Poleon Doret Tracks the Peterborough Canoe
Poleon Doret pursues Necia after a night chase on the river. In a brutal struggle with gambler Rannion on the river spit, Doret overpowers the man to save Necia and then tends her wounds. Necia pleads for mercy, and the trio confronts the aftermath as a steamer nears.
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Poleon Doret
Stark
Gale
Flimbeau
Necia
Rannion
Poleon
Runniop
Peterborough
Runnion
Necta
Doret
Coret
Bagosh
Alluna
Runlon
Burt
Too Many Novels Mrs Humphrey Ward at Kendal Library Opening
Mrs. Humphrey Ward urged Kendal readers to diversify beyond novels. She warned that reading only novels dulls appreciation and urged patrons to explore broader literature with curiosity and willingness to tackle long, tough books.
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Humphrey Ward
Kendal
Frontenac: A Headstrong Governor Shaped New France
A portrait of Count Frontenac, fierce at 15 and 69, who governed New France with feudal vigor. He clashed with Jesuits and Montreal officials, but earned popular trust among colonists. He led wars against the English, burned Schenectady, repulsed Sir William Phips, and died in Quebec in 1698 as a defining French figure in America.
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Count Frontenac
Louis XIV
New France
Frontenac
Paris
Government of
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
St. Sulpice
England
France
Schenectady
Portland
Sir William Phipps
St. Lawrence
Annals of
America
Public House Visitor Guards Baby As Guardian
At Bedworth a man left his wife with a four month old baby outside a public house. A constable ordered the woman not to take the child inside. She replied it weighed so little the officer should feel it. The policeman took the child and the woman slipped inside leaving “Robert” as guardian.
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Robert
Newington
Public House Reform Proposed by Lord Lamington
Memorandum accompanying a Bill proposes reforming public houses in England and Wales to curb drunkenness, turning them into establishments offering pleasurable intercourse and a range of food and refreshments. figures show 623 drunkenness charges in France in 1907 versus over 200,000 convictions in England and Wales.
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France
England
Wales
Lord Lamington
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Wringt
Harper & Brothers
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