Terrifying trek to love and gold in the wilds
Hazel Weir leaves Granville for Cariboo Meadows to escape gossip. She meets Roaring Bill Wagstaff in a British Columbia wilderness, spends a winter with him, declines marriage, returns toward Vancouver, then marries him in a Hudson Bay post and plans a trek for gold.
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Hazel Weir
Granville
Ontario
Cariboo Meadows
British Columbia
Roaring Bill
Wagstaff
Hazel
Bella Coola
Vancouver
Hudson Bay
Bill
Through the Klappan Pass to a Promised Land
On the Skeena crossing Roaring Bill and Hazel strive through rugged terrain. Bill discovers a feasible pass, easing their ascent to a distant basin and a hopeful winter camp. Their trek tests endurance, companionship, and the harsh mercy of the wilderness.
Through the Meadow Trail they End a Sober Track
8 son warmed meadow where ripe yellow grasses waved to their horses' knees Hazel came afoot with fresh killed deer on Silk's back Bill leads to a rocky spur by a bubbling spring He finds a charred stick remains of his last campfire Packs off old pal through with the trail for a while
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Skeena
Bill
Hazel
Bill Wagstaff
Billy-boy
Klappan Range
Pine River
Treasure House
Jack Frost
Billum
Silk
Hazel Changes Fortune With a Bold Strike
Hazel makes a rich strike as a queer twist of luck atones for past missteps that brought disaster on her and Bill. The next installment promises to reveal how it happened.
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Hazel
Bill
Kaiser's Gate Silence Stuns Sun Dial Note
The Kaiser raps on the pearly gate and receives no reply. After a long silence he mutters in frustration, Well, I’m damned, in a quip attributed to the Sun Dial. The vignette conveys a humorous, surreal moment with religious imagery and a wry punchline.
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Kaiser
Pearly Gate
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertising notice
A vintage advertisement offers $100 for an incurable catarrh case. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally and said to act through blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years at 7 ic. Free testimonials from F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Grant era cherry tree still bears after eighty four years
A cherry tree on Grant Farmer’s Ford’s Prairie farm in Washington remains productive at eighty four years. Planted by Gen. U S Grant when he was a lieutenant at Fort Vancouver the tree now spans 65 feet and has a trunk circumference of 10 feet 11 inches, according to the American Forestry Magazine of Washington.
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Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Oklahoma City
Okla
M. F. Smith
Box 18
Route 4
Grant
U. S. Grant
Fort Vancouver
Ford’s Prairie
Washington
American Forestry Magazine of
War Boosts Prices of Cotton and Linen
The war doubles the cost of cotton and linen and prompts grocers to promote Red Cross Bag Blue in laundry use.
Her Sacrifice in War Effort Tale
A Kansas City Star excerpt depicts Sistah Maudie Wobbles puffing and toiling to aid the war effort while relatives debate the impact of her sacrifice on her husband and family, including plans for a son or brother.
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Maudie
Miasma
Kansas City Star
Applauding Fool Friends Costly Rewards
A terse proverb notes that backing foolish companions earns praise is risky when money tempts risk takers. the warning contrasts social loyalty with financial danger and cautions against perfidy in choosing allies.
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