Hungry Run Timber War Drives Harrington and Lola
Bill Harrington, UW engineering graduate and forest foreman, moves to aid Ann Wright in defending her Hungry Run timber from Levens and Hyland. Amid shifting boundary lines and a deadly murder, Harrington battles threats from rival loggers while Lola Levens arrives, stirring old loyalties as witness trees and illegal cuts signal escalating danger.
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Hungry Run
Chippewa Crossing
Ann Wright
Bill Harrington
University of Wisconsin
Harrington
Levens
Hyland
Eddie Pichette
Pichette
Ann
Charles Wright
Mr. Harrington
Levens and
John Etheridge
Fifield
Jonas Brown
Bill
Wright
Eddie
Lola Levens
Frank Levens
Jola
Lola
North Country
Stevens Point
Angy
Madison
Minnesota
Father
Chippewa
Aes Crossing
Leslie
North Woods
Wricht
Eau Claire
Land o Cakes in Scotland Named for Pastry Variety
Scotland earns the nickname Land O” Cakes for its rich pastry scene as William S. Walsh notes in Curiosities of Popular Customs. Short bread pastries, sugared adornments, and iced mattoes highlight Scotch baker shops along with rye loaves from the Thrums area and a robust Scotch bun of eggs, fruit, and Peel in a crust reminiscent of simnel cake.
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Scotland
Germany
William S. Walsh
Detroit News
Thrums
Overproduction Tall Tales From Florida and Michigan Grow Big
A Sanford Florida column repeats a tall tale about fertile soil where a corncob pipe sprouted in the sand as a man prepared to smoke. Nearby an Edmonton Michigan farmer claims cabbages so large a stump puller and tractor were needed to move them.
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Florida
Sanford
Fla
Edmonton
Mich
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