Chip McGuire in the Maine Woods Camp Adventure
Chip McGuire a 16 year old girl runs away to a wilderness camp run by Mrs Frisbie and Martin Frisbie. She shares her tale of murder and escape as old Cy Walker and Ray form bonds while plans to trap and survive winter unfold. Rumors of danger loom as McGuire faces capture and old enemies in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chip McGuire
Tim
Maine
Pete Bolduc
Martin Frishle
Martin
Raymond Breton
Mra. Frisbie
Frisbie
McGuire
Chip
Tomah
Pete Baldoc
Levi
Bolduc
Old Cy
Ray
Amzi
Joe
Pete
Uncle Joe
Chip arrives in Greenvale amid gossip and clashes
Chip travels with the Frisbie family to Greenvale where she shocks villagers with talkative charm. She befriends Uncle Joe, endures stares at church, and clashes at Aunt Comfort’s farm and at Miss Phinney’s school as curiosity grows and tensions rise.
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Pettibone
Chip
Nefer
Aunt Comfort
Hannah
Uncle Joe
Angie
Parson Jones
Frisbie
Miss Phinney
Phinney
Wildlands Trappers Plan Eight Month Work Venture
Old Cy guides Ray and Chip as they prepare to trap for eight months with a $500 reward. Ray resists love as parting tears mark farewell at the landing. The trio organizes shelter, canoes, and cabins while Old Cy urges focus on work and money.
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Ray
Old Cy
Chip
Angie
Tim
Tomah
Mertin
Hersey
Stari
How She Prepared and the Matrimonial Mixup
A French gentleman seeking a match for his nephew reads a matrimony agent’s list and finds his wife listed as seeking a husband aged 28 to 36, blonde preferred. He rushes home to tell her, only to learn she was not present at the time.
Judging by the Results
Col. John F. Bishop recalls a Tennessee memory of his minister grandfather and a drunken villager who mispronounced a conversion tale, prompting a sharp retort about divine involvement. The anecdote, sourced to the New York Evening Telegram, casts a humorous light on faith and human folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Bishop
Tennessee
Corver
Ted
New York Evening Telegram
Three Cures of Eczema with Cuticura Remedies
A testimonial recounts eczema relief after three summers of outbreaks on a brother and later a child cured entirely by Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk of Coldwater Michigan cites August 15 and September 2, 1907 as dates.
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Indiana
Sarah E. Lusk
Coldwater
Mich
Automobile introduction in Borneo spurs wild man rise
The dialog notes vehicles reach Borneo and suggests a likely outcome of more wild men appearing as a result.
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W. Willie
Borneo
What Did He Mean
A long running feud between Browns and Perkinses over a cat ends when Brown’s servant delivers a peace note saying the cat died. Perkins replies coldly that he is sorry for Brown’s trouble but did not know Mrs Brown was ill.
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Perkinses
Brown
Mr. Perkins
Perfectly Plain Tariff Talk Impresses Club Members
Professor Price presented both sides of tariff arguments impartially to the Woman's Current Events club. A member praised the talk noting the analogy likening tariffs to a lover’s comparison and free traders to the other girls.
The Doctor’s Gift From Grape-Nuts
A Pennsylvania patient reports dramatic health improvement after starting Grape-Nuts. He suffered acute indigestion and biliousness, limited by diet, but within a month his symptoms eased and after two years he felt like a new man, crediting the food and his doctor.
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Dee
Well Man At 81 Credits Deans Kidney Pills
A Salem Virginia man aged 81 reports severe back pain from lifting a heavy weight led to constant misery from kidney trouble. After unsuccessful remedies, he used Deans Kidney Pills. the first box helped little, but after finishing, he was restored to health and calls himself well. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Daniel
Queen
Burrell Street
Salem
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Wyoming Opens 245000 Acres of Irrigated Land in Big Horn Basin
The Carey Act opens 245000 acres of irrigated government land in Wyoming for settlement in the Big Horn Basin. Drawings set for May 12. The Irrigation Department in Chicago publishes a report with maps and plots. free copies available to applicants.
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Wyoming
Big Horn
Irrigation Department
405 Home Insurance Building
Chicago
Motorist jokes on breakdowns in Philadelphia Press
A farmer challenges a dismayed motorist who cannot get his machine to run. The motorist replies that the last man nearby failed to stop his vehicle, prompting a sharp exchange in a charged, humorous tone.
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Philadelphia Press
Reduced colonist rates on North Western Line
One way tickets on The North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound points are offered daily through March and April. Tourist sleeping cars with personally conducted tours via Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. Double berth from Chicago only seven dollars. Write S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago Ill or contact nearest ticket agent.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Puget Sound
Chicago
Union Pacific
North Western
S. A. Hutchison
Clark St
Ill
Time to Reform and Seed Catalog Promises
A Rural New Yorker editor cites Salzer's Earliest Potato as the top yield among 38 sorts, with 464 bu. per acre. The notice urges sending 10 cents to John A. Salter Seed Co. for the original seed catalog with Emperor William Oats and other seeds, plus a package of new farm seeds.
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New Yorker
Salzer
Wisconsin
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Dust and Disorder Amid Odd Interview Riff
Fragmentary dialogue references tramps and a odd exchange about cleaning with a "carpet" word. It also mentions disease Catarre and a claim of cure with certain tomes and a Toledo, Ohio address for pills. The text reads like a clipped ad or satirical snippet from a bygone issue with scattered medical claims.
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Bridget
Harper’s Weekly
Fragmented ad text about Castoria product claim
An OCR fragment mentions Castoria as a safe cure for infants and children, urging mothers to examine the product and look for the signature of In-Use for over aid. It also references walnut and metal imagery in a misread sell line and roof slating.
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