Halloween Hope For Glasgow Sailor Fades
Janet and Donald Cameron wait on Dumbarton shores as Colin Campbell sails from the Magnificent to Sydney aboard a Clyde steamer. With Hallowe'en approaching and no word from the voyage, Janet fears the sea's danger and prays for his safe return while townsfolk recall Scotland's historic harbor scenes.
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Clyde
Glasgow
Sydney
Colin Campbell
Janet
Colin
Hallowe'en
Mariner
Cameron
Donald
Visltors
Dumbarton
Wallace
Scotland
England
Donald Cameron
Early
Hallowmas
Retired sea captain’s villa life along the Clyde
CHATTER TL Donald Chureton, a retired sea captain, lived with his daughter Janet and caring Aunt Jean in a villa above the Clyde. He shared tales of sea slipwrecks and distant countries while Janet enjoyed her motherless upbringing under Aunty Jean’s watchful eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Chureton
Dumbarton
Clyde
Janet
Jean
the Cylde
Hallowe'en Eve and a Stranger's Flight to Gold Fields
A Halloween night scene in a Scottish village contrasts Janet's sorrow for missing Colla with lively festivities. A storm at sea strands Colin aboard a sinking ship. he survives in a lifeboat only to be rescued by a passing vessel bound for Geelong. There he joins gold-seeking companions and heads toward the gold diggings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Lustock
Captain Cameron
Colla
Janet
Colin
Sydney
Cape of Good Hope
Geelong
Port
Return of Colin Campbell After Two Years Away
Janet and friends mark a festive gathering with crafts and charms. Hempseed ritual leads to a dramatic revelation as Colin Campbell returns from abroad after two years, to joyous welcome and storytelling by the fireside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Janet
Colin
Meg
Willie
Jack
Colin Campbell
Gold Nugget Forges Fortunes in Remote Mine Tale
In a harsh mining camp Colin Colly endures hardship with Janet and friends. After long days he uncovers a glittering gold nugget and, selling the claim, returns home rich. Janet, waiting in the garden, feels gratitude as they reunite, choosing happiness over hempseed’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colly
Home
Janet
Sydney
Real
Colin
Texas Beats East Myths with Modern Fashion and Science
A Texas filled column rebukes Northeastern stereotypes about the West, praising Texas fashion leadership and cosmopolitan culture. The page also notes Miss Jane Harrison earning a Durham degree, civil engineers on nickel steel, deep-sea diving near Cape Finisterre, and experiments in oil dust control plus varied scientific curiosities from caves to chalk sheets and a Russian fever remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Durham
Jane
Harrison
Cambridge
Institution of Civil Engineers
London
Cape Finieterre
Skyro
Eastern Railways
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
England
Central Asia
Sea of Aral
North Sea
Flamborough Head
English Channel
Dorset
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lone Star State
East
Texas
Lone Star
M. E. Fowler
New York
Gotham
Lavacaen
Kharkov
Jules Amuan
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Aport
Amann
Nature
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