Four Kids’ Bonded Quest Toward Manitoba Homesteads
A six year old Frank Hall survives a near drowning after an encounter with his friend Jean Lane in Ontario. Years later he and Jean’s brother John and Frank’s sister Marjorie join in schooling as the youths grow. As adults Frank and John plan to homestead in Manitoba with the girls, meet Jake in Regina who arranges claims on Sections Fourteen and Twenty-Two, and begin their trek with supplies, a wagon, oxen, and a cow toward new homesteads.
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Jean Lane
Frank Hall
Ontario
Jean
John
Frank
Marjorie
Hall
Manitoba
Regina
Jake
Jeaz
Prairie settlers begin farm and meet a rider on the trail
The narrator and companions establish a garden and a cellar at their shack as they push to build farm life on the prairie. Jack and Jean plan a second shack for themselves while oxen, cow, pig, and hens are housed. a patrolman named Frank Brook arrives with a Sardon meeting, introducing kin and a potential visit for dinner.
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Jean
Jake
Prairies
Jack
Marjorie
Frank
Mr. Brook
Spoof the English Neighbor in the Prairie Farmstead
Policeman Brook delivers a bundle of letters to Spoof the Englishman soon to settle in the northwest of Section Two. The group visits Spoof at his tent, sharing tea and gossip, and arrange a pond bath with a banner signal as Spoof laments his lack of a bath. Jean, Marjorie, and Frank invite Spoof to relax, while Spoof speaks of his longing for home comforts and his planned life on the prairie.
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Jean
Brook
Jack
Regina
Marjorie
Spoof
Jake
Frank
Mounted Police
Spoof Hosts Visitors in the Prairie Light
Spoof keeps his promised visit, bringing bulls for exercise and a mock formal air. He jokes with the girls in Sunday dresses near the shack, remarks about the governor, and flatters his image as a local establishment while sharing old news images and sketches. The tone remains light as they drift from talk of polar bears to whisky, labor, and homestead life.
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Spoof
Jack
Jean
Marjorie
Kipling
Illustrated London News
The
Graphic
Engagement Ring Pick Up For $1200 In New York Shop
A Western youth in New York visits Fifth Avenue jewelers to buy a sweetheart’s engagement ring. After being shuffled through clerks, he learns rings run from $3500 to $5000. A senior salesman offers a batch of sparkling items at $1200 each, prompting the buyer to consider a cheaper option.
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New York City
Fifth Avenue
When Brides Were Bought
The piece traces bride price origins from marriage by consideration and notes varied payments by wealth and bride accomplishments. It cites tribal pig or goat capital for a bride and Bedouin figures from $5 to $20, up to $30 for well connected, handsome girls, then quips that imagination misreads conscience.
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Mount Sinai
Westermarch
Fort Calgary Jubilee Marked by 150000 Attendance
Calgary celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Fort Calgary with a historical pageant over five miles long as visitors from across the continent attended the Jubilee. Special writers and motion picture men covered the event, highlighting the mounted police establishment.
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Calgary
Bigstampede
Fort Calgary
Mounted Police
Being sick is cured by a determination not to be
A pithy quote suggests illness can be overcome by mindset, asserting that choosing to not dwell on sickness may end it. The remark frames health as driven by resolve rather than medicine, urging mental resolve as cure.
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Brest
Robert Stead
WNU Service
Kansas City
Hostetter CO
Pittsburgh
Houston
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