Ride the River tale pits Ruth Chiswick against rustlers
William MacLeod Raine leads Ruth Chiswick toward eloping to save her father Lee from Sherm Howard and his gang. In Tail Holt a crook named Jeff Gray and Rustlers Morgan Norris Curly Conner and Sid Hunt converge at Yells and the gambling house as Ruth scrambles to keep danger away from her outspoken father while Jeff Gray reassures her of safety.
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Ruth Chiswick
L Cranch
Lee
Sherm Howard
Lou Howard
Sherm
Tail Holt
Yell
Jim Pender
Ruth
Lou
Jeff Gray
Morgan Norris
Curly Conner
Kansas
Mile High
Sid Hunt
Chiswick
Dan Brand
Lee Chiswick
Pender
Gray
Sanger
Curly
Norris
Black Diamond
Morg
Mary
Howard
Brand
Marg
Mr. Gray
Alamo
Mule Mountain
Connor
Shadows over Tail Holt ends in a tangled western altercation
In Tail Holt the Chiswicks, Gray, and ranch hands confront rustlers tied to the LC outfit. Lee chafes at family restraint while Ruth shields secrets and Curly and Norris drift through the crowded saloon. A tense supper at Charley Wong’s foreshadows further conflict.
Logging Great Industry in Canadian Woods
Logging in Canada employs about 84 000 men yearly with 240 000 part time workers, mainly in remote camps. Eastern camps house 30 to 75 men in wooden buildings, while British Columbia camps use movable four to six man cabins with showers. Workers pay for board and lodging. BC camps run year round, about 200 days. Precious stones believed alive and soul possessed by ancients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
British Columbia
How Sew 3 Chair Set Shows Italian Hemstitching
The article describes a cream linen chair set with hemstitched squares two and a half inches across and two diamonds in satin stitching in the corners. It explains rolling hems, tassel making, and demonstrates steps labeled A to D. It notes Book No 2 by Mrs Spears for home decorating with complete directions and embroidery stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spears
South Desplaines St
Chicago
Ill
Presidents and births from early U S lists and terms
The text notes Jefferson and Adams elected by the House, Cleveland succeeding Arthur, and Taylor learning of his nomination after the convention. It states thirty-one presidents have served and Hoover as the first president born west of the Mississippi in West Branch, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
House of Representatives
Grover Cleveland
Chester A. Arthur
Zachary Taylor
United States
Herbert Hoover
Mississippi River
West Branch
Iowa
Silent Bruges Window Effigy Watches Road to Liege
A 1914 Belgian vigil story recalls a mother in Bruges who kept a carved effigy of her son in an open window watching for his return from war. She refused to believe reports of his death, remained vigil until bedridden, then moved the figure. Both mother and son have long since died, yet the statue still faces the road to Liege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruges
Belgium
Liege
Collier’s Weekly
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William Macleod Raine
Cor
Mr. Norris
Texas
West Texas
Dan
Holt
Golden Nugget
Charley Wong
Wong
Arizona
Charley
Sanger’s
Sweet Spring
Canadian Woods
Hutt
Quaker State
Pennsylvania
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
Sas Motor Oil
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