Sorrells
Sorrells
Spruce Pine
sSorrell
Jace Burleson
Burleson
Manassas
Bank of
Burleson and Sorrells
State Senate
Florida
Raleigh
Glenn
Stokes Buchanan
Sorrell
Marion
Boone
N. C
Mnder
Sorrelis
Bakersville
South
Charlotte Observer
Railway Mail Service Boosts Nation Through Night Trains
A New York Tribune writer praises the government railway mail service with its 14,000 clerks in specially built cars. The Burlington Chicago to Omaha night train carries fifty tons of mail in four cars, with fifteen clerks sorting aboard. Thirty other fast mail trains depart Chicago daily, highlighting the system’s reach and speed as engines warm to the task.
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New York Tribune
Commerce and Society
Uncle Sam
Burlington
Chicago
Omaha
Union
Catching a Grouse by Unarmed Tracking and Dogs
A. F. Wells recounts J. P. Penoyer and Brownie Robinson's fall hunt where, after a long chase through Bassett's Turkey Hill area, Brownie finally traps a wild partridge without a shot. The writers note the long trek, dog work, and the final capture despite missed opportunities and cautious shooting.
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A. F. Wells
J. P. Penoyer
Brownlee Robinson
New Haven
Bassett
Church Street
Mr. Penoyer
Brownie Robinson
Bob
Bassett's
Daring Rescue by Terrorists in Warsaw Prison
A dramatic Soviet era tale describes a failed execution rescue in Warsaw. Terrorists feign papers via Baron Rudberg to free ten prisoners, as guards are duped by forged documents and mistaken orders, then the wagon is halted by a mocked wheel break and the escape proceeds toward the frontier with help from locals.
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Warsaw
Baron Rudberg
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Burt
United States Army
Detroit Free Press
Railway Mail Service
Brownie
Turkey Hill
Johnnie Merwin
Mack
Brownlie
Rabbit
Buzz
Thomas Trowbridge
Elm Street
Pet
Clare Redfield
Meggendorfer Blade
Alaska
Nome
Skagway
Whitehorse
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