In the final chapter, one of the characters looks at a newspaper and discovers that Herbert Cottleman ran over an employee of the Akers Chemical Company, breaking both of his legs.  
One character in this novel joins the Friends of the Ace, an organization led by Fred Kinney.  In the final chapter, one of the characters looks at a newspaper and discovers that Herbert Cottleman ran over an employee of the Akers Chemical Company, breaking both of his legs.  In the first chapter, we learn that the Major made his fortune in 1878, which brought his family to prominence in a nameless Midland town.  One character in the novel crashes his sleigh while attempting to outrace Eugene Morgan's new automobile, and shortly afterwards proposes to Morgan's daughter Lucy.   Fanny's failed investment in headlights, Isabel and Lucy's exile, and George's incompetence in managing the estate all contribute to the titular family's downfall.  FTP, name this Booth Tarkington novel which was made into a 1942 movie by Orson Welles.
One character in this novel joins the Friends of the Ace, an organization led by Fred Kinney.  
The Magnificent Ambersons