Lure of Hidden Gold Drives Hazel and Wagstaff North
Hazel Weir, a Granville stenographer, moves to British Columbia to escape gossip. She and Roaring Bill Wagstaff outline a rough life of wilderness mining, prospecting for gold, and possible marriage as they stake land, traverse treacherous terrain, and glimpse an approaching railroad boom before continuing deeper into the remote north.
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Hazel
Synopsia
Hazel Weir
Granville
Ontario
Cariboo Meadows
British Columbia
Roaring Bill
Wagstaff
Roaring BI
Bella Coola
Vancouver
Hudson Bay
Bill
Tega
Hazelton
Skeena
Bill Wagstaff
Hezelton
Pine River
En Route from the Land Stake Amid Untamed Trails
Hazel and her husband depart eastward three days after land staking, moving across a trackless area with sun and skilled travel. They carry a buckskin pony bought for the journey and a black horse named Nigger, loaded with bedding, clothes, and a light shelter tent.
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Hazel
Bill
George
Philippines Population Figures Cited by Officials
Government officials estimate the population of the Philippines at just over 9 hundred million, with Luzon containing about one half of the total. The data appears in a routine census or demographic report from Manila authorities.
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Philippines
Island
Luzon
Citizenship Granted For Two Sons In Army Service
A judge naturalized Antonio Potento, a 60 year old immigrant from Teatian Ithorer, after he revealed his two sons serve in the American army. Despite limited English and Constitution knowledge, the court upheld his claim, praising his sacrifice for the nation. Also noted is a London family’s claim of 14 weeks on raw vegetables, illustrating frugal living in England.
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United States
Thompson
Antonio Potento
America
Judge Thompson
Philadelphia Public Ledger
England
Lord Rhondda
London
New York World
Odd Tidbits From A Dime Novel Page
A collage of quirky lines and brief jests from an old page. The pieces mix childlike wonder about a dog and cat with wry wordplay about hotels and habits of married life.
Physician’s mock chart reveals a swearing spree
A doctor needed a nurse’s medi sa chart but had none. His wife drew Hueg on paper to imitate a chart and guided her husband to fill it. The next day the physician found 80 irrelevant remarks instead of medical notes and learned the wife hid many words his husband spoke.
Resented the Snub On the Hoisting Machine Mishap
An Irish worker named Pat operated a brick hoist that carried bricks up and down. He was carried to the top floor and then dropped suddenly. A fellow worker shouted from scaffolding asking if Pat was hurt, while Pat retorted You go to the divine and claimed you passed me twice without speaking.
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Pat
Contrariness in Kansas Farm Leader's Table Satire
A legislator likens the Kaiser's stubborn peace talks to a Kansas farmer politician. The farmer, acting as chair, quips at a session by asking those who want the resolution laid on the table to say nay and those who wish to be contrary to say no. The remark frames a humorous take on obstinacy in politics.
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United States
Canada
Western
Western Canada
U. S. Employment Service
Department OF Labor
Des Moines
Iowa
Kaiser
Musical Beginnings and a Planola Plan
Mrs Boynton spots her son Edmund carrying a new porous plaster found in the medicine closet as he plans to test what tune the planter will play on the planola. The moment captures a curious child experimenting with a household object in a playful, old time scene.
Wronged Lovers and Parlor Quarrels In Baltimore
A garbled humorous excerpt recalls a scolding from a Baltimore newspaper, with lines about jilting, a taunting suitor, and a pun about trouble with daughters. A note adds that a spring gun advances fishing mines farther than manual methods.
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Bilum
Neos
Uto
Arctic
Pelt House
W. Wagstaft
William Wagstaff
Land Art of
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Sik
Rockies
Fraser Lake
Hudson's Bay
Fta
Bull
Prince Rupert
Dominion
B. C
Millons
Yellowhead Pass
Nachaco
Fort George
Fraser
Tete Juan Cache
Pass
Athabasca
Itawitchea
Edmonton
Bil
Hazal
Elsie
Indien
Birmingham Age-Herald
Beusie
Dena
Carter
Assence
Weny Oaiainen
Hubby
Baltimore
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