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Ottawa visitors and drifting travellers cross country tale
Mrs Rushton and Mrs Joyce visit Mr and Mrs Belt in Ottawa. A Pennsylvania youth trudged by freight across the continent from Texas to Brandon Manitoba, paying little fare and plans to repeat the journey. A farm paper ad mishap and a running joke about a dog and a mule follow in this miscellany of letters and anecdotes.
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Rushton
Joyce
Ottawa
Mrs. C. Belt
Pennsylvania
Texas
Chicago
Brandon
Manitoba
Canada