Chip McGuire and Old Cy Find Hidden Gold Heritage
The 1906 tale follows Chip McGuire a 16 year old girl in the Maine woods sold by her father. She escapes to the Frisbie camp where a web of relationships forms and dangers loom with outlaw McGuire. Old Cy discovers a cache of gold coins and a license hidden in a cave as Chip’s fate shifts between lovers and hunted innocence.
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Chip McGuire
Tim
Maine Woods
Pete Bolduc
Martin Irisbie
Martin
Raymond B Stetson
Frisbie
Woods
Chip
Ray
I'rishte
Cy Walker
Levi
McGuire
Tomah
Bolduc
Old Cy
Amazi
Greenvale
Aunt Comfort
Hannah
Comfort
Judson Walker
Vera Raymond
Abby
Mandy Walker
Christmas Cove
Aunt Abby
Thomas McGuire
Cnip
Old Cy’s Road to the Gold in a Silent Canoe
During a three day trek from the wilderness Old Cy kept vigil while the precious gold lay under his head in the canoe. The voyage tested his nerves as he guarded the cargo and its value.
Old Cy Leaves Greenvale to Find Missing Chip at Lake
In a lakeside camp tale, Old Cy plans a long search for Chip after she vanishes leaving a note blaming Hannah. Martin funds a lookout at Grindstone, while Old Cy reveals a bank book of about sixty thousand dollars and a cave discovery tied to Chip’s fate.
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Hersey
McGuire
Tim
Pete
Fox Hole
Chip
Levi
Old Cy
Martin
Ray
Greenvale
Hannah
Amzi
Grindstone
Cyrus
Aunt Comfort
Angie
Clus By
Autumn Grief at Peaceful Valley After Chip's Departure
Life at Peaceful Valley and Judson Waller's home drift into monotony as leaves change and fade. Uncle Jud tends crops and livestock, waits for news from Chip, and visits the Corners for a weekly paper and Mandy's errands. Messages from Chip arrive in angular handwriting, read by candlelight.
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Peaceful Valley
Judson Waller
Chip
Uncle Jud
Mandy
Stolen Local Train Run By Barkley McCutcheon
Barkley McCutcheon, a 22 year old town character, stole the Great Northern Seattle to Bellingham local from the depot while the crew lunched. He sped north then reversed and headed south at full tilt before stopping the locomotive. he was jailed afterward.
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Bellingham
Wash
Great Northern
Seattle
McCutcheon
Footwear Details Highlight Modern Dress Debut
Elusive yet essential, the article notes dainty embroidered slippers and tea gowns as pivotal in modern dress. It contrasts the fashionable woman with limited means, emphasizing shoe and stocking choices as dishearteningly central to style.
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Theo
Fashion Notes On Gowns Shoes And Ribbons
A vintage guide outlines using pompadour ribbon to brighten black gowns and capes, with tips on shoes and stockings. It discusses elegant evening looks, from pink panne velvet capes to pink and gold embroidery, and notes on appropriate footwear for day and evening wear.
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Milne
Separate tailored jackets set tone for next season fashion
The article describes new fashion emphasizing separate all wool tailored jackets to pair with odd skirts and frocks. It highlights tight fitting cutaway coats in white cloth with black velvet collar and cuffs, double breasted and lightly trimmed braids for a severe, modern silhouette.
Australian Welcome for U S Fleet Delights Sydney Melbourne
Crowds cheer as Premier Deakin reads word that the American battleship fleet will visit Sydney and Melbourne next July or August. Officials and the public hail the gesture as a strong Pacific link with the United States. Simultaneously in Magdalena Bay California the American fleet begins two to three weeks of record target practice in calm harbor waters.
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Sydney
Alfred Deakin
Melbourne
United States
Australia
Washington
Thomas Lwine
America
Pacific
San Diego
Cal
Magedalena Day
California
Recordhiue Co
Chartroous
Grace Through Dancing Encourages Early Training
The piece argues that no child should begin toe dancing before age twelve yet much of the art can be learned early. Through dance a girl gains grace poise and freedom of movement that benefits her through awkward years and beyond.
Marabou Feathers Replace Ostrich in Hats
Marabou feathers hold value as hat trim because they droop yet resist dampness, often substituting for ostrich plumes. They extend the fluffiness of elaborate hats and are used with heavy lace bands, edging lace boas to create a substantial, coordinated look.
Lemon juice in hair care cautions emerge
A note warns that lemon juice helps the scalp but pure lemon juice on hair can stiffen and roughen strands making the hair hard to manage.
Advices to Girls to Stretch for Beauty and Joy
A health crusader promotes daily stretching as the key to beauty and happiness. The method claims to cure dyspepsia blues and bad temper, promising personal transformation through constant practice and a hopeful slogan: Stretch.
Shaping Eyebrows Advice From a Duchess
Consuelo, duchess of Marlborough, is famed for her exceptional brows which are not natural but cultivated. The article notes shaping brows is easy and offers a method: shape between dampened thumb and forefinger after bathing or when convenient to achieve wonderful results.
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Consuelo
Duchess of Marlborough
Lustrous Irish China Arrives in Market
A new egg-shell china from Ireland captivates with oyster white finish and pearl-like lights. Described as the most lustrous on the market, its beauty must be seen to be believed.
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Ireland
Lone Bandit Robs a Train Near Bonners Ferry Idaho
Great Northern line train Oriental Limited held up near Bonners Ferry Idaho early Sunday by a lone highwayman. Clerks were bound and a large amount of mail matter rifled. No safe was blown and losses are not yet estimated.
Escaped convict killed in pistol duel in North Dakota
Mamarek North Dakota convict Joseph Bassanell was killed in a pistol duel with Sheriff Beck of McLean County after escape from the state penitentiary. Alfred Woolens, the other escapee, was captured hours earlier by a posse 16 miles from Mandan. The fatal encounter occurred about 60 miles from Blaine Marek in McLean County.
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Mamarek
N. D
Joseph Bassanell
North Dakota
Midway
Beck
McTean County
Alfred Woolens
Mandan
Dassanell
McLean County
Blasmarek
Judge Tochren Announces Resignation from Federal Bench
Judge William Tochren of the U S district court says in a Journal Sunday interview he will resign effective May. He is 76 and has served on the bench for 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
William Tochren
United States District Court
Journal Sunday
Wocren
Hing
Federal Judge Clark Dies in Tennessee
Judge Charles D. Clark of the United States district court died at Sarlander hospital at 9 30 Sunday morning aged 61 from Brights disease and tuberculosis. He was appointed to the federal bench December 17 1894 by President Cleveland.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles D. Clark
United States District Circuit Court
Sarlander Hospital
Bright
Clark
Cleveland
Storms Swell Oregon Mountains Cut Rail Service
Terrific storms in the mountains swell streams and trigger landslides, tying up the overland train route from Portland to the east. Pendleton is cut off on both sides, with only the Pendleton Spokane section remaining open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Mountains
Pendleton
Ore
Portland
Spokane
Bank Robbers Nab Posse
Three Tyre bank robbers ambushed the Ochelata posse eight miles southwest of Ochelata along Candy creek at 11 Sunday morning. The outlaws forced the posse to surrender, disarmed them, seized one horse and rifles, and allowed the men to depart unarmed.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Ochelata
Candy Creek
China Yields to Japan on Tatsu Affair Settlement
China concedes all Japanese demands to end the Tatsu affair. Beijing agrees to purchase arms and ammunition aboard the Tatsu and to hoist the Japanese flag over the vessel marking a satisfactory settlement with Japan.
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Tokyo
China
Reward Offered for Night Riders Arrest in Kentucky Raids
Governor Willson on Sunday night offered a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the night riders who participated in raids in Woodford and Scott counties.
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Frankfort
Willson
Woodford
Scott County
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Sigma
Cer
Armzi
Arata
FLEET
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Great Northern’s Oriental Limited
Idaho
Lochren
Minnesota
Japan
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