The Love and Chaos on a River Quest
Necia, a rich heiress, boards a rowing skiff with Runnion after a night of peril. Ben Stark’s machinations unsettle her as Poleon Doret and Gale confront past betrayals, and Stark confesses a long, dangerous crime. The trio’s fates hinge on a race upriver toward impending justice and peril.
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Stark
Gale
Burrell
Poleon
Leutenant
Doret
Laptern
John Gale
Bennett
Barrell
Gaylord
California
Necia
Hke
Ben Stark
Skagway
Runnion
Poleon Doret
Barrett
Mr. Runnion
Father Barnum
Len Stark
St. Michael's
Flambeau
Ruanion
St. Mike’s
Holy Cross
Alluna
Rannion
Chairman of the Kitchen Triumphs in Commons
Col. Lockwood is chosen as chairman of the Kitchen Committee succeeding the late Sir J. A. Jacoby. He has represented the Epping Division of Essex for nearly twenty years and is respected across parties. Known as a great teller of stories, he is noted for his smart attire and distinctive military bearing.
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House of Commons
Col. Lockwood
J. A. Jacoby
Epping
Essex
Epping Forest
New Ontario School Readers Offer Fresh National Tone
Four new Ontario readers go on sale with prices from 6 to 16 cents, praised for liveliness and patriotism. The series blends modernity with classic lines, omitting some older authors, and includes Browning, Tennyson, Kipling, and Canadian writers. It pairs engaging poetry, humor, nature lore, and religious passages to foster taste and civic pride in pupils.
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Ontario
Milton
John Gilpin
Oliver Goldsmith
Tennyson
Shakespeare
Brutus
Cassius
Kipling
Puck
Roberts
Canada
F. G. Scott
F. G. Scott’s “Hymn of Empire,” Robert Reid
Earl Grey
Browning
E. T. Seton
Charles G. D. Roberts
T. Wood
Jean Blewett
J. D. Edgar
W. W. Campbell
D.B
Robert Louis Stevenson
Eugene Field
Roberts, Campbell, Scott
Archibald Lampman
C. F. Hamilton
Isabel Eccles Mackay
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Lewis Carroll
Father William
Dickens
Mr. Winkle
Copperfield
the Waiter
Scrooge
Tiny Tim
George Eliot
Maggie Tuiliva
Tom Faggus
Blackmore
As Bad as Wolves and the Dog Menace
A Glencoe Transcript letter condemns wolves and dogs for harming livestock and people in Canada. It notes goats and sheep losses, a man killed at Ridgetown by a dog scaring his cow, a girl at Alvinston and a boy at Glencoe badly bitten. The writer urges stricter dog control, muzzle laws, or gun ownership.
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Canada
Ridgetown
Alvinston
Glencoe
Glencoe Transcript
National Route Boosts Nova Scotia Shipbuilding Prestige
The opening of a strictly national route through Canadian territory will increase traffic and restore Nova Scotia’s former prestige in ship-building and related industry, reversing declines and signaling a revival tied to Surgeon's Falls referenced in the text.
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Province of
Nova Scotia
Surgeon Falls
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Rex Beach
Capwright
Harper
Weill
NEW School Readers
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