The Maine Woods Waif Finds Shelter In Wilderness Camp
Chip McGuire, a 16 year old girl sold from Tim's Place, escapes to a wilderness camp run by Martin Frisbie and family. Angie Frisbie tends her, Ray Flambeau plays banjo, and the camp becomes a refuge as Chip recounts a brutal past and her wish for safety. Levi and Ray worry about Bolduc the buyer while planning a river journey toward civilization.
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Chip McGuire
Tim’s
Maine Woods
Pete Bolduc
Martin Frisble
Martin
Raymond Sterm
Mrs. Frisbin
Angie
McGuire
Tim
Ray
Levi
Ady
Ned
Jim
Tombigbee
Nellie Grey
Kentucky
Chip
Angis
Greenvale
David
Amai Curtis
Amai
Angeline
Aunt Comfort
Martin Frisbie
Old Cy Walker
Amzi
Old Cy
Civilization
Bolduc
Old Tomah
Dad
Tomah
His High Estimation of Steam in Public Thought
The editor muses on steam navigation and Carlyle and Shakespeare. The piece asks what the world would lose before steam, arguing steam is the greatest civilizer and more valuable than literature, art, and religion. The tone blends conjecture with a blunt defense of steam as essential to civilization.
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Carlyle
India
the Ryder
Quote prompts eye catching line about beauty and purchase
A Houston Post quotation asks if all the beautiful women bought it and answers that the homely women did. The remark appears as a provocative comment on consumer desire and social image.
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Houston Post
Illinois official Sherman weds Miss Mary Estelle Spitter
Lawrence Yates Sherman Illinois lieutenant governor quietly marries Miss Mary Estelle Spitter in a discreet ceremony. The wedding explains his long vigil and the lavish orders given to tailors. Born on an Ohio farm, he later moved to Illinois and built a legal career before politics.
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Lawrence Yates Sherman
Illinois
Mary Estelle Spitter
Mr. Eeman
Kiffingham
Cullom
Hopkins
Deneen
Hanlin
Yates
Sherman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Spanish Claims Commission
Washington
Ohio
General Willcocks Leads Bold Punitive Expedition Victory
General Sir James Willcocks, famed for Africa and India campaigns, has concluded a difficult 9000-strong expedition against the Zakka Khels in the frontier highlands. He destroyed forts and villages, killed hundreds of fighters, and repelled raids, earning continued imperial honors and praise.
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James Willcocks
India
Willcocks
West African Frontier Force
Ashanti
Coomassie
South Africa
Glens
London
Brownlow Renominated for Sixty-First Congress in Tennessee
Representative Walter P. Brownlow is unanimously renominated by the First Tennessee district Republican committee with no opposition. The district, once home to Andrew Johnson, would reach 16 years in the House if Brownlow serves another term. Brownlow’s long public life includes roles as Jonesboro postmaster, House doorkeeper, Republican national committee member, and national Soldiers’ home board member.
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Walter P. Brownlow
Brownlow
Congressional Committee of
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Roosevelt
Walter P
Jonesboro
House of Representatives
Congress
Republican National Committee
National Soldiers’ Home
United States
Fielding Emerges as Canada’s Potential Premier Biography
Prominent Canadian figure William S. Fielding, once Halifax newspaperman and long-serving minister of finance, is seen as the natural successor to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with a rising career shaping Canada’s tariff revisions, imperial trade schemes, and inter-imperial policy. Born in 60 years ago this November, he holds multiple university degrees.
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Williams. Fielding
Wilfrid Laurier
Fielding
Canada
Halifax
N. S
Halifax City
Sir Wilfrid
Ottawa
Mr. Fielding
Britain
Germany
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Field
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