Wilderness Camp Entwined With Love and Escape
Chip McGuire a 16 year old girl leaves her father and is taken in by Mrs Frisbie in Maine woods. She and Ray, a woodsman, fall in love while Old Cy guides trap plans for winter. Martin Frisbie and others aid in sheltering them as strange signs emerge at the lake and a hunter’s plot unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chip McGuire
Tim
Maine Woods
Pete Bolduc
Martin Frisble
Martin
Raymond Stetson
McGuire
Chip
Tomah
Ray
Pete Baldoc
Leyi
Bolduc
Old Cy
Amal
Angie
Chin
Old Fomah
Lynn
Hersey
Uncle Jos
Keer
Vera
Uncle Joe
Pete
Joe
Tomsh
Chip Arrives in Greenvale Sparks Gossip and Turmoil
Chip arrives with Angie Frisble in Greenvale causing astonishment. She rattles on during the 20 mile ride, clashes with Aunt Comfort and Hannah Pettibone, and draws attention at church and school. Misunderstandings grow as Chip’s bold speech and size unsettle neighbors, Charm turns to conflict at the school where Miss Phinney struggles to teach her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chip
Greenvale
Joe” Barnes
Martin
Gee Whittaker
Atander
Jos
Tim
Phimnsy
Aunt Comfort
Angie
Comfort
Hannas
Pettibone
Neger
Hannah
Nezer
Uncle Joe
Parson Jones
Miss Phinney
Mises Phinney
Contea
How She Prepared and the Matrimonial Mixup
A French gentleman seeks a wife for his nephew and visits a matrimonial agent. He finds a listing for his wife as a desirable match but realizes the entry is for her own name. She confirms she added it in jest while winter doctors urged preparation for worst outcomes.
Siberian Wastes Glimpse of the Land Ahead for Auto Racers
A New York to Paris car race faces vast Siberian hardship as drivers must rely on limited supplies. From Whaling to East Cape and Verchoyansk telegraph gaps will stretch for weeks, with food, gear, and Russian trade constraints shaping the perilous trek toward Irkutsk and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
New York
Paris
United States
Alaska
Hast Cape
Nome
Verchoyansk
East Cape
Northeastern Siberian Company
Cape Serdze
Ba Cape
Koliachin Bay
Kolym River
Nishne Kolymek
Svedne Koi
Leavin Nome
Yakutsk
Lena River
Irkutsk
Mtchukotsel Peninsula
Seward Peninsula
Bering Sea
Siberian
Uganda Rail Journey From Mombasa To Simba Site
A descriptive travel piece chronicles the Uganda railway from Mombasa across jungles plains and mountains to Simba. It notes cost about $50 000 and the line’s early success paying its way with vivid images of wildlife giraffes zebras and wildebeest along the route near Makindu Nakuru and Simba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Uganda Railway
Mombasa
Makindu Station
Zoological Gardens
South Africa
Simba
Nakuru
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Clark
Lothrop
Kentucky
UED
Tschuktsch
Mombasa Island
Africa
Tres
Europe
Mombasa Station
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