Roaring Bill Takes Hazel Northward Into Wilderness
Hazel Weir, a Granville stenographer, flees an unwanted advance to seek a remote teaching post. Roaring Bill Wagstaff leads her on a slow trek north through British Columbia forest, denying her a return to Cariboo Meadows. Along the way Hazel confronts isolation, danger, and a fragile bond that may redefine home and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Weir
Harrington & Bush
Granville
Ontario
Jack Barrow
Bush
Hazel
Cariboo Meadows
British Columbia
Roaring Bill
Wagstaff
Bill
Silk
Satin
Fraser
Hazel to Roaring Bill's cabin begins new life
Hazel arrives at Roaring Bill's cabin learns no word will reach the outside world before spring and must accept the situation. Roaring Bills attention softens the hardship making the wild life seem not so bad. The next installment promises Hazel's introduction to this new life.
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Cariboo
Hazel
Bill
Wagstaff
Cariboo Meadows
Roaring Bill
Wilds
Do You Believe in Love Me Not Folklore
A narrator recalls a September field walk with a young woman who plucks petals from a brown-eyed Susan while murmuring he loves me he loves me not. She challenges the narrator with a test of belief in such superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haze
Bill
Susan
No Change Desired
A company of colored soldiers marches past a country road where negro convicts are employed. A trooper asks if they should swap jobs, but the convict declines, saying he knows exactly how long he is in for and that the trooper cannot change places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Silk
Bill Wagstaff
Hazel
Soda Creek
Roaring Bill
Austen
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Urges Free Samples
Itching Burning Skins. For eczemas rashes itchings irritations pimples dandruff sore hands and baby humors Cuticura Soap and Ointment are supremely effective. For free samples address Cuticura Dept. X Boston. At druggists and by mail Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Force of Habit in Government Office Dialogue
In a Vancouver Province report Sir Edwin Jones, chairman of the British transport board, overheard two typewriter workers marveling at heavy workloads. One says they typed so many letters yesterday he finished prayers with yours truly.
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Edwin Jones
British Transport Board
Vancouver
B. C
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Catarrh
Advertises Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for frequent colds and acute catarrh. Claims to build up the system and cleanse the blood, with a money back guarantee of 100 dollars if it fails to cure. Published by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peresons
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Unusual Romeo and Juliet Performance Reported
F E Atkinson of Boston recalls a midwest town showing an odd rendition of Romeo and Juliet in which the balcony scene featured a game of cards. The piece closes with comic bravado as the breeze scatters hats and actors react with stubborn self-justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Atkinson
Boston
Middle West
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Bell
Washington Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Cherry
Cole
Dr. Pierce
Verna Schreiber
Carter
Denver
Marine
M-13
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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