Kazan Recovers Joan’s Life Long Affection in Branched Journey
Kazan the Alaskan sledge dog saves Joan, Isobel becomes his new mistress, and the party moves north toward civilization. McCready is killed in a night attack, Kazan defeats a wolf pack and takes Gray Wolf as mate, then submits to adoption by kindness as Pierre nears death.
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Leven
Kyaan
Isobel
McCready
Tyobel
Kazan
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Af Torward
Jak
Pierre
Joan
Forty Miles Through the North Ice to Save a Child
Joan and Kazan endure blizzard and 80 below zero as they push a sledge with baby Joan toward the river home. Pierre Radisson lies dead, Gray Wolf warns, and Joan clings to hope, lighting a fire and carrying on through the frozen night toward safety and warmth.
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Razan
Pierre
Joan
Kazan
Radisson
Pierre Radisson
Gray Wolf
Wolf
Vierre Radisson
Wazan
Jim
Pierre Hallisson
Joan Syent
Joon
Jana
Katrin
Oie
Jonn
Baby Joan
Chapter Nine Out of the Blizzard
Dawn finds Joan nursing the baby in a tent with her father asleep nearby. She tends the child and recalls his near exhaustion from the previous day as she prepares to rise and continue their struggle for warmth and safety.
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Joan
Dried Buttermilk Enters Market For Feed Mixing
Dried buttermilk is commercialized as a new feed ingredient. Early shipments to Chicago illustrate an output scale aimed at mass use in poultry and hog fattening, with a reported yearly potential near 20,000,000 pounds. Chicago Herald.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald
Gum and Other Matters Forgotten for a Moment
Two girls in gaudy outfits flirt along the street near Seventeenth Street. A moment of playful chatter about gum theft shifts to noticing a young soldier, revealing a thread of loyalty amid flirtation and garish display.
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State Department
Seventeenth Street
Black Bow
Peace Monument
Sadie Blank
Sojer
Blackbow
National Defense Mobilizes Vast Wire Network For War
Council of National Defense reports a major expansion of telephone and telegraph lines from Washington. Long distance capacity nearly doubles from 148 to 249 wires, with plans for an underground cable to New York and 500 total wires radiating nationwide. Private wires and government priority aim to link military, treasury, agriculture, and financial centers.
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United States
Washington
Treasury
Department, of Agriculture
Navy
New York
Uncle Sam's Uniform Signals a Nation in Khaki
In Washington the war pulse shows uniforms everywhere as civilians witness soldiers sailors and marines in view. Penn Ave and Fifteenth Street host troops moving toward an unknown destination with thousands more camped along Conduit Road and in Virginia awaiting orders.
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America
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Conduit
Chesapeake Canal
Virginia
War Department
Rare Flower Versus Brassicas In City Garden Tale
A North Carolina street gardener recalls planting a so called rare flower and seeds of brassicas in a small space to prove self sufficiency. Neighbors mistake the brassica bed for a rare bloom and tease about turnips as the plants emerge with yellow blossoms.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West
Ist
Akhania
Giril
Indiana
Translation mix up at Lancashire funeral report
A New Zealand inn keeper vouches for a Lancashire man Dick Sulden whose death prompted the Lakenstrict society of New Bowland to inscribe I bay yon whoam on a wreath. The journalist covering the funeral found the wording puzzling and concluded the note may carry a misreported sentiment from Lancashire.
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Fragmentary Riff Leads to Unclear Ward Debate
A garbled reminiscence shows a speaker questioning a ward and noting uncertain value of four notes. The dialogue hints at doubts among men in a brass instrument circle about a possible transfer or claim.
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