Witch Anne's Abbey Tale of Faith and Fear in Fitzroy
Donald McLaren recounts the Kerrs of Fitzroy and McLarens of McNab, the Abbey at Galletta, and Witch Anne the Catholic mistress haunting the old stone house. The tale covers land grants, a vanished Gilliam, a fatal birth, a haunting reputation, and a midnight vigil for a Catholic funeral.
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Fitzroy
McNab
Ottawa
Kenneth Lodge
McLarens
City Hall
Pembrooke
Donald McLaren
Gilliam
Leutenants
Byetown
Gilliain
Dr. McVain
McVain
Abbey
Galletta
The Gillfaine Ghost of Fitzroy Village
A narrator recalls a bitter cold night in Fitzroy when Tierney and he confronted a terrifying apparition called the Gillfaine. The creature entered their hall, described as a grotesque, disease-ridden shape, and the men fled into a blizzard. The next morning Witch Anne’s death and the mystery surrounding the creature’s origin are revealed.
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McLaren
Anne
Tierney
Father
Father Burke
Tilernes
Maceo
Farther Burke
Quyon
God
Luman
Myself
Witch Anne
Colongue
Ottawa
Toronto
Fitzroy
Gillfaine
Galletta
Donald McLaren
McLarens
McNab
Montana Woman Knew Wellington and Pioneer of Sheridan
Near Sheridan Montana lives Mrs Phillipa Crane a near centenarian pioneer who arrived in 1863. She recalls the assassination of Lincoln and her late husband Francis Crane on Wisconsin Creek. In girlhood she knew the Duke of Wellington famed for his athletic interests and battles shaping world history.
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Sheridan
Mont
Phillipa Crane
Carr
Christiansen
Dudley
Crane
St. Kew Parish
Cornwall
England
Phillippa Martin
Montana
Bannack
Francis Crane
Alderguich
Fairweather Diggings
Crane Ranch
Wisconsin Creek
Lincoln
Denver
Duke of Wellington
Dining car service shines with behind the scenes labor
A Pullman official describes the extensive effort to keep dining cars clean and appealing. An army of conductors chefs waiters and cleaners patrols every night to ensure fresh meals and spotless cars as they travel hundreds of miles. The cleaning process includes car sidetracks air blowers washing windows and gas for illumination and cooking.
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Pullman
Met
Lst
Dining cars and a glimpse of the Duke of Wellington
The passage describes the meticulous dining car catering process including commissary checks, inventory, and sanitation measures. It then shifts to a reminiscence of the Duke of Wellington visiting a fair in St Columb, with details of the fair, wrestling matches, and the duke’s modest, favorable impression and later retirement.
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England
Waterloo
Columb
Duke of Wellington
St. Columb
Cornwall
Cousin
Ber
Polkinghorn
Cann
London
Do and Don’t Weather Lessons From the Tribune
The Tribune offers practical advice on daily conduct and health. It warns against hasty actions and heavy dress, favors moderate water intake and light meals, and urges kindness to the poor and vulnerable in crowded tenements.
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New York Tribune
Tributes Pour In for Pontiff as Death Approaches
The Buffalo Commenial notes Protestant and Catholic leaders alike pay heartfelt respects to the aging pope. Clergy from Protestant denominations acknowledge a man who fought the faith and kept it, earning earnest Christian tribute beyond church lines.
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Buffalo
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Byron E. Cooney
Butte
Priest
Wellington
Pope
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