Thorpe’s woods to river clash ends in a bold stake
In a winter campaign of 1888, Thorpe engineers a dramatic log drive on a frozen river. He balances duty and love as a personal vow to success collides with Hilda Farrand’s challenge. The Freshet drives a high-stakes race against rival firms, testing leadership and nerve as workers battle ice jams and shifting timbers.
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Northland
Hilda Farrand
Thorpe
Hilda
Justin
Harry
Hilca
Fim
Miece
Wallace Carpenter
Tim Shearer
Hildreth Morton
Chicago
New England
David
Goliath
Camp One
French Creek
Ossawinamakee
Sadier & Smith
Agattenpot Anapaetots
Long Pine Jim
Shearer
Cookie
Jimmy Powers
Bryan Moloney
River drive in winter camp grinds on with logging logs
Logs drifted down the river as men smoked, ate from canvas scraps, and built a fire shelter in a moonlit camp. Porcupines visited the site while the timber drive continued churning the water with a hollow boom. The narrative ends with a tease that the drive would resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
Bryan Moloney
Board of Works recommends Toronto asphalt plant project
The Board of Works advised establishing an asphalt plant for Toronto. A new Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons building will see expenditure of seventy five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Board of Works
Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons
Hair color loss and dandruff cure advice from 1910s column
The note asks for a non darkening thickening hair treatment while eradicating dandruff germs and darkening eyebrows. It cites a beard of remedies, recommends a weekly shampoo, and urges hygienic living and open air. It mentions an eyelash growth lotion and states orange flower cream lacks injurious animal fats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dandru
Concrete Blocks by Miles Block Machine Exposed
HE MILES Concrete Building Block Machine offers economical, satisfactory performance for faced blocks on a single machine. Readers urged to request a catalogue from Vining Bros. Mig. Co. at Niagara Falls Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vining Bros. Mig. Co
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Postcard Exchange Offers From Girls Across States
A long reader submitted list invites girls and collectors to join a nationwide postcard exchange. Letters seek correspondents from New Hampshire to California, with notes on ages, interests, and desired postage types plus a contact roster of participating locations and names.
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Fact
United States
Mexico
Las Vegas
Whittel
Cal
New Hampshire
Vphelma
F. i
H.R. B
West Hennis
Mase
Altoona
Pad
Maude
New Brighton
Minn
Brockton
Melrose
Maas
Philadelphia
Gre
Amor
Fall River
Mass
Iris Baby
Boston
Irla
Rhode Island
Canada
M. L
Bristol
Pawtucket
Lir
Bangor
Maine
Lowell
Maes
Olivia
Almort
Massachusetts
West Somerville
Masa
Holbrook
Heaton
Nike Alec
Metrome
Andresses
Thomas
N. D
K. GM
Waynesboro
Ley
Girie
New Mexico
Emma
The Arrow and The Song Scrapbook Message
A public scrapbook column collects poetry by Longfellow The Arrow and The Song and brief notes from readers about friendship correspondence and craft exchange. It includes postings from May Philadelphia and Meg in Maine seeking sewing needlework shorthand and postcard exchanges and mentions a postscript about a Postcard and Correspondence Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphis
Longfellow
The
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Portland
Maine
Mercer
Ll. L
Meircee
Poultry and Farm Life Enthusiasts Form Clubs Across New England
A letter from Newburyport Massachusetts expresses interest in poultry raising and farm life with personal notes on breeding, show prizes, and outdoor living. It mentions plans to exchange tips, join Pyrography Sub-Club activities, and organize hobby groups in Dorchester and Cambridge, seeking new members and cooperative projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poatala
Newburyport
Mass
Leslie M
Saco
Maine
Thiet
Dorchester Girls
Dorchester
Heveral
Chet
Mia
Uorchester
Mans
Amicitia Club
Cambridge
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Sadler & Smith
Siscoe Falls
Moloney
West Bend
Kerlie
Scotty
Tim
M.A
Bisbee
Arizona
Kentucky
Territories
Minnesota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Worcester
Wayside Inn
Old Red House
South Framingham
Sudnute
San Francisco
Lorence FE
Los Angeles
California
Allentown
Tommy
Teddy
Fitchburg
Whittler
Mear
Postais
Wirle Mn
West
Pansy
Clear Lake
Haverhill Mase
Waltham
Everett
Bharen
Bea
Lawrence
New Bedford
Hollindale
Mane
M. Cheleen
East Everett
Mara
H. Hambure
M. JH
Ocean Park
Trixy
Turner
Naverhilly
A. M
Danversam
W. B
Salem
Dora Lana
Mion
Pittston
Edith
Fail River
Newton Highlands
South Dakota
Dinte
Scrapbook Corner
Elso
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