Wilderness Camp Saga Advances in Maine Woods
A young girl McGuire is guided through Maine woods to a wilderness camp where Chip and Ray are secretly in love. Martins and Cy Walker seek officers for the outlaw McGuire while a canoe pursuit unfolds and Chip escapes with Pete Bolduc as Old Cy and Tomah pursue through the lake and ridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chip
Ray
Cam
Mrs. Frisbie
Cy Walker
Herit
Martin
Levi
McGuire
Tomah
Kip
Pete Bolduc
Esapes
Hersey
Old Cy
Angie
Pursued Half-Breed Flees Into Wilderness Après Shootout
Four men chase the half breed McGuire through a silent forest to a lake and river bend. Chip is rescued after a tense encounter with the pursuers. Old Tomah vows protection as the group contends with the marauder, who soon vanishes with one spent rifle and a doomed plan to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chip
Martin
Hersey
Levi
Summer idyll at Birch Camp nears its end
The two week idyll ends as Old Cy proposes a plan for 18 year old Ray to stay and trap through winter while Chip goes to Greenvale for schooling. Old Cy outlines furs and game as a start, promising future earnings and a chance at a life in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birch Camp
Chip
Martin
Ray
Angie
Greenvale
Mill Pond
Old Cy
Tragic Nine of Diamonds at Stairs Castle Ereoll
A single playing card named the Nine of Diamonds is kept at Stairs Castle, Aberdeenshire, the Erroll seat, recalling a long remembered tragedy tied to the line of diamonds. The tale refers to a curse in Scotland associated with the card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stairs
Aberdeenshire
Earl of Erroll
Scotland
Meredith hailed as Master of English letters at eighty
The British press salutes George Meredith on his eightieth birthday calling him The Master and praising his late rise to fame. Critics note his steadfast integrity, poetic start, and enduring prose that kept obscurity at bay while he stayed true to his vision despite harsh critique.
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London
George Meredith
Robert Louis Stevenson
Meredith
Stevenson
Rhoda Fleming
Shakespeare
Balzac
George Eliot
Swinburne
Browning
Tennyson
Richard Leverel
Carlyle
Hampshire
Germany
Lost Temper Costs Stedman a Priceless Book
A banker named Edmund Clarence Stedman hurled a book at a servant, losing a rare 50 dollar volume. A passerby took it, then a second-hand shop offered the same title for 40 dollars. Stedman bought it back, only to find his own card inside, proving he had reclaimed his property. The anecdote is followed by a note on Sunday school lesson distribution led by a Boston group, exporting to many regions and languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Old Cy
Ray
Chip
Old Tomah
Martin
Hersey
Pete Bolduc
Levi
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Stedman
Fenway
W. N. Hartshorn
Boston Herald
Europe
Africa
Hawaii
Japan
Islands of the Sea
Queen Alexandra’s Fete Moment Sparks Molly’s Kiss
Queen Alexandra attended London’s Mansion House fete. A tiny flower girl, pretty and plump, smiled as the queen paused and kissed her. The girl explained she fought for the moment, saying it would interest her grandchildren to tell the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandra
Mansion House
London
Molly
Harper’s Weekly
Foreigner In German Hotel Reads Odd English Notice
A party of American tourists in a German hotel found a quirky English sign among multilingual room notices. The instruction misprints instructs guests to turn right to open or shut the electricity and warns that the light must be paid if the bed is not closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Hotel
Chicago
Lake
1.C.R.R
Hyde Park
Germany
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Charles Clark
Lothrop, Lee
Wildwood
Pappoose
Pete
Raymon Sats
Chicago Directory
Macket
Covne Bros
Yeo
Water St
Prater
Occalt
Bapgoods
Hartford
Michigan
Oceana County
Hesperia
New Railroad
TAYLOR _ A. SNOW & CO
Washington St
Gunther's Confections
State Street
Til
Belen
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