Victor Rousseau as a versatile North American novelist
The piece chronicles Victor Rousseau’s adventurous career from Harrow and Oxford to Harper's Weekly, noting his global experiences, Boer War service, and shift to fiction writing. It highlights his prolific output, wartime service, and especially his fascination with Canadian Northwest life and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in frontier tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Rousseau
England
Harrow
Oxford University
South Africa
Hagus
United States
Harper's Weekly
Canada
Northeast
Northwest
Canadian Mounted Police
Wilde
Pelly Target Routined by Quiet RCMP Hunt in Stony Range
Lee Anderson, RCMP sergeant, rides from Muanistree to pursue a fugitive named Pelly in the Stony range area. The case ties to the Free Traders gang and later to Aquor operations at Lake Misquash. Anderson goes solo with a covering warrant, aiming to arrest Pelly quietly and establish the force’s prestige after years of unrest.
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Lee Anderson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lee
North
Tia
Stony Range
France
Old Northwest Mounted
Wich
Dominion
Lee Klingelf
Muanistree
Police
Crawley
Pelly
Anderson
Devl
Ottawa
Toronto
Tip
Siston Lake
Montreal
Jim Ruthway
Rathway
Aquor
Lake Misquash
Liston Lake
Lev
Range to Littlefall Delivers Frontier Vibe and Rumors
Lee rides toward Littlefall on a prospecting trail. He enters a grim hotel and grubby dining room full of embittered miners. Tension rises as talk centers on a rumored gold mine and the fate of a missing prospector named Belly while Lee quietly observes the uneasy crowd.
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Morage
Lee
Littefall
Jan@ord
Theo
Mike
Ben Summerin
Pelly
Random Snippets Reflect Social Quips and Oddities
A compact collage of wry observations and aphorisms touches on topics from forests and fires to politics, education, and language. It riffs on perennial quirks of society, humor, and human behavior with playful irony and dated cultural references.
French Claim on German Army Training Misstated
The French allege Germany trains 300000 officers, but records show Germany’s standing army is idle and awaiting work. distressed silver miners, long treated harshly, might find relief as the alive r market trends upward.
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Germany
Cherokee By Ranchman community news notes
Richland Springs and nearby towns report visitors guests and family travel from Abilene Temple San Saba Kerrville San Antonio and other places. Residents and relatives share visits New Year celebrations and social gatherings at homes in Kingsland Oatman Creek and Marble Quarry with music and toasting marshmallows.
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Jack Crump
Jessie Mae Ottinger
Abilene
Rem Thomson
Cleburne
J. E. G. Hillman
Dollie Brown
Henry Cornel
Ft. Worth
D. A. Gay
C. Turbiville
Hollis Barber
Kingsland
J. B. Harrell
Chappel
Bettie Harris
Leslie Turbiville
San Antonio
GC. C. Turpiville
Ed Hulsmier
Martin Hoy
Oatman Creek
Hale
Mr. Brown
Sattee
Ida Kuykendall
Warren Kuykendall
Temple
Fate Windham
E. E. Thomson
San Saba
Dave Glimp
J. D. Cayness
Beulah Kuykendall
Burkburnette
W. D. Kuykendall
Chas. Boney
Holland, Texas
Boney
Polk Burk
D. M. Jessup
Brownwood
B. Hubbert
Bend
Hettie Randolph
Merryville
Louisiana
Jim Hillin
Burger
Waarika
Oklahoma
Ryan
Charley Randolph
Meridian
Progressive 42 Event Ends With Dessert and Guests
Progressive 42 was played until late as a salad course and hot chocolate with cake were served. The eighth grade was entertained at Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gay’s home. Guests enjoyed a pleasant evening and departed satisfied. Miss Lizzie Mae Kuykendall visited Burnet and Baylor, then attended a house party at Mr. Asher’s in Menard before visiting Llano and Belton for school.
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C. A. Gay
Lizzie Mae Kuykendall
Burnet
Misa. Guthrie
Baylor
Asher
Menard
Baptist Church Plans New Year Services
The church will hold services in the new building Sunday with a cooperative morning service and a New Year address by the pastor. At 3 pm Dr. Edgar Godbold will speak, followed by Buckner Orphans Home offering and evening B P U events.
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Buckner
Edgar Godbold
Howard Payne College
Godbold
Local Notes on Feeds, Travel, and A New Year Greetings
A car of Queen of Dixie chicken feed and Sure- Nuff cow feed arrived. Brown and Bowers note a festive shipment. Mr and Mrs A Dorion planned Christmas holidays at an old Louisiana home and have not yet reached home. Jack McNeill, hotelier at Richland Springs, visited the county capi tal Monday and is feeling fine for the new year.
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Queen of Dixie Chicken
Brown & Bowers
Mrs. A. Dorion
Louisiana
Jack McNeill
Richland Springs
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Victor Lee
Ren
Victor Housseau
Sergeant Anderson
Little Falls
A. Wanma
Fortune
Dre
Arctic
Columbus
America
Honolulu
Earth
Yain
Russia
New York
Ontario
Denvy
Japan
President Obregon
ex-Prasidente
Marble Quarry
Josie Gay
Pauline Gray
Lou Nora Davis
Jennie Lucas
Johnnie Lee Owens
Lucile Barber
Messrs
Grafton Broyles
Dan Broyles
H. C. Custard
Rex Salea
Dennis Dean
Prentice Dickerson
N. R. Thomson
Shawn
Brite’s
Texas
THE
First State Bank
Richland Springs, Texas
W. H. Gibbons
J. B. Miller
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