Terrifying Wilderness Romance in Hazel and Roaring Bill
Hazel Weir, an Ontario stenographer, relocates to Cariboo Meadows BC to dodge gossip and encounters Roaring Bill Wagstaff. After a forced night in the woods she ends up in his cabin, falls for him, marries in Vancouver, and they seek gold farther into the mountains.
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Hazel Weir
Granville
Ontario
Cariboo Meadows
British Columbia
Roaring Bill
Wagstaff
Hazel
Bella Coola
Vancouver
Hudson Bay
Bill
Roaring Bill and Hazel Reach the Promised Land
On a brutal trek through the Skeena country Roaring Bill drives on while Hazel aids and endures. They discover a pass to a basin and push toward a log cabin site in Klappan range as winter nears. A fire, avalanches of work, and a fatal blaze test their resolve and bond as the North’s merciless hardships press in.
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Hazel
Pacific
Bill
Cariboo
Billy-boy
Pine River
Through the Meadow a Campfire Fades
Eight sun warmed meadow with yellow grasses and horses knee deep. Hazel returns on foot carrying a fresh killed deer across Silk's back. Bill guides to a rocky hill spur beside a bubbling spring and finds a charred stick, a remnant of his last campfire. He smiles and declares the trail finished for now.
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Bill
Hazel
Silk
Hazel’s Unexpected Strike Brings Redemption for Bill
A queer twist of luck grants Hazel a rich strike that atones for earlier misjudgments harming Bill. The coming installment promises to reveal how the turn of fortune occurred and its consequences.
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Hazel
Bill
Kaiser at the Pearly Gate Sees Silent Reception
A puzzled Kaiser knocks on the pearly gate repeatedly with no reply, then exclaims in frustration, quoted by Sun Dial. The scene captures a surreal moment of disbelief as the gate remains unresponsive.
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Kaiser
Pearly Gate
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
Endorses Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. States medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Claims forty years on the market and 7 cents price. Sold by druggists. Testimonials offered by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Oklahoma City
Okla
M. F. Smith
Box 18
Route 4
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Ancient Grant cherry tree bears at eighty four
A cherry tree planted by Gen. U. S. Grant during his lieutenant days at Fort Vancouver on Ford's Prairie Washington still bears fruit at eighty four. The tree spreads about 65 feet with a trunk circumference of 10 feet 11 inches according to the American Forestry Magazine of Washington.
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Grant
U. S. Grant
Fort Vancouver
Ford’s Prairie
Washington
American Forestry Magazine of
War Touches Prices On Cotton And Linen Goods
The war doubles prices of cotton and linen and prompts use of Red Cross Bag Blue in laundry to lengthen service. Grocers list 5e.
Her Sacrifice in Kansas City Star Excerpt
An OCR fragment from the Kansas City Star recalls a wartime scene where a woman named Sistah Maudie sacrifices for the war effort. Dialogue shows disbelief from Aunt Miasma as she questions the impact of Maudie giving a husband or child to support the war.
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Maudie
Miasma
Kansas City Star
Phrase on good fellows and cash burns fingers
A terse remark contrasts loyalty to foolish friends with the risk of quick money. It implies that applause for peers can mislead and cold cash has harmed many. The line anchors a cautionary view on trust and material temptation.
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Bertrama W Sinclair
Little, Brown &C
Skeena
Bill Wagstaff
Klappan Range
Treasure House
Jack Frost
Billum
Cascara
ALC
Mr. Hill
Cutter
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Chicago, II
Ig Illustra
Sistine
Outfit
Bendle
N. D. Thompson & Co
Fullerton
Louis
Seattle Specialty Co
4Th Avenue
Seattle
Wash
Denver
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