Wilderness romance and escape in a Maine timber camp
Chip McGuire, a 16-year-old living with her father in the Maine woods, is sold to Pete Bolduc. She runs away to a camp run by Martin Frisbie, where she is cared for by Mrs. Frisbie. The party travels deeper into the woods, Chip and Ray reveal mutual love to Cy Walker, and strange tracks and canoe marks appear. Bolduc and McGuire duel. Chip is rescued and cycles through several homes, discovering Cy Walker is a long lost brother, and a hidden $60,000 fortune. Chip eventually returns to Judson Walker’s home for a summer break.
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Chip McGuire
Tim
Maine Woods
Pete Bolduc
Martin Frisbie
Martin
Raymond Stetson
McGuire
Chip
Tomah
Ray
Levi
Bolduc
Old Cy
Amz
Greenvale
Seni
Hfe
Aunt Comfort
Hannah
Boldue
Comfort
Judson Walker
Vera Raymond
Abby
Mandy Walker
Christmas Cove
Cy Walker
Peaceful Valley
Uncle Jud
Aunt Mandy
Uncle Ud
Jud
Mandy
Riggsville
Mr. Walker
Chip McGuire Finds a Home After Wilderness Ordeal
Chip reveals her past and finds acceptance with Aunt Abby and Uncle Jud in Peaceful Valley. Martin reconciles with Chip and Ray, while Chip’s guardian Old Cy remains at large seeking her. Aunt Abby offers to adopt Chip and cherish her newfound stability amid hopes Cy will someday find them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chip
Uncle Jud
Martin
Mandy
Peaceful Valley
Bemis
Abby
Christmas Cove
Aunt Abby
Clmax
Cy Walker
Jud
Uncle Cy
Val
Grahame
Aunt Mandy
Aunt Comfort
Chip McGuire
Vallely
Ray
Angie
Ray Khnown
Buck Coon of Shadow Lake Adventures
In Shadow Lake country Ernest McGaffey narrates a ten day duck shoot and a giant buck raccoon hunt. Leander the dog chases the monster coon. a canoe mishap injures the hound but the hunt continues with decoys and camp life. Dib recounts a tale of Leander’s near death and a churchgoing coon hunter coping with loss.
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Saint Loucy
Wil
Leander
Shadow Lake
Tle
Wib
Hogeya Bend
Pharaoh
Dib
Shadowlake
Old Man Parrott
No Visit Yet and a Rich Bank Book
Chip declines bringing Ray to meet her and asks not to be visited. The speaker presents a bank book, claiming wealth and gratitude, and asks about Ray’s visit, which Chip resists. She says she might feel differently someday but not now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Finback Whales Surround Liner Virginia Off Delaware Coast
The Virginia reports a curious incident at sea with 25 finback whales 30 miles off the Capes of the Delaware. The whales, 80 to 40 feet long, trailed the Atlas liner from 11 a.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Tuesday, guiding east along the Long Island coast after passing Sandy Hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlas
Virginia
West Indies
Felix Zack
Capes
Delaware
Sandy Hook
Long Island
King Barred From House Debates
The king of England cannot listen to a debate in the House of Commons and is denied admission to the chamber, a curious disability that limits the sovereign from attending parliamentary proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
House of Commons
Legislative Chamber
Evolution of Household Remedies and the Patent Medicine Rise
The piece traces how home made remedies from herb teas laxatives and tonics evolved into the patent medicine industry. It highlights early housewife craft, almanac advertising, and Dr Hartman Peruna origin from Mennonite communities and its spread through general drug trade for coughs colds and bronchial ailments.
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Pennsylvania
Hartman
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Charles Clark Muko
Lothrop
Buck Coon
Ernest McGaffey
Aurhar
Guan
Rod
Eric
Joseph 3B
Bowlus
Sowders
Dib Sowders
Nmb
Dad Olyer
Slabtown
Old Leander
School of Leviathans
the Alabantine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Water Street
New York City
Stack
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
C. J. Broadrton
Quincy Bidg
Chicago
I Rogers
Indianapolis
Ind
Calishan
Milwaukee
Wis
Izhena
Arec
THE
Elwosehn CO
T. Johnson
Los Angeles
Cal
Uribune Bidg
Bond
Edgar M. Hitchin
Garay Building
Waabiigton
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