Rex Beach Adventure: Orloff and the Arctic Siege
In Nome era prose Rex Beach paints a perilous Alaska voyage from Togiak to Holy Cross. Captain Gusther and Big George battle cold, famine, and a murderous priest Father Orloff who seeks Metla and a child amid a snowbound coast. Orloff is snowbound and surviving with frostbitten limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togiak
Big George
Northland
Cap
George
Jaska
Point Barrow
Cruptiin
Father Orloff
Charlie
Uba
Orloft
Ufis Bate
Tie
Shannel
Holy Cross
Father Barnum
Lecture on Fools Attracts Large Parish Audience
A popular clergyman spoke to a crowded parish on the subject Tools with admission tickets printed in an eye catching form. The inscription announced Lecture on Fools and invited one admission per person.
Health Hint for Today Mouth and nose hygiene advised
A physician endorses mouth cleansing with a gar gie style rinse using 25 percent peroxide and 75 percent water. He also recommends nasal irrigation with warm water using a dual-tube douche to rinse each nostril without reaching the throat.
Balzac’s Daily Grind and Constant Money Woes
Balzac kept a strict work rhythm described as roosting at seven every evening and writing from one to eight in the morning. He then slept, ate, and worked again until four in the afternoon, followed by socializing and bed. He lamented heavy bills and impending financial pressure, yet remained chronically short of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlof
Nulato
Orloff
Anvik
Stoke Paper
Father Barnum
Holy Cross
Coa&t
Skagway
Bennet
Norton Sound Way
Camp
Kuskokwim
Togisk
George
Balzac
Partnership Certificate for Farmington Percheron Horse Co
A 1913 Montana certificate records John A Carlson Frank E Carlson James Drinkwine and William Chalmers as co partners of the Farmington Percheron Horse Company based in Farmington Teton County Montana. Notary Phil I Cole authorized the document on August 16 1913 with his seal and commission expiring October 5 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Carlson
Frank E. Carlson
James Drinkwine
William Chalmers
Farmington
Teton County
Montana
Farmington Percheron Horse Company
Wm. Chalmers
State of Montana
County of Teton
A. D
Phil I. Cole
State of
Chateau
Desert Land Final Proof Filed by Ralph Carson at Chateau
Ralph Carson of Chateau Montana has filed intention to make final proof on Desert Land Entry No 01943 for W half of 1.75 acres? No, for the described sections in township 24N range 5W Montana Meridian. The proof will be presented before A C Warner U S Commissioner at Chateau Montana on February 5 1914. Witnesses named: Robert Twiggs Albert Twiggs Reuben Knapp Schuler M. Carson, all of Chateau. R N Sutherlin Register. First pub Dec 31 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Mont
Ralph Carson
Chateau
Montana
Sey, Neyse
Township 24
Range 5 West
Meridian
A. C. Warner
U. S
Robert Twiggs
Albert Twiggs
Reuben Knapp
Schuler M. Carson
R. N. Sutherlin
Register
Notice of homestead commutation proof filing
John S. Lillard of Blackleaf Montana filed notice of intention to make commutation proof to establish his land claim for section 8 township 26 north range 7 west Montana Meridian before A C Warner US Commissioner at Chateau Maine on February 5 1914. Other witnesses include Sidney C Campbell Herman Vieting Bert Groves and Walter Ellard all of Blackleaf Montana. First publication December 31 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Great Falls
Mont
John S. Lillard
Blackleaf
Montana
Township
Range 7 West
Meridian
A. C. Warner
U. S
Chateau
Maine
Sidney C. Campbell
Herman Vieting
Bert Groves
Walter Ellard
Blackleat
R. N. Sutherlin
Register
U. S. Land Office
Walter H. Haskell
Edgar J. White
Charles Hauxwell
Walter S. Wood
Benjamin P. Gordon
Also Mentioned on This Page
REX Beach
McClure, Phillips & Co
Chechako
Chilkout
Tanana
Yukon
Metli
Church
Po O
Metia
Metla
Georgie
Tikes Quan
George Brace
Bethel Mission
Bethel
Forrest
Roswell D. Hitchcock
New York Press
Bagdad
Albert P. Reiding
Range
John C. Roof
Harry R. Thompson
Byron B. Rogers
Harry K. Ferris
Choteau
SN. Sutherlin, Register
Conrad
Valier
Shelby
Cut Bank
Tor
Sulavedde
E. Garrett
Dlo
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