Hazel Weir Finds Escape in Far Northwest to Start New Life
Hazel Weir, a Granville Ontario stenographer engaged to Jack Barrow, endures betrayal from her employer and heartbreak as her social circle shuns her. After a harsh ultimatum and a broken engagement, she grapples with departure thoughts, finds solace with a friend, and opts to leave for Cariboo Meadows BC to teach. She accepts a western posting, packs quickly, and plans a fresh start away from Granville.
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Hazel Weir
Aarrington & Bush
Granville
Ontario
Jack Barrow
Bush
Hazel
Kitty
Por
Addie Horton
Jimmie
Kitty Brooks
Quetus
Vancouver
Burnard Inlet
Canada
Far Pacific
Granvills
West
Manitoba
Rockies
Cariboo Meadows
B. C
Ashcroft
B.C
Cariboo Meadows Chapter Opens With Mysterious Stranger
Hazel reaches Soda Creek after a long stage journey and meets a tall sunburned man who calls himself Jim Briggs. He warns of fatigue and offers the chance to rest tonight, claiming to have a team awaiting.
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Cariboo Meadows
Hazel
Soda Creek
Jim Briggs
Cariboo Meadows Boarding Life In A Frontier Town
Hazel arrives at Cariboo Meadows and adapts to frontier living under Briggs. The town forms around a row of buildings with a Regent Hotel nearby and quick-fire tensions erupt as a local youth delivers a fierce street confrontation. Hazel notes the clean air and primitive setting shaping daily life.
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Jim Briggs
Hazel
Cariboo Meadows
Briggs
Regent Hotel
Hezel
Flost
Commander Vernon credited with saving Cassin from torpedo attack
Commander Walter N Vernon of the Cassin earned praise for vigilance during a submarine attack on foreign waters. The destroyer, damaged by a torpedo, escaped with one engine and Vernon fired four shots after spotting the conning tower before the sub vanished. Vernon, a Kansas native and 1897 Naval Academy graduate, led the ship to safety.
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Walter N. Vernon
Sims
Cagaly
Oassin
Vernon A
Vernon
Kansas
Naval Academy
Michigan
Simple Soldier’s Shirt Dodge Triumphs Over Purge
A back from the trenches soldier boasts a grim joke about a clothing sterilizing machine and pests. He claims a homegrown dodge to outwit the system by turning his shirt inside out and wearing it alternately to evade the effort, ending with the idea that the "devils" die as marching and countermarching exhaust them.
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Hazel
Kitty Ryan
United States
Miss Ryan
Hazie
Haxel
Mrs. Kitty
Kitty
Tazel
Mr. Bush
Sigely
Jack Sarrow
World Advertising Company
Twig
Granville
Days of the Week Names Across German and French
The text contrasts German weekday names Sonn tag Montag Dien stag Mittwoche with origins in Woden and Thor. It notes Samstag or Sonnabend for Saturday and explains Friday and Thursday. It then compares French names Dimanche Lunai Mardi Mercredi Jeudi Vendredi Samedi derived from Latin Rome.
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Godenstag
Woden
Thorsdaeg
Lavish Substitute Ice Water Heals Prohibition Blues
A quirky quotation frames prohibition era thirst and humor. An optimistic voice declares nature provides an enormous supply of delicious ice water as a substitute for alcoholic beverages, noting the depriving effect of prohibitions on people.
Campaign Courage: Wise Men and Opinions Change
In a sharp exchange, Senator Sorghum notes a wise man may change his opinion yet warns of the risks if conduct shifts too often within a campaign. The remark signals political caution about flip flopping on positions.
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Sorghum
Ice Boating and Remarkable Winter Banter
A Milestoner quip highlights winter sport wit as a woman shivers with one glove and a man jokes about pen rings and a peach in the chest. The pair exchange brisk, ironic comments reflecting good nature amid cold conditions.
Two Points of Resemblance And Magic Butter Swindle
A neighbor notes his daughter’s piano music resembles a brook and its endless flow. A separate item reports on a fraudulent “Magic Butter” device that claims to double butter while delivering low butterfat, with a promoter fined for false advertising in a San Francisco case cited by a feed administration bulletin.
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Thia Magle
San Trancisco
Household Candor Captures Framed Portrait Exchange
In a light domestic moment Mr. Cumrox notes a photo looks old yet refreshed after varnish and framing. The exchange reveals the family pride in preserving memories and making an old picture appear nearly new.
Paper Napkins and Breakfast Banter in a Street Dialogue
A fragmentary dialogue captures Mrs Flatbush asking about a husband’s breakfast manners, Mrs Bensonhurst answering with a joke about devouring papers, and a jokey line about napkins. Interspersed are ads for Dr Pierce's Pellets and Red Cross Blue laundry soap, plus a quip about endings without a wedding and a note on Chicago post office clerks.
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Bertrand W. Sinclair
Copstisht
Lithe, Brown & Co
Bill
Wagstaff
Barrow
Jack
Meracf
Mrs. Stout
Alice
May
Hortense
Granville Park
Maud Steele
Bud Wells
Brook
Red Cross
Chicago
Devin Ronenrs
s'Vet. Co
Grand Avenue
Waukeahe
Colorado
Cawthon
Deoham Md
Liberty
Western
Department OF Labor
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